"Religious" refers to beliefs, practices, or behavior related to a particular faith or religion. It involves devotion to a higher power or divine being and following the teachings, rituals, and values associated with that faith.
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It is a central part of many
religous belief systems that people who do not share the belief are condemned to an eternity of very painful damnation.
Previous social science research has focused on the views of academic scientists and those working at elite universities while studies
of religous views of science have focused primarily on the issue of evolution, said Ecklund.
My higher power was and still is
not religous in anyshape or form
Also being a 25 year old college grad in marketing, I can say that education and age don't really mean much in terms of
religous views.
It's not a just - because, and the bible was translated from Latin / Greek so all of us could decide and understand for ourselves, and not be at the mercy of
religous leaders.
But when it comes to more basic values such as
religous freedom and the abolition of slavery, Hutchens's argument isn't as cogent.
I don't think that schools should close
for religous holiday's like this.
But thank you for pointing out how most
religous organizations operate on a «Do as I say, but not as I do» doctrine!
Do you really think any social program the governemnt could possibly administer will matter to you when you are surrounded
by religous Zealots hell bent on punishing our «Evil» nation for its Crusades and crimes against Allah and are blowing themselves up at a mall, hospital, or airplane near you in exchange for a bevy of beautiful virgins?
Due to the extremism of the GOP, Romney has had to appeal to the crazy
religous right to get primary delegates.
That is a very dry world to live in... as far as theory is concerned it is as enigmatic
as religous beliefs... Example 2 hydrogen and on oxygen make water... it is proven fact.
If you do nt know that and you are basing your politics
on religous beliefs, you might want to do a little research before you pull that ballot lever.
posting only one of the many
religous symbols is showing favoritism to that particular religion.
One other point I would raise is that I would think many private
religous schools would be run as non - profits not as for profit corporations.
If there is any kind of higher life form and / or consiousness that is responsible for «everything» it seems likely that «it» is either incapable or unwilling to come right out and tell us all which of the
many religous belief systems has got it 100 % right.
If there are any other types of «decoration» denoting
religous preference or race such as a cross, Kwanzaa symbols etc. then this falls under freedom of religion and to deny her the right to her symbol is a hate crime.
It will go like this «white racist males steal election, force radical
religous cult... blah..
She is kind of like Margaret White without the whole psycho -
religous aspect.
Straw man sets up a false picture or representation to attempt to ridicule atheists:» all the atheist having a panic attack at the thought of an atheist
turning religous.
I consider myself an «anti-theist» in that in the big picture I
think religous belief does harm.
So many atheists get upset over the intrusivness of religon then go
into religous communities to insult their views and promot their POV and beliefs.
Thats why there are Chaplains for all denominations... I am meet Wiccan Chaplains who have
held religous services for Wiccans.
This country was founded to escape
religous persecution... but look at what the Christians are doing!
If humans didn't devote themselves to so much perverse indulgence of Man Made
religous dogma and rather tuned in to their inner voice and discovered their spirtiual life resided there and not in religions whose primary goal is a tool to control and manipulate through fear and ignorance.
And it is great to learn that the biggest country in your universal community, «China» is now allowing freedom of religion [
religous tolerance] for the Chinese house churches.
Jared left his church in Nashville three years ago to pastor a small church in rural Vermont — the least
religous state in America.
This billboard is basically
telling religous ppl they are wrong and should give this up.
Its funny when the fanatics start preaching about tattoos and such when if they look back at where their gospel came from some of the
most religous were often tattooed to show their devotion to god with mind body and heart.
The United States as it gets
more religous will see the people dumbed down and easily exploited as the quality of life continues to decline.
You along with other seem to have bridged the two together when it comes to Muslims, but rightfully failed to do so when terrorists of
other religous backgrounds commit acts of terrorism on some ill - guided views of their religion.
Ever year, hundreds of thousands of Muslim arrive to particpitate in
religous traditions The Hajj is one of the most important part of the Islamic faith.
In 2012, I crowdsourced an analysis of the census results, looking at the extent to which the increase in religion was driven by changes in stated affiliation from religious to non-religious, as opposed to the demographic replacement of older more religious cohorts by younger, less
religous ones.
For some of these so
called religous leaders it appears that the almighty dollar rises above the true teachings of most religions.
I like using this blog because it is one of the few places
religous ideas can be discussed openly with people we would otherwise not interact with.
Just another band of fruitcake
religous nutjobs that give us regular people a black eye.
Thankfully, I had to be around a lot of arrogant
religous fools (like you) when I was young and that provided all the evidence I need... organized religion is the greatest scam ever perpetrated on mankind and is the root of most evil.