Sentences with phrase «than a belief which»

A small amount of logic and common sense proves athiest belief to be nothing more than a belief which is a religion that does not believe in a god, nothing more, nothing less.

Not exact matches

«But he keeps winning these Democratic primaries, and he's getting the support of a majority of Democratic voters despite his views that are clearly not Democratic, which tells me that the things he says transcend politics and if there is not universal acceptance, there's more widespread acceptance for his beliefs and viewpoints than I think people realize.»

Expanding on this belief, they assessed over 15,000 leaders from more than 300 organizations across 20 industries and 18 countries to determine which conversational skills have the highest impact on overall performance.

In December, talking up her belief in bitcoin, Wood floated another provocative idea, saying the world's biggest cryptocurrency is «so much bigger an idea than even Apple, which is a pretty big idea.»

When procrastination fills that gap, there is one main reason: the perceived obstacles (which are tied to your beliefs) are stronger than the motivation to reach the goal.

This supports our view that by year end credit spreads will be wider than current levels which was predicated by our belief in higher inflation, yields and volatility in 2018.»

Wonders why they do nt do it for everyone... that would even be better than the typical (not all) evangelical belief of once saved always saved, which is equally unbiblical, as is Catholicism's purgatory.

This is no different than those of Abrahams day that made idols of wood and gold as their core belief which controlled the destiny of their lives.

Eliot commented that he was «a Catholic cast of mind, a Calvinist heritage, and a Puritanical temperament», which sounds much more like a mental illness than a belief system.

Both of these statements are nothing more than declarations, like so many others often used by Christians, to add the semblance of authority to a belief which in reality has no basis whatsoever.

The ceremonies of suspicion, in which we have all been trained since Descartes, make falling to a postmodern denial of knowledge easier than climbing to an un-modern belief.

Scholasticism Theology moved from the monastery to the university Western theology is an intellectual discipline rather than a mystical pursuit Western theology is over-systematized Western Theology is systematized, based on a legal model rather than a philosophical model Western theologians debate like lawyers, not like rabbis Reformation Catholic reformers were excommunicated and formed Protestant churches Western churches become guarantors of theological schools of thought Western church membership is often contingent on fine points of doctrine Some western Christians believe that definite beliefs are incompatible with tolerance The atmosphere arose in which anyone could start a church The legal model for western theology intensifies despite the rediscovery of the East

Faith is nothing more than a belief in something for which you have no evidence.

Michael «As a gay man I appreciate there efforts and support, but I think putting up this sign isn't really the best way to get through to people, all it does is create more hate, intolerance, and separation, I am not a christian but I am very spiritual, and putting up this sign implies that all gay people are atheists which is the furthest thing from the truth, I have no problem with religion, I have a problem with those who use there religions to control and hate others, same applies with atheism, if you don't want to believe in anything than fine, just don't push your non beliefs on me.»

I am for the elimination of hate, fear and control, religion is just the catalyst that people use to hate, fear and control, getting rid of religion won't solve the problem, its like putting a band aid on a severe cut, its temporary, and it just hits the surface, instead we need to go deeper than that to the root cause, I know lots of religious people who don't hate, fear or control, there are also many beliefs such as paganism, Buddism, Taoism, which doesn't use hate fear, and self righteousness to condemn others, I think if maybe more of the most major religions followed there teachings then we wouldn't have as much problems as we do.

Non belief is also different than skepticism or cinicism, which are closed minded approaches to thought.

As a gay man I appreciate there efforts and support, but I think putting up this sign isn't really the best way to get through to people, all it does is create more hate, intolerance, and separation, I am not a christian but I am very spiritual, and putting up this sign implies that all gay people are atheists which is the furthest thing from the truth, I have no problem with religion, I have a problem with those who use there religions to control and hate others, same applies with atheism, if you don't want to believe in anything than fine, just don't push your non beliefs on me.

Nor will you ever get any «proof» Niknak... other than maybe a lighting bolt and a voice from the heavens which are incredibly rare The belief in any god is based upon faith and faith can not be proven.

Its faith and belief in Christ that helps us be free of demons, which in these end times we need more than ever.

I wrote a Belief Blog piece on Sunday called «My Take: «I'm spiritual but not religious» is a cop - out,» which has received more than 8,000 comments, many taking up key points I raised.

Well asking a Christian college to accept a view which is directly contrary to it's most basic foundational premise, a belief which literally denies the very core of their faith, might be a bit more than simply stretching their theological imagination.

The results in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was that the faith to which people were called was often more the objective belief that the scriptures were completely true than the deeply personal assurance of God's forgiveness of their sins and the resulting freedom.

The willingness to classify political views which should be respected, such as leaving or staying in the EU, as «extreme», shows the danger of focusing the extremism debate on beliefs we may find uncomfortable or disagree with, rather than on actions that threaten lives.»

This difficulty lay like a great sorrow upon all theologians whose last norm of belief was nothing more certain than private interpretation of the Bible, and while it broke the faith of some, it serves also, paradox though it may seem, to explain how it was that so many non-Catholic exegetes found it easy to strip themselves of theological vesture and to plunge wildly with the higher critics into the maelstrom of that speculative free - for - all and devaluation of Christian dogma which followed.

Since the relationship of faith about which we are speaking is essentially a belief in Jesus, the entire structure of the Church is obviously larger than simply those who are card - carrying (or basket - contributing) members of a particular Christian sect.

Which shows that there are more important methods of judgement than just our beliefs.

If this is true, and it seems to be in my case, than is it not a valid fear and something which leaders may want to work against, given that they have motivation to defend the church and / or some of said beliefs?

But there is no method by which verifiable measurable results might demonstrate that one god belief / religion is more likely to be true than any other.

And none is more real than that which comes to light in Cary's explanation of what Luther actually means by «faith alone,» namely, a simple, firm belief that our sins are absolved when we hear the divine words to that effect pronounced in the sacraments of Baptism and Penance.

Being «safe rather than sorry» is a completely selfish motivation then, and I'd rather live my life unselfishly and risk the remote chance of hell than choose to accept beliefs that I can't justify in our modern society, some of which actually hurt others, just to save my butt.

Why is a religous belief (of which there are a multiude of religions and associated beliefs) more important than TAPP's rules.

My belief — which is not provable other than through personal experience — is that one's consciousness can transcend the destruction of the brain, if that consciousness can humble itself to the Universe's creator — also a consciousness, but uncreated and never fully comprehended by us.

And for that reason, one is indeed on trembling ground when one tries to make him some sort of prophet, whether it be for disbelief in a personal god, belief in some sort of non-personal god or in favor of socialism, which he supported but may not have understood any better than he did the street grid in Princeton.

We have a representative democracy which tends to validate religious belief instead of recognizing that they should have NO ROLE where religion is concerned other than to protect it's citizens, religious or not, and allowing all to live within the basic laws of the country which should have wide support and sound evidence supporting the need for them.

The policy fails to respect or revere the religious beliefs, values and theology of the vast majority of Christian churches, which charter more than 70 % of all Scouting units.

There is nothing in the theory of evolution, nor in astronomy, or in geology, nor in paleontology, or any other branch of the sciences which contradicts Christianity, or any other type of theism (except Mormonism — we know scientifically that the Indian peoples of the Americas are not descended from the Jews — which is a key point of belief for them, much more central than there having been a literal Garden of Eden is for classical Christianity or Judaism).

Here's the quote re Einstein's belief: In 2007, in an interview with Benjamin Wiker, Flew said again that his deism was the result of his «growing empathy with the insight of Einstein and other noted scientists that there had to be an Intelligence behind the integrated complexity of the physical Universe» and «my own insight that the integrated complexity of life itself — which is far more complex than the physical Universe — can only be explained in terms of an Intelligent Source.»

the events that happened in history is His will.In panthrotheism the whole universe is God, we are only the conscious part of Him, it is more than belief in Him but we have to implement His will which is for the future good of humanity.We are the center of His creation because we are the special part of Him, and ultimately the ultimate reality of His manifestation.

Beliefs and ways of life, save in respect to certain minimal attitudes and practices without which social life could not successfully be carried on, are matters of private rather than public business.

They just happen to have a belief structure that is more aligned with religions that are more popular in the US which means they are tolerated more than the other religious whack - jobs out there.

Survival of the fittest, the law of instincts and habits, social process, dialectical materialism, cultural cycles — all work together to form a more tenacious and oppressive belief in fate than has ever before existed, a fate which leaves man no possibility of liberation but only rebellious or submissive slavery.

In another sense the future event (which the synoptics emphasized more than John does) is merely a completion of the movement from sin to forgiveness, unbelief to belief, that is going on here and now, in the person and presence of the Son of man (5:27), Jesus himself.

For the one you choose, please say why it is any more ridiculous than the rest of the garbage Catholics swallow and give an example of a non-Catholic belief which is just as stupid.

There can be no laws respecting the establishment of a particular religion, which means that it's not a matter of conservative Christian beliefs carrying more weight than anyone else's, except on matters about which we can work for general agreement.

The main tenet of religion and belief in god is faith, which is nothing more than believing in something because you «want» it to be true.

One of the most destructive mistakes we Christians make is to prioritize shared beliefs over shared relationship, which is deeply ironic considering we worship a God who would rather die than lose relationship with us.

Hawaiiguest No, you actually have some beliefs about God which is different than a reasonable scientist that defaults to a no God position.

Even though specific Christian beliefs were unknown in Athens, Christian thinkers used resources which were far less internally consistent than process thought to express religious meanings, defend practices, doctrines, and so forth.

One of my cardinal beliefs of long standing which I see no reason to give up is a strong suspicion that the reality of both ourselves and the cosmic context in which we find ourselves is far richer than we know and doubtless contains dimensions of which we have only scratched the surface.

«In this crisis of belief and disbelief, the antagonism between faith and antifaith is less important than their common challenge: the construction of a. world in which man chooses between God or himself — and chooses freely,» he writes in The Accidental Century.