Sentences with phrase «think religious organizations»

Why do you think religious organizations can be tax exempt???? Because the can opt out of the federal tax regulations if they meet certain criteria for religion.

I think all religious organizations need to stay clear of political candidates.

Not exact matches

It is completely crazy to think an elite scientific organization should have to employ someone who doesn't believe in science... the even scarier part is I wouldn't be very surprised if the religious side wins this case.

You don't think that people can be brainwashed into a belief system with the more subtle indoctrination techniques used by religious organizations and have it stick?

First, who really cares what the Church, or any other religious organization thinks about policy?

The organization, at its heart I think, is about gaining equal recognition for our views, and also attempting to stop the spread of biblically inspired laws being proposed and supported by the religious majority.

I'm atheist and part of me thinks the organization's time could be better spent countering the religious hellbent on forcing their beliefs on instead of trying to prevent them from practicing peacefully.

I think a lot of people assume here that her writing this was to foster «atheism» when in reality it was about her surviving and thriving... finding her «own» path within the the highly dogmatic and structured religious organization known as AA.

The social history of mankind exhibits great organizations in their alternating functions of conditions for progress, and of contrivances for stunting humanity, The history of the Mediterranean lands, and of western Europe, is the history of the blessing and the curse of political organizations, of religious organizations, of schemes of thought, of social agencies for large purposes.

But he writes to American Christians, and to those who identify with the American religious right — most of whom, at best, think of the Church as a «voluntary organization» or, at worst, hardly think of her at all.

These include history and geography, schools of thought, mysticism, religious belief, religious practice, Islamic law, theology, philosophy and ideology, politics (dynastic states, political and religious roles, political concepts and terms), economics, culture and society (personal life, community life, arts and literature, science and medicine, communications, popular religion), Islamic studies, institutions, organizations, movements, biographies.

The fears about standing and about funding of religious organizations are important questions of law, but both were satisfactorily resolved under the Supreme Court's traditional standing rules and there is no reason to think RFRA would reopen the issue.

The problem with many superiors in our corporate world (including the religious organization world), is their fear that a subordinate will replace them if allowed to think independently with the brain God gave them.

If you think people don't tear into religious organizations for supporting and encouraging hatred and discrimination, you haven't been paying attention.

I don't think one religious nut needs to defend another organization set up to support religious nuts.

i think the writer misses the point that many who are spiritual and not religious have explored what religions have to offer in the form of moral compass and dogma and organizations and whatnot — and have found it hard to find the peace within themselves that they innately attribute to what they seek through contact and participation in religion to begin with.

I would never give money to a religious organization that doesn't pay taxes — that is like giving money to my kids — and they need it more than the church... I think faith is a wonderful thing for a lot of people — including myself (I have faith in myself)-- I just wish others would keep their «faith» personal, and out of politics and government.

It is a thoughtful book in which Smith reflects on the problems raised by the study of the religious thought and practices of the people of Asia, problems of historical method, of literary criticism, of language, of social organization, and of the values and standards by which men guide their lives.

The religious organizations similar to Jim Jones are really scary: They make sense at first, then you have to limit or prohibit new members because the original message has changed so much that an outsider could see through it without much thought.

«I think the organization that owns the Empire State Building seeing this as a religious request is really missing much of the significance of the life's work of Mother Teresa, across the world and in New York City,» Quinn said.

Social agencies, welfare groups, religious organizations, commercial concerns, all have marched into our communities — especially our inner - city communities — with preconceived notions of superimposing their structures upon a community, of afflicting a community with a structure that was developed in some think tank without consulting any significant forces within the community itself.

Sunder: religious organizations, acting as employers, have had certain exemptions from anti-discrimination law for some time, and I think I'm right in saying that the Anglican bishops acted to secure some version of these in the recent debates over the Equality Bill...?

Dossey is past President of the Isthmus Institute of Dallas, an organization dedicated to exploring the possible convergences of science and religious thought.

Folks who think similarly tend to live in the same neighborhood or attend the same religious organization,» Schaffner said.

And now that these lawyers have emptied those deep Roman Catholic pockets, Tillers writes, «we can expect to see — and I think we are seeing — an increasing number of sex abuse lawsuits against Protestant clergy and churches, Jewish clergy and organizations, other religious organizations and their clergy... and — eventually — educators (regardless of religious persuasion) and those who employ educators.»

And nonprofits make me think about religious organizations, which are the nonprofits I've studied the most in the context of bankruptcy.

I linked this result to how religious organizations» leaders came to think about using bankruptcy to deal with their organizations» financial problems.

In previous posts regarding a similar dispute elsewhere, I predicted this outcome (and think that, as a matter of ecclesiastical structure and organization within that religious community, it is rightly decided).

Think about all of your activities that might qualify you for a job, such as: involvement in social or religious organizations, volunteer experiences, unique projects or interests, awards or certificates and subjects mastered.

Include friends, family, distant relatives, friends of the family, co-workers, former employers, neighbors, professors, members of your religious organization, your banker, lawyer, dentist, hairdresser, members of professional organizations you belong to, and anyone else you can think of.