Sentences with phrase «rejected by religious people»

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The church, into which one is born (like the medieval Catholic Church), is distinguished by an ethic of conservation and compromise in its relationship with the surrounding society; the sect, which one must join as an adult (like the Anabaptists), rejects the surrounding society and has an ethic of rigor, perfection and transformation; the mystic is primarily a subjectively religious person who is not linked to any particular religious body (or, if linked to one, does not find it very important).

Theology is important, but formal analytical thought — the splendeur et misère of Roman Catholicism — is not the primary means by which most people experience, accept, or reject a religious faith.

Second, until very recently many gay people spent their adolescences and even adult years hiding their sexual orientation out of fear of being judged and rejected by their friends, families, or religious communities because they are gay or lesbian.