Sentences with phrase «statement about religion»

That is a correct statement about religion.

Buuckner8, that's more reasonable than the average statement about religion but I'd have to say: still incomplete.

In this human situation is elucidated my earlier contention that a statement about a religion, in order to be valid, must be intelligible and acceptable to those within.

So it wasn't just one person «childishly vilifying» another person's god, they were making the same statement about religion in general... if the situation was precisely the same, but let's say a Catholic had assaulted the guy dressed up as the zombie pope, would the outcome have been different in court?

(42) As a general statement about religion, there would be many who would disagree.

This is not an accurate statement about all religion.

Taking atheist statements about religion and then substituting atheism for religion generally results in nonsense; all of your posts do that.

Add Colin to the list of thousands of people who make ignorant Statements about a religion they obviously know nothing about.

You have made statements about religion.

I would formulate it thus: it is the business of comparative religion to construct statements about religion that are intelligible within at least two traditions simultaneously.41 This is not easy, it has not been done systematically in the past and almost not done at all; but it is intellectually important and historically urgent.

He's not making any grand statements about religion or sexuality.

MUG is a fine film that gets the drama right, the comedy right, and makes some pointed statements about religion and our collective obsession with the way we look.

Not exact matches

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.»

To all about the supremacy of religion: The mission statement of Christianity is to spread the lessons of peace and love taught by Christ to the world.

Only an idiot who knows nothing about the history of their religion could make a ridiculously inaccurate statement like this.

I know these sorts of statement will make people mad, but here's the thing: I believe that these debates about who truly believes the Bible and who doesn't are just the smoke and mirrors of religion.

While I agree with the first statement, I have reservations about the second, and prefer instead to hold an agnostic yet optimistic view concerning those who have never heard the gospel or who subscribe to other religions.

The other interesting facts in this article were the Unitarian sound of his upbringing, a religion in its own right that is not compatible with Christianity and Obama's statements about the Bible that reveal he really does not know much about Christianity.

if one wanted to be a troll, one would turn that very statement against you: Why make statements about what / who created man or which religion is correct when you can't back them up with proof?

I cant speak much for the other Religions, but one can say the same about them as well... Buddhism for example... while their temples can be seen as less grandiose in the native locations, in the West they become Statements of what MAN can do to show - off, and not what man can do to seek the Divine.

Jason, the very statement you made about Obama not being Christian when he most clearly is demonstrates exactly why religion should not be talked about so much in politics.

I remember in college, many moons ago, thinking that since I was so very opinionated about religion, I really should make sure I was familiar with the Bible... So I read it... cover to cover... I can tell you, I honestly didn't enjoy it... it's NOT a great read... bits are interesting, and of course very familiar... I took me almost the whole year, but I got through it... So imagine my surprise some time later when I found myself at an after conference gathering, that just so happened to have an inexplicably number of overtly religious attendants (inexplicable because it was a hi - tech network security conference) and after listening quietly for a while, jumped in with the statement «well, you've all read the bible cover to cover, as have I»....

He wrote appreciative statements about Schleiermacher, he allowed that Schleiermacher might be interpreted as a theologian of the Holy Spirit, he emphasized the humanity of God in contrast to the Wholly Other, he called human beings «covenant - partners of God,» and he looked for «parables» of grace and truth in non-Christian religions and ideologies.

However, I disagree with his statement that religion (in this case Christianity) does not bring about morals.

In a statement, Broglio's office said: «Archbishop Broglio and the Archdiocese stand firm in the belief, based on legal precedent, that such a directive from the Army (about not reading the letter) constituted a violation of his Constitutionally - protected right of free speech and the free exercise of religion, as well as those same rights of all military chaplains and their congregants.»

William's simple statement made me realize I haven't talked much about other religions with our children, and the particularities of our Christian practice flare up when I think about William comparing himself to Noah and Sarah.

The ironic thing about this statement is that it could also be applied to the quackery that is religion.

@JustRight: Sadly you chose to ignore my statement about Muslims hating people of all other religions.

You could believe all this, but next time you think «a fool said in his heart there is no god», remember how many religions you don't believe, and how making those bland statements is not likely to sway many of us who think critically about evidence.

His opening statement about Jesus coming back to abolish religion testifies to this.

By fabricated false statements about Islam you can not become a good faithful of your religion.

The statement that the Christian religion is primarily focused on the afterlife is but one perspective, one that is present but rapidly fading in the face of those in the faith who understand Jesus» message about being about the here and now.

With reason also comes a greater degree of self - consciousness about the procedures used to arrive at and test the validity of statements concerning religion, morality, and nature.

A Maryland town hall attendee who works for Secular Coalition for America asked Obama about statements he made as a candidate in 2008 when he said, «If you get a federal grant, you can't use that grant money to proselytize to the people you help, and you can't discriminate against them - or against the people you hire - on the basis of their religion.»

Such statements really have no place in a discussion about religion.

Burger's statement can only mean that the court sees itself empowered by our history and tradition to forbid the people and their elected representatives from discussing, for any practical purpose, issues that might raise questions about the meaning and intention of the religion clause of the First Amendment.

Hitchens was not making a statement about «well - being», he was making a statement about «how religion poisons everything».

I disagree with your final statement about the world being better off without religion.

I am very liberal about religion, and understand and agree with the point you are trying to make with irony here, but the statement above is also, I think, sadly, a legitimate way to interpret the gospels.

Since the followers of Jesus regarded him as essentially human, statements about his divine nature or function have been added to the authentic gospel, often by use of ideas derived from «mystery religions.

«I had some trepidation about the Christ parallels, but I hoped there would be little outcry if I handled it tastefully, since I was not really making any serious statement on religion,» he told Back Issue!

In addition, writer Alex Garland is trying to make some kind of statement about God and religion, but the specifics of what he's saying are murky, and director Danny Boyle isn't on the same page.

The following statements distinguish between teaching about religion in public schools and religious indoctrination:

Whether the artist is making a statement about the corruption of religion, about genocide in Darfur, or simply about American pop culture, art has the ability to slap people in the face and wake them up, lull them into a sense of peace and tranquility, or inspire them to take up arms and march to war.

Thich Nhat Hahn expands on the imperative for environmental protection and how best to bring that about, in the Buddhist ecological faith statement for the Alliance of Religions and Conservation:

While on site the Appellant made derogatory statements to Mr. Mashgoul and others about Mr. Mashgoul's place of birth, religion, and sexual orientation.

While President Vladimir Putin has issued statements indicating that there will be no discrimination for religion, sexuality, or gender, Russia does have a current law on their books that criminalises any positive statements about homosexuality made to children and adolescents.

Being bullied through negative statements about one's religion or race occurred with the lowest frequency for both sexes.