Sentences with phrase «than religion which»

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I think you're letting your contempt for religion to get in the way of even entertaining a complete hypothetical which hurts your postion rather than aids it.

Christians worldwide have a higher murder rate than any other religion, which is approximately 11.3 / 100k.

a neo-progressive civil religion, that of Franklin Roosevelt, which is less a new dispensation than a more pragmatic version of Wilson's internationalism;

«The Hispanic community, however, is not immune from the nation's growing secularism, which concerns all religions, as church attendance seems less important to people,» Walsh continued, «and people move from religion to religion and declare themselves spiritual rather than religiously affiliated.»

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.

A government which systematically and publicly seeks to buttress its political legitimacy from Christian Bibles, oaths, clergy, and prayer, in continuum with more than a millennium of political leaders within Christendom, is not acting «neutrally» among religions, or between religion and non-religion.

And to all the people who think that science is cold and heartless with no soul or hope as opposed to religion which is warm and fuzzy and gives people hope: how many lives does science save every single day as opposed to religion; clothe people; keep them warm; let them communicate better; let them eat better and live in better safety than what religion could ever, or has ever, provided?

it's comical how religion can take a person with little more than a grade school education — and elevate their mind to the level where they literally believe they can argue subjects for which they are so completely ill - equipped — that virtually everything they posit seems as if it's coming from an 8 year old child.

And this guy comes in with the one religion which actually might be more insane than christianity:) muslims and christians, christians and muslims... you're all exactly the same.

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.

What happened to the religion of my forefathers the eastern religions which are older than Christianity.

They have nothing to do with religion, which should seek to bring people together, rather than rend them apart.

And Mormonism is wacky... even wackier than all the other religions, which are all pretty stupid and ridiculous when you think about it.

And By the way... 1 in 50 would be only 2 %... the number of gay priests and higher is quite a bit higher than the world average, and higher than in any other religion... which is explained (at least in theory of why that is the case) in the frontline I saw... they estimated it is closer to one in 5

Which were then found by Joeseph Smith and strangley no one else has seen them... but the church still claims to have them in the Temple... what a sham... folks... this religion is more of a cult than mine...

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.

3) There is no reason why religion should hold a monopoly upon morality, and I would go so far as to argue that any morality which is based on religion is always going to be weaker than a secular morality.

Bill, people choose to embrace a religion because it offers them a narrative they find more appealing than the alternatives of which they're aware, not because there is any evidence it's true.

You guys are hilarious, not only do the religious argue about which religion is better than their own but they even argue about practices within a specific religion.

It is religion, more than anything else, which colors their understanding of the universe and their empirical participation in that universe, making life a profoundly religious phenomenon.

Again, I believe that Jesus was more concerned about the barriers to God which are erected by religion than He was about the barriers to God which are caused by sin.

Christendom: I think that Christianity as a religion, which purports to call people to follow Jesus, but uses money, power, and political prestige to force «Christianity» on others, is nothing other than the adoption of all the things which Satan promised Jesus in Luke 4, but which Jesus turned down.

For Rorty, that dream is nothing less than a religion, of whom the chief apostles are Walt Whitman and John Dewey, and of which America is the New Jerusalem.

Why is it that whenever politics or religion are discussed the move from issues to personal insults, which generates more heat than light, is almost inevitable?

«People convert to another religion when they find a new narrative they find more appealing than the one to which the current subscribe.

The claim, «You don't believe the Bible is true» is nothing more than a smokescreen put up by manipulative religion to discredit or ignore a challenging teaching or idea about the Bible which disagrees or contradicts what that religion teaches.

Nobody thought much of religions other than Christianity; as was obvious by our public school pledge — which admonished us all to be good Christian citizens... Sure, I had questions too, but our church was pretty low - key so I was safe from some of the more radically - minded (read: brainwashed) of my peers.

Many of the teachings of Jesus still inspire me deeply... far more than the melodramas and tasteless wafers which have followed.Admittedly, as parents we've had some uneasiness — when it comes to what to tell our kids about religion.

In claiming for intuition a higher place than reason, Iqbal defends revelation, on which all religion is based.

I think one thing that has been overlooked by most of the other comments is why the hell does a cleric of a religion that is supposed to not even have a hierarchy have $ 6000, which as the article pointed out is more than 6 times what the average Pakistani makes in a year, to throw around...

«First we affirm that we desire to follow Scripture alone as a rule of faith and religion, without mixing it with any other things which might be devised by the opinion of men apart from the Word of God, and without wishing to accept for our spiritual government any other doctrine than what is conveyed to us by the same Word without addition to diminution, according to the command of our Lord.»

I guess that C.S. Lewis — here at least — spoke of pleasure rather than of Christian happiness which, of course, can not be found in any outwardly oriented religion if we are not indwelt by the Holy Spirit who gives us love, joy, peace, and much more (Gal 5:22 - 23).

Finally, there is probably no point at which the spiritual life of persons — particularly young persons — is more affronted than by the fact that one's friends and closest associates either scoff at religion or are indifferent to it.

There are those who think that a major shift in human consciousness is taking place, one aspect of which is an emphasis on spiritual experience rather than intellectual truths about religion.

At first the ritual was doubtless figurative, a ceremonial cleansing in water, which was regarded as symbolizing, rather than effecting, the purification of the inner life, and the origin of which lay in the baptism of John and kindred customs rather than in the sacraments of the mystery religions.

A second test of significance or importance is the extent to which the religion deals with «ultimate» rather than merely preliminary matters.

Islam is a religion of ease and simplicity which charges the Muslim with no more than proclaiming his profession of faith and performing its easy religious rites.

Rather than have recourse to an unproductive apologetics when faced with contemporary atheism, we ought to concern ourselves with weeding out from Christianity what is not authentic, should even be grateful to Marx's critique of religion for the purifying function which it performs in this way.

In setting forth a view of religion in these pages it will be our task to describe a faith which is (1) important rather than trivial and (2) good rather than bad.

I would rather address the nations debt and prevent us from becoming Greece than discuss religion which is a private matter.

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, let us be frank: is it really so certain that formerly, when religion and the Church played a greater part in public life, men really had more true faith, hope and charity, which, after all, are more important than anything else?

Their religion is younger than Christianity, which is far younger than Judaism.

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

[Our Sibghah (religion) is] the Sibghah (Religion) of Allah (Islam) and which Sibghah (religion) can be better than Allah's?

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.

Look no further than Islam's neighbors to the north... that infamous regime which outlawed religion for 80 + years.

Can you cite studies which show RELIGIOUS counseling has a greater effect, normalizing for the religion of the patient, than non-religious counseling?

This approach (which is, I think, more impressionistic than analogical) would have the advantage of not forcing all religions into a single, narrow mold — a point to which I shall return.