Thanks Judith for at least trying to take
the religion out of this issue.
Not exact matches
Most Christianity today is, in my opinion, not a
religion that Jesus preached, but a
religion made up about Jesus by various authorities, and as the cartoon points
out, some still have a lot
of issues with gender, sexism, sexuality, power and control.
People have the right to leave church and organized
religion, they have a right to question an institution that will do anything to save face even if it means letting children be harmed (and trust me, there are Priests that have
issues with girls - my mom when to an all girls» Catholic school in the 60s and talks about how many
of the priests used to «hang
out» with the young girls
out and girls have been abused), churches that are not practicing social justice.
Get so - called
religion out of politics and stick to
issues that are connected to the real world.
my personal
issue is with organized
religion and the fact that there are people
out there who prey on the weak - minded for insane amounts
of income.
Since Vic and Theo keep blathering about their sky fairy, their supposed «creator»
of the universe, it is now appropriate to point
out that the foundation
of their
religion is complete nonsense, along with other
issues regarding their sicko bigoted, se.xist supersti.tion known as Christianity:
«Three
out of five scientists do not believe in God, but two
out of five do, said John Donvan, opening a debate on the
issue of science and
religion yesterday (Dec. 5) in New York.
I have observed that one way to approach the
issue of Christology in Islamic context would be to seek
out sources in Islam as it grew beyond the sanitized environs
of Arabia and came in contact with peoples from other lands,
religions and philosophies.
I really hope that the GOP catches up on domestic
issues and realizes that
religion needs to stay
out of politics, because I and many others believe that Small government where the majority
of power is left to the states is the superior form
of government, and there is nothing wrong with that.
I am personally more and more intolerant
of religion and will point
out the stupidity
of religion if someone injects into my life in any way, but if someone wants to cling to their childish tribal myths, that is literally their problem, as in, in my opinion, their own mental health
issue.
Harrison also unfolds Augustine's insightful contribution to the science —
religion debate, drawing
out a number
of valuable principles — not least, recommending restraint where
issues are not clear, and avoiding bringing Christianity into contempt by arguing for false scientific opinions on the supposed grounds
of scriptural warrant.
«When Christians speak
out on
issues, the hue and cry from the humanist state and media is that Christians, and all
religions, are prohibited from speaking since there is a separation
of church and state» (Christian Manifesto.
Those who profess to be followers
of Christ and who frequently invoke their
religion as justification for their stands on certain
issues need to be called
out when their actions run directly contrary to the values and teaching
of Jesus.
It is true that the
issue of popular
religion in Brazil which is drawing on different wells and can, therefore, be lived
out in a variety
of churches — a phenomenon called by experts «double» or «multiple» religious belonging.
Some
of his good friends, as well as his critics, have chided him for a number
of years for spending too much time on structural problems
of the church and internal
issues of ecclesiology; I would now predict a broadening
out of various
issues of religion and culture.
Thus, as Fr Tolhurst brings
out in this
issue, Newman could write in his most influential work
of theology «The supremacy
of conscience is the essence
of natural
religion; the supremacy
of the Apostle, or Pope, or Church, or Bishop is the essence
of revealed
religion.»
I honestly think all those other
issues of immigration, debt and foreclosure problems, are going to be secondary to the people who are turning
out to vote because
of their
religion.
One
of the important
issues arising
out of recent trends in religious television lies in the symbolic and actual implications
of religion's acquiescence to this process and the subjugation
of religion on television to this normalizing process.
The present dispute brings the
issues and differences among
religions out in the open so that the genuine Christian has to dialogue with the genuine Jew, the true Muslim, the best Hindu and the real Buddhist...» (concluding paragraph of Edmund Perry, The Gospel in Dispute: The Relation of Christian Faith to Other Missionary Religions [New York, 19
religions out in the open so that the genuine Christian has to dialogue with the genuine Jew, the true Muslim, the best Hindu and the real Buddhist...» (concluding paragraph
of Edmund Perry, The Gospel in Dispute: The Relation
of Christian Faith to Other Missionary
Religions [New York, 19
Religions [New York, 1958]-RRB-.
For about a century now, no other
issue in American Jewish life has evoked as much emotion and energy at the local level as has the struggle to keep
religion out of their children's schools.
The citizen - interrogators generated the most diverse set
of questions in any
of the presidential debates to date and challenged the candidates to break
out of the rhetoric
of their campaign speeches and to address sometimes uncomfortable
issues, such as race, gender,
religion and their own vulnerabilities.
Creation «s power lies in its layers, in the way it makes distinctions between
religion and faith, and how it beautifully (save for one clunky bit
of overexplanation) lays
out the similarities between
religion and science, from the healing power
of water to the «curses»
issued even upon true believers.
For more information about George Washington and the Newport letters,
religion in American history, and
issues of faith and identity, check
out these additional resources from Facing History and Ourselves and from other organizations.
By using her body to work through
issues of race, culture,
religion and gender, Benedict sets
out a unique set
of DIY parameters to explore.
For example, leave any mention
of religion, social
issues, or politics
out of your resume unless it's relevant to the company you're applying to, or if it reflects a strength that will add value to the job position.
While
religion is a central theme in this case, Shuber points
out that the main
issue is not necessarily
religion, but rather the custodial parent's desire to raise her child without the interference with and undermining
of her custodial decisions by the grandparents.