We gather that a difference not to be «celebrated» is that at least one
religion names the Name.
Not exact matches
A company made up of employees from diverse ethnic backgrounds, generations, genders, races and
religions (just to
name a few) has more creative energy to harness than one with a more homogenized workforce.
When you start to find value in relationships, hobbies,
religion, and personal health - to
name a few categories - the importance of work will dissipate.
There the Jew, the Mahometan, and the Christian transact together, as though they all professed the same
religion, and give the
name of infidel to none but bankrupts.
Of course, the
name has nothing to do with
religion and everything to do with that out - of - this - world feeling you get when you have a scoop of their ice cream.
satan possesss all the postmoderners who try to blot the
Name of God out of our Nation's Government and the ones that try to silence the proclaimation of the gospel by attacking Christians who pray and hand out Bibles and excercise their
religion publicly.
Well, yeah... and I mean if what someone is really trying to achieve with this is to reduce practices that in any way, shape or form could indicate that someone bears them or their faith ill will... I don't think publicly humiliating people who would take the time to look up your dead ancestor's
name and then take the time to drive to a temple and then get immersed in water on their behalf so that they (by their belief) have the option to accept your
religion post mortem is really misguided and contrary to the spirit of freedom of
religion in what it advocates.
Yes it is a
religion of peace, any Muslim butchering an animal would say the
name of God and use a very sharp knife for that to make it quick for the animal to die with out suffering!
Well, a lot of those wars that were committed in the
name of
religion also happened to bring considerable profit to highly placed people in the aggressor nations.
Science is not
religion, it is a method of enquiry based upon direct observation which transcends
religion (the laws of physics are the same for everyone, no matter how you
name God or even whether you believe).
When you hurt another living being in the
name of your
religion you have passed beyond your rights and intruded on theirs.
The quran, unlike other religious books, mentions the other
religions by
name condoning hatred and violence specifically against Jews and Christians and non believers
-- Christians have also killed people in the
name of their
religion (crusades etc..)
When Christians or Muslims kill in the
name of their
religion, that is indeed IRRATIONAL and the result of the IRRATIONAL BELIEFS in «God».
There is no trinity, no other
name or
religion.
If you think that
religion is dumb why in God's Green Earth would you read an article that has our Lord's
name in it.
@ Joe: And if your
religion tells you that you must bring jihad to the nonbelievers of the world, and your
religion tells you that if you die a martyr fighting and killing the nonbeliever, and so, in the
name of your
religion and your religious beliefs, you hijack 4 planes and kill 3,000 people, that makes you a proper person?
Re the christian and
religion bashing, when are we going to realize that anyone can do about anything in the
name of
religion, from extreme evil to extreme charity.
No greater rivers of blood & misery have been spilled than in the
name of
religion & «God».
Did it ever once occur to your limited mental processes that those who kill in the
name of their relgion are not following their
religion, and therefore are quite possibly not truly followers of said
religion?
The history of ALL
RELIGIONS is filled to the brim with BLOODSHED, MURDER, INTOLERANCE, TORTURE, BLIND FANATICISM, untold millions have been slaughtered in the
name of
religion.
I think a more relevant question is do aethists do anymore harm than those have done in the
name of
religion.
@DaLe, how can you say no one commits acts of violence in the
name of their
religion when there are plenty of examples of Muslims not only shouting «Allahu Akbar» when committing their violent acts but also justifying those actions based on Islamic texts?
yet the movement to eliminate slavery was done in the
name of
religion.
So how do you go from that reasoning to «Since it wasn't accidental then it must have been this ancient male diety
named (fill in blank depending on
religion) who loves me and knows me and cares for me and wants me to perform rituals that have nothing to do with morality like prayer, not eating certain things, sabaath and many more just because he said so, even though we have no record of him saying anything, just records of humans who wrote things down that they claim he said, but I want to believe it all so badly I will base my beliefs on no other evidence than «it just can't be accident».
In any case, it's a great time to be an atheist when we can call modern
religion by its real
name, contemporary mythology.
see what
religion does... all in the
name of some imaginary sky - daddy, who is nothing but just one of the thousands of «gods» invented by man over the course of human history.
There is much that could be said about this, but I will stick with one thing, based on discussion at about the 2 minute mark: When atheists insist that atheism does not drive behavior, and then then campaign on behalf of atheism, ridicule
religion and religious believers in the
name of atheism, seek to change laws in favor of their atheistic positions, recommend the extermination of
religion, and practice falsehoods like Dawkins's in support of atheism, they prove that their atheism drives their behavior and that their premise is false, disingenuous, and (as far as I can tell) useless for anything but giving atheism rhetorical cover from being implicated in atheists» atrocities.
That is basically the only real differences in the
religions themselves, but the adherents of all 3 of these
religions pray to the same God, by whatever
name they may call Him.
You tell us «Judge not lest ye be judged», but cast judgments on people in
religions name.
All my White Power buddies, this pastor is gone past our norms of just burning the crosses in the black neighbourhoods, I have never seen muslims burn any
religions holy books or call any other
religion derogatory
names.
There have been NO instances of any muslim living in the USA being responsible for harming any white or black person (s) in the
name of
religion.
In this world today, I don't care who you are, you need to use a little common sense... and considering what happened on 9/11, in the
name of a
religion, people are going to be hyper - sensitive.
The Bible and the Quran have always been and will always be open to interpretation, but when people start killing others in that
religions name, or start denying others their rights in the
name of
religion, something is badly wrong.
To try to baptize her in the
name of mormonism, or any other
religion which was not hers is the cruelest form of nazi - ism there could be — it achieves exactly what Hitler wanted.
But until we come to the end of ourselves then we are going to do and say what we want, even as it was with me: It's one thing to be a heathen, even as I was, but a whole other ball game to set our hearts on God and His truth; yet, that can only come when we are sick and tired of being sick and tired of our own lives and we just give up, we know then who has given up by the one they advocate for, even has given place to: Paul said; with my heart I want to do what is right, but my flesh does what I hate: This is when God's grace is sufficient, because our hearts are right with God, but our flesh is not: There is a war going on within these temples, therefore; even as our flesh wins out to do what we hate, our hearts are set on God and His ways which has been established in the Word of Truth, which then causes us to stand and speak forth what we believe, even as this causes a rending to happen within us, for Christ to be formed in us this needs to be, as we come up in His glories even for a better resurrection for them who believe: The heart wars against our flesh, even as Christ wars against the man of sin within: For out of the abundance of our hearts our mouth doth speak, therefore; if we speak not the Wholesome Words of our Lord, Then our hearts are still wicked: But to advocate for wickedness instead of Christ, one has become a teacher of lawlessness, he then advocates for the man of sin: Many who have come out of
religion has done this, as they went from one mountain top «from the extreme right» of self exaltation (
Religion) to the other mountain top «to the extreme left» of the (Heathen) and missed the valley in - between that is takes to humble us: One extreme to the other, and missed Jesus: Jesus is taking ones through the valley's to strip us down of all who we are before exalting us to be just as He, even as the Christ in us overcomes that man of sin (Adam) through theses valleys of contrast that cause a rending to happen within; and when we are rent in two, we stand on His word of truth, so we too can become one with Him, even as Jesus is with our Father: This is how Christ is formed in us: Thank - you Father; in Jesus
Name Alexandria
Stalin killed far more people in the
name of atheism than anyone everyone else combined who killed in the
name of a
religion during the 20th century.
Can you
name a mainstream
religion that doesn't have something in it's past that they regret?
All
religions were created by men - not women - to control the masses.They have discriminated against women from the beginning and in «the
name of God» have created more wars, deaths and destruction than anything else in the world.
Religions are nothing more that dictatorships in the «
name of God»... pure bull!!!
Jesus never intended to set up a separate
religion, and would not recognize the one that was created by Saul of Tarsus / St Paul in his
name.
I don't know how many people here are from Aurora — Co, but some comments are not helping in any way the survivors and families.I respect all
religions in the world and I also respect the opinion of those who don't believe in God or anything.But, instead of blasphemy the
name of God, send your positive thoughts and energy to those who survived this tragedy.Even though some of you show no signs of good Christians you should show at least signs of good neighbors.You still can be an Atheist and have compassion for others!Don't let the evil be inside you, Aurora — CO needs to heal in peace!!!
Islam is on the rise and going through 3rd world country pains like the christians did when they killed in the
name of god and ruled with
religion.
This issue transcends
religion You do nt have to like it but do nt ever deprive anyone of their happiness and equality in God's
name
Additionally, that fact that religious groups have killed in the
name of their
religion does not translate into that
religion's doctrine.
it's the ridiculously small minority who commit heinous acts in the
name of their
religion who make all Muslims look bad.
Disastrous events will continue to happen and even worsen as long as the world calls on the
name of «Jesus» and on the
names (Yahweh, Jehovah, YHWH, Allah etc) taught by the
religions and not on the true
name of God in the Bible (that Jesus failed to make known) that was revealed by Teacher Evangelista in http://www.thename.ph
All the hungry that have been fed, all the poor that have been clothed, and all the sick who have been healed, all in the
name of
religion.
Hundreds of millions of people have been killed in the
name of
religion of one stripe or another.
Ever since 300 AD when christiantiy became the state
religion of Rome they have, in the
name of their
religion, persecuted, tortured and slaughtered way more of their opponents then christians have ever been persecuted for being christians
People that kill in the
name of
religion are idiots.