If
they say they their belief system contains «uncertainty» they are ignorant fools who have abandoned reason.
A child born into
said belief system can not be held responsible for holding said beliefs as imposed upon him / her from birth onward whilst his / her brain is still maturing (up until about age 25 - 28 years).
Not exact matches
«Islamic State will survive «Jihadi John»,»
said Jonathan Russell, political liaison officer at the Quilliam Foundation, which aims to debunk the
belief systems of Islamic extremism.
Mr Geling
said a major risk factor for organisations was having the mistaken
belief their
systems were compliant.
Loyola keeping a Catholic identity helps promote real intellectual diversity in American public life (and, again, I'd
say the same as to other religious universities; I can imagine some religious
belief systems that are so pernicious that, while they must be constitutionally protected, we can still
say they hurt American life more than they help it, but I think that most of the traditions that found universities do have a good deal to contribute).
But Christianity is a
belief system, mostly attributed to Paul and some early writers, who we * could *
say is «guided» by this Creator, this energy, this endlessly unfolding and manifesting essence.
In this world where it preaches tolerance for all except for when it comes to true Christian
beliefs, a
belief that goes against the
system will never be given the time of day, even if
said belief is the TRUTH.
Finally you
said, «But alas, people still prejudicially ascribe certain moral qualities to others based on their
belief system, so this is not going away any time soon.»
As I don't carry enough theological weight to help my fellow believers in this debate with evidence or valuable dialog, and I was never able to cement myself in mt attempt to be an atheist, I can only
say that when I tried to de-construct my
belief system and embrace the scientific angle, it fell flat.
It really does nt matter what my
beliefs system was, let's just
say it was based on chaos theory and science as applied to occult arts, I have since moved on to more pragmatic
beliefs but I clearly recall how oppressive they were and surprised at how much propaganda they spread that was based on their ignorance.
The same can not be
said for the
belief system that those 1.6 billion people have (or any other
belief system that is based on the supernatural, for that matter).
You are taking what he did
say and massively misrepresenting it, portraying it according to your warped delusional
belief system, in a failed attempt to make some seemingly important, at least to you, point.
I must
say that I agree with igaftr here... your entire
belief system is based on giving you the disease and selling you the false cure.
I don't know how a
belief system that is founded on the principle of loving others — not just
saying it, but actually doing that — can justify enslaving or supporting slavery.
We don't
say there are six types of Theists, we focus on the Religions, and that is what is missing — a modern Religion /
Belief system for Atheists — as Atheism does not mean without rules, just about whether God exists or not.
While I am an advocate of spiritual exploration — by atheists to disprove or by the faithful to validate — running an article questioning the very core of a religious
belief system on a holy day is indelicate, to
say the least.
To
say it is god who would judge her shows no compassion for her - to even wish judgement when according to the
belief system judgement for being LGBT is hell, is immoral.
Actually Saraswati, you abandoned your original position that America is a «two party
system which only legislation is likely to change» and supported everything I
said, which is that legislation is not required, and the number of parties is not designed into the
system, and it's not likely to happen because people here prefer to abandon their true
beliefs in favor of a lesser evil that might win.
And they
say the presidency is bringing Obama to a new place in his faith - building on a
system of
belief and practice that helped bring him to the White House in the first place.
I think Bobby Henderson
said it best in the Gospel of the FSM, p. 100, «Born Agains are the most dogmatic of all, because it is the dogma itself that forms their
belief system.
«Sadly, it seems to be increasingly acceptable in certain
belief systems to kill as many members of the other religious community as possible,» she
said.
How do you
say someone's work is based on this one princliple when there are 9 chapters including clearity and inerrency of the bible, Attributes of God, Trinity, Creation, Sin preceeding the «major point» of all the author's works and
belief system?
And when I
say religion, I do mean the organised network that promotes a particular
belief system.
«Secular pluralism
says religion is bad for freedom or democracy or tolerance; SR
says that's not the case at all, and that to have any hope of achieving peace, we can no longer push religion off to the side or into some private
belief system.
The review ends by
saying the book is a «sobering reminder that a temperate and honest occupant in the Oval Office can go a long way in serving the American political
system while holding serious and distinctive religious
beliefs.»
There is NO WAY that a single
belief system is correct, particularly if
said religion was made up tens of thousands of years after modern man arrived on the earth, and the assumption is that this religion is the only way man can be «saved».
«And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men [Jesus] by which we must be saved» — Acts Crossan is
saying he's willing to give up any
belief system that declares itself to be true?
Someone administering aid to a person afflicted with disease in Africa, for example, may be a representative of a
belief system that I believe contributes to the spread of
said disease, but I would certainly at least respect the caregiver, as I
said, for their actions.
Sometimes it gets me down to see so many inflammatory comments
saying that everyone in my
belief system is «hateful» «weak minded» «believes in fairy tales» «is a joke» etc..
Crossan is
saying he's willing to give up any
belief system that declares itself to be true?
And Rock, I'd never
say religion as a whole is toxic — it's * people * who insist they are right and everyone else is evil that causes division — rarely the
belief systems themselves.
If you are trying to weaken the legitimacy atheism by calling it just another
belief system, what does that
say about the legitimacy of your own
beliefs?
A fundamental Christian can use the same Biblical standards to examine the
belief systems of an individual and
say... there is something wrong.
If you call «active pursuit» coming here to refute the status quo of
belief then I still don't think it can be considered it's own
belief system because the atheists are not
saying «We know how it all happened, we know the answer to everything and it is..
or those who have been
saying that science is another «
belief system» what they don't understand is that while science has many theories, and not as many «laws» is that the rigors that are used to support theories are much more intense than «the man in the clouds spoke to me.»
I understand why you would
say Atheism isn't healthy for kids, but in that same school of thought, you would have to deduce that NO
belief system is healthy for children.
After all these years of study, of experience, of seeing others change, and becoming a different person myself, my
belief system has gone a long way from «because the bible
says so» to lets see everything the bible has to
say about it, what was going on then, who it was
said to, and what it means in the context of life today.
Lt. Cmdr. Christensen went on to
say that «all service members are free to exercise their constitutional right to practice their religion in a manner that is respectful of other individuals» rights to follow their own
belief systems; and in ways that are conducive to good order and discipline; and that do not detract from accomplishing the military mission»...
I
said most of the religions though, if you look, study and get the facts then there are some
belief systems based on fact.
But, for instance, let's
say you have some Catholic classes you need a teacher for... would you really hire someone you know to be breaking your moral code to teach your
belief system?
If you don't subscribe to the Mormon
belief system, some might
say, why does the practice matter to you?
If our
belief system says the Bible
says / supports X, then we will believe that the Bible does.
''... Others might view the practice of proxy baptism as simply strange or utterly meaningless... If you don't subscribe to the Mormon
belief system, some might
say, why does the practice matter to you?
The Bible
says what our
belief system has decided it
says.
This, he
said, is in fact a quasi-religious
belief system which comes from Judaeo - Christianity.
But if some dude wants to
say he's personally spiritual, but not religious, and isn't trying to cram it down everyone else's throats against their wills... what's the point in questioning and condemning that choice or
belief system?
The first time Prozac lost its magic for her, Slater wrote: «Prozac had betrayed me, but not before its
belief system had leached to the very root of me, the
belief that, when all is
said and done, we are beyond the grace of stories, that only chemicals can cause hurt, and thus only chemicals can cure.»
(Sex, Economy, Freedom, and Community, pp. 126 - 128) Hence, the Porchers should want to move from the current
system to one in which a) the habits and
beliefs of certain Porcher influenced or protected communities, and b) the hard - fought - for legislative prerogatives and jurisdictions of
said communities (vis - a-vis national and state authority — esp.
Instead of
saying all those
belief systems need to go away or that it is somehow harmful to have a
belief such as that, I propose we agree to disagree in life and understand that diversity means respecting those whose
beliefs with which we disagree.
Every religion and even denominations within Christianity
say THEY are the only true
belief system.