Sentences with phrase «righteous religious»

Or to the opposite extreme of self - righteous religious zealots that for some warped reason assume they can conduct acts of violence in his name, whatever that may be.

Too often, self - righteous religious leaders use their power to promote actions that go against the core values of their religion and religious texts.

C. S. Lewis once warned that a cold, arrogant, self - righteous religious person may be nearer to hell than a moral libertine.

I guess that is one of the reasons why it is easier for prostitutes to go into the kingdom of God than for the self - righteous religious man and woman.

As an Atheist, I don't feel morally superior to anybody, that's for the self - righteous religious people — I simply don't think a belief in something as fantastical and unprovable as any version of god is necessary in order for a person to be a good person.

What I love about Jesus is that when (the non self - righteous religious) people listened to him, they felt overwhelming love / mercy.

Jesus condemned pride, unforgiveness, lack of mercy, hatred... and hung out with the people the self - righteous religious hyprocrites looked down on.

Tattoos are nothing compared to the war, the abuse, or the judgemental self - righteous religious mindset so prevalant in the world today.

He was kindest to the people the self - righteous religious zealots denigrated.

The silly catch phrase of «love the sinner but hate the sin» becomes nothing but contemptuous mockery because they literally ARE the sin in the eyes of the self righteous religious community.

It was the self - righteous religious people who condemned Jesus for hanging out with tax - collectors, sinners, and prostitutes.

Not just Osama and his ilk, but all those who, under the cover of self - righteous religious piety, allowed their indifference and cowardice to empower acts of bloodshed against their brothers, sisters, and children.

Not exact matches

The GOP are as righteous and religious as the taliban or al qaeda.

Christ himself had PLENTY to say about intolerant, «self = proclaimed righteous» religious leaders of his day... and not much of it was very nice.

These Hypocritical self - important Christian types need to leave politics and do what they do best... read and promote fairy tales, declaring themselves the most righteous, while they molest children and spread their religious views through fear.

And they say religious people are the arrogant, self - righteous ones.

If the righteous «religious» folks spend half as much time worry about their own lives and morals instead of butting into other people's, we'd all be better off.

Oh, and righteous - in - Crisco, keep the religious login / persona going for a little while longer as it is much more entertaining than your atheist one.

Michele, «Also a lot of atheists are very self righteous in there thinking as well, so its not just a religious issue its a human issue.»

Now that we know the truth of righteous - in - Crisco, any one else that can provide us with more religious comic relief?

its not really atheism or religion that I have a problem with, its the hate, control, and fear that goes along with it that I have a problem with, you say that those who are spiritual are into new agey, crystal ball, stuff, see that's what I'm talking about, you assume to know what something is about when you don't understand something you naturally fear it, your self righteous clouds you, don't you get that by being narrow minded in your view towards things, you really act no better than religious fundamentalists, being spiritual is a lot more than just the new agey, think positive all the time that you think it is, its about being aware of who you are?

Quite frankly any discussion about religious preferences adds to the eventual righteous act of violence in that religion's name.

When it comes to discussing who Jesus hung out with, the choice is not between the righteous people and the unrighteous people (for all are unrighteous), but rather between the religious and the non-religious.

No amount of «religious observance» would make the slightest difference to the truth that in a world governed by a righteous, living God, national sin brings national disaster.

I've learned that there is a big difference between being «religious» (self - righteous)... and, being «spiritual» (able to hear the Spirit of God... and to be led by His Spirit... all «glory» to God).

Others: Having been sexually abused by a man in our church myself at the age of 12, and having had to endure the consequences for the last 42 years, and having been the target of several righteous / religious attacks over the last few years, the abused have a right to speak and be heard even if it makes you uncomfortable.

But no, it has to be this self - righteous public display, a simple graduation perverted into a religious event by people hoping to widen obedience to their ideology.

In fact, Jesus» harshest words were reserved for the religious elite and self - righteous, who, in many ways, made their religion violent in that they used it to exclude and oppress and marginalize.

In other words, they're dumb enough to get in a self righteous name calling uproar for the simple sake of offending amd being offended over a religious holiday they don't beleive in anyways but still want to celebrate.

Religious Christians can be some of the most self - righteous people on earth.

The issue I have with our preconceived religious mindsets is that either we are righteous by the very fact that we are alive or we are righteous by the very fact that we believe in Christ.

The religious culture of his day dictated that there should be a firm wall between Jews and Samaritans, between men and women, between the righteous and the sinner.

Often times, the religious rights are self - righteous, but their lives may be full of conflicts against the Bible teaching; as the article points out, you can not follow all the rules laid out in the Old testaments, and if you believe the Bible literally, why do many religious rights do not follow as the Bible literally says.

The question in their minds would have been «how can we be more righteous than the religious leaders?»

With all of God's first born son (s) being an established view among our many religious constabularies, many of one - God religions are dead - set against each others» claims as to which religious convictions are truly the most righteous.

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 conservatives are a bunch of self righteous clowns who think they have a hot line to heaven!

We do right by each other and right by our community because it's the good and righteous thing to do, not because we suffer the burden of guilt hung on us by some religious text.

Such faith and trust, Jesus» parable suggests, are found more often among the «tax collectors and prostitutes» who hear the good news and believe than among the self - righteous guardians of religious order.

The only other time that Jesus specifically mentioned tithing was when He contrasted a self - righteous and legalistic religious leader with a humble and repentant tax - collector (Luke 18:11 - 12).

This sense of alienation and longing is hinted at in other religious traditions: in Buddhism's attempt to escape the cycle of suffering, for example, or in Islam's description of paradise, where the righteous «shall have all that they desire.»

I come from «shameless» caretakers, abandonment, ridicule, abuse, neglect — perfectionistic systems I am empowered by the shocking intensity of a parent's rage The cruel remarks of siblings The jeering humiliation of other children The awkward reflection in the mirrors The touch that feels icky and frightening The slap, the pinch, the jerk that ruptures trust I am intensified by A racist, sexist culture The righteous condemnation of religious bigots The fears and pressures of schooling The hypocrisy of politicians The multigenerational shame of dysfunctional family systems MY NAME IS TOXIC SHAME

You are quickly on your way to becoming yet another self - righteous, self - prioritized religious sect that is a potential danger to my personal safety.

Many religious people believe they are the crowning achievement of an all power God watching and judgeing their every moment and will reward them after they die because they are so faithful / good / righteous etc. and only they can stop others from living sinful lives and spread proper morality... as the mouthpiece of said God.

His way of conceiving God's righteous will was nothing short of revolutionary, and the opposition of vested interests, religious as well as political, should not be surprising.)

The younger son, on the other hand, stands outside the circle of those whose ethical and religious performance has apparently sealed their righteous heroism in the eyes of God.

Richard, there is nothing in Christian dogma that can be interpreted as a claim that the followers of Jesus are sinless, even though there are too many professed Christians who seem to believe that grace has made them not only righteous; but inerrant in spiritual / religious matters.

I too am an atheist, just not a self righteous one who looks down on the religious.

His basic conclusion is that the only judging Jesus and Paul do is to judge the self - righteous, hypocritical, legalistic religious people for committing the sin of judging others.

Religion, teaching and promoting hate, contempt or others, self - righteous anger and acting on it (OK by God) ignorance and that if you have religion you have rights but others who don't subscribe and submit to your religious authority, well then, it's ok to walk all over them, discipline them in the name of God, take away their rights and judge them.