Sentences with phrase «than beliefs about»

But, agnosticism is not an alternative to atheism or deism, it simply refers to a belief about «proof» rather than a belief about «existence.»

I'm wondering about actual incentives other than belief about what other people believe.

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Surprisingly, they found that generational differences have more to do with stages of development in employees rather than their generational makeup — those commonly - held beliefs and stereotypes about each generation.

Gorsuch has said that if judges factor in personal beliefs, societal changes or calculations about maximizing social welfare, they risk becoming «little more than politicians with robes.»

This line from the musical Cabaret is emblematic of a entire cluster of beliefs about how money is way more important than anything else.

The net result of this built - in human mental trait is that rather than letting our beliefs about the world tell us how to feel, we tend to let our emotions tell us what to believe.

Jeffrey Pfeffer proclaims in this new book that «much of the oft - repeated conventional wisdom about leadership is based more on hope than reality, on wishes rather than data, on beliefs instead of science.»

It's also worth noting that the men of the show vary in levels of femininity and masculinity, each with their multi-faceted, unique personalities that combat certain commonly held beliefs about gay men, while not saying that one certain type or trait is more valid than the other.

Yet we also see very strong inflows into junk bond funds, based on the belief that these high yields represent value rather than information about default probabilities.

Najib has talked often about the need for national reconciliation, and there is still a lingering belief that he is more moderate than many others in his party.

Whether it was a cousin bragging about buying it more than a year ago, or your uncle adamantly steadfast in his belief that the whole thing is a bubble, there's a good chance someone mentioned it.

The reason for Australia's third - ranking iron ore miner traditionally being seen more as prey than predator is a function of its once sky - high debt levels, uncertainty about its ore grade, and a belief that at some point Forrest would be tempted to cash out of the company he created.

Christianity is much larger than people's beliefs about it.

It only gets complicated when we buy into belief systems about it, rather than our personal experience of it.

«I for one would rather be wrong about my belief in Jesus, rather than my disbelief in Him.»

Other than that, do as you wish, you want to serve a false god, do it, you want to believe in no god, believe it, just everybody shut up about your stupid beliefs, neither side can prove crap.

I personally hear the atheists I know complain more than the religious people about others talking about their beliefs, could just be the people I know though.

No, I think he meant the belief that suffering is a «kiss from Jesus», that women can't make decisions about their own bodies, that the RCC's wealth, power and reputation are more important than doing what is right, and that children are there for the pleasure of the clergy.

That has made belief systems and arguments about facts far more important than they were in Jesus» day.

Your beliefs about god are no more real than your silly contention that gays are intent on driving religion out of the US.

I guess those who do not believe in God have nothing better to do than spend their time writing negatively about God and those who believe in God in a blog called «belief».

Just as that misses the point of Berkeley's metaphysics, so his refusal to take seriously Hume's deathbed ease in unbelief says more about his lack of a philosophical temperament than about the authenticity of Hume's belief.

So for me it's about more than belief.

We can assume that all the Justices sitting on the Court today, like other humans, have their own preferences and biases about religion, but the judicial opinions of one of them, Justice John Paul Stevens, raise more than a slight suspicion that some of his actions on the bench stem from animosity, if not to animal sacrifice, at least to certain less exotic religious beliefs and practices.

and being aware of your environment, being respectful of those of all beliefs and none beliefs, and of our world, and its about personal responsibility, with that said why is is such a bad thing to believe in something greater than yourself, how can somebody live there life without believing in something, what kind of life is that, life is meant to be discovered, its one big mystery, and all the science in the world can still not prove how we exactly came to be?

Atheism is simply a lack of belief in god and says nothing about how we raise our children (other than implying that we don't brain - wash them with religious indoctrination).

If you don't care about the veracity of your beliefs than I can only wish you well while you play in your sky castles.

If you can't form an opinion with regard to this question than you are not an atheist, and really have no place in this discussion about belief in God.

Your belief in God is based on nothing more than a simple desire to believe a comforting narrative because the alternative is to believe harsh realities about your existence.

Christan beliefs are based on nothing more than a collection of Bronze and Iron Age Middle Eastern mythology, much of it discredited, that was cobbled together into a book called the «Bible» by people we know virtually nothing about, before the Dark Ages.

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.

I had to find an approach other than the catechetical one to encourage conversation about beliefs.

Then you have no business telling anyone anything about scripture at all, because scripture doesn't support that belief anymore than it supports your belief that gays are doomed to hell or that Jews will burn in a lake of fire.

Yesterday, Edward Fudge responded to your questions about conditionalism (sometimes called annihilationism)-- the view that immortality is conditional upon belief in Jesus Christ, so the unsaved will ultimately be destroyed and cease to exist rather than suffer eternally in hell.

a set of values, beliefs, and structure in a person's life in order to give them direction and a sense of right and wrong is fine, but organized religions are no more than large corporations, and like any large corporation are only focused on their bottom line... trying to control the public and extract as much money as they can from them by any means necessary... promoting fear, uncertainty, hate and a sense that they alone can offer salvation... for a price (although they are very cleaver about getting to this hidden and unspoken cost... after all these hundreds of years they have perfected their craft well!)

All of a sudden the Jews started believing in YHWH, wrote scrolls about this belief, and you think that this is somehow different than the way the Egyptian, Greek, Chinese, or Norse gods came into being?

Am not anti-Christ nor Anti-Jewish just like all Muslims am a monotheist so must be rather Anti-Polytheists & Disbelievers... but believe me it is not hatred but rather pityness for the innocents and hardness towards the wicked transgressors... Guess that is all about it unless few of our brother got the message wrong!?! Since we learned from the Quran verses that there will be in paradise from the Jews, Christian and others from other beliefs... and since God forgives any thing else other than to assign for him partners as polytheists do, then that means many of Christians and Jews are monotheist towards God although might show otherwise of fears from dominant doctrine... As it seems few Christians have realized some how they were wrong some where, then had to introduce that Trinity to correct it to show as if monotheist but made another mistake by having God the One Divided into Three then and remained Divided as Three as now and for eternity...!?

A country where many more people believe in heaven than in hell, for example, is likely to have a much higher crime rate than one where these beliefs are about equal.

If this is the same methodology you use to arrive at your beliefs and convictions, you have a far worse issue to worry about than trying to prove the non existence of God.

Guess what twit he did not say anything that demeaning just explaining what happened... If you don't like God than why post on a blog about belief?

It's all about belief and if you believe everything is an accident, you have more faith than Christians.

So when your talking about Hitler, Stalin, Mao, etc. it wasn't their atheism that made them do the evil things they did any more than say their lack in the belief in unicorns.

Also, I like the idea that belief can be about not - seeing, and also about more, or less, than Jesus.

He knew more about their beliefs than they did..

However, the error of doctrinal uniformity continues to plague the church as some groups are more concerned about articulating the errors of one group or another than in rejoicing with others that they share a belief in the same Lord and Savior.

But if it was just belief than you would have to throw out a lot of scripture about the many who won't enter even after belivig.

First, it's more than passing silly to come on Belief Blog and rant about your lack of bBelief Blog and rant about your lack of beliefbelief.

For 90 % of US Catholics, belonging to the church is about laziness rather than beliefs.

With this experience of what we humans are capable of doing to one another, and with the decline of belief in a providential God, there is far less confidence about the human future among informed people today than there was at the beginning of the twentieth century.

How many noble causes are frustrated by quarrels that express the narrow interests of the parties more than genuine differences in belief about how to move forward!