Sentences with phrase «reason over faith»

Screw your invisible sky - jockey, I'll take reason over faith anyday.

Not exact matches

«There is good reason over 200 civil rights, consumer, faith - based, housing, labor and veterans» advocacy organizations oppose this bill,» noted Congresswoman Waters.

Atheists: I know many there are many people that practice religion just by fanaticism, I've seen many people in my opinion stupid (excuse the word) praying to saints hopping to solve their problems by repeating pre-made sentences over and over, but there are others different, I don't think Religion and Science need to be opposites, I believe in God, I'm Catholic and I have many reasons to believe in him, I don't think however that we should pray instead of looking for the cause and applying a solution, Atheists think they are smart because they focus on Science and technology instead of putting their faith in a God, I don't think God will solve our problems, i think he gave us the means to solve them by ourselves that's were God is, also I think that God created everything but not as a Magical thing but stablishing certain rules like Physics and Quimics etc. he's not an idiot and he knew how to make it so everything was on balance, he's the Scientist of Scientist the Mathematic of Mathematics, the Physician of Physicians, from the tiny little fact that a mosquito, an insect species needs to feed from blood from a completely different species, who created the mosquitos that way?

«Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds; that Almighty God hath created the mind free, and manifested his supreme will that free it shall remain by making it altogether insusceptible of restraint; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments, or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, who being lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do, but to extend it by its influence on reason alone; that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical, who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world and through all time.»

It was written by many people over the span of hundreds of years, it is tribal rules from the infancy of our development and arguably is not a good book at all but full of hatred, spite and unspeakable violence, and you arent allowed to use «faith» as your proof of existence... faith is nothing less than the throwing away of reason i.e. belief without evidence.

Something might happen to you that pushes you over the edge emotionally, spiritually, or otherwise, that causes you to lose sight of your faith for whatever reason.

The reason I speak out about this issue is not because I am passionately committed to the theory of evolution; it's because I am passionately committed to the fact that it's not worth leaving the faith over!

«The bulk of the Regensburg address was directed to Christian intellectuals who, in the name of «de-Hellenizing» Christianity, pit biblical faith against the great synthesis of faith and reason achieved over the centuries of the Christian intellectual tradition.

From the perspective of Darwinism, Lincoln's unflinching Christian faith is the benighted detritus of an ancient and obsolete worldview — modernity has embraced the reason and science of Darwin over the faith and revelation of Lincoln.

So as we have seen, when faith and reason struggle, it is a bad policy always to favor one side over the other.

He notes that in subsequent years Gilson's approach attracted a number of high - profile adherents, including Joseph Ratzinger, who, over the long course of his theological and now magisterial service, has relied consistently on the «Gilsonian paradigm» when explaining the relation of faith and reason.

But the bulk of the Regensburg address was directed to Christian intellectuals who, in the name of «de-Hellenizing» Christianity, pit biblical faith against the great synthesis of faith and reason achieved over the centuries of the Christian intellectual tradition.

In a Guardian article on November 3rd the prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan wrote concerning the «debate between faith and reason, and over the virtues of rationalism»: «The Pope's remarks at Regensburg have opened up new areas of inquiry that must be explored and exploited in a positive way, with a view to building bridges and, working hand in hand, to seeking a common response to the social, cultural and economic challenges of our day.»

The author looks at why we can not simply assert the truth of the Bible over our modern common sense and shows that Biblical literalism / inerrancy is an approach to the Scriptures that is unacceptable both to our reason and to our faith.

To others it takes over where reason breaks down; reason is a pitiful thing, timid and logic - chopping, and if we wish to get anywhere we must leave it behind and take faith's leap.

You have the christ thingy really bad, Hichens advises that it is useless even trying to communicate with such as you that have allowed faith to over ride their reason.

If we go to the Middle East, we aren't allowed symbols of our faith or our society, so get over it!!!! Pull yourself out of the Middle Ages... the reason the Middle East hates us is that they're still 400 years behind us, and resent us for it!!!

Regardless of the faith, I feel that religion for many people is about personal power over others, and this corrupts the whole reason people go at all.

The existence of a serious dialogue between Christians and Greek and Roman philosophers, conducted at the highest intellectual level for over three centuries (the mid-second century to the mid-fifth), is evidence that Christian thinkers did not supplant reason by faith and authority.

My faith has changed a lot over the past five years, and here are seven reasons why:

not sure i said this before or not, i have been on cnn.com for over a year — anyway — i have been going to random churches, temples, really place that worships any form of the of abraham and others — i have yet to get anywhere but where i started from — which is what i am, what i am meant to be, and what i was... only this has been gained — gained is a gift of a word for i knew all of this before i started and so i view my time as wasted only for this the reason of getting somewhere — i did meet many great people with great views but all required the very real existence of god which was something lacking and why they had a constant failure yet what they called «keeping the faith» att itude type results... something was missing or missunderstood — your take?

The genius of Newman's idea is that Mary comes to symbolise not only the faith of the unlearned, but of the Doctors of the Church also, who need «to investigate, and weigh, and define, as well as to profess the Gospel; to draw the line between truth and heresy; to anticipate or remedy the various aberrations of wrong reason; to combat pride and recklessness with one's own arms; and thus to triumph over the sophist and the innovator.»

God created Gays for a reason, curb the world's over population, find loving parents for children abandoned by straights, we need to have faith in God's plan.

Over a twelve month period your coverage amounted to approximately 2.65 \ % of your print output; hardly a «main focus», and since the subject relates both to Faith and Morals and to Faith and Reason it is surely entirely within your remit.

Irenaeus therefore made a distinction between the image of God which is man's distinctive endowment of reason, his dominion over nature, and his creaturely dignity; and the similitude to God which is faith, hope and love, that is, the full and righteous relation which man is supposed to enjoy as God's creature.

Gil you have asked some very good questions why does bad things happen in the world i personally do nt know God did nt explain to Job either why he had to suffer.What i do know is that God desires that none of us should perish but that all would have eternal life in him through Jesus Christ.This world will one day pass away and the real world will be reborn so our focus as christians is on whats to come and being a witness in the here and now.Both good and bad happens to either the righteous or the sinner so what are we to make of that.What we do know is that God will set all things right at the appointed time the wicked will be judged and the righteous will be rewarded for there faith isnt that enough reason for us to believe.Free will is only a reality if we can choose between good and bad but our hearts are deceitfully wicked we naturally are inclined toward sin that is another reason whyt we need to be saved from ourselves so what are we to do.For me Christ died and rose again that is a fact witnessed by over 500 people that were alive at the time and was recorded by historians how many other religious leaders do you know that did that or did the miracles that Jesus did.As far as the bible is concerned much of the archelogical evidence has proven to be correct and many of prophetic words spoken many hundreds of years ago have come to pass including both the birth and the death of Jesus.Interested in what philosophy you are believing in if other than a faith in Jesus Christ so how does that philosophy give you the assurance that you are saved.Its really simple with christianity we just have to believe in Jesus Christ.brentnz

I also was powerless in regard to my old nature it had power over me.i came to the point that i needed to do something because i felt like spiritually i was dying and again it was by faith in Jesus Christ that changed me and that i admitted that i could nt live the christian life in my strength.Since then i have continued to walk by faith daily and i know what it means to be saved in this life we have power over our old nature through Christ that strengths us Personally i think this is a major reason why many christians are not growing and maturing as they should.Many people are struggling in there faith that is not how it is meant to be the word says we are overcomers more than conquerers through Christ that strengthens us.If you are struggling are you walking by faith or just doing good christians works that have no power to change your life Just admit that you cant do it in your strength let him empower you by his holy spirit to do what you cant.It has been a hard road to get here but i am never going back to living by works when you find the truth there is no comparison brentnz

Get over it, the only reason the lies and myths keep getting put forward is stupid lazy faith leaders don't want to have to get a real job and they depend on morons like you to provide them a more than adequate living, aren't you a real prod ignorant clown?

Frederick Lawrence recounts the origin of Gadamer's masterwork in the course of his own book, a collection of essays on the relation between faith and reason that ranges over Gadamer, Heidegger, Lonergan, Benedict XVI, and other thinkers.

I had a mini-crisis of faith but then reasoned that, as I was a young Christian, I could not expect to know everything and that I should just trust God and his word, and over time I would begin to understand.

Leave the religious fanaticism to the Arab world, sit back and see how well that will work out, and be glad you chose fact and reason over blind faith.

You ignorant fools who place faith over reason, make - believe over reality — YOU are what's wrong with America.

I do have faith but I do put human smarts and logic / reasoning over most christian sheep these days!

No, you have a basic understanding that your bible is flawed but take great leaps of faith to cover over the gaps in logic and reason that allow you to continue the faulty conclusions of your religious peers who have been using the bible to control the uneducated masses for thousands of years.

The age of reason is over, but the age of faith has not yet returned.

Meanwhile, the castaways are divided among themselves both personally and philosophically, constantly arguing over whether their lives on the island are governed by purpose or blind chance, and whether faith or reason is a surer guide in their strange circumstances.

For in their faith they are vindicated as immortal souls, and from this enhancement of their dignity they find the reason why they must offer a perpetual challenge to the dominion of men over men.

In place of the voyages of the Beagle and that bizarre menagerie on the Galapagos Isles, we get a sodden family drama, set in early Victorian England, focusing on guilt over a lost child and an exaggerated moral struggle between a sickly husband who chooses reason over religion and a prim wife who prefers faith to fact.

The war between faith and knowledge, science and reason, love of family over love for profession — all themes in this dramatic film — are always worthy of exploration.

in my humble opinion, the literacy problem is with elementary, middle and high school science education and society's valuing «cool» over intellect (e.g. considering a «nerd» uncool), and valuing faith / emotion over reason.

The 8 year Bush travesty was a triumph of faith over reason.

Faith triumphs over reason through plutocracy.

I felt it necessary to write «rational reason» even though it might seem redundant because I live in a society that puts its faith in God and turns the chicken coop over to the foxes.

To see so many otherwise intelligent people fighting over whether or not global warming is a good reason to reduce said reliance makes me lose some of what little remaining faith I have in humanity.

Here's one more reason for law bloggers to keep the faith: If you can crank out great content for over half a decade and grow your readership to a massive number of subscribers, you might be acquired by a public company.

When an NCR offender is deemed psychiatrically fit to begin reintegration back into society, does a further period of forced custody send a message of faith and confidence in our justice system or does it instead proclaim the triumph of fear and vengeance over reason and compassion?

Life insurance news: AARP AIG After Bailout AIG Stock Price Down Again Could AIG Wipe Us Out AIG Screws America AIG Greedy Company Says Obama All State Cuts Profits The Price of Life Insurance What is Bad Faith Denial Colonial Penn Life Insurance Four Reasons to Buy Life Insurance Life Insurance For Over 50 Prudential Life Insurance China Life Insurance Policies of the Deceased Paramount California Life Insurance Agents Prudential Life Insurance Downgraded Heres a Sample Term Life Quote Get a Return on Premium Taxes & Life Insurance Unclaimed Life Insurance Beneficiaries To Life Insurance Policies Which Type of Policy to Choose Affordable Life Insurance Term Life Insurance Get A Quote