Hard to imagine one of the mainstream
religions in the world saying, «Oh, well.
Not exact matches
While Cooper is right
in saying that «who a reporter votes for, what
religion they are, who they love, should not be something [they] have to discuss publicly,» our interconnected, web - dependent
world emphasizes that people are listening to everything one
says.
«His harshness towards the kuffar (disbelievers) was manifested through deeds that enraged all the nations,
religions, and factions of kufr, the entire
world bearing witness to this,»
said the English - language article which confirmed that Emwazi was killed
in a drone strike.
However,
in practice,
religion uses its supposed knowledge and makes claims about the natural
world, sometimes
in conflict with what science
says.
I know this will draw criticism, but I
say if it weren't for all the faithful people of all good
religions doing good acts, helping the poor, clothing drives, and on and on, this
world would be
in a lot worse shape than if just your average aetheist were
in charge of helping those who suffer.
I like a piece of this article that
said «
in that sense Mormonism is the most nonexclusive
religion in the Christian
world,» Givens
says...
I will
say it once more...
religion is a perception of the
world founded
in genetics.
First I want to
say that I'm not
saying Atheist is a
religion in a bad sence or to try and produce some sort of shame only that it falls under the definition of a
religion and wondering how it would change your feelings \ view of Atheism even if everybody considered it a religous view, if it's something you believe to be true (that there is no god) what does it matter if someone labels it as your
world view?
From a book on Werhner Von Braun: around 1975 when illness was advancing, «His desire to see the
world of science and technology
in full harmony with the
world of
religion, particularly as it is manifested
in Christian faith, grew even stronger,» Ordway
says (p. 272).
God
says that «good»
religion is looking after widows and orphans
in their distress and to keep yourself from being polluted by the
world.
Just think what you'd be
saying if you were raised
in another part of the
world where the dominant
religion is not christianity.
do I need any approval before I practice my
religion, do I have to prove my
religion before I practice, my holy book further describe that you must carry a gun
in 21st century because there is too much crime
in this
world, but it doesn't
say much about if I migrate to another country these rules will still apply, Or I should modified them according to my comfort, like talking
in English which is not my religious language wearing pants or not, having education or not, standing
in line or not, I am so confused what should I do can someone help me, should I go back to country where my
religion originated or back
in time ask my guru questions about western
world confusion, or just decide by myself what suites me, or preach other develop country that you guys are wrong be peaceful.
They always
say «If
religion didn't exist, there would be no wars and crimes
in the
world.»
First, note the particular terms Schweitzer used: he
said that the
religion of love is not dependent upon belief
in a «divine personality» (Gottespersönlichkeit) or «
World Sovereign» (Weltherrscher).
That being
said I respect that Christianity is one of the most important
religion in the western
world and therefore at some time I plan to read the Bible.
Here I dare
say that the ethical
religion of love can exist without the belief
in a
world ruling divine personality which corresponds to such an ethical
religion [«Fromm Sein.
Saying that Jesus came to save us * from *
religion might make for Tweetable theology but it is not an accurate representation of what the word means (via the dictionary definition), how it was defined
in both the ancient and modern
worlds, and how the New Testament presents it.
And yet it is one of the most important tests for office,»
said Jose Casanova, an expert
in the sociology of
religion at Georgetown University's Berkley Center for
Religion, Peace and
World Affairs, who also spoke at the release of the survey results.
As Joseph Campbell might have
said each
religion is true
in its own way as a metaphorical expression of the possibility of human experience
in the
world.
Otherwise they will be like indolent workmen who find no spur to action
in a task to be achieved; or else, if a healthy human instinct overrides their hesitancies or the fallacies they derive from a misunderstanding of
religion, they will still be a prey to a fundamental division and frustration within themselves, and it will be
said that the sons of heaven can not, on the human level, compete with true conviction and therefore on equal terms with the children of this
world.
He talks about the «goodness as we possess» (such as altruistic acts) and
says that even if
religion did no other harm, its carefully nurtured divisiveness is enough to make it «a significant force for evil
in the
world.»
It is apparent from what has been
said that when education and civilization flourished
in the Muslim
world the distinctively religious aspects of Islamic culture were exalted, and when the civilization was weakened and stagnated
religion also suffered.
By
saying «God,»
religion intends to point toward the divine reality, the chief causative agency
in the
world, the supreme responsive agency to the
world's ongoing process, the ultimate recipient of what is accomplished
in the
world.
As my friends, family, and readers already know, I have an opinion about nearly everything —
religion, politics, theology, entertainment, lifestyle, college football, driving,
world affairs, and whether or not that coffee mug
in the kitchen cabinet is light gray or light blue (it's light blue, I
say!)
She
says «The remarkable discovery, announced this week, of ripples
in the space - time fabric of the universe rocked the
world of science — and the
world of
religion.»
Your final statement however is possibly the most chilling... You are
in effect
saying that should churches ever be banned
world wide (like that will ever happen
in America where the freedom of
religion is a basic human right) then mankind no longer has a right to exist.
Scores of people, some of them among the brightest minds of the
world, devoted their whole lives to study the
religion books
in the smallest details and they still didn't
say they master it all.
However much we recognize a profound ontological difference between elements of the
world, including a fundamental difference between ourselves, many philosophers of
religion want to
say that God knows and empathizes with human experience
in a way similar to divine relativity for several reasons: omniscience, a resolution to theodicy, and ontological unity.
The crisis for
religion, he
said in The Sacred Canopy and other writings, is how to maintain the «plausibility structure» of traditional
religion in a
world that does not think religious truth claims are plausible.
the bible talks about the
religion of man, verses that of christ, he has not the holy spirit, chris made it very clear who enters heaven, he also
said you are either for me or against me, man can not serve two masters, you may know how to read the bible, but without the holy spirit, the truth is hidden from you, they have a form of godlyness, but are without the spirit, they speak wonderful words, but the truth is not
in them, many will flock to the anti christ, Obama shows how easy it will be for satan to decieve the
world, the bible has a lot to
say about the end times, and we are
in that area.
The war against terrorism is» more than it is politic for
world leaders to
say in public» also a war of
religion.
The commonly assumed distinctions between the «religious» and the «secular» and between «
religion» and «morality» are really very odd,
says Smith, and make little sense to people who believe that the
world has a story, as
in upper case Story.
The major
religions of the
world teach you not to ask the questions to get at the truth...
in fact questioning is the one of the things that they quiet by
saying... oh cuz it
says so
in the bible.
I have every respect to those angels and consider bringing such subject up as disrespect for what those do to our
world with their kindness... Those nuns and popes were once my teachers
in the kindergarden
in Aden Colony of Southern Arabia although I was considered as Muslim from Muslim parents... so you can
say I hold for them great respect although we are from different
religions beliefs...!
I would like to
say a few words about this long debate, first of all today Islam
religion reached every
in the
world from east to west, north to south.
Yeah yeah, you can
say that
religion is the way to truth but, logically speaking, believing
in a god is the incorrect conclusion to reach based on what we know about
religion in general and the incompatability between the
religion and the real
world.
One defender of the faith
said, «If man and monkeys, magpies and mackerel, mosquitoes and moles are all alike the descendants of the earth and sea, then is our
religion vain and we are without hope and without God
in the
world.»
«We must retake the discourse among
religions and cultures from the hands of the extremists around the
world who benefit from hatred and violence,» Rauf
said in the statement.
Just as we can't understand why Third
World countries repress their masses with
religion and control, they can't understand why we can walk around freely
saying whatever it is we want to
say, where what we choose and believe
in what we want to.
As you
say you have a degree
in World Religions and the History of Science and a postgraduate degree
in Representation and Modernity ---------- I just have an associates degree
in Church leadership ------ so you misunderstand my lack of education and my ablities to present my views clearly, compared to your abilities, as patronizing -------------- No TIGGY, what I just
said THAT IS PATRONIZING you.
@Rachel: Since this campaign is aimed at people who do the things you
say you don't, people who wear their
religion on their sleeve, poke their noses
in where it doesn't belong, try to legislate fundamentalist ideas, and generally want to make the
world conform to their ideas no matter how horrible, I have to ask... Why do you care?
George Bernard Shaw Peter L. Berger, the most eminent sociologist of
religion in the
world today, many of whose sociological works as Berger
says «read like a treatise on atheism,» has written a mature and skeptical affirmation of Christianity
in his new book Questions of Faith: A...
«This kind of thinking is actually typical rather than atypical
in world history,»
says Stephen Prothero, a Boston University
religion professor and CNN Belief Blog contributor.
Yusuf Qaradawi (the most influential Muslim cleric
in the
world today, the spiritual head of the Muslim Brotherhood)
said: «Islam is not a
religion in the common, distorted meaning of the word, confining its scope only to the private life of man.
He
says religion relates to one department of life only, one which is
in contrast to the
world.
At the very outset Bishop Paulose
says, «What is important to note is that
in spite of the similarities between Marx and Bonhoeffer there is a striking difference which is crucial for our enquiry: Bonhoeffer's critique of
religion grew from, and was directed towards, an extraordinary faith
in Christ, Lord of the
world.
In the foreword to the report Dr Ahmed Shaheed, United Nations Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Religion or Belief said: «Despite global commitments to promote and to protect freedom of religion or belief, the scale of violations remains enormous, with almost 80 per cent of the world's population living in countries with «high» or «very high» levels of restrictions and / or hostilities towards certain beliefs.&raqu
In the foreword to the report Dr Ahmed Shaheed, United Nations Special Rapporteur for Freedom of
Religion or Belief
said: «Despite global commitments to promote and to protect freedom of
religion or belief, the scale of violations remains enormous, with almost 80 per cent of the
world's population living
in countries with «high» or «very high» levels of restrictions and / or hostilities towards certain beliefs.&raqu
in countries with «high» or «very high» levels of restrictions and / or hostilities towards certain beliefs.»
It amazes me that atheist will
say that
religion is the cause of hate and violence
in the
world and then as they post comments that are full of hate and scorn for other humans.
As Steven Weinberg
says: «Over many centuries science has weakened the hold of
religion, not by disproving the existence of God but by invalidating arguments for God based on what we observe
in the natural
world.
Well
said, and I tihnk this is why
religion as a whole is, thankfully, declining
in almost all areas of the
world.