Sentences with phrase «said about religious»

I'm no more inclined to accept what Jesus said about his religious faith than I am to accept yours.

RELEVANT looks at the recent ban on burqas in France, and what that says about religious liberty and how Christians should think about different practices in different faiths.

Keeping in mind that believing a dead man came back to life and ascended bodily into heaven is no more plausible than anything Mormons believe, you have to wonder what Barnum would say about all religious people.

In fact, I agree with some of the things Atheists say about religious folks.

We have to learn to understand what this new mediated culture is saying about religious values if we expect to be able to conduct our own quest for meaning within it.

I largely agree with what Smith says about the religious meaning of the term «God.»

Not exact matches

At least 24 of the 34 colleges and universities granted religious exemptions based on their beliefs about gender identity also received waivers allowing them to discriminate against gay and lesbian students and employees, citing faith - based prohibitions against homosexual sex, the Human Rights Campaign said.

«Even if the bills are not implemented, it creates a public discussion about discrimination, and that creates the idea that discrimination is important to religious freedom,» says Marieka Klawitter, a professor of public policy and governance at the University of Washington.

«A lot of it — when you're first building and you have no customers — comes down to being religious about building what's relevant, not necessarily what's sexy,» says Gibbs.

Responding to questions about Trump's views on immigration, Thiel said he did not support a religious test for Muslims as Trump has advocated for, and went on to say he did not believe Trump supporters take literally the candidate's repeated calls to build a wall along the Mexican border and make the neighboring country pay for it.

«We are deeply concerned about all deliberate attempts to offend members of any religious or ethnic group,» said Stephen Engelken, the second - ranking diplomat at the embassy.

They say they are committed to religious pluralism, yet in interviews all three expressed reservations about allowing Mormons, Hari Krishnas, and missionaries of other alien faiths to enter Ukraine.

The U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday issued a statement saying the U.S. government «in no way condones such acts of disrespect against the religion of Islam, and is deeply concerned about deliberate attempts to offend members of religious or ethnic groups.»

Why are you listening to black clerics over this issue, Blacks are having more kids out of wed lock than whites, they are also like white, living in sin, but the church's say nothing about having babies without a husband or sitting in church and living in sin, talk about glass houses, and besides the marriages are Cival marriage not religious marriage, what a bunch of hipocrites..

You said, «In fact atheists are just about the most religious zealots there are.»

Keep your religious ideas to yourself and I won't say a thing about it.

There is much that could be said about this, but I will stick with one thing, based on discussion at about the 2 minute mark: When atheists insist that atheism does not drive behavior, and then then campaign on behalf of atheism, ridicule religion and religious believers in the name of atheism, seek to change laws in favor of their atheistic positions, recommend the extermination of religion, and practice falsehoods like Dawkins's in support of atheism, they prove that their atheism drives their behavior and that their premise is false, disingenuous, and (as far as I can tell) useless for anything but giving atheism rhetorical cover from being implicated in atheists» atrocities.

In Belfast there is also a pomo religious group called IKON, but the less I say about them the better, I think.

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

You said, «You through your own decisions have effectively limited your options this is religious, this is believing in a god «YOURSELF»» My decision to question illogical positions and refusing to believe the blatant nonsense about imaginary friends has expanded my options.

So in other words, this is analogous to saying it was about religious persecution as opposed to racism.

He said that the latest study (Professor Jordan Grafman, from the US National Inst - itute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda,) suggests the brain is inherently sensitive to believing in almost anything if there are grounds for doing so, but when there is a mystery about something, the same neural machinery is co-opted in the formulation of religious belief.

If you hear a scientist say he believes in god, it's pretty likely he's lying (and there are a million reasons why he would be pressured to lie about it) or he's financially backed by religious dollars.

Ted said: «I am talking about their religious values / morals / laws and how they should be kept out of our nation's legal system.»

Are you saying that I need to learn about every religious sect within each religion and I need to memorize every tiny nuance and «tradition» of these thousands of different forms of religious expression?

When I was religious, I was more worried about pleasing a god, following rituals, doing what the church said to do.

Christmas stopped being primarily a religious event way before atheists and liberals said anything about it.

you sir are practicing a religion one that means so much to you that you use it as your online name also please show me where I call you a fool or is telling someone not to make a fool of themself the same as calling them a fool which would mean you are very religious as far as Colin he said nothing that related to the debate I was in with you... we are talking about Atheism as a religious view not debating the existence of God now look over the definitions I have shown you and please explain how Atheism does not fit into the said definitions And you claim that evolution is true so the burden of proof falls in your lap as it is the base of your religion.

Their action, he said, was clearly conscientious, clearly sincere, clearly motivated by religious belief (about the truth of which the government must not judge), and not willful.

You can say this same thing about the religious.

Back during the (George W.) Bush Administration, I spent (or rather wasted) some time reading books and articles written by journalists who were suspicious (I hesitate to say paranoid) about those suspicious and paranoid fringe religious kooks (theonomists and theocrats) who threatened to take over....

It is a shame the chaplain needed to add the unnecessary religious interpretation and spin, saying that people who talk about family are talking about a god.

I do not see any of the religious folks with much in the way of good things to say about gay people.

«We were very happy to learn about their release today,» said Nihad Awad, national executive director of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), who visited Tehran last week as part of a religious delegation..

When Jews and Christians have something in common to say to the world, especially when that message is not one that simply promotes some issue of immediate benefit to the communities themselves, secularist stereotypes about the necessarily antagonistic character of religious public discourse fall by the wayside.

Whatever else one might say about Lincoln's religious views, it is true that he was most convincing when he set out to be; he utilized language to elucidate any number of subjects.

I know that I see elements of divine around me in things and in ways that others don't, including other religious people... And as long as different religions and even sects constantly argue about what god truly is, and as long as they come up with different asnwers, then I have to say that the spiritual elements of our universe simply manifest differently for different folks, including not at all for some... as with those who label themselves as athiest...

About half of the Americans who identify as part of the Tea Party movement say they are also part of the religious right or conservative Christian movement, according to a survey released last year by the Public Religion Research Institute.

Atheism is simply a lack of belief in god and says nothing about how we raise our children (other than implying that we don't brain - wash them with religious indoctrination).

What Jesus said about the evil shepherds and other individuals, who were using the flock for their own selfish gratification, could also be said today of many of our religious leaders and our political leaders.

do I need any approval before I practice my religion, do I have to prove my religion before I practice, my holy book further describe that you must carry a gun in 21st century because there is too much crime in this world, but it doesn't say much about if I migrate to another country these rules will still apply, Or I should modified them according to my comfort, like talking in English which is not my religious language wearing pants or not, having education or not, standing in line or not, I am so confused what should I do can someone help me, should I go back to country where my religion originated or back in time ask my guru questions about western world confusion, or just decide by myself what suites me, or preach other develop country that you guys are wrong be peaceful.

Most notably, Kathryn Anderson of Pinedale said that «it would be obscene and offensive to discipline Judge Neely for her statement... about her religious beliefs regarding marriage.»

So I guess what I'm trying to say is this: there is a right way for religious people to help those around them come to know and follow God, should they so desire, but yelling at them about fire and brimstone is not really acceptable or in good taste.

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?

In citing the fact that many religious scientists believe in evolution, I was not saying «gee, they must all be right» because «all those good people seem to agree about....

If i was an atheist I would not worry about taking advantage of other people for my own benefit since I would have nothing to loose... Again I don't listen to what religious books say they all have been twisted, but some things are common sense.

The heathens that I post about that say they are religious but are truly evil are the same kinds of people God was warning the Holy Prophet about.

As that woman was asked about what changed in her religious life after she «met» Yeshua, she said, «Not that much.»

Exactly my point; if according to the Bible and Christ's words himself — that even the Son of God has no idea about the 2nd coming; I am now supposed to believe what men on earth say??!!!!! Seriously, how stupid are some people — these are the same people who claim they are religious elite!

The «religious» sector has said forever about us non-believers going to hell.