Sentences with phrase «thing about faith»

The beautiful thing about faith is that it's not a formula or set of rules.

That's the great thing about Faith, it requires no evidence at all to justify it, and as such you can fit ANYTHING within it.

The most difficult thing about faith is how much faith it requires.

Calvinism isn't the most important thing about my faith.

In short, you missed my whole point, which was that morality is not the only purpose for faith and, perhaps, not even the most important thing about faith.

That's the funny thing about faith - there's no evidence for anything you believe in.

If you believe all that happened randomly, that the bang was powered by nothingness, then you could teach us religious folks a few things about faith.

Keeping the few good things about faith (helping others, feeling a connection to the Universe, trying to understand yourself and your place in the universe) while dumping all of the negatives (dogma, intolerance, that undeserved feeling of superiority) is beneficial to society in a way that organized religion never has been and never will be.

Bill Maher has said bad things about faith in the past.

My three and a half years with the lectionary taught me a number of things about the faith and its proclamation.

Not exact matches

To put things in context, Bell followed that quote up by expressing his disappointment when communities of faith discourage people from asking questions about religious texts or beliefs.

I think the wonderful thing about all of it is my faith, my family and my work all share the same values.

You have to constantly improve your probabilistic understanding of how events will unfold in the future, while at the same time constraining your faith in your own abilities to understand the things you've learned about.

But in the real world, I think atheists and people of varying faiths probably work together on various things for the good of mankind — often not really knowing fully about each others» beliefs, yet still accomplishing good things together.

Bob... not very long from now if things keep going the way they are, you will have a lot more to worry about than anyone of any faith....

The funny thing about people saying their faith isn't shaken is that these are the same people who will often look at other natural disasters in foreign countries and say God is punishing these people, or that something bad happened because of some aspect of the culture that God disapproves of.

Thomas thinks that it is the discipline of metaphysics that asks questions about the ultimate cause of existence of things, and, as he says, «not only does faith hold that there is creation, reason also demonstrates it» (In II Sent., dist.

A polemicist might well have salty things to say about this abdication of moral principles that Christians have held since the earliest days of the faith, but in Wilcox's mild and irenic diction the mainline churches are simply «accommodationist,» espousing what he calls a «Golden Rule Christianity» that honors tolerance, kindness, and social justice as paramount virtues.

The thing about believing in God has to do with faith.

«I know that some of you here feel that successive governments and local authorities have wanted to applaud all the good things that you do as Christians, but discourage you from speaking openly about the faith that motivates you,» she said.

For one thing, I'm a Christian and from what I've seen many of the most outspoken Christians are the whiniest about any other faith getting a good word.

What Lasch described in 1972 as «the familiar materials of popular discontent, quietly persisting through three decades of «affluence,»» are once again on the rise: «distrust of officials and official pronouncements; cynicism about the good faith of those in positions of great power; resentment of the rich; a conviction that most things in life are «fixed.

I know what I'm talking about and faith in God IS NOT THE SAME THING as turning the last pages in one's mental family scrapbook.

The Christian faith has important things to say about power and war and moral responsibility.

Blind faith is used as a caution By one that knows when teaching the ignorant about such things as fire for example, when the student comprehends feeling heat, they learn without burning themselves.

I cintend that the bible also calls us to do the same thing — it calls us to action and then says when we have donr everything we can and there is nothing else we are to stand in faith that it will work out — of course i paraphrase — but wht do people think all christians do is sit on their butts and pray and look pie eyed at the sky - this christian worked her butt of on the streets - and look at Mother Thresa - and other christians working for humanity all over the world - i think athiests have the wrong idea about chtistians...

I didn't need to talk about God, or about religion... I had assurance in my faith about those things, and I assumed the chaplin understood them and didn't need me to explain them.

Kerry, people who fervently live their faith, are the people who are asked about eternity and how (even then), things can change for them so that they leave earth knowing that they were redeemed.

Faith does the same thing for every religion and every god believer; thus, it's about the believing, not the belief.

One thing to think about with religion is that, if they say they are actively professing in a certain faith, it would stand to reason there would be more regularity as to their activities in that faith.

So many people who advocate or speak publicly for political or personal reasons aren't acknowledged as much when it comes to religion when someone is wanting to speak out about there faith a light bulb goes off and says we don't want to hear, or talk, or, air any thing that has to do with the mentioning of God but because of the high profile story and because this is the President of the United States it's ok hats off to them for not being ashamed to speak about there faith I agree with Richard some people just because they profess there faith doesn't mean there trying to push there beliefs on anyone people of faith have a right to free speech also.

And that's the thing about this, whatever «this» is, it's about ordinary people trying to live out a faith that is real.

Many of you said those of us of faith are deluded, but to take the time to read articles about things you do not believe and then to take the time to write comments that would alienate those who do believe for the purpose of somehow making them not believe seems pretty deluded to me.

Can say that I believe in every thing that you disbelief of when it comes to the Creator and the Creation of universe, life and guidance, God has given me hearing, seeing, thinking and heart feelings to see and experience signs and small miracles to have faith in him and continue with good deeds I was told of in his Holy Book although am not perfect at that but nothing to lose but contrary to that there are more to gain in life and life after... For those disbelievers they lose their senses by being locked and blocked from such experiences... It is all about souls as verses speak for them selves;

Perhaps the best thing we can learn from a beer commercial is to be intentional about creating relationships with those we may not agree with — whether they are outside the faith or whether they are within the faith.

The thing I find interesting about Atheists is that they seem to be obsessed with people of faith.

Salvation comes by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone ----- Except if God placed you in a region on earth where christianity doesn't exist, then you've never heard of Christ, and will likely go your entire life without learning the first thing about him.

You can have faith someone you've always known to be honest is being honest when he tells you something, or you can have faith someone will «do the right thing» in a situation because that would be consistent with what you know about him.

Certainly, some things we believe in can been seen, but the great faith described in the rest of Hebrews 11 is the faith that is confident in God's promises based on what is known about God's character and God's Word.

One thing about the Muslim Faith that I resonate with is the term «Submission.»

From Agnostic to Islam and I have seen examples in the past... so my humble request to you is not to stop... keep learning or studying the new stuffs... an advice to you when you decide to study or learn about Islam — do not point to the people who does wrong things as wrong doing people are there in everywhere regardless of faith, but look into the scripture and go to someone who has knowledge if you have any question that bothers you but make sure that person is well educated to his community... i ask The Almighty God to open your heart...

The guy is having a little doubt about the whole religion thing and decides to take some time to explore the strength of his own faith, and they punish him for it immediately?!

That was a very interesting read many comments caught my attention I've recently been diagnosed with Bipolar I have hallucinations and hear voices in my ear's when I hallucinate it's likes they are trying to get me thousands of them I can only describe them as dark shadows and they are trying to get me just as they are about to get me a brilliant white light surrounds me and there's three entities humanly shaped but like this brilliant white light they are also glowing this brilliant whiteness I can't understand what they are saying the only way I can explain it is emotions comfort joy love is what I feel emanating from these entities the voices I hear aren't evil telling me to do bad things to people when I get put into a mode of fear I live in a rough area of Scotland and everytime I've got into a fight something possesses me I know this for a fact as I can't control myself I'm an observer watching my family / Friends say I change they say my eyes change and I look evil I personally do think possibly through my own personal experience I» am possessed as I act out of character I've lost interest in many things I've recently I decided it's time for change I've lost my faith I've been trying to connect with God and feel his love which I used to feel the presence of the holy spirit everytime I try connect I get a feeling of abandonment I just think if I am possessed could these entities stop me connecting with «God» I can say from my heart of hearts «JESUS CHRIST HAS COME IN THE FLESH» I think it's more to do with the persons own personal fears which I have noticed my fears have changed if I had to be truthfully with myself I fear God which I know I'm not supposed to just I can't explain it I guess if you ever need a test subject I'm up for the challenge like I said I'm on journey to find myself and my travels have brought me hear I'm going to hang around for a wee while there's lots of good information to be plundered loll

Radical individualism may regard as authentic faith only that which is confirmed by the pulse, when the truth is, some things are more important than how we may happen to feel about them on any given day.

About faith being the substance of things hoped for and for which the evidence is not seen?

I do have a strong faith and I will never lose that, despite all the things I still don't understand about it.

You do realize that someone of a different faith could say the exact same thing about someone involved in their religion, but you would say they were wrong and you were right.

He modifies what he wrote in Ephesians 2:5 by pointing out four additional things about this life which we received by the grace of God: He says this life is also (1) through faith, (2) is not of yourselves, (4) it is a gift of God, and (3) is not by works.

I'm convinced that one thing folks from my generation long for is the chance to talk openly and honestly about our faith, our doubts, our questions, our ideas, our struggles, our joys, etc. in the context of a faith community.

It's about embracing a faith which evolves and the stuff I used to think about God but I don't think anymore, and it's about the new things I think and believe that turned out to be old.