Not exact matches
The act attempted
to restore some of the rights of
religious practitioners that had been limited by a 1990 Supreme Court Decision, but a 1997 decision by the Supreme Court
kept the Act from being applied
to the federal government.
His strong
religious faith, although never presented
to his teammates in a preachy way, also
kept Robinson from joining «the club.»
Loyola
keeping a Catholic identity helps promote real intellectual diversity in American public life (and, again, I'd say the same as
to other
religious universities; I can imagine some
religious belief systems that are so pernicious that, while they must be constitutionally protected, we can still say they hurt American life more than they help it, but I think that most of the traditions that found universities do have a good deal
to contribute).
The justices will consider presidential authority
to keep nation safe and constitutional protections against
religious discrimination
... I look at this person's comments and
keep thinking about a study I read recently that stated that «it is impossible
to tell
religious zelotism from parody in print, since both sound equally absurd».
I suspect that is the problem, the
religious want
to make sure these people stay in the closets and
keep their mouths shut... they are afraid.
I think more effort and resources would be more effectively and more critically placed into
keeping our government secular,
keeping Creationism out of the science class, and
religious fundamentalism away from interfering with women's reproductive choices — just
to name a few priorities.
Keep your
religious ideas
to yourself and I won't say a thing about it.
The
religious right are in the courts fightnig
to cotrol women's reproductive rights,
keep their pastors out of jail for se x ual misconduct, and for misappropriation of funds.
Verses fighting
to control women's reproductive rights, fighting
to keep their pastors out of jails for illicit se x ual conduct, fighting
to protect their money... Gays are obviously walking in the Godly path and the
religious right is going down the drain with the «ways of men.»
However, just as I know it would be inappropriate
to keep pushing propaganda in support of ANY OTHER
religious belief (or anti-
religious position), this guy should know that work was not the time or place
to push his ID propaganda.
If you want
to keep people focused on your religion as a unifying set of moral and practical codes
to live by, make attendence
to religious services and taking the day off work
to attend mandatory or else it is a sin punishable by death.
The
religious conservatives, beset by this sea change in the secular culture, might have been expected
to retrench into their conventional media stereotypes: authoritarian, emotionally uninvolved husbands and fathers, a rigidly patriarchal family style, deeply gendered domestic roles that
kept women at home» plus, as Wilcox puts it, «high levels of corporal punishment and domestic violence.»
For those Jews who do
keep kosher — about 21 percent of the 5.3 million American Jews overall, according
to the most recent National Jewish Population Survey — hard times mean particularly scant options for feeding a family, which, among the most
religious Jews, tend
to be large.
the only thing that
keeps me away from going
to a
religious establishment for congregation is I don't like being told how
to think.
Coming out of a legacy of the
religious persecution that had been happening in England and Europe since the time of Luther and Henry VIII, and knowing full well that
religious persecution was what their forefathers had come
to the new world
to escape, the founder purposely
kept religion out of government.
Of all the Lawmakers and Presidents we had, do you honestly think they were able
to keep their
Religious beliefs and convictions separate from Governmental Ideas?
They need
to keep their
religious insanity in their magic fundie undies and quit shoving it into the secular legal realm where it has no place at all.
But what is most striking about this image is again its similarity
to Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz, where a
religious order like the Benedictines is what
keeps at least a fragmentary knowledge of science alive after a nuclear catastrophe.
Even though they were and are completely devoid of what you call «God talk» and certainly displayed no hint of bending over backwards
to keep «God» in my
religious jargon, you once again seek
to malign me by falsely representing me.
Keeping in mind that believing a dead man came back
to life and ascended bodily into heaven is no more plausible than anything Mormons believe, you have
to wonder what Barnum would say about all
religious people.
The
religious among us
keep trying
to chip away at the separation of church and state by making people recite the pledge of allegiance with the God clause, installing
religious symbols and displays on public property, holding prayer breakfasts for politicians, berating the removal of prayer in public schools, trying
to pass laws limiting women's access
to birth control, and trying
to get an amendment passed outlawing abortion (since in their view God creates a soul the moment a sperm enters an egg).
Most religions avoid discussing the more day
to day, human side of
religious development
to keep it mythical.
From a
religious perspective, the thing that really undermined Christmas was not liberals or atheists; it was the many many Christians who tried (and
keep trying)
to use the holiday
to make as much money as possible.
we are animals... some people are stupid and pray
to imaginary beings... there is no natural code of conduct requiring us
to think you are somehow better than just another moron... you want respect, EARN it... one way
to do that is
to keep your
religious beliefs
to yourself instead of inflicting that crap on everyone around you...
These
religious frauds just have
to keep pushing their delusions on people even on their death bed.
Those educated «scientists» that the
religious dunces seem
to hate (due
to all those pesky facts they
keep spouting), are the people that gave us, the steam engine that started the industrial revolution; they gave us vaccines
to cure disease and electricity so we have light where there was once darkness and they invented the jet engine so that the flat Earthers can fly
to see their loved ones on those
religious holidays that are so important
to them... Not
to mention they invented computers and the Internet that allows the right wing Bible thumpers
to post their uneducated, mindless, factless opinion on this Web Site.
My late father told me during the early 90's that those youth who faced some shock such as an emotional shock, they become extremely
religious... so if that is true then imagine what shocks has the Arabian Spring brought and what shocks will
keep on coming
to all those MidEastern countries...!
The problem is that the
religious powers in places like Saudi Arabia and the United States are well aware of the power of being the providors of welfare (charity) and fight tooth and nail
to monopolize that right and
to keep people dependent on their own services.
Maybe the idea of trying
to keep the secular outside the doors of religion and church needs
to get turned around, that division between
religious and secular torn down, stop worrying about the secular creeping into the sacred, the religion, but rather, taking the sacred, the religion, out into the secular.
On the other hand, if your religion tells you things that can't be backed up with good secular arguments (like putting
to death or shunning certain «undesirables») then those
religious aspects should be
kept out of the larger secular world.
The issues include: 1) The idea the one derives happiness and comfort from a
religious faith does not justify
keeping to that faith unless one is unable
to obtain happiness and comfort in any other way.
The law and most people's understanding of their rights and yours are clear: People can go on all day expressing their
religious beliefs if they want and you are free
to express whatever you have on your mind,
keep silent, or leave.
To try to keep only one religious symbol up is a similar attempt to declare that the Christian god is the only right on
To try
to keep only one religious symbol up is a similar attempt to declare that the Christian god is the only right on
to keep only one
religious symbol up is a similar attempt
to declare that the Christian god is the only right on
to declare that the Christian god is the only right one.
If you have thin skin, get better beliefs (or
keep your
religious beliefs
to yourself.)
The government has created the State Administration for
Religious Affairs under its United Front Work Department to keep a close eye and a short leash on practitioners, effectively installing itself as the high priest presiding over the internal affairs of religious organ
Religious Affairs under its United Front Work Department
to keep a close eye and a short leash on practitioners, effectively installing itself as the high priest presiding over the internal affairs of
religious organ
religious organizations.
For centuries, rulers have used religion as a tool
to control citizens,
to raise armies,
to keep the peace through fear of hell and
religious wrath.
I think he is just a little better at understanding how
to keep his personal
religious beliefs from his duties and oath
to serve the American people.
This film is also HYPOCRITICAL because they RAGE when a film has a Christian message, saying that it doesn't belong in entertainment and that «
religious nuts» should
keep it
to themselves.
It's one reason why our country made sure
to keep religion and state separated because they understood the intolerance of radical
religious nuts like you.
It's not that I disagree with you about
keeping religion out of schools (public schools, ones not set up specifically by a
religious community for their community and paid for by that community), but dogma is what you also both adhere
to and propagate, so you might want
to rephrase.
It's a good thing for him that his
religious leader
kept the post as head of medicine at his hospital or he might not have access
to such relevant and accurate medical science...
Those who would build empires — national, political, corporate,
religious — should expect
to be held
to a higher standard, not a lower one, in
keeping with their power and influence.
I don't really trust anyone from the Republican party who is overly
religious to keep their
religious views out of their political decision making process.
At the same time, Hailemariam has been forceful in maintaining a separation of church and state as a way
to keep all
religious groups on board.
I know a huge number of them and as individuals they are usually good people, people are people after all, but they are as a
religious organization
to be watched and carefully
kept at arms distance.
During WW2 my father says the Mormon farmers in Idaho would claim
religious exemption
to keep their son's from fighting.
A
religious text that can be used
to justify everything from unselfish acts of kindness
to the
keeping of slaves and the mistreatment of women is worthless.
I notice that some say that we can, without religion live a moral life, grant that is a part of a
religious life, but I wish
to explain: there is more than living a moral life
to be saved, it is putting faith in God: it is: «If you love me,
keep my commandments.»
You have
to all that reading and praying and singing and regurgitating of
religious sound bites all the time until the brainwashing kicks in, and then you have
to keep doing all that stuff
to keep reality at bay.