Admittedly, in the area of
religious faith and morals we have been rather slower to discard the old in favour of the new, for this is the aspect of human life in which conservatism has always been most strongly entrenched, for the very good reason that man looks to this area of life more than any other for his stability and security.
It is the natural law for man to have
his religious faith and his moral understanding and practice.
Not exact matches
Not among those who use «
religious faith» as a political weapon
and sanctimoniously refer to themselves as the
moral ones
and the rest of us who do not agree with their ignorant
and distorted view of things as immoral.
While ridiculing the claims of both «liberal «secular»
and «conservative «
religious» theorists, it is only
religious theorists whom Posner appears to concede may be able to produce a credible theory of
moral realism, based on «
faith in a Supreme Lawgiver.»
Secular schools can never be tolerated because such schools have no
religious instruction,
and a general
moral instruction without a
religious foundation is built on air; consequently, all character training
and religion must be derived from
faith... we need believing people.
Those with any
moral clarity at all have heard a better voice in this campaign: no
religious test shall ever be required as a qualification, but the test of values
and integrity,
and a president who respects family
and rights of
faith is better than one who, like you, claims a
religious label but then opposes family
and faith.
Faith was a persistent theme in the presidential race,
and moral and ethical questions surrounded budget debates, mass killings
and an unexpected focus on «
religious freedom.»
To the extent that they are careless about their instruction in the
faith, or present its teaching falsely, or even fail in their
religious,
moral, or social life, they must be said to conceal rather than to reveal the true nature of God
and of religion.»
Thus Vatican II stated: «In matters of
faith and morals, the bishops speak in the name of Christ
and the faithful are to accept their teaching
and adhere to it with a
religious assent of soul.»
These holes bear even more telling witness to the absence of
religious faith from our society's struggle to enlist both science
and moral wisdom in efforts to resolve today's most pressing issues.
But he was more interested in the fact that each religion was presumed to possess the same «spiritual values» of «the American Way of Life,» by which he meant a soft - hearted
faith in democracy (political, economic,
and religious) combined with a more robust
faith in idealism, activism,
and moral conviction.
Feuerbach was convinced that
religious belief corrupts morality as well as truthfulness,
and he could even say: «It lies in the nature of
faith that it is indifferent to
moral duties.»
In proposing a way forward, the study rejects the primacy of place that is given to the therapeutic mentality because it fails to appreciate the role that
religious devotion
and faith play in the
moral life of the priest,
and has no proper understanding of human nature, original sin
and free will.
To the extent that they neglect their own training in the
faith, or teach erroneous doctrine, or deficient in their
religious,
moral or social life, the must be said to conceal rather than reveal the authentic face of God
and religion.»
Whenever the Council teaches something about
faith and morals, what it teaches is certainly true, either through the specific note of infallibility or from the
religious submission of mind
and will owed to the ordinary Magisterium.
The same St. Paul who admonishes us to grow into the stature of Christ insists again
and again that we are «saved by
faith»
and not «by works»; which is to say that our final peace is not the
moral peace of having become what Christ defines as our true nature but is the
religious peace of knowing that a divine mercy accepts our loyalty to Christ despite our continued betrayal of him.
The book of Job is an anguished consideration of how one might reconcile
religious faith with
moral outrage,
and Job's wife had reason for telling her husband to curse God
and die.
As American society
and law remain grounded in
moral norms
and faith - based traditions, those asserting claims grounded in
religious freedom may strike sympathetic chords.
(Look at the women in Ireland
and The Dominican Rep. who died because of being denied an abortion recently) You are SO correct about Hitler being a xstian, google away... «Secular schools can never be tolerated because such a school has no
religious instruction
and a general
moral instruction without a
religious foundation is built on air; consequently, all character training
and religion must be derived from
faith... We need believing people.»
While admittedly of human origins, it has come to be thought of as authoritative also, in the expression of
religious faith,
and of very high value in the teaching of religion
and morals.
Faith communities
and religious traditions, by themselves, can not provide answers to all
moral questions of modern corporate life.
In addition to the Qur» an's primary aim of revealing
religious and moral truths, there arc secondary objectives designed to strengthen
faith in the Creator or to support the faithful in their hope.
Attention is on the particular — on the way specific
religious and moral leaders have dealt with the nitty - gritty of
faith and life.
If Americans are not educated, industrious
and sober; if our streets are violent
and our sexuality pagan; if our family life is unstable
and our personalities unsound — in short, if America has lost its
moral stature
and thus its national self - respect, then, for
religious conservatives, it is the fault of those who prate of freedom
and sow anarchy — not the least cause being liberal religionist loss of proper
faith.
Under the spell of the
religious impulse (
and I distinguish religion from
faith), holiness is turned into affected unworldliness, exceptional piety,
and the assumption of unusual
moral rectitude.
The history of science is a drama of
faith, patience, devotion,
and heroism comparable to what are usually accounted the great
religious and moral movements of mankind.
They do so most openly in every claim they make that
religious faith is bad,
and that for the sake of true values
moral people must rid themselves of it as soon as they can.
As celebrants of multiculturalism, the editors may protest that they can not limit themselves to biblical
faith, since, after all, it has no higher claim on their attention than that it is the
religious connection of more than 90 percent of the population
and the religio -
moral foundation of Western Civilization.
Emphatic that «
faith is personal
and honorable
and uncorrupted by political influence,» Mondale is less clear about how
religious and moral meaning should enter into the public forum.
Against this widely prevailing understanding of the «creation
faith» we suspect that in Yahwistic circles the very term «creation» may have been a dirty word
and that the development
and discussion of Israel's creation
faith was suppressed as part of the long, anguished struggle against
religious syncretism
and the loss of the distinctly
moral - ethical - historical character of the Yahweh
faith.
That is, will the
faith - communities while keeping their separate identities be prepared in the present historical situation of pluralism, to interact with each other bringing their respective
religious and / or ideological insights on the conception of the human so as to build something of a consensus of cultural
and moral values on which to build a single larger secular community?
It was present in the Old Testament period before Jesus made it his central message; it is present in the worship
and moral endeavors of those of
faiths other than Christianity; in acts
and attitudes of compassion
and a determined effort to bring about a better world, it may be present in persons of no acknowledged
religious faith.
But, as Pope Paul said on his visit to India in 1964, Christians also have «the duty of knowing better» the hundreds of millions of fellow human beings who are Moslems, Hindus, Buddhists, or followers of other
faiths, «recognizing all the good they possess, not only in their history
and civilization, but also in the heritage of
moral and religious values which they possess
and preserve.
«Secular schools can never be tolerated because such a school has no
religious instruction
and a general
moral instruction without a
religious foundation is built on air; consequently, all character training
and religion must be derived from
faith... We need believing people.»
Confucianism, which, until the twentieth century revolution, was for centuries the State religion, has been the dominant
faith,
and has been most influential in shaping the patterns of the
religious and moral life of the people.
The YOWICAN National President, Daniel Kadzai, said that Buhari had «no
moral right to contest again, considering the fact that he has proven to Nigerians that he is a
religious leader of the Muslim
faith and not the President of the country.»
Sam Harris, known for his excellent The End of
Faith, here helps us to understand why
morals and ethics not only fall in the realm of science, but how knowing this to be the case, we can let go of unnecessary
religious thinking that only serves to hold us back.
A few of the administrators for the website met their spouse through online Christian dating services
and are all too familiar with the struggles, pain, disappointment,
and frustration that is involved in finding a partner so if you are serious about your
faith and finding a partner that shares your
morals, values
and religious beliefs, there isn't a better dating service option than Single Christians Only.
Claims by some
religious educationalists that
faith is the best way to teach
moral values is challenged by others in schools who believe
religious morality to be outdated
and dangerous.
Through various professional development activities such as workshops, retreats,
and seminars, he has provided guidance, formation
and education to leaders of Catholic schools in all 50 states, Canada, Ireland,
and Australia
and his work in the private,
faith - based sector has given him a unique perspective on the
moral, ethical,
and religious dimensions of education.
Religious language resonates even beyond adherents: for example, the Dalai Lama
and Archbishop Tutu are
moral leaders who use the vocabulary of their
faiths to influence thinking
and behavior well beyond their own traditions.
It does, however, allow for adoption agencies, especially
religious institutions, to decide based on their
faith, beliefs
and moral judgment.
While many maintain that it is the
religious imprint of our current or past affiliations of
faith that give us a
moral compass, there is a growing understanding that we all have an innate sense of fairness
and communal responsibility.