Sentences with phrase «taught by their religious leaders»
The Hebrews, taught by their religious leaders, regarded themselves as in some sense God's special people.
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She has been taught «sacrificial giving» by her religious leaders, and that is the pity.
As for the reason Jesus was put to death, Cox locates the proximate cause not in humanity's sinfulness; nor in Jewish outrage over Jesus» claims to be the Son of God and the Way, the Truth, and the Life; nor in the jealousy of religious leaders threatened by Jesus» miracles (which Cox suggests were the fruit of positive thinking on the part of those who «feel» healed after touching Jesus); nor in his teachings (which Cox insists were uncontroversial among the Jews).
For early Christianity was in its origin a Jewish movement, and the records of the lives and teachings of Jewish religious leaders in that period were invariably preserved in the form of scattered sayings, parables, and anecdotes, handed down by their disciples, quoted and requoted in the schools, and not committed to writing until long after.
Religion might teach of duties and soften the inherent corruption of leaders and the governed alike, but the founders knew that the virtue of the nation was by no means assured, no matter what religious commitments its civic leaders might have.
The Shaikh is one who has been authorized by a sage or religious leader (Pir) to teach and enlighten.
We are taught in our Muslims, Christians, Buddists, Hindus and the various religious bodies hat leaders are role models, so a role model can be a good or a bad role model depending on the character traits of the person, is much followed by people, Ghanaians are yearning for change,» he said.
Meanwhile, the proposed curriculum appeared to be causing further upset with a report in the Mail on Sunday claiming that the Catholic church has instructed its schools to teach Judaism alongside Christianity in GCSE religious studies, rather than Islam or other faiths — a move described as «very disappointing» by some Muslim leaders.