Sure, maybe even more of one
than a believer in afterlives has.
An atheist has more faith
than any believer in any other religion.
That «secular» literature might have meant something to someone in Solomon's court has been argued from time to time about certain proverbs and wisdom texts, but not about texts where God is the main actor in the story — and certainly not in the manner of Bloom, where J suddenly sounds like a skeptical college professor who is much more «mature and sophisticated»
than the believers in his midst and their God.
Since I am no more a believer in the modern centralized bureaucratic state
than a believer in modern globalist capital, I do not care which of the two sides of our system he wants to hang his hopes on.
Not exact matches
But Rusch said he's still a
believer in the overall Tesla story because it's innovating at a faster rate
than traditional automakers.
To
believers, these drugs are nothing more
than a replacement for a stimulant that is already
in widespread use: caffeine.
His leadership summits and crusades
in more
than 185 countries and territories forged powerful global links among conservative Christians, and threw a lifeline to
believers in the communist - controlled Eastern bloc.
If you're a true
believer in bitcoin, then you should definitely buy it now and you wouldn't regret if it dropped 50 %
in USD terms because the value proposition for you is far more
than what it's worth
in dollars
in the short term.
In fact, paper currencies and instruments (or electronic ink on paper) probably have more «believers» than all of the religions in the world combine
In fact, paper currencies and instruments (or electronic ink on paper) probably have more «
believers»
than all of the religions
in the world combine
in the world combined.
In other words, the ratio of angry
believers to not angry
believers is greater
than the ratio of angry atheists to nonangry atheists..
They usually are experienced and well - versed
in scripture (surveys show they know the bible better
than believers) but they have opened their eyes wide enough to see through it all.
I doubt very many
believers believe
in more
than one of them.
I know many atheists who,
in my opinion of course, are better persons
than many, if not most,
believers.
If you are concerned that I spend time everyday
in prayer or encouraging some poor soul as a waste that is a value judgment no different
than a
believer that looks down on what gays do
in their bedrooms.
the abundance of purely uneducated Muslim
believers, their oppressive existence
in their self created repressive regimes, lifestyles, and governments, their radical inturpitations of their fairy tale book, the fact that their culture and people have contributed less to man kind
than any other culture and people of all the earth, their self ritious belief system that empowers them to commit atrocious crimes against humanity, the muslim men prance around
in flip flops and linen moo moo's while they lock their woman
in their household prisons to be abused slave - wife's, are entirely too ignorant to even build sewer systems and even after thousands of years that other cultures have developed running water toilets, toilet paper, and effective sewerage systems, they still whipe their pood - cracks with one hand (no paper) and eat with the other, and yiddle to the sky just before detonation of their suicide bombs that murder innocent men, woman, children, and babies.
So, what is my point?To read Paul's polemic, his rhetoric and generally his theology as an end
in itself, rather
than his attempt to bring others to an experience of the living God is to me, missing the point.It seems that much of the divisiveness between
believers on this blog and a few others I visit is just that: I often read... Paul says this... hey, but Jesus says that... no, he wasn't saying that, he was saying this and so on and so on.Am I the only one bored with this «your Mother and my Mother were hanging out clothes» approach.I think we need a little more adverb, as
in maybe....
The atheist who claims to come from a «faith» background is extremely confused and more to be pitied
than admired.Had the supposed «
believer» continued
in the «faith» they claim to have forsaken, they would ultimately have appeared before God and been rejected.These were deceived, they never met God, they never knew God and they never understood God.They are devoid of the Truth and twice lost.There is hope while they still breathe Gods gift of life that they might someday meet and be reconciled to God, but their lying nature makes salvation less likely.Debate with them is an exercise
in futility.God bless
At the same time, we insist that all Christians should have open access to the Bible, and should be encouraged to read and study the Scriptures, for
in them all that is necessary for salvation is set forth so clearly that the simplest
believer, no less
than the wisest theologian, may arrive at a sufficient understanding of them.
«A study
in the United States, published
in the Social Forces journal and conducted by Sociology researcher Lisa A. Keister while she was at the Ohio State University, found that adherents of Judaism attained the most wealth,
believers of Catholicism and mainline Protestants were
in the middle, while conservative Protestants accu - mulated the least wealth, while
in general people who attend religious services achieved more wealth
than those who do not (taking into account variations of education and other factors).
A lot of
believers in God have contributed more to science and our understanding of logic
than me, too.
She also was not a
believer (
in anything other
than herself).
In fact, a smaller fraction of Atheists commit crimes
than believers, so you could argue that Atheists are actually more moral.
Worse
than failing to cry out, the NCC continues
in its historic role as de facto apologist for the persecution of Christians and other
believers.
None, other
than the LDS, believe that one (male only, and until recent time, white only) can only get a pass into the celestial realm if given by the LDS church, after the
believer proves that he abides by church doctrine
in all aspects of his life.
3:28 Let not the
believers take for friends or helpers unbelievers rather
than believers: if any do that,
in nothing will there be help from Allah.
But wondering if that would work out they decided to push on churches to spread and depute pastors to travel to those countries for preaching and converting masses to bring those countries
in to division among them selves for easier penetration
in the name of saving Christian
believers or generate hate and fights among them as with the operation that Egypt recently had and accused Muslims for it just to bring Egypt
in to division for
in the end to call for separation of the country
in to more
than one as one Islamic and one Christian just as being planed for Sudan North and South!?
And to say that Biblical teachings are invalid because there are other similar beliefs that have older known written sources invalidates the Biblical teachings also should take into consideration that for certain Biblical
believers that all those truths whether they are known to have been placed
in the Bible first or known thus far to have been placed elsewhere that they believe that they all come via deity who at the beginning of human history on this world dispensed those truths to humanity and that to those who believe
in the biblical teachings believe that through time they are more complete
than those of other ancient beliefs due to God restoring those truths through revelations given to later prophets like say Moses and other later Old and New Testament prophets and apostles.
«The groupthink that results from
believers who act together out of their fears rather
than their trust
in Father, will lead to even more disastrous results.
I had done a lot of bad things and feared Hell more
than anyone so I knew what I was saved from and how awesome it was to become a
believer in Christ.
I am one who went from a young person with faith to one who did nt believe
in God and discovered a finally life with God was far richer
than anything I could have imagined as a non
believer.
«Mutual edification» requires more
than one
believer to be present, which would be «church» (assembly)
in my understanding.
Uncle David: If there are more God -
believers in the population, and more of them are attracted to AA because of their belief
in the higher power
in the first place... it does not necessarily follow that AA's approach is more successful
than any other program because of sheer numbers.
Instead, you are simply seeking to be the church
in a different way
than by sitting
in a church building with other
believers on Sunday morning.
Believers are no more advanced
in their beliefs
than a five - year old that still believes
in the Tooth Fairy.
Obviously,
in these respects, interfaith dialogue is more difficult
than that among
believers in one tradition.
He's still a
believer and a christian, so perhaps his telling the truth is indicative of reality rather
than a consequence of his experiment, but I can see why a christian would leap to judgment
in such a case as this.
I believe the proportion of true
believers in Jesus, His life, death, and resurrection have always been far smaller
than those living a form of Christianity without the substance, i.e., the Holy Spirit.
Fifteen years of parish ministry have made this parson no less Pauline, no less Augustinian, no less a
believer in the common prayer of every person for a Savior,
than he has ever been.
The challenge facing the church is to discard the unproven scientific theories of the 1980's and 1990's; to understand the scientific evidence that shows non-reverable sexual orientations; and to give the gay
believer in Christ mercy to be married for life to the same sex spouse (rather
than to continue to insist on the sacrifice of celibacy).
They are more like religious
believers under compulsion
in a society with an established church
than like
believers simply denied the freedom to exercise their religion.
It was a relief to find a
believer who wrote a reasonable explanation of the creation story that made more sense
than I had ever read
in modern evangelical publcations.
In fact at the meetings in NYC it is more common to question faith or have no faith at all than to be a believe
In fact at the meetings
in NYC it is more common to question faith or have no faith at all than to be a believe
in NYC it is more common to question faith or have no faith at all
than to be a
believer.
More
than 100
believers have died
in a series of bombings and shootings - many perpetrated by Islamic State - since December 2016.
Certainly, as
believers in Jesus we need ongoing faith, and what would be more natural and right
than for the new birth to serve as an instrument of God whereby our faith
in Christ grows and multiplies?
What the early Christian
believers and writers, for example Mark, tried to do was apply to him the highest conceivable categories, human and divine; but
in the end these all proved inadequate, as the later church soon discovered; for Jesus means more, was more, and is more
than any of these categories could convey.
Those who believe that miracles are refuted by modern science may view them symbolically rather
than literally, saying, for example, that the stilling of the storm (Mark 4:35 - 41) shows that God is with the
believer in the storms of life.
Twenty centuries later, I think we are the ones who invest our ego
in the church and make the church about our values, rather
than seeing our relationship to Jesus as finding expression
in a community of
believers — quite literally a new family.
We can be sure that
believers found God
in him, but I don't see how we can say more
than that.»
We must be vigilent or we may find ourselves meeting
in basements with other
believers sooner
than we think
[51] The Eucharist is referred to, almost euphemistically,
in this way, precisely because the first Christians believed it was so holy, that it was barely to be spoken of to anyone other
than believers.