Sentences with phrase «religious practices of it»

and require private employers to reasonably accommodate the religious practices of employees unless to do so would cause undue hardship to the employer's business.

Schools must consider their obligations to accommodate the religious practices of students to a point of undue hardship.

This exhibition focused on the religious practices of the ancient Mediterranean world and the modern challenges in piecing together an accurate picture of classical religion from surviving material fragments.

Meditation can be practised by anyone and adherence to religious practices of any kind is not required, Anyone can enjoy the benefits whatever their religious or spiritual beliefs.

All it prevents them from doing is imposing the religious practices of one group upon others, out of concern they might feel uncomfortable.

I have zero sympathy for the outdated religious practices of this tribal culture.

We have already noted earlier that when compared with the commonly accepted religious practices of the day, the Christian community of faith took on an everyday, almost secular appearance, not unlike such a contemporary movement as the Rotarians.

The Apostles criticized some of the stringent religious practices of their time and stopped them.

Here, too, children are expected to conform to the religious practices of their parents.

If they are from a biblically conservative tradition they are likely to use selected references to sexuality, marriage, and family to communicate the ideals of God in a way that will encourage and motivate people to strive for the ideal.6 This didactic use of the Bible fails to distinguish the radical difference between family life and the religious practices of ancient and modern cultures.

Yet Christian thinkers, including Augustine, were no less critical of the theological ideas of the philosophers than they were of the religious practices of their fellow citizens.

By focusing on «the religious practices of today's undergraduates,... and the extent to which the study and the practice of religion are made available to undergraduate students,» they offer a systematic report of each campus's ethos, inherent religious practices and religion courses.

In those cases the court deferred to the judgment of the Air Force that the free - exercise claim of a Jewish officer who wore his yarmulke on duty could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of correctional authorities that the free - exercise claim of a Black Muslim to attend Friday afternoon religious services could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service that building a logging road through a national forest was necessary despite the damage to religious practices of Native American tribes in that area; it deferred to the Internal Revenue Service's ruling that Bob Jones University was not entitled to tax exemption because of its religiously motivated rule against interracial dating and marriage on campus; it deferred to the judgment of the secretary of labor that a religious community must pay its members the minimum wage for work they performed in the group's business although the members said they had religious objections to being paid for their work.

There is nothing about the religious practices of those like Obama, Jessee, and Al that come anywhere close to what a Christian really is.

Understanding the religious practices of ancient Middle Eastern culture can and does help in understanding the story.

The government should not be permitted to create incentives for religious practice or belief (like giving favored status to religious organizations, as compared to other nonprofits), to facilitate the religious practices of some at the expense of others (like offering vocal prayers in public schools), or to accommodate one religion but not others with similar needs or problems (like limiting draft exemptions to members of traditional «peace churches») Within these guidelines, religious accommodations are fully in keeping with the First Amendment — albeit in conflict with strict separation.

It's about not spitting on the religious practice of an enormous part of the Earth's population.

The Church has authority from Jesus to «bind and loose» disciplines which govern the public religious practice of the God's people on earth — this is not the same as the Divine Law of God's Word and natural moral law.

Again, the Christian religious practice of going back to the Old Testament to relive the archaic events Yahweh performed on his people, a practice which was commanded by both Yahweh and Christ, is really a call for the people of God to move forward and continue the march toward the Promised Land.

Not exact matches

Generally speaking, faith and religious practices can sensitize a seeking heart to elevate the needs of others above our own.

«It is how culture and religious practice have been preserved through times, whilst blended perfectly with the touch of modern world.»

In essence, that bill gives individuals a way to opt out of federal laws that restrict religious practices, except in cases where the federal government has a compelling interest.

However, many security officials, including representatives of Transport Canada and CATSA, warn that in practice there's a perilously fine line between behavioural analysis and racial or religious profiling.

The federal RFRA was passed unanimously in Congress to allow individuals in states with a way to opt out of federal laws that restrict religious practices, generally speaking.

«This practice is not right and our president Gormez has expressed his disapproval of it to the relevant authorities,» the spokesman for the Religious Affairs Directorate said.

The practice of using first names, surnames, titles, university degrees, or religious designations varies from country to country, so learn what is appropriate.

It is the policy of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to provide equal opportunity in employment throughout the corporation for all qualified applicants and employees without discrimination against any person because of a person's race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex / gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and breast feeding), national origin, ancestry, gender identity, gender expression, legally - protected medical condition, physical or mental disability, age, military or veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.

And that's just the beginning of the obstacles to come, as more and more Western individuals opt out of religious literacy and practice.

I can say without reservation that my faith and religious practices have never been dictated by any form of fear or other negative emotion.

After listing the moral failings of various religious groups and practices, Hitchens offered three conclusions: «The first is that religion and the churches are manufactured, and that this salient fact is too obvious to ignore.

Restorative punishment, much like other practices of reconciliation, retrieves the distinctive logic of a religious tradition and brings it to bear upon modern liberal democracy.

1: the study of religious faith, practice, and experience; especially: the study of God and of God's relation to the world 2 a: a theological theory or system b: a distinctive body of theological opinion 3: a usually 4 - year course of specialized religious training in a Roman Catholic major seminary»

Professor Chung's speech resurrected the ancient debate over «syncretism» — the degree to which the Christian faith can and should accommodate other religious practices, and whether other faiths have sufficient truth without being troubled by the gospel of Christ.

What the Haredi have done is simple, even admirable: they've attempted to find a way to integrate modern practices with their religious ideals, which we ought to, as citizens of a nation which values religious freedom and upholds the right to practice, respect, not bemoan.

Obviously posted by somebody who has absolutely no idea about the beliefs and practices of religious faiths not rooted in Ambrahamic tenets.

Or is it also disallowed to be considerate inside enclosed spaces among random strangers who may or may not have even heard of, or just not recognized on sight, one's particular religious practices?

RELIGION is a practice of something, not necessarily something spiritual; for example, one can brush their teeth in a religious way by brushing them before school and after dinner everyday.

Soft Patriarchs, New Men by W. Bradford Wilcox, a young sociologist of religion at the University of Virginia, is a study of the actual surveyed attitudes and practices of the married men of the so - called «religious right» that turns this stereotype on its head.

That's their right as a religious insti.tution and part of their free practice of that religion.

CNN: Court says lawsuit of «Vampsh Black Sheep League of Doom Gardamun Family Circle Master Vampire High Priest» is «frivolous» A man who said his religious freedom to practice «Vampirism» is being violated in prison won't have his day, or even night, in court.

There is much that could be said about this, but I will stick with one thing, based on discussion at about the 2 minute mark: When atheists insist that atheism does not drive behavior, and then then campaign on behalf of atheism, ridicule religion and religious believers in the name of atheism, seek to change laws in favor of their atheistic positions, recommend the extermination of religion, and practice falsehoods like Dawkins's in support of atheism, they prove that their atheism drives their behavior and that their premise is false, disingenuous, and (as far as I can tell) useless for anything but giving atheism rhetorical cover from being implicated in atheists» atrocities.

None of these scientists are accused of being religious nuts because they are seeking out intelligent design and origin in their practices.

One might characterize New Atheism as a largely polemical movement that attacks a particular type of Christianity — the religious and political practices of the «far right» — and conflates the part with the whole of Christendom.

As for your religious practices not being dictated by any form of fear or other negative emotion... bull hockey.

It ignores the leadership of civil society, including religious leaders; the political value of religious ideas (real theology) in creating a functional future for these nations; and practices like forgiveness that allegedly prevent the just application of punishment.

Prayer is a nonthreatening religious practice, regardless of the faith.

YOU: What happens in the mind of the Christian who begins to look at their own religious beliefs and practices in a rational manner?

The disposal of unsound religious beliefs and practices through the resolute application of knowledge leading to common acceptance of their fatal flaws is a well - established and time - honored tradition whose constructive value is populated with hundreds of noteworthy precedents that serve as benchmarks in the continuing enlightenment of the human race.

A better strategy would be to point out how one doesn't need religion to be a moral person, and then demonstrate how some of the people that claim to be a beacon for religious zealots (the GOP) practice an existence devoid of morality.

@Corinth, Is it a standardized action that takes place with perscribed frequency during the practice of people's religious beliefs (yes to all); then it's a ritual.