Sentences with phrase «religion than any other thing»

More blood and repression has taken place in the human experience due to religion than any other thing.

Not exact matches

I am simply saying one can get power (meaning / purpose) from thing other than your one socket (God / 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».

But it's nice to see religious people are bigotted about things other than religion too, like other nationalities.

Michael «As a gay man I appreciate there efforts and support, but I think putting up this sign isn't really the best way to get through to people, all it does is create more hate, intolerance, and separation, I am not a christian but I am very spiritual, and putting up this sign implies that all gay people are atheists which is the furthest thing from the truth, I have no problem with religion, I have a problem with those who use there religions to control and hate others, same applies with atheism, if you don't want to believe in anything than fine, just don't push your non beliefs on me.»

As a gay man I appreciate there efforts and support, but I think putting up this sign isn't really the best way to get through to people, all it does is create more hate, intolerance, and separation, I am not a christian but I am very spiritual, and putting up this sign implies that all gay people are atheists which is the furthest thing from the truth, I have no problem with religion, I have a problem with those who use there religions to control and hate others, same applies with atheism, if you don't want to believe in anything than fine, just don't push your non beliefs on me.

Christendom: I think that Christianity as a religion, which purports to call people to follow Jesus, but uses money, power, and political prestige to force «Christianity» on others, is nothing other than the adoption of all the things which Satan promised Jesus in Luke 4, but which Jesus turned down.

I think one thing that has been overlooked by most of the other comments is why the hell does a cleric of a religion that is supposed to not even have a hierarchy have $ 6000, which as the article pointed out is more than 6 times what the average Pakistani makes in a year, to throw around...

«First we affirm that we desire to follow Scripture alone as a rule of faith and religion, without mixing it with any other things which might be devised by the opinion of men apart from the Word of God, and without wishing to accept for our spiritual government any other doctrine than what is conveyed to us by the same Word without addition to diminution, according to the command of our Lord.»

I've heard these very things said by those who are on the other end of the people who use religion and politics to enrich themselves, give them power and authority over their fellow human beings and draw attention to themselves rather than to God.

By the way, I had always felt that Gandhi's quote was a bit self - serving coming from him, as respect for animals is one of the few things that Hinduism and other eastern religions does better than most.

In its core the sotry is about telling all other religions that only buddhism can see the whole thing, because their «spiritual way» of seeing things (like buddha) is superior than all other religions.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

As to Iran although it looks extreme but she has Christians and Jews and God knows what living within them but don't know if they ever had problems... Any way dear it is a tough world we do not know where and when it is going to end... we are seeing times now that there is discrimination between Muslims them selves as Sunni or Shiat and maybe more than it is Islam to any other religion... hope you understood any thing at all

I am waiting for you to tell me what other things, other than not believing your god, or any to be real, atheists «religion «embraces.

I take Plato as on my side in this when he says that in God is both being and becoming, both permanence and novelty, a closed past and an open future, also that God cares about the creatures, thus siding in advance against Aristotle's unmoved mover, taken as the God of religion.14 What moves things is at least «self - moved,» and is soul, including the supreme and cosmic soul, God, whose body is all else than cosmic soul and other than forms.

It's probably way too many days later for anyone to actually read this, but I just want to say that joking about addiction is certainly no worse than joking about any number of other things, like religion or death, which people do all the time.

This is not about perfection, this about remembering that we are living in delusion and the delusion is that we are separate, that our children are lesser than us; that the other man who believes in a different God or a different religion is lesser than us; that there is such a thing as «lesser than us».

It asks us to take another look at what we think we know about politics, religion and other things we like to argue about, and asks nothing more than our quiet attention.

If you could get in heaven because of your good deeds, why would JESUS had to have gone to the cross, you will not go to hell because you sinned, the bible says we all have sinned, you will go for rejecting GODS free gift, his son, JESUS, SEE, HE TOOK YOUR PLACE IF YOU EXCEPT HIS OFFER BUT IF NOT YOU PAY FOR ALL YOUR SINS, KIND OF LIKE COURT, BETTER TO TAKE AN ATTORNEY THAN REPRESENT YOURSELF, sorry for caps, GOD loved you so much he sent his son to die for you as payment for sin, you will answer to GOD for everything you do, JESUS lived a perfect life which was accepted by GOD for payment of sins, thats up to you if you except it, is bible vs man made religions, thats alot of commeon since, there are man made laws you go by or suffer for, plus, there are so many religions you can make one up to best suit you, it do nt work that way, plus, excepting JESUS is the best way to heaven, why would you think you caould live perfect your whole life, you cant, the devil will use religion to lead as many people away from CHRIST as he can, even in the garden, eve was decieved.if the bible is not true than no man has anyright to even say whats right or wrong, things some people do they think is fine and so on, is stealing your car wrong, why, who said, and why are they right, think about it, salvation is simple, man makes it hard, other religions say you have to earn it, fine, if they live that good, they should except JESUS, why not except him, my way is through JESUS, if thats wrong, what have i lost, other ways are thru something or anything else, what if they are wrong, high price to pay for opinion, what if your son took someoneles punishment, and it cost him his life, how would you feel, think about GODS feelings, you cant take a few verses from man religion and get anywhere, read the bible, if you believe theres a GOD in heaven, please do nt reject his son, all very good questions, thanks, i do nt want to be a problem, i just want you to be in heaven someday, i cant be good enough to there there on my own, so i looked to the perfect one, JESUS, you do nt worked to get saved, you work because you are savd.you get get back out in sin and backslide, but, if your really saved, the LORD lives inside you, it will bother you to do certain things, but you can get numb to it, plus, the bible says, you are not your own, you were bought with a price, JESUS BLOOD, free to you but cost him his life, GOD will chastise for repeated sin, you are his child, just like with your children, spend some time alone with GOD, ask him to show you, would love to talk to you guys over phone, i cant type, you can tell, theres so much more i can say please call me [PHONE NUMBER REMOVED] or email is [EMAILREMOTHAN REPRESENT YOURSELF, sorry for caps, GOD loved you so much he sent his son to die for you as payment for sin, you will answer to GOD for everything you do, JESUS lived a perfect life which was accepted by GOD for payment of sins, thats up to you if you except it, is bible vs man made religions, thats alot of commeon since, there are man made laws you go by or suffer for, plus, there are so many religions you can make one up to best suit you, it do nt work that way, plus, excepting JESUS is the best way to heaven, why would you think you caould live perfect your whole life, you cant, the devil will use religion to lead as many people away from CHRIST as he can, even in the garden, eve was decieved.if the bible is not true than no man has anyright to even say whats right or wrong, things some people do they think is fine and so on, is stealing your car wrong, why, who said, and why are they right, think about it, salvation is simple, man makes it hard, other religions say you have to earn it, fine, if they live that good, they should except JESUS, why not except him, my way is through JESUS, if thats wrong, what have i lost, other ways are thru something or anything else, what if they are wrong, high price to pay for opinion, what if your son took someoneles punishment, and it cost him his life, how would you feel, think about GODS feelings, you cant take a few verses from man religion and get anywhere, read the bible, if you believe theres a GOD in heaven, please do nt reject his son, all very good questions, thanks, i do nt want to be a problem, i just want you to be in heaven someday, i cant be good enough to there there on my own, so i looked to the perfect one, JESUS, you do nt worked to get saved, you work because you are savd.you get get back out in sin and backslide, but, if your really saved, the LORD lives inside you, it will bother you to do certain things, but you can get numb to it, plus, the bible says, you are not your own, you were bought with a price, JESUS BLOOD, free to you but cost him his life, GOD will chastise for repeated sin, you are his child, just like with your children, spend some time alone with GOD, ask him to show you, would love to talk to you guys over phone, i cant type, you can tell, theres so much more i can say please call me [PHONE NUMBER REMOVED] or email is [EMAILREMOthan no man has anyright to even say whats right or wrong, things some people do they think is fine and so on, is stealing your car wrong, why, who said, and why are they right, think about it, salvation is simple, man makes it hard, other religions say you have to earn it, fine, if they live that good, they should except JESUS, why not except him, my way is through JESUS, if thats wrong, what have i lost, other ways are thru something or anything else, what if they are wrong, high price to pay for opinion, what if your son took someoneles punishment, and it cost him his life, how would you feel, think about GODS feelings, you cant take a few verses from man religion and get anywhere, read the bible, if you believe theres a GOD in heaven, please do nt reject his son, all very good questions, thanks, i do nt want to be a problem, i just want you to be in heaven someday, i cant be good enough to there there on my own, so i looked to the perfect one, JESUS, you do nt worked to get saved, you work because you are savd.you get get back out in sin and backslide, but, if your really saved, the LORD lives inside you, it will bother you to do certain things, but you can get numb to it, plus, the bible says, you are not your own, you were bought with a price, JESUS BLOOD, free to you but cost him his life, GOD will chastise for repeated sin, you are his child, just like with your children, spend some time alone with GOD, ask him to show you, would love to talk to you guys over phone, i cant type, you can tell, theres so much more i can say please call me [PHONE NUMBER REMOVED] or email is [EMAILREMOVED]