They do so most openly in every claim they make that religious faith is bad, and that for the sake of true
values moral people must rid themselves of it as soon as they can.
Not exact matches
We need, to understand that they are fictional
people, who are able to do things that real
people can not, but I'm talking more about identifying with their
moral code, their
values in helping others and doing right from wrong.
They provide all of us with a sense of purpose and hope;
moral validation that we are needed and part of something bigger than ourselves; comfort that we are not alone and a community is looking out for us; mentorship, guidance and personal development; a safety net;
values, cultural norms and accountability; social gatherings, rituals and a way to meet new
people; and a way to pass time.
People of all faiths do or do not do illegal things based on their
value systems, their needs, and their basic
moral principles.
With Christianity, although the reincarnation aspect seems to have purposefully removed so that
people do not become «lazy» in search of God in this life time, the practical and strict rules governing functions in this life (hard work to lead a prosperous life, improving
moral values, etc) are appealing.
For one I could point out 20 mispelling errors, «Mormonism» not a word, weird huh.I am a Mormon I do support Mitt and I did in 2008, but religion aside Mitt can get it done, and he has in the past!!!! Obama has failed the USA no doubt about that.Mitt's
morals, family
values is what America is on.Shame on the
people who can't move past that, You (not me) voted on a black man for President and not a Mormon, turns out the Mormon Canidiate coud have changed the whole USA around cool huh.
The fact is — when we have strong viewpoints, whether religious, political, ethical,
moral or otherwise — «change» is brutal road to navigate when it forces others to re-evaluate the
value of the
people involved.
For example, the «motives» of conduct are derived from the
moral values which
persons have.
Obviously judgments of
moral value will differ greatly, depending upon the training and basic characteristics of different
persons.
Similarly, while there may be some
value in the refusal to take a
moral stance on homosexuality — in order to focus squarely on the nature of marriage rather than on same - sex relationships — I am less than persuaded by the authors»
moral judgment that
people's sexual relationships are a private issue.
An act has positive
moral value when it is based upon the whole - hearted assent of the
person to it, that is, when there is a congruent relation between the act and the total personality structure of the one who acts.
This way of thinking is actually dangerous, according to Whitehead, because it carries
people away from the world of
values and promotes the privatization of experience and, hence, of
morals (SMW 195 - 196).
«Most
people were poor by today's economic standards, but they were rich in
moral values, family relations and social traditions.
Whether the phenomenon is called the death of God, the modern disenchantment of the world, the loss of a background of
value or the failure of an ethical attitude toward nature, Western
peoples» sense of a
moral order to which they can, may or must conform has diminished.
Because we can not directly observe the behavior of biblical
people or interview them about their
moral values and principles, it is all the more important to study the biblical forms of
moral discourse — the many ways in which these
values and judgments are expressed.
Jesus Christ, this poor guy is going to jail for you
people, for your sins, to preserve, to save our Christian
values, to clean the world of these Islamoids, to reject all other rot
morals from the liberal pest (see the new NY f..
Peoples can and need to struggle together, inspired by their religions and
moral ideals to safeguard themselves and the world from such dangers and improve their quality of life according to the genuine
values that can give hope and happiness to all.
It is obvious from even a superficial reading of these human unself - conscious letters that
people were being transformed in outlook and character, despite the general collapse of
moral values in the pagan world.
In a similar way, when some
people say of Britain, for example, that it is «basically a Christian country», they mean that the accepted standards of behavior and
moral values derive from Christian teaching.
Any educator knows that few
people actually change their ethical and
moral values in college.
But from either angle, the
people should check their own agenda,
values, and
morals before debating or voting whom should be president merely by that president's «claimed» religious status.
Besides specifying the relation of human and
moral values to the truth of the human
person, John Paul also makes clear that in the final analysis,
values are grounded in God Himself.
Most of the time, they've been so - called «
values voters» who demanded that their leaders be
people of faith, committed to traditional
moral principles, and the kind of politicians who stand up for the 10 Commandments.
In many ways, the school chaplain or the religion teacher is doing much of what the church should be doing with young
people — namely, taking them seriously, reflecting with them on their
moral priorities, sometime challenging their
values, offering them a greater perspective in which to deal with their pain, their hopes, their questioning.
Values extend beyond
moral virtues and comprise all goods for the
person: biological, human,
moral, and spiritual, according to a hierarchy rooted in human nature.
In the encyclical Evangelium Vitae, the Pope expressed this relationship within the framework of the common good: «It is urgently necessary, for the future of society and the development of a sound democracy, to rediscover those essential and innate human and
moral values which flow from the very truth of the human being and express and safeguard the dignity of the
person:
values which no individual, no majority, and no State can ever create, modify, or destroy, but must only acknowledge, respect, and promote.»
Given the pervasiveness of this
moral theory and its impact upon the common
person, it is no accident that our own century is replete with political movements that require or threaten the destruction of known
values in order to create a future of unlimited happiness.
This nation is so broken... the core
values of being a republican has become the so called
moral majority which apparently means that all good
people and american's have to be christians.
Where do some
people get off thinking that their religions
morals and
values should apply to everyone?
The filth on TV, in movies, on You Tube, on the internet, and in music is a trap for those that have turned their hearts away from the
morals and
values that help
people make the right choices in life.
Belief in God may not be necessary in order for
people to be highly
moral beings, but the real question is: Can you rationally justify your unconditional adherence to timeless
values without implicitly invoking the existence of God?
But if you, your tribe or mindless mother nature is the ultimate ground of your
values, why does your sense of tightness function with such assuredness in your
moral indictment of all
people of faith?
Economics should serve the good of all
people, and should be based on and reflect the
moral values upheld by the great religions.
The relativist can be appreciated for the concern he expresses for the «autonomy» of the individual and the requirement that
moral value be subjectively meaningful to the
person.
You can be a
person who does not believe in God and still behave according to major ethical and
moral values of the society you live in, but to follow a faith requires a belief in God.
A
person obeys the
moral authority of his peers because he shares their standards,
values, and goals, and the dedication to truth that is implied in the operation of science.
Many religious
people have more refined version of their beliefs because of their
moral value they may have.
Such non-communal areas of life can still be influenced along Christian
moral values by the ministry of the lay Christians involved in these areas of life in their everyday work in cooperation with
people of other faiths.
And yes,
people had actual
morals and
values.
People had
morals and
values, not like today.
At the same time interfaith organizations, often initially viewed with suspicion by religious leaders, have encouraged
people of different religions to meet and get to know each other, in the hope that they can work together for peace and to uphold
moral values.
It is possible, of course, to find ways to use mass media to sensitize
people to
moral and spiritual
values.
Typically but not exclusively, for men the frame of reference of
moral decision - making lies in the primacy of principle, in the
values of truth and fairness — inevitably a perspective that focuses on
people's rights.
However, there are many
people through out the world that are standing on different level on the ladder, but each step on the ladder is being eating away slowly by the acid poison that is being sprayed from the degrating
moral valus of the world and over a period of time, the step on the ladder is falling one by one and each
person on these steps will find themselves having the same
moral values as the world.
The belief in One God, the creator of the world, the Lord of history and the upholder of
moral values is the witness of the Hebrew Bible and the gift of the Jewish
people to the church (Rom.
Thus possessed of their identity, knowing themselves to be in but definitely not of the academy, these biblical
people might then become one community of ongoing spiritual energy and
moral insight for all those who are working to expose the academy's covert operative
values and searching for new academic purpose.
If I
value being dominant, and I subject
people to my will just to prove it, that isn't necessarily
moral, but it's absolutely a subjective
value.
«Christians and God - fearing
people to keep our family,
moral and traditional
values that our ancestors left us and that the Bible teaches us.»
Diaz fired off a letter to Hispanic ministers today emphasizing the importance of this year's election to «Christians and God - fearing
people to keep our family,
moral and traditional
values that our ancestors left us and that the Bible teaches us.»
SH: I use «myth» to denote an idealized representation of a phenomenon, either by a collectivity as a whole, or within a specific ideological framework — it can refer to a historical moment, like the French Revolution; certain
moral and political
values («we are a freedom - loving
people»); exemplary social groups like the bourgeoisie or the proletariat; or leaders like Napoleon or de Gaulle.