Sentences with phrase «upon the religion of»

Modern Christianity is apt to look back upon the religion of Puritan days as joyless; yet as we have earlier suggested it may be questioned whether there is not a greater lack of joy in modern religion, with so many of its exponents tied up in nervous knots.

Jesus was definitely in the prophetic line when he poured withering contempt upon the religion of those who tithe «mint, anise and cummin, but neglect the weightier matters of the law.»

Not exact matches

Voltaire's point here isn't about religion, but about the civilizing tendency of commerce, and in turn about the virtues upon which commerce is founded.

Religions are based upon a set of beliefs that held dear to one's heart.

Science is not religion, it is a method of enquiry based upon direct observation which transcends religion (the laws of physics are the same for everyone, no matter how you name God or even whether you believe).

Pushing their religion of denial and supremacy is there opportunistic attempt to demean others to justify their ill will upon others.

I wonder how many of those who do believe were raised in a religious family by religious parents and thus had religion forced upon them from birth.

Indeed, I tend to play melodies that regard show the hugeness of God, His open arms to all mankind, his love without any conditions, the giving of eternal life to anyone that calls upon him, and his willingness to tolerate all forms of religion... even my own.

I wonder how many of those who do NOT believe were raised in a non religious family by non religious parents and thus had an intollerance for religion forced upon them from birth.

This is an extreme example of what happens when the uneducated have religion exclusively heaped upon them.

Upon arriving in America (the Pilgrims being the first to arrive in 1620), the journey began for the search of the «perfect» religion that could satisfy the needs of the people.

I know you aren't a fool, so I am just trying to explain my take on all this based on my haphazard legal education and insistence upon the rule of law over that of religion.

With all the RCC's riches being horded and their hierarchies living in lives of humble luxuries, I'm sorry but I can not rightly commend such religious liars who would rather pilfer and lay sieges upon the emotionally despondent and financially poor... Give all that you have obtained by years of pilferage and give it back to your flocking poor oh pabulum pope... Only then will Christ Jesus find mercies upon your religion's unholiest vespers...

In an earlier interview with the Press & Journal, Mr Movan claimed his constitutional right to practise freedom of religion had been «infringed upon» and that the police department had made «no accommodation» for his religious beliefs.

Based upon this story my guess is that religion's main problem is an acute lack of self - awareness.

A majority of the Justices went so far as to proclaim, «The Free Exercise Clause commits government itself to religious tolerance, and upon even slight suspicion that proposals for state intervention stem from animosity to religion... all officials must remember their own high duty to the Constitution.»

The problem, mique, is that the Christians (and some other religions) believe that your actions or lack of action (e.g., not properly worshiping their deity) can anger their god and bring his collective punishment upon everyone, so they think it's their civic duty to help you see the light and to legislate their ideas so that all must follow their ways (of course, history shows they can't even agree among themselves what those ways are).

Another bit of evidence that religion is a pox upon humanity.

You justify your animosity in the name of your faith, just as you justify our silencing on the bed of millions upon millions of corpses «silenced» in the name of religion before us.

I argued that religion, as a compendium of stories, a system of ethics, and a model of behavior could be drawn upon as a popular alternative to norms and ideals of competitive consumer capitalism.

The distorted concept of superiority based upon nationality or religion is what's to fear.

«Conscience» is not a matter of determining what I want to do and then doing it; «conscience» is my search for truths that can be known to be true and then binding myself to those truths, which stand in judgment on me and on society: «If, in keeping with the prevailing modern idea, conscience is reduced to the subjective field to which religion and morality have been banished, then the crisis of the West has no remedy and Europe is destined to collapse upon itself.

religion: 1: a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe 2: a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects 3: a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith

On a wholesome note, religions of all various denominations are a necessity when one sees all the troubles that socialism instills upon its worldly inhabitants of the human varieties.

He was a modern Moses, who was called upon to restore the gospel of Jesus Christ to its origins, since it had obviously become corrupted with man's influence (many religions are proof of that.)

This man contends that the family of the Prophet (Peace and Blessings be upon him) are special, infallible which also contradicts the essence of this religion.

Now... convince me why one one of those choices is being imposed upon US citizens through law, despite the First Amendment being fairly clear on the separation between religion and government

There is a template that many books on science or science history follow when they touch upon the relations of science and religion: Bold Scientist Persecuted by the Church for Thinking New Thoughts.

That is, if Wilson's purely functionalist explanation of religion were to become widely accepted by religious people, it would then be rendered false» for the adaptive features of religions depend, on Wilson's account, upon religious people thinking it false that their religions are best understood as adaptive social organisms.

But the claims of religion which touch upon things which can be observed and tested in the real world can be proven true or untrue as the evidence for or against those things is discovered.

Dismissing religion as fairy tales doesn't address the fact that millions of people take their religious beliefs very seriously and make decisions and take action based upon those beliefs.

While this is a vile act — An act that spits on the beliefs of Anne Frank and the entire Jewish religion — one must ask, is this really worst than the thousands upon thousands of other Baptisms for the dead that the mormons perform?

I've been an atheist for more than 20 years, and I can count on one hand the number of times I've felt like religion was truly being foisted upon me against my will.

«It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion; for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate, and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.»

Perhaps you should scurry along if reading this website is making you feel like people are pushing their religion or lack of religion upon you.

I would only counter that without some form of organization our position will continue to be marginalized by politicians and believers, especially those who continue to thrust religion upon the country without respect to the separation of church and state.

Those things are all well and good, and so it is an even stronger indication of the problems of religion that atheists are intent upon challenging it, in spite of all the good it does or claims to do.

Do we not live in a country based upon freedom of religion?

First, note the particular terms Schweitzer used: he said that the religion of love is not dependent upon belief in a «divine personality» (Gottespersönlichkeit) or «World Sovereign» (Weltherrscher).

The right to religions» freedom of religion is infringing upon my choice to not follow a specific religious doctrine.

The problem that many atheists have, whether they are vocal or not, is that religion is continually thrust upon us (Federal holidays that are Christian only for example), and it gets really really tiring explaining to our children what is truly the US and what is Christian infiltration of our government.

Those of a less determinist mind look upon culture and religion as examples of the human ability to transcend our genes, to see ourselves as more than our inheritance.

Many of us who have ditched religion did so upon realizing that religious dogma, religious practice, and biblical scripture is illogical, impractical and can not hold up under any rational analysis.

Unlike Marx and others who tried to turn socialism into a science and thought they knew what would happen, Rorty's religion is radically open to, adamantly insistent upon, the new — making possible a life of «pure, joyous hope.»

The story of your god is so ridiculously unbelievable that it should lead any reasonable person to completely reject it, and the religions built upon it, with it.

The irony here is that this bill would have actually increased attacks upon religion, as many gays and lesbians, as well as their supporters and those who are not biased towards them, are actually also members of churches, albeit more liberal ones.

And the last book of the Bible prophetically pointed to the gradual depletion of religion, that is false religion, by its members at Revelation 16, which says: «And the sixth one (of seven angels) poured out his bowl (symbolizing God's anger) upon the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, that the way might be prepared for the kings from the rising of the sun.»

... Those who make a great profession of religion have need to walk very circumspectly, to abstain from all appearances of evil, and approaches towards it, because many eyes are upon them, that watch for their halting; their character is soon sullied (defiled, tainted), and they have a great deal of reputation to lose.

But to demand that they should be able to force their religious beliefs upon all of their employees as a freedom of their religion,....

This song always sounded of the olde religion: There were three men came out of the west, their fortunes for to try And these three men made a solemn vow John Barleycorn must die They've plowed, they've sown, they've harrowed him in Threw clods upon his head And these three men made a solemn vow John Barleycorn was dead