Sentences with phrase «upon one's beliefs»

Yes, it's harmless to nobody else until you act upon those beliefs and, unfortunately in this country, irrational beliefs are being enacted every day causing a lot of misery.

The hospital was built upon the belief that the best relationships are formed when people work together.

That, however, was considered an attack upon the their belief system that must be defended.

In fact, the article (and the video) do not touch upon his beliefs at all.

How did you come upon your belief in your god?

People who have had a profound impact upon our beliefs, our convictions and the lives we lead.

I view them as an attack upon my beliefs.

Miliband, meanwhile — who has leadership issues of his own — draws upon his beliefs in social democracy and the intellectual credentials of Labour's ideological renewal vis - à - vis his One Nation vision.

Yesterday, Edward Fudge responded to your questions about conditionalism (sometimes called annihilationism)-- the view that immortality is conditional upon belief in Jesus Christ, so the unsaved will ultimately be destroyed and cease to exist rather than suffer eternally in hell.

Generosity is no more predicated upon a belief in the supernatural than is athletic ability.

According to Schweitzer's own words, then, the ethic of reverence for life is not founded upon a belief in a personal God.

In his book The Hills Beyond, Thomas Wolfe declared: «The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and to a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence.»

That's exactly why atheists don't want believers creating laws based solely upon their beliefs, why atheists don't want those beliefs taught in schools as science, why atheists don't want those beliefs posted on public buildings, etc..

If saving faith is contingent upon belief only, then there would be no reason for the existence of verses that reference «the obedience of faith» (Rom 1:5; 16:26) and «faith working through love» (Gal 5:6).

Other passages in the New Testament seem to indicate that the Spirit regenerates, indwells, baptizes, and seals a person immediately upon their belief in Jesus for eternal life.

Petaluma is built upon the belief of planting the right varieties for individual vineyards in regions where the varietals excel.

This company was formed upon their beliefs that if dogs suffer stress when taken out of their normal (familiar) environment, it stands to reason that their learning abilities would be impeded in those circumstances too.

People act upon these beliefs without ever really understanding just why they're at best insulting, and at worst dangerous.

That law would be form based upon the belief whether you believe that marriage is for growing families, in which case you make divorce difficult or marriage is based on personal happiness where a divorce law would be more relax.

And be careful the conditions you place upon belief, Vic.

It is premised upon the belief that talking about it is at least half way to agreement that traditional sexual ethics must be thoroughly revised.

If we make a less simple distinction between the righteous and the wicked, and treat the problem of fulfillment in relation to the mystery of temporal flux and its relation to the abiding realities, then the Christian philosophy of history will stand upon the belief in a redemptive activity of God which wins its strange victory in spite of the continuing tragic character of the course of events.

And for what it's worth, my just war commitments hinge upon my belief that church and state have separate approaches, and that the latter has the power of the sword to execute justice.

The resurrections (or more correctly resuscitations) which, according to ancient tradition had been performed by Elijah and Elisha, depended partly upon this belief.10 The same belief supplies us with the reason why the story of the raising of Lazarus lays such emphasis on the fact that he «had already been four days in the tomb».

But once this process is finished, and all the doors have been opened, the baptism of the Holy Spirit occurs immediately upon belief because now the door of the Gospel has been opened to all.

But this view has never seemed to take full account of the need for relieving the burden of guilt, and it relies far too heavily upon the belief that the persuasive power of the divine example is sufficient to meet our need.

Fact — That which all sides agree upon Belief — That which there is no agreement between the parties Truth — That which the facts point toward

Anyone may believe different than what medical science says and act PERSONALLY upon that belief but to burden all women with that belief is unethical and immoral.

After all, the extent to which a principal is willing to dismiss (or give a poor evaluation to) a teacher will likely depend in part upon her beliefs about the probability of finding a superior replacement in a reasonable period of time.

Indeed, an employee or prospective employee's commitment to white supremacy can be a valid reason to discriminate in employment because if the employee acts, either consciously or unconsciously upon those beliefs, the employer is exposed to legal liability for discrimination based upon race and / or national origin and / or religion, so the employer is justified in avoiding that liability.

The Ferguson case totally repudiated the old reasonableness - due process test, the doctrine that judges have the power to hold laws unconstitutional upon the belief of judges that they «shock the conscience,» or that they are

The basic premises of the IACD model; a culmination of research as well as the knowledge, experiences, and education of IACD clinicians, revolve upon the belief that:

During last year's Albert Schweitzer Centennial Symposium at UNESCO in Paris, psychoanalyst Erich Fromm raised a pertinent question: «Is Schweitzer's religious ethic of reverence for life dependent upon a belief in God?»

She produced an array of paintings and drawing built upon her belief that «art comes from artificial.»

All I can do here is to suggest that there is a place today for a general concept of resurrection that sees permanent meaning and value in our lives without depending upon belief in individual life after death.

We do not see morality as predicated upon a belief in the supernatural.

Stalin and Mao might have been atheists, but their dictatorships were not founded upon that belief.

The church's confidence in her teaching rested upon the belief that the body of knowledge, of which she was the appointed guardian, had been revealed by God through the chosen prophets and apostles of ancient times and especially through Jesus, the Son of God.

If you judge people solely upon their beliefs or based upon the group (s) to which they belong isn't that the very essence of bigotry?

There really is nothing in the way of fact here; rather a series of statements, each contingent upon his beliefs, all taken from an objective source — the Bible.