Sentences with phrase «told by the religious people»

I have been told by the religious people that is different..

As an atheist I have been told by religious people among other things that I must have a «void» in my life / heart to not believe in God.

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I didn't state religious beliefs and I did not advocate telling people they will go to Hell by how they vote, parent, or are employed.

I have been told Ad Nauseum by religious people why I don't believe in God.They come in telling me why without asking me why.

The Dutch people are tolerant, he told me, and hence in Amsterdam, there are no ethnic or religious minorities, an achievement made possible by the fact that although a majority of residents are of Dutch descent, only around 25 percent call themselves Christian.

If Jesus embodies God's dreams for the world, then citizens of the Kingdom start by imitating him — by eating with the people he ate with, by telling the sort of stories he told, by healing and forgiving, by serving and praying, by resisting the temptations of power and money and violence, by breaking down religious barriers, by loving enemies, by showing humility and grace, by overturning some tables and dining at others, by being obedient to the point of death.

Unfortunately, religious droll such as yours still appeals to some people who want to be told what to do by manipulative and deceitful charlatans like yourself.»

The ultimate test would be to see how many religious people would allow their investment portfolio, 401k or life savings to be managed by someone who says «god tells me how to manage your money» or «god tells me which stocks to choose».

because of his relationship with something, not someone, who's invisible and has all these stories told of him, by other people, and we all know people lie..., i'd just like to say this whole finding «faith» in a religious god, is horrible for society....

This requires rocking the boat sometimes... by asking questions, telling stories, and teaching truths that make some religious people uncomfortable or even upset.

I consider myself a christian, with religious knowledge and general knowlege, however I do not hold to a set of views dictated by an organized religion, I believe the organized religions are where we have gone wrong, as someone pointed out earlier to most «religious people» to question ones faith or organization is wrong but that is exactly what the bible tells us to do... test ALL things to see what is true.

Instead, you prefer voilating other people's freedom of religion by telling them that they * must * follow your personal religious teachings.

Jesus tells the people that they have been deceived by their religious leaders.

«Kathy is an ordinary American with some sincerely held religious beliefs, and like a lot of Americans and a lot of people in Colorado she was pretty upset by some of the displays at a city - owned museum,» one of her attorneys, Cliff Stricklin, told CNN Friday.

Now, honestly... Why would you call Atheists (those who rely on thorough scientific studies) brainwashed, when it is the religious people that believe in 2,000 year old camp fire stories told by Middle Eastern Sheep Herders that should be called brainwashed?

I get told I am wrong all the time by religious people so its really no big deal to me.

I am (a) A victim of child molestation (b) A r.ape victim trying to recover (c) A mental patient with paranoid delusions (d) A Christian The only discipline known to often cause people to kill others they have never met and / or to commit suicide in its furtherance is: (a) Architecture; (b) Philosophy; (c) Archeology; or (d) Religion What is it that most differentiates science and all other intellectual disciplines from religion: (a) Religion tells people not only what they should believe, but what they are morally obliged to believe on pain of divine retribution, whereas science, economics, medicine etc. has no «sacred cows» in terms of doctrine and go where the evidence leads them; (b) Religion can make a statement, such as «there is a composite god comprised of God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit», and be totally immune from experimentation and challenge, whereas science can only make factual assertions when supported by considerable evidence; (c) Science and the scientific method is universal and consistent all over the World whereas religion is regional and a person's religious conviction, no matter how deeply held, is clearly nothing more than an accident of birth; or (d) All of the above.

As a former head of a church, I objected to this idea during Prof. Mills» tenure, and I am adding my voice now to the people who are objecting to this idea by telling government to stop it... Lets allow religious groups to do whatever they want to do, but government should concentrate on its mandate by providing jobs and putting up infrastructural developments with such monies,» he admonished.

44 % of people told Populus they thought it was important for a political leader to have strong religious belief, 53 % disagreed (for the record, Tony Blair is known to be a practicing Christian who regularly attends church, Michael Howard attends a Liberal Synagogue on the High Holy feast days — not that it matters anyway, since neither of them will be leader of their respective parties by the time of the next election).

But she added that the strongest predictor of climate skepticism is not political conservatism or religious belief, but people's fears that the government will be taking away freedom by «telling me what to do.»

With real people and real events at the center of it all, Spotlight tells the story of the Boston Globe's Pulitzer Prize - winning team from the division of the same name who shook the city's religious core by unearthing the long term secrets that many held onto within the walls of the Catholic Church.

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Read the APA Ethics Code — Standard 10 Suggested Readings Services by Telephone, Teleconferencing, and InternetYour Rights as a Psychotherapy Client What I tell people about therapy Useful Notes Illinois Law on therapy15 / 3 (f) Duly recognized members of any bona fide religious denomination shall not be restricted from functioning in their ministerial capacity provided they do not represent themselves as being clinical psychologists or providing clinical psychological services.