Not exact matches
Lately
with all the
talk of «Dominionism» and the scary
religious right and Frank Schaeffer chiming in, I feel the need to draw attention to a biography of Francis Schaeffer that I think really portrayed him fairly and without the usual political histrionics.
Whether the critiques provided are correct or wrong,
religious TV and media gives us the opportunity to reflect on our way of life and
talk with others about religion.
you sir are practicing a religion one that means so much to you that you use it as your online name also please show me where I call you a fool or is telling someone not to make a fool of themself the same as calling them a fool which would mean you are very
religious as far as Colin he said nothing that related to the debate I was in
with you... we are
talking about Atheism as a
religious view not debating the existence of God now look over the definitions I have shown you and please explain how Atheism does not fit into the said definitions And you claim that evolution is true so the burden of proof falls in your lap as it is the base of your religion.
They
talk about an attack on
religious teachings while speaking at an NRA event about how abortion is murdering unborn children while at the same time wanting to go to war and bomb thousands of innocent men, women, children, as well as innocent pregnant women
with unborn babies.
; geography and ethnicity («if he's from Galilee, it isn't valid); government authorities (the temple police don't know what to do
with him);
religious and spiritual authorities (the chief priests rule him out); legal authorities (Pharisees); and tradition or historical authority («No one's ever
talked like this before»).
its not really atheism or religion that I have a problem
with, its the hate, control, and fear that goes along
with it that I have a problem
with, you say that those who are spiritual are into new agey, crystal ball, stuff, see that's what I'm
talking about, you assume to know what something is about when you don't understand something you naturally fear it, your self righteous clouds you, don't you get that by being narrow minded in your view towards things, you really act no better than
religious fundamentalists, being spiritual is a lot more than just the new agey, think positive all the time that you think it is, its about being aware of who you are?
Dr. Peter Boghossian, professor of philosophy at Portland State University, in a great
talk on faith - based epistemology: «I disagree
with granting
religious delusion as an exemption, and I want to mention there's a budding young scholar here at Portland State University, Renee Barnett [sp?]
I am happy top
talk to any
religious folks, and get along
with them.
Almost 80 percent of Americans identify themselves as Christians,
with, despite all the
talk about growing
religious pluralism, no more than 5 per cent claiming other religions.
We are not just
talking about a convergence of disciplines, but of an authentically global synthesis in which the various forms of knowledge... find common ground in a shared personal and social vision... We must not imagine that the socio - cultural challenge of today can be met
with theological thought that specialises in the content of doctrine or concentrates on
religious experience.
I find any
talk of
religious nonsense offensive, so I guess that every god - fearing human who doesn't agree
with me on a CNN forum is a troll then?
To those impatient political enthusiasts who
talk loudly on how futile and impractical religion must always be, and who are bent on legislating human equality into existence, Kierkegaard offers a word of counsel, «Only that which is
religious can
with the assistance of eternity press the equality of men through to its ultimate conclusions: the reverent, genuine, unworldly, true, the only possible equality between men.
Psalm 10: 3 - 4 — This
talks about the wicked men, how they do nt have God in their hearts or in their minds, which is a fine piece of scripture but it can hardly be used for either myself or the maker of the video since we both seem to advocate a deep and personal relationship
with the Lord rather than letting a group of «
religious» people ruin it for you.
Im not
talking about religion, or being
religious, but believing in His word and applying it to your daily life, living it truly not by man's principle, but by God's Word, putting faith in Him just as a mother would to a babysitter who is going to look after her child, or just as you would trust someone
with your money, or yet
with your own life.
Except when he
talked to
religious folks like you and me, then he tried to show them, that they are (read we are) no lesser sinners than the people they sorted out
with a sinner - sign around their neck.
Religious talk, like all
talk, begins
with ordinary language, but, depending on our purposes, it may quickly turn in directions more like the scientific or the poetic.
While I am not
religious (I will call myself agnostic), and having an IQ well over genius levels,
with scientific and mathematical tendencies, let me ask you a few questions, because what I see here are a bunch of people
talking about «no evidence» or «proof» of God's existence, therefore He can't possibly exist, existential arguments, which are not arguments, but fearful, clouded alterations of a truth that can not be seen.
The so called
religious talk about their god's existence
with certainty, then harp on about faith is all that's needed.
Sit down
with a variety of
religious sisters (sorry — you typyically can't do this
with nuns) and
talk to them about this.
Parents of preschool children sometimes ask for help understanding the
religious development of children; they want to know how to
talk about God
with their children.
To understand this attitude we must go back to the last of his «
Talks on Judaism» in which he contrasts the false desire for security of the dogmatists of the law
with the «holy insecurity» of the truly
religious man who does not divorce his action from his intention.
If you are turned away in a nation that
talks about
religious freedom and «tolerance» (ie: bare minimum effort) then you can start
with appeals and lobbying, it's a long way to the point where the squabbling should begin.
I've
talked with some who have given up on faith altogether, others who have shifted allegiance to another
religious tradition, and a lot who (like me) are still a little uncertain about which road to take next.
Readers who know Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (1974), Holy the Firm (1977) and Teaching a Stone to
Talk (1982) are not only familiar
with the autobiographical turn of her writing, but also
with the power of a
religious imagination that, while recognizably Christian; roams free.
Father Carrón, president of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation, gave the closing
talk, in which he (disagreeing
with Pink) doubled down on
religious freedom, speaking of a it as a fundamental human right, and attempted to synthesize how this freedom connected to traditional Christian freedom.
davidpun, jill is
talking in tongues after having a
religious experience over the Pope's ritual
with the juvenile delinquents.
The «seperated» U.S.A. has a president who was elected thanks to the christian right, who has gone to war after
talks with a god, who opposes homosexuals although I don't think homosexuals in general hurt him and who on
religious grounds has opposed science, wich could potentially help billions in the next few decades.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon was also urged to hold
talks with his counterparts from Nepal and Pakistan to discuss concerns raised by
religious freedoms campaigners.
Prayer is then not an especially virtuous
religious act, of which a man can be proud, contrasting himself
with others; it is
talking with God, and concerns God alone.
The
religious talk in this article has to do
with the origins of blessing food but nothing more.
Remember, that holding two - way conversations
with invisible fairies would generally earn a diagnosis for schizophrenia... it's just that
religious nuts get a pass if they are
talking to THEIR imaginary fairies.
The similarity in style and content between the stories I knew from the Bible and the myths of other Mesopotamian cultures suddenly made those strange tales of
talking snakes and forbidden fruit and boats packed
with animals seem colloquial, routine — nothing more than myths operating from the
religious and literary conventions of the day.
And I still don't think of them in any
religious context, just adventure stories
with talking animals.
It's a neoliberal premise: if you work
with people,
talk with them, and, most importantly, do commerce
with them, their adversarial
religious scruples will diminish.
But the part of me that remembers what it was like to be new here and how uncomfortable and scared and unsure I felt when I first tried to
talk with a severely disabled person in a wheelchair — that part of me understands how the
religious people at that small
religious college felt.
We are to deal
with the key problem of how to
talk about God, as this issue is illuminated by our understanding of how
religious language works.
a) that HGTV has an explicitly
religious / metaphysical / ethical agenda b) that HGTV was in
talks with hiring someone contrary to their central beliefs
Qualities which are purported to make religions «unique» are usually
talking points designed to convince the believers that their own faith is more objectively true and real, more fulfilling, than others» - this is essentially
religious intolerance
with a positive spin instead of a negative one.
CSW's Chief Executive, Mervyn Thomas, said: «CSW is urging the US government to raise the issue of widespread hate campaigns by state and non-state actors against
religious minorities in
talks with Prime Minister Modi, and to insist that justice is done for the victim - survivors of violence against
religious minorities.»
Funny how you
religious types never have a problem
with the people who invent bombs, but as soon as us biologists start
talking about evolution, then we've crossed a line.
These papers, essays and
talks deal primarily
with the Indian Church's mission and Indian ecclesiology in relation to two contemporary Indian realities, namely
religious and ideological pluralism and the peoples» movements against the present pattern of development under globalisation.
I refrain from reading comments since most commentators, especially when
talking about
religious issues, trash
talk or belittle anyone who does not agree
with their opinions.
We do not pay attention to the greatest of all the limitations in
talking about God, the Bible, or other
religious issues
with children, the problem of literalism.
In Obama's interview
with ABC this week, in which he announced his personal support for same - sex marriage, the president
talked about squaring his decision
with his personal
religious faith.
Fairly distinct types of solution to the religio - political problem (Or fairly distinct types of civil religion) seem to correlate
with the phases of
religious evolution as I have described them.3 In primitive society neither politics nor religion is very well differentiated, so there is not much point in
talking about the relationship between them.
If anything, you should do your own due diligence to
talk to your child about evolution and its impact on your
religious views and allow your kid to come up
with his / her own opinions.
It is not surprising that young people see little relationship between
talking with religious leaders and their own
religious life.
And his efforts to explore these issues always began
with and never strayed far from the way
religious people actually
talk (cf. my forthcoming book Ian Ramsey: To Speak Responsibly of God).
Folks
talk about the soul as a
religious item — that it synonymous
with religion — But religions don't really explain what a soul is — because they don't know — only a possible destination — Before you get all huffy, please consider where my concept comes from — I am no longer
religious — I studied Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs for dozens of years, and determined a different design, for what the glyphs could portend — and found some interesting thought processes hidden within — including what the soul is — for instance: The Ankh symbol represents Life — the charcters for An and kh, I translate as an = thought and kh = soul — Thus Life = the thought of the soul — The soul as described by the AE, is a continuity between 2 or more enti - ties — including the enti - ty Environment — Our environment creates us — some name their environment as god — some believe there is a continuity
with their environment — that is soul --
I don't mind, this is to be expected when
talking with religious folk.I think if Emilio faced up to the question he might find out something that will lead him closer to God, but he prefers to avoid the question.