Religious leaders today have the awesome task of helping to lead people through what may well become the most deadly epidemic in human history.
The Letter is thoughtful, measured, and well worth re-reading — not least because
some religious leaders today are taking an opposite tack.
I would guess the best way to answer this question is to look at how
religious leaders today justify their stance on the issue.
Not exact matches
NDP
Leader Thomas Mulcair reached further back in history
today to claim for his own party a link to the defence of
religious freedoms in Quebec.
Among those surprised by all of conservative TV host Glenn Beck's recent
religious talk - including at Saturday's Washington rally, where Beck said that «America
today begins to turn back to God,» - is the Rev. Richard Land, a Southern Baptist
leader.
Given that only 18 percent of American adults say they're more active in organized religion
today than they were ten years ago, while 32 percent said they're less active, perhaps
religious leaders should take some comfort in the data here.
What Jesus said about the evil shepherds and other individuals, who were using the flock for their own selfish gratification, could also be said
today of many of our
religious leaders and our political
leaders.
The way those Christian workers are treated by «
religious leaders», is the way those «
religious leaders» would treat Jesus, if He was walking the streets
today.
Despite their political,
religious and ethnic differences,
leaders from around the world are coming together for
today's National Prayer Breakfast in Washington.
If you have been burned by religion, have suffered from the manipulation of
religious leaders, or feel that God has lied to you, left you hanging, and can not be trusted, begin the path toward understanding God's heart for you, and gaining the true freedom He wants for you
today.
Because of the tendency of the illiterate to want religion presented to him in a way which suits his imagination, we find that educated Muslims
today disapprove of the innovations invented by the Sufi orders, such as veneration of saints, seeking blessings from tombs, seeking the mediation of
religious leaders, and excessive asceticism.
IF Christ were here
today, He would call Heaven and earth to witness against these modern day money - changers masquerading as
religious leaders while spreading hate in His name.
Christ would not have good things to say about
todays «
religious leaders»
Whereas the first generation of Latin American liberation theologians was made up primarily of Roman Catholic priests and other male
religious leaders,
today there are many voices speaking from the perspective of gender or incorporating the rich symbols inherited from a pre-Columbian or an African heritage.
Everyone should do this to be more informed, and draw their own conclusions about
today's
religious leaders.
Gods will is for us humans
today to evolved to a level of conciousness that will prepare us for the challenges of our future survival, Scientists now predicts of hardships in the future due to over population and changes to the natural environment.and that is happening now with activists through out the world are reminding us of protecting nature.That is why we need a phsychological revolution to hasten the evolution of consciousness that will address the problems.Ideological and philosophical enlightenment had the past great minds to develop ideas and belief because God sent them to reality in their times.Abraham, Jesus, Mohammad, Buddha, and many other
religious leaders to teach humanity the doctrines that God willed to be appropriate and applicable in those periods of their existence, Also great philosophers in another dimension of social involvement were born to interprete and connect philosophically as the second element of our conscience, Kant, Marx and countless of them also were born.To complete the triangular structure or dimension of our conscience is knowledge.
A survey that William McKinney and I recently conducted invited 1,500 conservative and mainline Protestant denominational
leaders to choose from a list of 63 contemporary
religious leaders and authors the ten who have had «the greatest impact on your thinking about the church's life and mission
today.»
Today, we still see our share of
religious violence and inconsistent or abusive behavior by prominent
religious leaders, which rightly makes us shudder, if not roil with anger.
The same God is very much alive even
today where
religious leaders are in league with the powers that be» (Marxian Atheism, page 84).
And though Stalin executed priests and other clergy that he perceived as a threat to his power, later when he, like many political
leaders, saw benefit to be gained by using
religious beliefs to enhance his own power, he made an alliance with the Russian Orthodox Church, just as Putin has done
today.
Today we call people who exhibit blind obedience to crazy
religious leaders like Jim Jones stupid or crazy.
Because then, people will hate and kill their own brothers / sisters for the chance to be rewarded in the afterlife; while their
religious leaders (politicians) are rewarded with earthly treasures (money and power) No
religious sect in the world
today is unimpeachable.
In much the same way that denominations can no longer assume that people will take on the
religious loyalties of their parents, they can no longer assume that
today's church
leaders will continue the funding patterns of previous generations.
The «faith of your fathers» was the product of the
religious leaders of * their * days - clueless men, just like
today.
As mentioned above,
today's
religious leaders are crooked men who have misled
today's churchgoers.
Also,
today's
religious leaders bow to whatever flag happens ro be flying over their head, and actively recruit for and support militaries all over the world, sending even their own offspring to kill Christians living in othger lands whie they preach that «Those who live by the sword shall die by the sword».
Did Jesus not exceed any known demand from
religious leaders of
today?
So I guess the Jews didn't kill Jesus it was the
religious leaders sounds like what is happening
today.
It is a tragedy that so many of our
leaders today (and all of those ignorant fools who elect them on the basis of their
religious beliefs) are guided by their brainwashed, dogmatic belief in what amounts to no more than a very elaborate story of Santa Claus.
And we do not know exactly who wrote all the books of the Bible including the ones which were discarded by
religious leaders as not being included in what the Bible is
today.
I had a fascinating day
today, starting with members of Congress and then meeting national
religious leaders.
If there is a proper application of this text
today, it would be better to direct it to the
religious leaders in our churches, rather than to the people in the pews.
We need something that can fire contemplatives and other
religious, priests, preachers, teachers, catechists, theologians, parents, youth
leaders, «the men and women in the pew» and the youth of
today's Church as they all do their bit to learn from God's Word and announce the Good News revealed by Jesus Christ in His words, miracles, Passion and Resurrection.
Continuing to play the role of a pragmatic, bipartisan
religious leader, Cardinal Timothy Dolan said
today that he's looking forward to giving the closing prayer at both the GOP national convention tonight and the Democratic convention in Charlotte, NC next week.
Update: Republican Senate Majority
Leader Dean Skelos just told reporters that there would be a «lengthy» GOP conference on the marriage equality bill
today, during which they'd consider the
religious exemption amendments.
«There is no bigger threat to the peace and unity of our country
today than religion - coated incendiary messages, which are being carelessly sent out by some
religious, political and opinion
leaders.
Ghana prides itself in the peaceful co-existence of persons of diverse, ethnic,
religious and political persuasions and we can not allow that reputation to be compromised.Distinguished Traditional
leaders and all gathered here
today; Ghana needs us to stand up for what is right, just and positive for our growth and development.
It's not pretty, but here's the language of the
religious exemptions to the same - sex marriage bill agreed to by the legislative
leaders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo earlier
today.
«Now
today look at it, that's the new standard and yet civil society is quiet,
religious and traditional
leaders are quiet.
Today, scientists around the world, including those at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research that Schellnhuber founded in 1992, are successfully investigating the nonlinear dynamics of the complex climate system, and
religious leaders like Pope Francis - whose green Encyclical Schellnhuber had the honor to present to the world in 2015 - joined in the call for avoiding dangerous climate change.
More than 70 percent of North Carolina's private schools identify as
religious today, and as those numbers grew in the 1970s, Christian school
leaders became frustrated with state mandates that conflicted with their
religious beliefs and instructional methodologies.
However, in
today's blogspace on climate we have scientists acting as if they are
religious leaders who hold anyone who expresses doubt as a heretic and someone who is to be despised.
From
religious leaders to Christopher Columbus to Winston Churchill to
today's budding entrepreneurs, learning how to efficiently experiment and learn is key to innovation success.