Sentences with phrase «whole point of religion»

As Steven Weinberg points out here, the argument made against extremists ends up invoking a moral sense to argue that the religious ideas of the extremists are wrong, when the whole point of religion is that it should be the other way around.

The whole point of religion is to control people.

Isn't the whole point of all religion to chastise and exclude people who worship and practice faith differently?

Not exact matches

People are so wrapped up in «religion» when they are missing the whole point of Jesus.

My whole point of this issue is that if they deny them their civil rights as Americans, they are unconstitutional... and yes, the framers of the constitution had plenty to say about freedom of religion applying to Muslims.

My original point was simply that to ignore the fact that religion does demand special rights is to continue giving religion that free pass I spoke of which does this country as a whole no good in the long run.

The whole point is that religions impose their will on the rest of society.

I am not ashamed that when God strapped on sandals and walked among us, God fed the hungry, wept with the mourning, touched the untouchable, turned water into wine, cracked jokes about religion, obeyed his mom, defended the defenseless, bantered with children, forgave his enemies, and reminded us that the whole point of it all is to love God and love our neighbors well.

Many scientists are certainly skeptical of many of the finer points of evolution, but as a whole, the evolutionary process is accepted as fact amongst any and all biologists that put science ahead of religion.

In the final chapter it will be shown how the whole range of topics exemplify a religious point of view, provided religion is understood as ultimate devotion and is not restricted to the conventional sectarian sense.

I mean sure there will always be conflict but conversion to another religion at gun point sort of defeats the whole purpose.

In a recent Fox News appearance, American Atheists President Dave Silverman said, «The point that we're trying to make is that there's a whole bunch of people out there for whom religion is the worst part of Christmas, but they go to church anyways, and we're here to tell them they don't have to.»

Dude, the whole point of being an Atheist is not belonging to a school of thought / religion.

As someone who believes in God whole heartedly and feels he is the way through alot of the darkness on this earth but also the way to celebrate our greatest joys.I am happy she has found the love of God.But I to find the choice of religion somewhat suspiscious.As others have pointed out the dicotomy makes one wonder if the fact that her boyfriend is a Catholic has alot to do with her choice.Alot of women and men for that matter find conform to what their partners religion is because it is just easier and more comfortable at home for them.Now I am not saying this is what happened in this case.but it is somehting ti ponder.For me loving God and your neighbor as much as yourself are the most important part of believeing in a Supreme Being and all the rest of the Dogma just gets in the way and even is the cause of alot of the strife and wars in this world.So I hope she is happy but UP God for me... but no thatnks on the religion!!

I just posted this on another topic... change a few words, youll get the point: In an ideal situation, «World Religions» would be part of a «World History» class, unfortunately, in the USA, there are far too many conservative Christians with power to rewrite history, make whole groups of people second class citizens by making laws against them, and travel the world trying to convert non-Christians through our Military, Politicians, humanitarian efforts and more.

This is what you didn't bother to read: «In a recent Fox News appearance, American Atheists President Dave Silverman said, «The point that we're trying to make is that there's a whole bunch of people out there for whom religion is the worst part of Christmas, but they go to church anyways, and we're here to tell them they don't have to.»»

It has not been my purpose here to evaluate the whole checkered story of civil religion and public theology in our national history but only to point out they have been absolutely integral to one aspect of our national existence, namely, our existence as a republican people.

The main shared convictions are: (i) that science should serve the cause of progress and of humanity, in the whole sense of these two terms; (ii) that the human destiny in the universe is the most important quest, and to clarify this point is the ultimate goal not only of religion, but also of science, in their unending search for truth.

The whole point of the Christmas story is to challenge the exclusive rights of religion.

I must say there is much learning in just by looking at the charts than placing trading it takes patients for one to know how to spot swing points and entry and exit points and eventually the whole thing becomes a part of you like a religion or something of sort you live breathe dream it until it becomes effortless thanks Nial

Many in the parasitic & political classes and much of the LSM may still not have recognized it (and / or will continue to deliberately ignore the facts), but IMO we can now say that the tipping - point has been reached on the whole AGW scam: Enough MSM outlets (especially the Fleet Street mob over in the U.K.) have gotten their teeth into the dysfunctional Climate-Gate family that Reverend Gore and friends will never get the AGW - as - religion genie back in the bottle.