If your going to judge anyone's
religious convictions find out why they are so convicted to being religious.Oh, I forgot, atheist know everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not exact matches
Another thing to remember... the US was intended to be a secular republic by the
founding fathers, many of whom had
religious convictions, and some of whom were deists or atheists.
But some religiously orthodox wedding vendors are
finding themselves compelled by the civil authorities to affirm an answer to that question that violates their
religious convictions on the subject, and some
religious institutions — from universities to social service agencies to private companies owned by orthodox believers — are
finding themselves forced to take part in the enactment and enforcement of a moral code they are obliged to reject.
The majority of Americans want a president with strong
religious convictions, though fewer than did so in the past, Pew
found.
Our
conviction is rather that the difficulty arises simply from a failure resolutely and consistently to
found religious ideas upon shareable human experiences.
We both believe that it is pointless simply to shout Bible verses louder, or to base arguments on the private
religious convictions of the
Founding Fathers, or to huff and puff that we must be taken seriously because Christianity was important way back when.
In Greenawalt's words: «With some uncertainty and tentativeness, I hold
religious convictions; but I
find myself in a pervasively secular discipline.»
A widespread
religious conviction that we must aid the poor will inevitably
find its way into legislation, and so the nation will create welfare programs.
A widespread
religious conviction that long - term help is no substitute for hard work will inevitably
find its way into legislation, and so welfare will evolve into workfare.
«A 1999 follow - up by William S Harris et al. attempted to replicate Byrd's
findings under stricter experimental conditions, noting that the original research was not completely blinded and was limited to only «prayer - receptive» individuals (57 of the 450 patients invited to participate in the study refused to give consent «for personal reasons or
religious convictions»).
I
find it a bit disturbing that we would allow someone to potentially run our country with such a high level of
religious conviction.
«(On) the other side is
finding the right balance... concerns about
religious beliefs and
convictions.
This
conviction is grounded both in our
religious faith and in our understanding of the processes by which persons grow, become distorted, and
find their way back to wholeness.
The third question is about how «postliberal «Christians relate the very reliable
findings of various modern sciences to their theologies or
religious practices and
convictions.
He does, however,
find Frank to be a moral and
religious man with strong
convictions, and chooses him to be his right - hand - man.
IMO, Patra is a negative example of a
religious follower: someone who adopts a religion not by way of a personal spiritual journey and genuine
conviction, but for social reasons, such as to please someone (in her case, Leo), looking outside oneself to
find the answers, to be led and told what to do.