Sentences with phrase «true faith thing»
The persistent diddling of young boys by priests kinda puts a dent in your one true faith thing, huh?
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/ Not exact matches
And then when I watch the trials and tribulations of a business like L.L. Bean, whose good - faith commitment and lifetime guarantees to customers have been shamelessly abused for years by flea market phonies, eBay a-holes and other crafty resale store shoppers, I remember that things become clichés, not because they're pithy phrases, but because they're sadly too true.
If, by Faith, you mean what we understand to be true then yes, but some of us don't have any «religious» faith in things supernatFaith, you mean what we understand to be true then yes, but some of us don't have any «religious» faith in things supernatfaith in things supernatural.
This is not something that all people can do, as some people can not accept things without the verification that the thing is true, and if there were proof, then it isn't faith.»
The reason I said what I said is that I've always believed that even atheism requires a type of faith in order to believe that it is the true state of things.
By Heidi: «The reason I said what I said is that Iâ $ ™ ve always believed that even atheism requires a type of faith in order to believe that it is the true state of things.
Koreans keep up and do not lose your hope and faith even if every evil thing happens to you, but your true living savior will always be with you.
Colonialism was another venture that was ordained by faith, because it was the right thing to do by bringing the «true» religion to people that were enslaved.
Naomi, Faith, True Friend, Justina, Frederica, Friend, Adeline, Christian Adeline, Adelina, FairGarden, Odessa, Zelda, WonderSpring (and a bunch of other names) is a lot of things, but «a fiesty individual» isn't one of them.
Jews remained true to their faith even when the easiest thing for them would have been to turn away from it.
To expand on this a bit, we could say that faith substantiates, or sees as reality, that which we previously only hoped to be true; it is the evidence, conviction, or confidence in things we can not see.
In the graciousness of the book (something often lacking when people engage Emergent, no names but...), in its passionate for the Scriptures, in its understanding that true faith shows itself in love, in its acceptance of the many things postmodernism has going for it without capitulating to todays culture, and especially in the willingness to both take on and unite both sides, Wittmer has written something here to be commended for, and something that all believers no matter what side they lean toward would do well to read.
What so many Catholics seem to be saying is that, so far as we can determine with our unaided human intellects, according to even the «metaphysically modest» version of neo-Darwinism, there is no real plan, purpose, or design in living things, and absolutely no directionality to evolution; yet we know those things to be true by faith.
One of the LDS Articles of Faith is, in part: «We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent... if there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.»
By opposing these things the Church is a «sign of contradiction'to the beliefs of the secular world, and other faiths, while acknowledging whatever is good, true and beautiful in other faith systems.
Saying god exists does not make that so... of course the opposite is true as well... all the pundits here (and Hawking) who like to call things by descriptive names like «fairy tales» do so because they are desperate to be right in this matter... because no one can be proven right or wrong in this I choose to respect the faith that some have in Science as well as thos who have faith in God's existence.
Joseph Ratzinger / Benedict XVI has no rival in successfully combining the reputed opposites of rationality and faith - thus showing science and religion not as contradictions but as two things depending on one another: only in cooperation can they reveal their true greatness.
What I find amazing is that they are able to rationalize their belief in myths and fables, as if those things are really true, by citing scientific findings, which are the exact opposite from faith - based beliefs.
Christians says faith is the evidence of things not seen but the die hard «the big bang is true» refuse to admit that all they have is evidence for the thing not seen thus making it a belief.
all the things that you say the team is getting out clinging to their faith and not league rules could be true but why should I care?
Ok where is your proof that things in the bible are fictional you have to have faith that they are fictional just as much as we have faith that they are real therefore you are in a way proving Christianity true
As Protestants, we both approached the things of faith as outsiders, examining some idea connected to the faith and making some determination whether or not it was true.
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.
Some things are true whether you choose to believe in them or not, and post modern thinking is most in error when it comes to matters of faith.
GAW: There is no such thing as a true atheist... What you can't take with you after this life, and the faith therein is proof enough for me and good enough reason for anyone's conversion, even yours, on your last day.
Many of the things I still believe in I first learned in that modest Baptist community of faith: that Jesus loves me and died on the cross for my sins; that the Bible is the totally true and trustworthy Word of God; that all human beings are made in the image of God and are infinitely precious in his sight.
21 And now as I said concerning faith — faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true.
One thing members of the LDS faith are encourage to do, unlike some other religions, is to know for themselves what is true and to not rely on what someone else says is true.
But one of the problems, I believe, is the fact that when extremists in any religion do things that are appalling, which happens all the time; others in that same faith parrot the claim that «TRUE» members of the faith would never have done such things, so they can not really be... whatever religion was claimed by the criminals.
I made a judgement and I think it was the right one: I found myself in a situation partly because of events beyond my control and partly because of things that were my fault where I either had to be compromising my faith, frankly, saying things I thought were not true or be true to my faith and be in a situation where I sucked all the attention that ought to be going to me being the mouthpiece of the party away from our main message.
To Ken Margo: I am totally agree with you about this evil thing going around the earth... this evil minded people is there everywhere regardless of faith... that was not what i was trying to say... my point was to be able to recognize the One True God who is Unseen and who has no partners as He is not in need of any partners but we the creation is in need of Him... thats all... I wish I could do something to stop all these taking place around the earth... I think we human fear the fed laws more than we fear the laws of our Creator, for example not to associate any partner with Him, taking the life of others, drug dealing, human trafficking, believing in hereafter and so on... I remember a story that I was talking with one of my friends... I was telling him look we all obey the law of the land so much like for example when we drive and no one moves even an inch when there is a school bus stop to pick / drop kids as it is a fed laws but when it comes to the laws of our Creator, we don't care... like having physical relationship outside of marriage and many more... then he said something nice... he said that its because we see the consequence of breaking the law of the land but we do not see the punishment of hereafter even though it is mentioned very details in Quran, it even gives pictures of hereafter....
In the Book of Mormon, God gave the following promise to every one who will read the Book of Mormon with si ncerity and faith:» 4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sin cere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.»
You'll use things like «faith» and find all kinds of justifications for your belief, but in the end, you lack any concrete evidence that your story is true.
But the difficulty with this is always that it assumes two things: that faith is concerned with one's attitude to God, which is true enough, but much too broadly conceived; and that the crux of the challenge of Jesus is that men should share his faith, (Fuchs would want to express the matter in words very different from these.)
For the first time, I felt I understood the true meaning of faith, as hope in things unseen.
One of the reasons Madeleine L'Engle's [book]... had that strong Christian element to it wasn't just because she was Christian, but because she was frustrated with things that needed to be said to her in the world and she wasn't finding a way to say it and she wanted to stay true to her faith... In a good way, I think there are a lot of elements of what she wrote that we have progressed as a society and we can move onto the other elements.
I commented on this cause a lot of people don't believe it... It's a faith thing... You called me out on the simple matter of metaphor which to me is out of the question but none the less true.
If I was a gay man living in America the last thing I would want to do is go to a Morman church every Sunday, why would I torture my soul that way when my true faith is with God not a church.
Thinky for yourslef... then why whine... go for a longterm goal that will actually have an effect,... you seem to want to project enthusiasm... but if your conviction was truely written deep within u.... and it might very well be... i believe youd try your hand in politics... and another thing... faith has to be in a higher being because if you believe that you faith has cause... then what created that cause... why is it significant to actually have true faith
When a true community of faith arises (fill in the blank with the name of a community that you know), startling things happen.
Qazar, it is precisely the book that proves that the Christian God is the true God... in order to expand your thinking on this, name the one thing that all peoples of all cultures of all times, will agree on as the ultimate evidence of the true God [keeping in mind that there must always be a faith level because God is all powerful, has all knowledge, all wisdom, is everywhere (not in a pantheistic sense)-RSB- that the true God can give.
Though Anullinus tried in various ways to force her to renounce her faith and offer sacrifice to their gods, Crispina was firm in her stand of faith in Jesus Christ and that she has never offered sacrifice to any other gods other than the one true God who has made the heaven and earth, the sea and all things that are in them and who alone is to be feared which is also said by Appollonius.
Wishing to remove from the minds of your Eminences and of every true Christian this vehement suspicion justly cast upon me, with sincere heart and unfeigned faith I do abjure, damn, and detest the said errors and heresies, and generally each and every other error, heresy, and sect contrary to the Holy Church; and I do swear for the future that I shall never again speak or assert, orally or in writing, such things as might bring me under similar suspicion.
Ogden's essay concludes with an honest statement that he does not, at the time of writing, see that such a portrayal of «the promise of faith» as he has drawn — and I remind you that since he and I have said much the same thing, this would be true of my own presentation — necessarily entails what he calls «subjective immortality», the persistence beyond death of the conscious self.
(For a wider discussion of Justin's view, see «The Christianity of Philosophy» in the May 2001 First Things, where Peter Simpson concludes that «the Christian faith for [Justin] was the true and complete philosophy.»)
it is a shame that many plp think so little of our faith... they do no understand what is like to be a true christian... and no not one of those plp who say im a christian and go to church from sunday to sunday, not one of the fanatics who advocate hate, not a bigot who proclaim god's name without understanding... this life is a journey to find something greater than spiritual awareness... it is a journey to see the world the way god does, it is a journey beyond any book, any view... that is why i belive in my faith... im a christian and i love my god but im not the one who follows faith blindly and question every thing
we seek knowledge... we seek things beyond immortality... we want to see the world with the eyes of god... to be a true christian is to embark on a journey of compassion, forgiveness, love, and understanding... those are the values of our faith
To me the question of god is to big for man to know, we could never know if such a thing is true and the only real way to know is in death and faith, it is to me just to big for us to know.
Among other things, as I stated earlier, this model reduces faith to a psychological gimmick in which people try to convince themselves that their beliefs are true beyond what the evidence warrants.
they are the fans who turned supporting Arsenal F.C to a religion, if you are a true fan you are just meant to believe and have faith we can win things, even if all rational thought and actions and the reality on the ground states otherwise....