Sentences with phrase «religious right turns»

The religious right turns out to be the people the religious right warned us about.

Not exact matches

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.

The people who resisted the Civil Rights movement in the south, many of whom used religious arguments, people who classified Blacks as animals, were degraded and debased by their own actions: turning fire hoses on children, setting dogs on peaceful marchers, lynching, firebombing churches...

Circular religious logic will still never fully justify the fact that religion asks for special rights and protections, which it gets, and then turns those rights and protections on other groups as a defense mechanism for when they are accused of discriminating... i.e. «We can choose who we accept and who we don't because of our beliefs... wait, what... how can you say you will not accept our religious organization, that's religious discrimination!»

Finally, to make it perfectly clear, what he was getting at is that he (as well as I) believe people don't always turn to religion for the right... or maybe not for the traditionally intended reasons, or if they were already «kind of» religious, they strengthen that religion for the wrong reasons.

Marsh's research on the religious roots and inspiration of the civil rights movement enlivens his account of Bonhoeffer's turn «from the phraseological to the real,» an awakening in social conscience that occurred during his year as a post-doctoral resident at Union Theological Seminary in New York in 1930 — 1931.

As it turns out, the kind of people Donald Trump and the Religious Right deem acceptable collateral damage in their quest for power — the poor, the oppressed, the marginalized, the hated minorities — are the very people Jesus prioritized.

For example — Often used by many christians as an arguement for intolerence towards human rights... I pose that every religiously ran nation like that of Iran and Iraq are exactly what the religious in this supposedly tolerent country wish to turn this country into, where science and logically thought are frowned upon and knowledge of fairy tales are rewarded.

The dramatic proof for Calvin that Cicero was right is the fact that even human beings who are not particularly religious turn instinctively to this unknown God in moments of crisis.

The religious right, most recently through the extremely dangerous «Tea Party,» have hi - jacked what SHOULD be logical public discourse or social programs, and turned them in to a Bible fight by claiming, incorrectly, that this is a Christian nation, and that we should be legislating the Bible.

People refusing medical treatment because they think they can pray disease away, The demoralizing way religion makes you feel about yourself (I am a wretch, a sinner, a bad person by nature), the religious wars that have been fought for millenia, the self righteous passing laws based on THEIR beliefs (change to the pledge of allegience which now excludes anyone who does not believe in a fairy godfather, the change to the national motto that turned it into the lie «in god we trust», the bigotry that «my religion is the right one and you are wrong so I'll pray for you» kind of crap... don't you realize that it is insulting to me when someone says they will pray for me... its the same as saying I'm going to do something for you but there won't be any effect, so it is just a waste of time.

Religious influence throughout history is usually a violent one where civilizations turn on each other over who has the right religion.

You have argued that Christians (along with other believers) have every right to make religious arguments in the public sphere — that they don't need to turn to some neutral, universally rational language before they engage in political debate.

The vocal insistence of the religious right on biblical «creationism» and such doctrines as the inerrancy of the Bible is likely to create a one - sided impression of the Christian faith and to turn away people who are not aware of other Christian views.

I could equally turn that comparison right back on you and compare all religious people to any number of religious extremest out there, but I know that all people of a group should not be likened to the lowest common denominator of that group.

I think there was a time that many believed their faith drove them to seek justice - abolitionists, civil rights leader, healthcare, etc. but now it just seems many want to isolate themselves from the «others» who won't «turn to Christ» and deny them rights in the name of religious liberty.

As it turns out, they are talking more and more about religious revival, about the rise of new religions, about the worldwide resurgence of fundamentalism, about the enormous impact religion is having on world affairs and, in this country, about the increased prominence of the Religious Right, a movement which may already be the most powerful special interest group in America and which has given ample notice that it doesn't consider its job anywhere nreligious revival, about the rise of new religions, about the worldwide resurgence of fundamentalism, about the enormous impact religion is having on world affairs and, in this country, about the increased prominence of the Religious Right, a movement which may already be the most powerful special interest group in America and which has given ample notice that it doesn't consider its job anywhere nReligious Right, a movement which may already be the most powerful special interest group in America and which has given ample notice that it doesn't consider its job anywhere near done.

See, for instance, the use of 2 Chronicles 7:14 («If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and heal their land») by many in the Evangelical wing of the religious right.

As one Catholic official puts it, «The rhetoric and arguments aimed at marginalizing the Religious Right might one day be turned against us.»

If there is an inherent «right to marriage» for same - sex couples, religious groups that refuse to marry gay couples are violating their civil rights, which in turn could lead to a repeal of the churches» tax exempt status» or a complete overturn in our law and culture of the religious understanding of marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

Before we turn to the second part of my remarks, it's also worth noting that the full title of Dignitatis Humanae is: On the right of the person and of communities to social and civil freedom in matters religious.

I turn to the Bible, not for scientific instruction, but for spiritual illumination, to share in the most influential development of religious ideas in man's history, to watch divine deeds that have changed human destiny, to sit at the feet of great prophets, to learn from the insights of the seers, to find guidance in distinguishing right from wrong, and above all to come under the saving influence of Jesus Christ.

He then turned to the U.S. Supreme Court, which now has only eight justices after the death of Antonin Scalia, and said electing a Democrat this year could lead to decisions that would roll back gun rights and religious liberties.

Oddly, though, under the thrall of the religious right, the Bush Administration has turned its back on fertility control in poor countries, to the detriment of America's own national security and economic wellbeing in the decades ahead.

In turn, their cultural, religious, property and governance rights, recognised at international law and embodied in this relationship, fail to be recognised and protected under Australian law.