Sentences with phrase «what gives religion»

They're what gives religion its enormous potential for danger, division, oppression, and all things bad.

Not exact matches

evolution explains why we have «junk parts» like the appendix, i would love to hear what religion believes we have these extra parts for; couldn't your god create us without the need to give us parts waiting to explode and kill us?

What evidence has religion given for the existence of an invisible being?

And while I am not a Christian (or any other organized religion) I do believe that Christ was on earth, he gave the Romans a lot of trouble and paid for it, but his teachings, if we believe what we read, were sound.

Thanksgiving, a time to give thanks for what we have is being quickly pushed aside in our desire to buy stuff for Christmas which is certainly not the true meaning of Christmas, who cares about religion when I can get 75 % off.

I think its one of the best gifts a parent can give a child no matter what religion.

who gave you the authority to dictate what a religion is about??

But until we come to the end of ourselves then we are going to do and say what we want, even as it was with me: It's one thing to be a heathen, even as I was, but a whole other ball game to set our hearts on God and His truth; yet, that can only come when we are sick and tired of being sick and tired of our own lives and we just give up, we know then who has given up by the one they advocate for, even has given place to: Paul said; with my heart I want to do what is right, but my flesh does what I hate: This is when God's grace is sufficient, because our hearts are right with God, but our flesh is not: There is a war going on within these temples, therefore; even as our flesh wins out to do what we hate, our hearts are set on God and His ways which has been established in the Word of Truth, which then causes us to stand and speak forth what we believe, even as this causes a rending to happen within us, for Christ to be formed in us this needs to be, as we come up in His glories even for a better resurrection for them who believe: The heart wars against our flesh, even as Christ wars against the man of sin within: For out of the abundance of our hearts our mouth doth speak, therefore; if we speak not the Wholesome Words of our Lord, Then our hearts are still wicked: But to advocate for wickedness instead of Christ, one has become a teacher of lawlessness, he then advocates for the man of sin: Many who have come out of religion has done this, as they went from one mountain top «from the extreme right» of self exaltation (Religion) to the other mountain top «to the extreme left» of the (Heathen) and missed the valley in - between that is takes to humble us: One extreme to the other, and missed Jesus: Jesus is taking ones through the valley's to strip us down of all who we are before exalting us to be just as He, even as the Christ in us overcomes that man of sin (Adam) through theses valleys of contrast that cause a rending to happen within; and when we are rent in two, we stand on His word of truth, so we too can become one with Him, even as Jesus is with our Father: This is how Christ is formed in us: Thank - you Father; in Jesus Name Alexandria

Religion teaches people THAT crap about the universe creator which is TOTALLY NOT what either the 10 commandments were about OR what they are for or all about and I can 100 percent prove it so religious people HATE me because... by God I do the 10 commmandment and since I do the 10 commandment and work so hard to always do the 10 commandment... YOUR burning in hell cause you broke one and SINNED... its is ridiculas... what religion HAS done regarding what God gave Moses... in the old testement.

That is a religion that teaches not what the Bible says but what they decide is appropriate given our «much more evolved and smarter human condition» these days.

And to all the people who think that science is cold and heartless with no soul or hope as opposed to religion which is warm and fuzzy and gives people hope: how many lives does science save every single day as opposed to religion; clothe people; keep them warm; let them communicate better; let them eat better and live in better safety than what religion could ever, or has ever, provided?

Let me add I have not seen your 3 posts asking me about how I feel about it before now when I copied and posted those above and If I had seen before I would have answered you with out any hesitation but did not because I moved to other blogs... And to satisfy you interest my saying I do not like it as a cultural habit but if religion failed to stop it and had to regulate it then what can I do about it... people can still lie and give you an elder age and how can you tell if 9 - 10or more at villages there are no birth certificate issued nor villagers interested to obtain it... what can you tell from their teeth like sheep??

They do not care about what they are doing in the name of religion even if it means stabbing the country, which gives them their livelihood, in the back.

Definition of religion: Something people use to organize themselves, give them the reason they are here, and someone to talk to when they don't know what to do with their weak minds anymore.

The «Book» only gives you guidance, tells you what you can do to get your own answers about religion, but you still have to do your own work.

Then in 2015 Mr Page gave an interview to the BBC about freedom of religion where he reiterated his original position, saying: «My responsibility as a magistrate, as I saw it, was to do what I considered best for the child, and my feeling was therefore that it would be better if it was a man and woman who were the adopted parents.»

Plus if it results in contentedness, peace, gratitude like you have talked of with connecting with God giving you peace amidst the tension whereas without, there is just the tension, what would motivate you to try being «religion free».

Kevin your right personal beliefs and or religion does not belong in law, and I am not saying that what this atheist organization is doing is wrong or anything, I think what there doing is a good thing, I just think this particular message could have been done from a different perspective, this message makes them appear like the self righteous ones, and it might give out the wrong kind of message, instead it should have said something like you believe in god fine, but don't put it in our laws.

per vertssss; american living here in canada in niagra falls; the niagra parway is beautiful and the houses magnifigant and there is this huge huge mcmanision called precouis blood 16 plus bedrooms with own bathrooms horse farm top of the line cars in the back very very elegant; guess who lives there priests so thanks for your donations the perverts are living well your not but they are hahahaha people are so stupid to give these freaks any money; and you are totally illiterate if you think these people have any connection to god; i would have to say that god will probly punish the phony pervs and any followers they may have; obviously they know the religion is phony or they wouldnt be doing what they do

Then, don't have one but your religion doesn't give you the right to tell others what they can and can't have.

What's really funny is that in the Bible, Jesus himself said to give «Gods things to God and Caesars (governments) things like to Caesar» aka politics and religion shouldn't mix..

You cant debate God... you cant use logic to explain God... You cant use your small finite mind to try and explain away an infinite God... Man is flesh and blood but man has a spirit and some things can only be received and revealed thru spirit... And what you do nt see is actually more real than what you can observe with your five senses... And BTW I did nt say religion i said God... Religion is man made tradition... God is real... develop a personal relationship with the one who created you and gave you life... God has a purpose for your life...

Believing in a higher power is very different than organized religion, especially if you admit you don't know exactly what that higher power is and don't give it a name.

This may give them the support they need to live their life without all the hullabaloo of religion and free from the guilt that they may feel for realizing what does nt make sense to them when they realize it also does nt make sense to thousands of others.

Jesus did not come for those in the spotlight to give them a platform no matter what, but for thoe thrown under the bus, those left behing, those pushed in the corner losing their religion.

I love the way CS Lewis explained that ``... He (God) sent the human race what I call good dreams; I mean those queer stories scattered all through the heathen religions about god who dies and comes to life again and, by his dead, has somehow given new life to men.»

As must now be evident, the charismatic orientation may be cloaked in the style of those groups which call themselves charismatic or Pentecostal, but it is important to note that the charismatic negotiation is primarily a structure and as such may give form to the world views of persons and groups that do not adopt any of the features or practices of what is conventionally called charismatic religion.

while the writer has little knowledge of the bible, he is also greatly lacking what he should know to write such a article, the laws give to people of all walks of life is the commandments given by moses, religion does not have anything to do with goverments laws or rulings, he told us straight the one law that there is no forgiveness for is murder, rulers and goverments take it upon themselves to make the decision whether to go to war, or if a person should be put to death, as far as jesus and the apostles are concerned thier labours was a work of love and true humanitarian towards all peoples, races, religions, they never asked for anything for themselves, and they never took from one to give to another.

Free, As you know I tend to give lots of weight to what Jesus said verses what religion may say.

What do you do when the religion that is supposed to give you comfort and direction is the cause of your pain and confusion?

Nobody gives a crap what religion you are basically, and you certainly haven't gotten it from job hunting or housing.

«Whenever... preachers, instead of a lesson in religion, put [their congregation] off with a discourse on the Copernican system, on chemical affinities, on the construction of government, or the characters or conduct of those administering it, it is a breach of contract, depriving their audience of the kind of service for which they are salaried, and giving them, instead of it, what they did not want, or, if wanted, would rather seek from better sources in that particular art of science.»

The global reach, extreme influence, and extreme importance of Christianity is largely due to the fact that the European races, largely Caucasoid, became the world's most dominant races as evidenced by their conquest and colonization of many parts of the world's major regions and because their religion invariably happened to be some form of Christianity, consequently, they gave the greater part of the world not only their languages, their customs, and their ideas, but also their religion including their version of what God looks like.

This is what the higher religions of man have called «sin»; it may be given some other name by so - called «secular» thinkers, but the fact itself is plainly to be seen and the tragedy of it is very clear.

If you admit that and believe you would rather use religion as a crutch to face the unknown future I can sort of respect that (I felt the exact same way just 5 years ago, it's what led me to admit that I didn't actually believe in religion as much as I liked the feeling of security that the belief gave me).

religion gives hope of «immortality» for a part of what you are, but not the whole.

Other nations, United Kingdom, Canada, Austrailia, etc. really do not give a good god damn what the religion of their leaders are.

I am not saying that the bible doesn't contain many examples of telling the faithful to dig deeper, to study more & grow closer to God through the study of the scriptures, but it NEVER says «Go ahead and study what other religions have to offer because it will only give you stronger faith in the bible».

The example you gave about your mother did you feel compassion for her or anger because what she did had nothing to do with organized religion organization is unity religion can be just religious until you began a journey with Christ.

Then light was liberated, and then gravity created the first stars and galaxies, then billions of years later, a local star went supernova and seeded the local nebula with heavier elements, elements necessary for life, elements that were not created during the Big Bang, then the sun was born, then the planets coalesced, and billions of years later some primate wrote a story about how the Earth was created at the same time as the rest of the universe, getting it wrong because that primate did not have the science nor technology to really understand what happened, so he gave it his best guess, most likely an iteration of an older story told prior to the advent of the Judeo Christian religion.

Just as the 1st Amendment protects your freedom to believe in what ever religion you wish — no matter how ridiculous — it gives Bill Nye the right to speak his mind and present his belief in science.

What they care about is the excuse religion gives them to control other people, assume un-earned power and authority and make money.

and then they are excommunicated and the fight is over... this is a hopeless fight especially when religion is involved... they either fight for rights and lose it all (and essentially go to hell) or give in and listen to their religious leaders... I do not believe in what they do and could care less really but they are in a no win situation and they as nuns should not be worried about birth control or anything of the such... they took the vows..

Although Tillich does not give examples of what this theology renewed by the comparative study of religion might be like, we can venture to imagine what it might produce.

This is part of the larger trend of what has been called «religicide» in the region: the intentional killing off of a particular religion within a given region or area of the world.

Given the divergence of their religions, what is the point of East - West exchange?

Here is a link to a site that gives quotes so that you can see for yourself what they had to say about religion.

Any religion that teaches hate of anything but what God hates such as fornication idolotry or murder is not a true Christian there is only one Christian faith that has never been accused of doing nothing but teach people the bible going door to door but this is why people ridicule them for doing what the bible says they do nt charge for their material they do nt have communions they do nt pay their members for 2 years or send them to a college for doing so they do nt pay the speakers like other churches and they do nt hate anyone based on any reason they only give them bible knowledge then once they know the knowledge its their choice what to do with it.

Granted that religious forms and institutions, like other fields of human and cultural activity, are conditioned by the nature, atmosphere, and dynamics of a given society, to what extent does religion contribute to the cohesion of a social group and to the dynamics of its development and history?

Regardless of what any of the Founding Fathers believed about organized religion, they felt that our rights were «God» given, in the sense that they proceeded from Natural Law and existed a-priori, with no need of proof or precedent.