Sentences with phrase «such belief systems»

Over the course of human history there have been thousands of such belief systems, with no beliefs they all share.

Such a belief system doesn't exist — unless you count some of the musings of industrialists looking at billowing smokestacks in the 19th century as a belief system.

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Retard is such a harsh term and I'm sure they're not total idiots, just their belief system that is a pathetic excuse for them to be lazy... it really does shut down the brain.

«I think I am right» des not make you right, that is why you have such a limited belief system because everything comes down to «I think I am right» therefore I can and do reject all knowledge that does not agree with my beliefs.

A personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship.

And to live in society and even just have friends one must prove he or she is a «moral» person, this morality is just a morality that lacks gods, such as a belief that what is good is what brings about the most happiness or freedom or whatever your ethical system supports.

As such, it is just another belief system — none of which can be proven or disproven with current science, but all of which are spiritually significant and valid to the individuals who follow them.

In most belief systems sacrifices are required, such as foregoing carnal pleasures, donating money, leading an appropriate lifestyle, and so on.

A «primary framework» is one «seen as rendering what would otherwise be a meaningless aspect of the scene into something that is meaningful» (FA 21), and the frame for all such primary frameworks, the understandings shared by a group regarding interpretive schemata, their interrelationships, and «the sum total of forces and agents that these [schemata] acknowledge to be loose in the world,» constitute its «belief system» or «cosmology» (FA 27).

There are no medications for such false belief systems, though often an underlying biological issue is the cause of the crappy perceptions.

Until you can provide any evidence of such a god, I'll have to assume the immoral and illogical rules of your belief system have merely been a device to control and disenfranchise.

It usually starts with some generic Deistic notion of God and then quickly narrows to one of the multitudes of theistic belief systems such as one particular strain of Christianity.

Sure, other than that atheism is such a nice belief system.

Those of us who do not share a particular belief system should be respectful of others who have such a value in their lives.

No religion or belief system should cause such emotional pain or drive someone to contemplate suicide.

To the contrary, the average Atheist, if there is such a thing, understands clearly the distinct boundaries between science and religious or other belief systems.

Depending on how you draw up definitions, the first can blend into the second, and even the second and third can overlap on some belief systems and philosophical overviews (such as from Whitehead — if you're wondering who he is, he co-wrote the modern founding treatise of logic).

The American political system has in fact shown a remarkable ability, for two centuries, to find such accommodations and to allow room for minority beliefs and opinions to flourish.

The claim of Christian belief is not first and foremost that it offers the only accurate system of thought, as against all other competitors; it is that, by standing in the place of Christ, it is possible to live in such intimacy with God that no fear or failure can ever break God's commitment to us, and to live in such a degree of mutual gift and understanding that no human conflict or division need bring us to uncontrollable violence and mutual damage.

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.

You seem to «privilege» your sense of rationality and logic — and cast the irrational and illogical (probably not analogical because you may incorporate analogy into your sense of «logic» but it's illogical, descriptively) I actually see my rationality and logic (such as it is — hardly syllogistic) as always in the service of my attitude, outlook, frame of mind — which is to say, my illogical and irrational belief & bias system — and my unconscious, of which my consciousness is merely tip - of - the - I's berg, or as some linguists said: a snowball on the tip of the iceberg.

Faced with such a multitude of wares in the marketplace of religious possibilities and options, Irenaeus could only offer a clear alternative in terms of a closed system where» [s] alvation depended on the acceptance of set forms of belief, organization, and worship.»

Therefore, it is impossible to compartmentalize one's politics from one's religious beliefs in such a system.

Since atheism has no such codified belief system, and system of living, as religion does, it is NOT a religion.

Such groups include Druids and Wiccans, along with voodoo and other belief systems, Laubach said.

Instead of bringing spiritual freedom and the realisation of a spiritual goal, as all sound religion should, fundamentalism imprisons people into such a rigid system of belief that they find it difficult to free themselves.

No religion or belief system is given a preference over the other, including Atheists such as myself.

In the first place, there is no such thing as a universal atheistic belief system.

While I respect the conviction he shows, I think it perfectly appropriate to call into question the belief system that supports such convictions, a belief system that does in fact generally put women in a subordinate position to men.

For many ecofeminists and deep ecologists, such a critique of Christianity is a prelude to its rejection; it is a signal to create new religious systems, opt for non-Western ones, or return to the beliefs and practices of an era preceding the fall of Western civilization into a world - and woman - denying dualism.

Of course, from the intellectual point of view it is possible to construct such a system, but it would be totally inapplicable, therefore totally meaningless: it would foster the illusory belief that «we have the remedy but nobody will buy it.»

Definition of CULT 1: formal religious veneration: worship 2: a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also: its body of adherents 3: a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious; also: its body of adherents 4: a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its promulgator 5a: great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book); especially: such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad b: the object of such devotion c: a usually small group of people characterized by such devotion

The very existence of Atheist organizations such as American Atheists that have as their charter enacting / preventing legislation in line with their belief system proves my point.

Atheism is just another religion or system of belief until it is proven beyond any doubt that there is no God, or there was a Big Bang, or there is such a thing as evolution.

A Sky Sports report this week suggests that it might not be the system as such, but the added belief it gave to the Chelsea players and if that is right, then maybe another loss to Arsenal would cost them more than just three points.

There could be other factors involved as well, such as school - family incompatibility, multiple intelligences (where certain children learn best within environments that aren't offered in either public or private schools), as well as religious convictions and beliefs that aren't welcome in the public school system (creationism, for example).

Considerations such as religious beliefs are a component of family value systems, as well as other values such as cooperation and responsibility.

It was during this time that your crib art became such an integral factor in my belief system when I had nothing.

America was built and prospered on a private school system, directly reflecting individual parental values; modern Americans, indoctrinated by many years in government schools, recoil at such history / ideas... mistakenly seeing it as beyond belief or reason.

Recently, advanced cognitive researchers have been especially focused on the capacities of abstraction, generalization, concretization / specialization and meta - reasoning which descriptions involve such concepts as beliefs, knowledge, desires, preferences and intentions of intelligent individuals / objects / agents / systems.

The team considered two classes of religion: MHGs and a broader belief in systems of supernatural punishment (or «BSP») for social transgressions, such as those enacted through ancestral spirits or inanimate forces such as karma.

For example, scientists in the U.K. showed that altruistic behaviors in younger children arose mostly from their environment, such as the family's belief system.

It is my belief that novel insights regarding how such a network stabilizes, what is the magnitude and interaction of the different components and an ability to model such a system can help us sustain the oceanic wealth for the future generations.

of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to understand how personal factors including women's social norms, perceived beliefs, social support and personal barriers such as untreated mental health, substance abuse, intimate partner violence, and health system factors, including whether women receive HIV and obstetric care together or separately, contribute to HIV outcomes.

Now I'm not saying this is all proof — there are many other factors such as environmental pollution, social structure and belief systems — but to discard plants as not only worthless but dangerous is to ignore the vast majority of scientific and anecdotal data that exists.

THE LURE OF POLITICALLY CORRECT DIETS For some high - minded teenagers, anti-saturated fat dogma may dovetail rather conveniently with pro-vegetarian arguments, 12 particularly because the search for «meaningful moral standards, values and belief systems» is a critical developmental task during adolescence.13 (It should be noted that moralistic claims in favor of vegetarianism often prevent earnest vegetarian teens from coming face to face with underlying farming realities — including the fact that sustainable farming requires enriching soil with animal products such as bone meal and manure.12) Recognizing the fact that adolescent boys also can be preoccupied with physical concerns about weight or athletic prowess, it is perhaps not terribly surprising that a sizeable proportion of teenage boys appear to be persuaded by advice that vegetarianism is a «healthy» lifestyle.

It is commonly associated with meditation and yoga and spans multiple texts, religions and belief systems such as Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism.

After all, when you're online it is accepted - and even expected - that you'll be upfront about the things that matter to you like, such as your own belief system and your requirements for a partner with similar views.

This system matches single men and women based on 29 dimensions of comparison such as beliefs and likes just to mention a few.

It's a survival tale at its core, only less about resourcefulness and perseverance than it is about how desperate circumstances challenge our moral compass and our belief systems — such as notions of faith, compassion, forgiveness, and trust.