Sentences with phrase «sacred means religious»

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In his essay «The Religious Meaning of Myth and Symbol,» Altizer continues this same theme: «The sacred can be actualized only by means of a dissolution of profane existence.

Any anthology which presents only the high and noble points of a sacred literature really misrepresents that literature, for it is not all by any means of equal beauty or interest or of equal moral or religious insight.

Each of the four ways must be critically connected with the other three, or else it runs the risk of losing its religious character altogether (if by «religion» we mean a receptivity to the reality of sacred mystery).

The secular and sacred lines are drawn clearly, so that in multireligious India «this can mean either a fundamental separation of the state from religious activity and affiliation, or impartial state involvement on issues relating to religious interests of different communities.52 The problem with this school of thought from the point of view of religious (Christian) and ethnocultural (Dalit and Adivasi) minorities is obvious.

In 2012 the lines between the sacred and the profane will get even more blurry: Scientists will religiously maintain their search for the elusive God particle (they won't find it); evangelical sports superhero and Denver Bronco quarterback Tim Tebow will continue to be both an inspiration to the faithful and an object of scorn to skeptics (he will be watching, not playing in, the Super Bowl); at least one well - known religious leader or leading religious politician will be brought down by a sex scandal (let's hope all our leaders have learned a lesson from former Rep. Anthony Weiner and stay away from sexting); and the «nones» - those who don't identify with one religion - will grow even more numerous and find religious meanings in unexpected places (what TV show will become this season's «Lost»?)

Secular and sacred, the throwback emblem of hip millennial youth as well as a mark of religious faith, the beard is depicted in the BEARD PICTURES as both mask and meaning: a sign of the times.

nor their capacity to blind themselves to facts.; ideolog -LCB-- y, - ically, etc -RCB-; intellectually impoverished adherents of post modernism «science»,; IPCC; lying cheating warmist «scientist»; Lysenko; morally and ethically bankrupt; more skullduggery by the «Team»; orthodoxy; Phrenology ~ climate science; policy apparachiks; post modern; Propaganda; pseudo science; religion; religious -LCB-- ly - based -RCB-; sacred CAGW gospel; scam; «science» now means «propaganda» «idolatry», «blindness», «mendacity» and «venality»; scum; vindictive people; pitchforks and torches and tar....

Gold: Gold always holds sacred meaning in Indian culture and it is bought on achieving important milestone like marriage, child birth, religious ceremonies, and festivals amongst other occasions.