Sentences with phrase «sacrifice us for religious»

These media stories have highlighted ARM's investigations into illegal horse slaughter, illegal slaughter farms, animal fighting rings, animal sacrifice for religious purposes and the demise of US wild horses and burros.

Not exact matches

Now, if their religious belief is that they must sacrifice you to appease some random force or god, by all means complain and ask for their beliefs to be stopped, but in that case you may want to run away before doing that.

After all, as the rather grisly specifics of the practice of animal sacrifice suggest, it would require a rather unnatural detachment for the members of the Court not to disapprove of any of the variety of religious beliefs or practices that they encounter in the cases they must decide.

But having migrated from one side of the secular / religious divide to the other, I can say for certain that trends can be reversed; even the orneriest, least receptive nones can be reached — and all without sacrificing a rigorous, orthodox view of Scripture.

Next thing you know Obama will say we can't have human sacrifices for our sanctioned religious rituals!

A more moving portrayal of the meaning of child sacrifice to a good father could hardly have been written than this story furnishes; the profound loyalty involved in child sacrifice, holding nothing back that religious obligation might require, is recognized; and the story's obvious objective is reached when «Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt - offering in the stead of his son.»

He writes, for example: «The fact that our author can persistently talk about sacrifice as if it meant a joyless, unwilling and hesitant gift shows that not even the faintest spark of religious inspiration can have glowed in his heart» (p26).

As a result, the literal and tangible sacrificial apparatus of the Jews became to the Christians symbolic of another kind of religious system altogether, whose temple is heavenly, not earthly, whose high priest once for all has entered the holy place of divine communion, where believing souls may follow him, (Hebrews 10:19) whose sacrifice is voluntary self - giving, and whose consequence is an open way for all to «draw nigh unto God.»

He has experienced awe, the religious passion, during the dark vision between the sacrificial pieces; he has enacted the new covenant marked by (self --RRB- circumcision — a symbolic act of «partial sacrifice,» betokening dedication to God's ways; he has been God's partner in the judgment on Sodom and Gomorrah, and in his own heart has accepted responsibility for (what he thought was) the «death» of Lot; he has beheld the wondrous birth of Isaac and endured the banishment of Ishmael.

For Lifton, religious symbols have to do with this urge for a rebirth and reunion with a larger human matrix beyond the sacrifice of one's own deaFor Lifton, religious symbols have to do with this urge for a rebirth and reunion with a larger human matrix beyond the sacrifice of one's own deafor a rebirth and reunion with a larger human matrix beyond the sacrifice of one's own death.

For me, any religious system that gives or promises to give peace of mind is idolatrous; the price we pay for «peace of mind» will be nothing less than the sacrifice of something basic to our own humaniFor me, any religious system that gives or promises to give peace of mind is idolatrous; the price we pay for «peace of mind» will be nothing less than the sacrifice of something basic to our own humanifor «peace of mind» will be nothing less than the sacrifice of something basic to our own humanity.

The outer court was in these weeks before the festival the scene of a market where animals and birds could be bought for sacrifice, and where pilgrims from abroad could change the money they brought with them into currency acceptable for religious dues and offerings.

In recent days, the Obama administration has been pummeled in the press by Catholic leaders and Republican presidential candidates for purportedly sacrificing religious liberty at the altar of its health plan.

I am not religious, I just follow the word of God, don't care much for mundane activities or graven images or religious relics, and I know that the good Lord loves obedience over sacrifice.

In Jesus» case it was a combination of factors — such as the fervent longing of oppressed people, their religious preparation and ethical sensitivity, the remarkable personal power of Jesus, and the particular circumstances of his death — which produced among his followers a mental and emotional situation favorable to the attainment of a remarkable new intensity of life, marked by love, loyalty, courage and joy, all for the sake of the Master, who had sacrificed his life for them and for the larger good he saw through them.

The ethical expression for what Abraham did is that he would murder Isaac, and the religious expression is that he would sacrifice Isaac.

The ethical expression for what Abraham did is, that he would murder Isaac; the religious expression is, that he would sacrifice Isaac; but precisely in this contradiction consists the dread which can well make a man sleepless, and yet Abraham is not what he is without this dread.

(2) There is division of labor, defined relative to work: the one gives birth, the other tills, (3) There is the coming of the arts and crafts: no more just picking fruit and gathering nuts, but agriculture — the artful cultivation of the soil, the harvesting of grain, its transformation into flour, the making of bread, and, eventually, also astronomy (to know the seasons and to plan for sowing), metallurgy (to make the tools), the institution of property (to secure the fruits of one's labor), and religious sacrifices (to placate the powers above and to encourage rain).

They exercised a great deal of influence and power over their people: performed religious rituals, sacrifices and black magic for the Pulayas and also at times for the high castes.

Religious observations that call for an animal to be slaughtered are as out of date and foul as those calling for human sacrifice.

For most religions, water baptism was a form of ritual washing and purification before a particular ceremony, sacrifice, or religious service.

«the idea that god tortured and killed himself as a sacrifice to himself to create a loophole for a rule he created is not an example of love... it is an example of absurdity» = > It was the religious hypocrites called the Sanhedrin who sacrificed the Passover lamb the perfect lamb of God.

The stories of the gospels suggest that he wasn't too keen on things like commerce in the temple courts, meat sacrificed to idols, spirit - worship, superstition based in fear, and religious rituals undertaken for show.

In this very old prescription only two simple sacrifices are called for: the burnt offering (the complete consumption by fire of an animal victim), signifying the worshiper's homage to the god - ness of God; and the peace offering, a joyous, religious, communion meal celebrating the full three - member relationship of the Covenant by enacting the oneness at the common board of the Lord with his people, and his people with each other.

We are no longer able to imagine the religious significance that they had as gods for the faithful who prayed and sacrificed to them.

I'd sacrifice my life in the name of the freedoms this country was founded on before I'd shed a drop of blood to defend your right to exclude or discriminate against someone for something as fundamental as religious belief.

Does this mean I can simply choose to sacrifice any non-endanger animal for «religious» purposes.

They point out that the Bible contains more commands for blood sacrifice and warfare against the enemies of God than any other religious book in history, including the Muslim Qur» an.

If you don't want to live in a legally defined religious - like devoted - for - life partnership where you sacrifice fantasies for reality, then as I suggested in my first post, spare yourself and your fiance the trouble and just don't get married.

I am not the most religious person on this earth, but I am spiritual, and I do believe that it was my complete and utter surrender of my holidays to give to my December birth families, that really was whole - hearted, no agenda, just sheer, utter love for these incredible two women who I feel to this day are my sisters, this small sacrifice that saved our family in some spiritual ways...

With her courage and sacrifice, an innocent icon of liberation from religious suppression has now clearly established the distinction of what is good and bad for Pakistan's future.

According to a religious evolutionary theory called the «social control hypothesis,» social elites may have used human sacrifice to preserve their power, cementing their status by claiming supernatural approval for their acts.

Some religious people, for example, think a 12 - hour fast is a HUGE SACRIFICE.

The effrontery outrages Marion; she and her husband, Larry (Tracy Letts), soon to be sacked from his computer - programming job, are already making enormous sacrifices to send their daughter to that private Catholic institution (not so much for religious reasons but owing to Mom's abject terror of public high school).

Many animals are sold and bred for religious sacrifice including goats, sheep, chickens, pigs, rabbits, cows, dogs, cats and for more extreme and darker «black magic» rituals, horses.

Generally these puppies and kittens are bred purely for religious sacrifice.

Animal fighting rings, animals for religious sacrifice and the black market horse meat trade are practiced here also.

Once used by the Maya for sacred religious sacrifices, visitors have to traverse two flowing rivers and climb a narrow shelf in order to view the panoply of treasures left behind by Mayan priests.

The Monumental Mausoleum is a construction made of limestone with carved walls which interiors were used for religious rituals as well as sacrifices.

In times of drought or flooding, it was customary for the local gentry and government officials to lead the community in offering sacrifices and conducting other religious rites to appease the dragon, either to ask for rain or a cessation thereof...»

For instance, freedom of religion does not create an exception to murder statutes, just in case the act is a religious human sacrifice.

It would be instructive, for example, for the HRC to issues opinions on the permissibility of restrictions of such religious activities as polygamy, animal sacrifice, or the exclusion of women from the church hierarchy»: S Joseph, J Schultz & M Castan, The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000, at [17.13].