Sentences with phrase «than no faith at»

It is far better to have an inadequate and superficial faith than no faith at all.

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«It's clearer than ever now that the attorney general can not, in good faith, oversee an investigation at the Department of Justice and the FBI of the Trump - Russia connection, and he must recuse himself immediately,» Franken said.

At the end, people care less about the facts than about a lack of faith and trust.»

Mancunians of all faiths came together less than 24 hours after the attack took place at Manchester Arena.

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«We take this step because we know that, in solving the many, many problems and our great challenges, faith is more powerful than government and nothing is more powerful than God,» Trump said at a Rose Garden ceremony.

I had in my heart and tongue the Name of Allah when ever I had fears, troubles or depression of any kind but from Jan 05 1995 when had lost my father and second brother in a car accident, it was the time I really felt am alone at age of 33 to face all the challenges my father has left upon me to run and manage among other partners therefore had been investigating the Quran as to understanding every word of it rather than to memorize it, have been did a lot of reciting verses of prayers begging God to look upon me and give me strength... am sure through such difficult times if I had no faith in God I would have perished and lost every thing long ago... Another thing my heart always gave me signs and my mind gave me logic of what to believe although have read many books abroad in my youth of many beliefs out of curiosity but could not belief in other than that God is one and Muhammed is his last prophet in all belief of the Quran he brought upon me / us in all that it says... Should mention at times had experienced dreams seeing signs and warnings long in advance of things going to happen A year or more before losing my father in a car accident I had seen him in my dream good bye wearing white cloth and going to board a tourist ship all crew dressed in white uniform rolling a red carpet on front of him and when was on the top of the stairs weaver smiling good bye... seen in another dream how or wealth will be stolen and what I will hold... so many things like that..

I am just saying, we need to stop fighting, we have far more in common than different — even with muslims at an «interfaith» service, and we need to be careful that we don't spend all our time focusing on defending our faith from the the outside, and end up failing to focus on the needs of the families at that service.

The real kicker is that intelligence itself continues to grow and expand at an exponential rate, therefore deep religious faith causes one to fall behind the curve at a geometric rate, rather than a linear rate.

There are those who think that the Christian religion is what we should smile at rather than hold fast, for this reason, that, in it, not what may be seen, is shown, but men are commanded faith of things which are not seen.

There he was far more warmly received as a Wheaton College representative than he would be at any secular American philosophy conference, and he was given a chance, on television, to testify to his faith in Christ.

Everything that could be construed as good and decent about the bible and the christian faith, peolpe like you destroy and wrap yourself in a cloak of arrogance as if you are better than other people and you will be «amiling from heaven» at all the sinners.

If it changes your faith... then either you are looking at it in a different way than I do, or you place too much stock in who gets into heaven and who goes to hell.

One cause of this decline in awareness of Buckley's Catholicism may be the fact that he wrote less about his faith than any other major Catholic figure of the twentieth century — at least, if we calculate by sheer percentage of the prose he turned out in his hugely productive lifetime.

i'll also say this, if and when she attends mass on sunday it will be no different than the other six days of the week that she conducts her life she can be at peace with her faith.

«At Tearfund we work in more than 50 countries, serving people of all faiths, who are in desperate need.

Romeny may not be the guy (Obama certainly isn't), but at least Romney has faith which is more than just politicallly expedient.

I spent two years looking at the evidence, and in light of what I consider to be an avalanche of evidence that points so powerfully toward the truth of Christianity, I came to the conclusion that it would take more faith to maintain my atheism than to become a Christian.

Even at 14, having grown up in the church you certainly know more about the gospel than someone not of the faith.

It was written by many people over the span of hundreds of years, it is tribal rules from the infancy of our development and arguably is not a good book at all but full of hatred, spite and unspeakable violence, and you arent allowed to use «faith» as your proof of existence... faith is nothing less than the throwing away of reason i.e. belief without evidence.

If everyone agreed to contribute by their own sweat to the gain of the rest of the world rather than standing at the altar lecturing how God will show us «non-believers» rapture, suffering and pain is then worth wondering at that moment, how many other faiths at that moment are saying their God will do the same to you?

Noel Murray at The Los Angeles Times also wasn't much of a fan, but wrote that we should «give credit to the filmmakers for making a faith - affirming picture that aims to be more thoughtful than maudlin.»

There is hardly a better example of the desperate state of the drug problem in the UK than the stories of the young recovering addicts at Betel of Britain, a Christian therapeutic community that helps people to find healing from addiction through faith in Jesus.

At last, somebody of Christian faith talking about helping people and trying to explain the good, rather than trying to spread hatred.

In the end, we can do no better at defining faith than does the author of Hebrews.

None of htese morons is qualified for the job, so sometimes looking at how they practice their faith is a good indicator of trying to do good and be humble rather than an elected screwup know - it - all.

In an important sense it is a greater violation of religious liberty to ban a ritual that is at the theological heart of a faith than to ban a peripheral celebration.

I learned that staying away did more harm than good, it is lonely and even at times, dangerous to one's faith.

The telephone number flashed at the bottom of the TV screen and the camera's occasional glance at three tiers of telephone operators might make you think you were watching a telethon, with the callers transmitting promises of gifts rather than the confessions of faith they are in fact making.

If you require proof, then what kind of «faith» would that be??? You can not disprove these things anymore than they can be proven... at least not the kind of proof you require....

I think religion promotes this behavior by teaching people that somehow it is better to maintain your faith in something at all costs than admit you're wrong when the evidence doesn't support your view.

Both of these are way better methods of arriving at conclusions than faith.

Job applicants who mentioned any form of faith affiliation on their resumes were 26 % less likely to be contacted by employers than candidates who didn't, according to the study conducted by sociologists at the University of Connecticut.

No sooner had I finished my piece for Faith magazine's last issue (in which, my readers may recall, I encouraged Polish Catholics to keep themselves at arms length from the secularised and indifferentist ethos of many English dioceses) than news emerged that one English bishop at least had done something to try to address the problem, and that he had in the process aroused the kind of secularist hostility which is, I strongly suspect, — certainly in this country — the only really reliable sign that the Catholic Church is being faithful to its vocation.

To obey Paul's command for your children means giving them more than a rational faith — it means also giving them a well - formed Christian imagination that can look at a starry night sky and see more than the infinite reach of empty space and the eternal stretch of endless time, that can «keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God» (3:1).

It is written that God would rather have lost one of His sheep and found it again, then to never have lost Him at all, Meaning It is very easy in this world now more than ever to lose sight of God and your faith, we all sin even the most devote christian, But coming back to our faith and our christian ways after losing it is something that brings God joy..

But we're doing more than meeting needs: we're equipping and empowering the persecuted church to be the church, reaching out in love and compassion within their communities — whether those communities are comprised of other Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Yazidis, or those belonging to another faith or no faith at all.

I would rather simply hand back the flyer than admit to laughing at their faith.

In fact at the meetings in NYC it is more common to question faith or have no faith at all than to be a believer.

Unless we learn to challenge our own beliefs the way we challenge others», whatever they may be can be no more than a blind faith at best or a delusion at worst, be that for or against religion (especially the puerile version of Christianity).

But often, when I really want to be liked or included or esteemed, I pretend to be more at peace with my faith than I really am.

Most so called» religious wars» were nothing more than atheistic leaders trying in vain to use God for there immmoral purposes and had nothing to do with True faith at all.

Are we going to do a better job than our parents at keeping our faith unpolluted by politics and power?

to dandintac, the evolution of stars or solar systems or life forms to different species takes billons of years to complete., that we in our lifetime cant comprehend its teleology or purposefullness.At the University of Illinois, a super computer called The nautilus, predicts the future by analysing through computational methods mathematical algorithim the historical inputs for hundreds of years and discovered that it has a direction or intepreted as has a purpose.Someday in the future when we will be technologically advanced, Gods will will be clearly reveald to us.All of this will be part of his will, at this time beyond our comprehension, but will be in the future, The next generation of quantum computers which are tens of thousands more powerfull and faster than todays will provide us the informations to solidify the future religious faith based in science.

Church often serves as little more than a social club, and the strong evangelical presence means that faith and politics get far too intertwined at times.

My own peculiar task in my Church and in my world has been that of the solitary explorer who, instead of jumping on all the latest bandwagons at once, is bound to search the existential depths of faith in its silences, its ambiguities, and in those certainties which lie deeper than the bottom of anxiety.

Those with any moral clarity at all have heard a better voice in this campaign: no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification, but the test of values and integrity, and a president who respects family and rights of faith is better than one who, like you, claims a religious label but then opposes family and faith.

It was pride on my part that stopped me entering into that deeper walk i wanted to do it in my strength but we can not the more we walk according to the flesh the more of a foothold the enemy has on us so we struggle.When we crucify the flesh and the works of the flesh and draw closer to God and rely on him we become as he is and that is who we are called to be.So we do not fail but continue to overcome in his strength not looking to the flesh at all but to Christ.You and i were called to be overcomers more than conquerers.May the Lord continue to strengthen you in your walk and faith as you grow in him.Your brother in Christ brentnz

Faith leaders have a better shot than celebrities at changing the narrative about religion and science.

Some people need to learn to set boundaries but this girl's boundaries were no bigger than her view of life and church and faith at the time.