Sentences with phrase «society as all other religions»

the very definition of enti tled, when christians scream persecution for being relegated to the same status in society as all other religions.

Not exact matches

In my personal opinion, if we ever actually come into contact with other alien species and it is they, with superior technology, who contact us, the idea that a religion were pervade their society seems unlikely as I'm sure you and I are both aware that religion is mostly divisive and an impediment to progress.

Religions incorporated and codified these basic social values and skills, and quickly learned to take credit for them — as if, without the religion, we would be doomed to not have them — although we see them in every human society, including hunter - gather tribes with no sense of gods as we understand them After many centuries of religious domination, enforced through pain of death, ostracization or other social sanctions, allowing religion to take credit, as well as failing to question other religious claims — has become a cultural habit.

have a look at the vatican website and you will see how insecure the vatican are about themselves now as the picture of Mr Benedict has been altered to make him look like the other pope and this proves that they are desparate now to make Mr Benedict seem different to waht he really is and we are watching the end of a very dishonest and corrupt society / religion

First of all, as I said in my original post, there are many other factors that mold our views beyond our natural instincts (parents, religion, society, etc).

In the Abbasid period Muslim culture became society - oriented, with emphasis on such subjects as the sciences and engineering and architecture; but no contradiction was felt between these fields and religion, for all scholars combined religious knowledge with mastery of other fields of learning.

But by 1961 the Supreme Court found itself having to acknowledge that «a sincere and meaningful belief which occupies in the life of its possessor a place parallel to that filled by... God» in the life of others qualified as religion in our civil society.

Eliot saw this as a particular danger in industrial society, which creates «people detached from tradition, alienated from religion, and susceptible to mass suggestion: in other words a mob.

And in a society that is not only deeply religious but decidedly secular, other values and assumptions stand as ready alternatives to the civil religion.

Inasmuch as these authors did not limit themselves to a discussion of primitive society, though they did concentrate on non-Christian religions, a rapprochement between sociological and socio - psychological studies, on the one hand, and the efforts of the school of «comparative religions» (F. Max Mueller, C. P. Tiele, W. Robertson Smith), on the other, was effected.

Again there is a wide range between the maximal identity of religion and other activities such as prevail in primitive societies and the tension we find existing on more advanced levels of cultural and religious development.

This answer also makes me the most happy, not that we haven't had other non-christian presidents before (Thomas Jefferson comes to mind) but Obama is the first is a long time and as an Agnostic myself I am proud to have a leader that puts the ideals of science and civil society above those of ancient and antiquated religions

Both are constitutional ideals which should be approximated as nearly as possible while respecting other important principles, Separation should be viewed as a development friendly to religion in a heterogeneous society rather than as a hostile turn of events.

Please tell me how many women gets this honor of being wife in Christianity or any other religions and how many children are being born out of good luck and being a father less in the society (fyi in some culture they call these types of children as bustard) and many more...

George Mason, a member of the Con - sti - tu - tion - al Convention and recognized as The Father of the Bill of Rights submitted this proposal for the wording of the First Amendment All men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience and that no particular sect or society of Christians ought to be favored or established by law in preference to others.

«Neo-Atheists» [such as Alain de Botton], on the other hand, are aware of the psychological and spiritual deficiencies of atheism and eager to import into secular society some of the enduring «goods» of traditional religions.

As to the second part... again, Bob... maybe,... just maybe atheists, agnostics, some christians, and many from other religions, or not believe that what you evangelical theists believe about «gays» and what you are doing to minimize, criminalize, bully, torture,... create laws that show them as not being worthy enough in our society of having equal rights as human beings... maybe we think you guys are absolutely * wronAs to the second part... again, Bob... maybe,... just maybe atheists, agnostics, some christians, and many from other religions, or not believe that what you evangelical theists believe about «gays» and what you are doing to minimize, criminalize, bully, torture,... create laws that show them as not being worthy enough in our society of having equal rights as human beings... maybe we think you guys are absolutely * wronas not being worthy enough in our society of having equal rights as human beings... maybe we think you guys are absolutely * wronas human beings... maybe we think you guys are absolutely * wrong.

The relation to God and the relation to society must neither be confused with each other as is the case in social religion, nor separated from each other as is the case in Christian isolationism; they must be maintained in the unity of responsibility to God for the neighbor.

Vice-President K. R. Narayanan, in his recent speech at the Indian Institute of Social Sciences, Delhi, spoke of Indian society even now as a «coexistence society» rather than a single society;» he defined coexistence society as «many groups, castes and religions living together but interacting among each other only at the margin».

We try as hard as we can to give as much aid as we can, and I'm sure other churches do too, but if everyone put forth even more effort, religion would once again become a key part of society and the government would have a little bit more money to work with.

The only path available today is, either the domination of the majority religion or secular ideology as the established framework of the State suppressing the rights of others using State coercion or open democratic secularism in which a consensus is sought regarding the values and directions of the common life of society and the State policy related to that common life, through peaceful but active dialogue among religions and ideologies.

Vice-president K.R.Narayanan in his recent speech at the Indian Institute of Social Sciences, Delhi spoke of Indian society even now as «a «coexistence society» rather than a single society»; he defined coexistence society as «many groups, castes and religions living together but interacting among each other only at the margins».

It is to ask that economists learn ecology and that ecologists learn economics; that science meets religion and both learn from each other; that our innermost human problems are seen, not simply as some personal aberration, but as intimately linked with the sort of society we create for ourselves.

Christian faith is open to... indeed, welcomes... interdisciplinary and inter-faith dialogue, not only because it believes it has something to share, but because it knows it has much to learn from the various intellectual disciplines and other religions, as well as from the developments of a technological and electronic society.

Complementarity between man and woman is a fundamental principle in Judaism, in other religions, in some non-religious intellectual traditions in the organization of society, as well as in the opinion of a very large majority of the population.

The complementarity between man and woman is a fundamental principle in Judaism, in other religions, in some nonreligious intellectual traditions, and in the organization of society, as well as in the opinion of a very large majority of the population.

himself defined the task of the sociology of religion as «the investigation of the relation between religion (s) and society in their mutual ways of conditioning each other and also of the configuration of any religiously determined social processes.»

From these traditions, we have inherited not only the specific substantive emphases that distinguish each from the others but a legacy of common themes as well: (1) a theoretically grounded rationale for the importance of studying religion in any serious effort to understand the major dynamics of modern societies, (2) a view of religion that recognizes the significance of its cultural content and form, and (3) a perspective on religion that draws a strong connection between studies of religion and studies of culture more generally — specifically, studies of.

Furthermore the existence of a diverse, mobile, and fragmented society, containing groups sufficiently alienated to find identity in religion and a global movement of resistance rather than in the culture of their land of birth, represents a major source of vulnerability for France, as it does for Britain and others.

Any leader should imbibe these basic tenets which Islam and other religions promote as the bedrocks of ethical living in society.

The British Humanist Association has condemned remarks made by Prime Minister David Cameron, in which he stated that Britain was a Christian country, that it was only as a Christian country that Britain could be welcoming of those of other religions, and that Christian values could reverse British society's «moral collapse».

Several scientists believe that holding U.S. meetings under these circumstances would violate the statutes of the International Council for Science, the umbrella organization for scientific societies around the world, which «opposes discrimination based on such factors as ethnic origin, religion, citizenship, language, political or other opinion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or age.»

As educators, we have a responsibility to work toward a society in which age, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, socioeconomic status, political affiliation, or any of the other characteristics that make up our identity, cease to be seen as problems to be overcome and instead are recognized as sources of strengtAs educators, we have a responsibility to work toward a society in which age, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, socioeconomic status, political affiliation, or any of the other characteristics that make up our identity, cease to be seen as problems to be overcome and instead are recognized as sources of strengtas problems to be overcome and instead are recognized as sources of strengtas sources of strength.

As in many other countries, religion is the most important pillar of society, which controls education and culture.

The observer does not belong to any religion, nation or race and as such is a cohesion element that can enable the development of a global society where national, religious or any other identification will be secondary, primarily, however, will be awareness being a member of the «human civilization» in other words be a member of «global society».

Mariam Durrani, an expert on Islamophobia and Muslim youth and a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), says that even if there are no Muslim students in a class, «changing educational and society - wide demographics suggest that as young people come of age, we'll have even greater need for conversations about learning across difference and about addressing systemic inequalities,» whether about religion, race, gender, sexual orientation, or other identifiers.

When you grow up as a girl, it is like there are faint chalk lines traced approximately three inches around your entire body at all times, drawn by society and often religion and family and particularly other women, who somehow feel invested in how you behave, as if your actions reflect directly on all womanhood.

We can see these drawings as a return to «the root» of the practice of an artist who strives never to lose sight of the essential humility of creation which is, probably more than any other philosophy, political thought, or religion, the true guarantor of society and evolution.

Pope Francis said on Saturday an «epidemic of animosity» against people of other races or religions was hurting the weakest in society, as he struck a note of caution against the rise of populist nationalism.

You already know that I (like many other in society) see religious accomodation as being one value among others and it does not automatically take precedence over other values including secularism and freedom of religion.

Section 2 of the CHRA provides that the purpose of the CHRA is to «extend the laws in Canada to give effect... to the principle that all individuals should have an opportunity equal with other individuals to make for themselves the lives that they are able and wish to have and to have their needs accommodated, consistent with their duties and obligations as members of society, without being hindered in or prevented from doing so by discriminatory practices based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, disability or conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered.»

But Im not prepared to immediately chalk up all opposition (I'll grant you that some undoubtedly is rooted in islamophobia) to something that is unprecedented in this society, and that would not be tolerated in any context other than a freedom of religion context as «islamophobic».

[260] This Charter right, like others, is subject to the limitation clause provided in s. 1 so that a limitation on freedom of conscience and religion is permissible if it is a reasonable limit prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.

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