Sentences with phrase «with the religious leaders of»

He fights with every religious leader of his day (they are representives of God), hangs out with some of the lowest people in society (drunks, prostitutes, tax collectors), healed people on the sabbath (they see this as against the law), healed lepers (also against the law), accepts some Gentiles and heals them (outside his actual mission), died for all of «humanity», etc..

In fact, the idea is to convene a meeting with the religious leaders of the main religions to make all people aware of the state of our climate and the tragedy of social exclusion starting from the biblical message that man is the steward of nature and of its environmental and human development according to its potential and not against it, as Paul IV intended.

Not exact matches

If memory serves me correctly, the bible reports quite often when Christ was on Earth that he sat and ate with those condemned as sinners and he quite often, and openly, criticized the closed minded religious leaders of his day.

Most Islamic religious leaders are the main instigators of these violent actions, they seduce young people with their satanic teachings to commit all kinds of atrocities and justify these actions under their own Islamic dogmas.

In addition to testify with other Christians at congress on the matter, President Harrison has been a signatory to a number of letters along with other religious leaders expressing concern about the mandate, most recently a few days ago.

After a back - and - forth with a variety of Christian leaders, most notably the Catholic Church, the rule was amended and some religious organizations were given an exemption.

I have a fundamental issue with many religious leaders, and it has actually drawn me far from churches of all kinds.

The book is dedicated «To those religious leaders who refuse to be pushed to the margins and out of public life,» and with ten winning profiles ranging from Rabbi Daniel Lapin to T. D. Jakes to Elder Dallin H. Oaks, it makes sure they'll remain squarely in the mix.

And especially after the Noachian Flood, did false religion take a leap, with false religious doctrines and practices such as the trinity, immortality of the soul, that God torments people in a «hellfire», the establishment of a clergy class, the teaching of «personal salvation» as more important than the sanctification of God's name of Jehovah (Matt 6:9), the sitting in a church while a religious leader preaches a sermon, but the «flock» is not required to do anything more, except put money when the basket is passed.

Yes, you are correct that the religious leaders of Christendom gave their blessing to its members to kill others «in the name of Christ», such as Catholic Dominican inquisitor Tomas de Torquemada (1420 - 98) of Spain, who ruled tyrannically for 15 years (1483 - 98, with the blessings of Pope Sixtus IV [who praise him for «directing his zeal to those matters that contribute to the praise of God»] and Innocent VIII) and saw that over 114,000 (of which 10, 220 were burned at the stake) people were put to death.

And when a fan in the audience — one of a dozen or so selected by the singer's team for a question - andanswer session — asked if he had any advice on how to get through a romantic break up, he demurred, flashing a bit of the humility that every religious leader knows is crucial in establishing a bond with one's flock.»

As we look at the life of Jesus, we can not help but notice that He spent much time with those whom the religious and political leaders would not associate with because they judged «those sinners.»

WHEREAS, hundreds of Muslim scholars and intellectuals from over 120 countries, along with representatives of Islamic and international organizations, as well as leaders from diverse religious groups and nationalities, gathered in Marrakesh on this date to reaffirm the principles of the Charter of Medina at a major conference;

More recently, the Islamic Society of North America has met with African and Middle Eastern leaders to urge them to protect the rights of religious minorities and discourage terrorism.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson wants to combine its office and duties with the Office of Religion and Global Affairs, created four years ago to advise State Department leaders on religion - related policy matters and to help diplomats navigate religious dynamics overseas.

• Karim Aga Khan IV, a descendant of the prophet Muhammad and spiritual leader of 20 million Ismaili Muslims told a German news website that he would welcome a debate with Pope Benedict XVI and other religious leaders on faith, reason and violence.

I was involved with the Children of God in my late teens - in Texas — me and my ex was married and exploring a lot of religious groups — but I could see how wicked they were when they started separating the wives from their husbands and drinking and the leaders using drugs - so I left abruptly after 2 weeks - if I didn't know the WORD of GOD I would have been a fool of fools.

Four years later, Obama hired religious outreach staffers like DuBois for his presidential campaign and made a point of meeting with Christian Right leaders who'd never before heard from a Democratic presidential nominee.

In interviews with CNN, religious leaders from Newtown, the site of last year's school shooting where 20 children and six adults were killed, said that a recent gun control agreement does not do enough to fight gun violence, leading one rabbi to doubt whether Congress was actually working for the American people.

This is one of the reasons why years ago I joined prominent religious leaders, including some I strongly disagree with, in signing a document expressing convictions concerning religious liberty.

He has been seen as critical of it and in conflict with the Jewish religious leaders.

At most of the conflicts Jesus had with the religious leaders comes not from His claim to be God, but from His challenges to their authority.

Once, when he came upon a drunken scene, probably in connection with the temple sacrifices, where priests and prophets, as he says, reeled with wine and staggered with strong drink until the tables were full of «vomit and filthiness,» he was greeted with the intoxicated jeers of the people's religious leaders: «Whom will he teach knowledge?

If one considers the statistically significant size of the historical atheist set and contrasts it with the fact that not one in a thousand religious leaders have committed similarly large - scale atrocities, it is impossible to conclude otherwise, even if we do not yet understand exactly why this should be the case.

In later years it served as a center of Muslim orthodoxy, but it also created religious leaders who did not hesitate to make common cause with the Hindus in an effort to wrest power from the British.

He did the same thing when, much to the chagrin of the religious leaders, he dined with tax collectors and prostitutes and told his more well - to - do hosts that «when you give a banquet, invite the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed.»

It is the duty of the Caliph or Imam, the leader in Islam, to consolidate public opinion, execute judgments, administer state machinery, encourage the faithful in the practice of their faith, such as prayers and the religious tax, and look after affairs of public interest with the guidance of a parliamentary democracy, the basis of government in Islam.

John 3:3 is found near the beginning of a conversation Jesus has with Jewish religious leader named Nicodemus about how to be born again.

When the mass insecurities fostered by a society in rapid transition reinforce the feeling of vulnerability derived from personal autonomy, people tend to «escape from freedom»; they lose their anxiety but also their freedom by overidentifying with some authoritarian ideology, leader, or system, political or religious.

Along with this effort to provide a broader social understanding of religious institutions and a more sophisticated framework in which to explain the dynamics of religious life, practical theologians raise specific questions about education for contemporary religious leaders.

Furthermore, though religious leaders themselves generally pray — with varying degrees of effectiveness — relatively few, it may be judged, have consciously analyzed the process of prayer enough to attempt to instruct others.

He ate with tax collectors and sinners which religious leaders viewed as an act of impurity.

So we enter with a depth of relationship with locals, religious leaders, tribal leaders, local organizations.

Islam found its way into the African continent through three channels: through the merchants who came from Egypt, the Maghrib, and Zanzibar in the east; through followers of Sufi orders and graduates of the Islamic schools of Fez, Zaitouna, and Cairo; and through the intermarriage of Muslim merchants and religious leaders with African women.

The real focus of Jesus» interaction is with the Pharisees and other religious leaders.

He's only an amalgamation of several real life messianic cult leaders with all his «miracles» stolen from neighboring religious folktales.

I don't agree with any kind of dogma and yet, Marx was a very dogmatic person, no different from Jesus or any other religious leader.

[1] The state was committed to the destruction of religion, [2][3] and destroyed churches, mosques and temples, ridiculed, hara ssed and executed religious leaders, flooded the schools and media with atheistic propaganda, and generally promoted «scientific atheism» as the truth that society should accept.

[1] The state was committed to the destruction of religion, [2][3] and destroyed churches, mosques and temples, ridiculed, harassed and executed religious leaders, flooded the schools and media with atheistic propaganda, and generally promoted «scientific atheism» as the truth that society should accept.

Gods will is for us humans today to evolved to a level of conciousness that will prepare us for the challenges of our future survival, Scientists now predicts of hardships in the future due to over population and changes to the natural environment.and that is happening now with activists through out the world are reminding us of protecting nature.That is why we need a phsychological revolution to hasten the evolution of consciousness that will address the problems.Ideological and philosophical enlightenment had the past great minds to develop ideas and belief because God sent them to reality in their times.Abraham, Jesus, Mohammad, Buddha, and many other religious leaders to teach humanity the doctrines that God willed to be appropriate and applicable in those periods of their existence, Also great philosophers in another dimension of social involvement were born to interprete and connect philosophically as the second element of our conscience, Kant, Marx and countless of them also were born.To complete the triangular structure or dimension of our conscience is knowledge.

The fact remains, however, that the Vichy leaders have enforced anti-Semitic laws in a more and more strict and iniquitous fashion, depriving French Jews of every governmental and cultural position, imposing upon them all kinds of restrictions with regard to liberal and commercial professions, mercilessly striking many of them who were wounded for their country during the present war, and hypocritically trying to hide a bad conscience under a pseudonational pathos in which religious and racial considerations are shamefully mixed.

Your point seems to be that — since he didn't act with the full support and assistance of Christian religious leaders — it follows that Muslim terrorists — who call out to Allah as they attack, and who * DO * have the full support and assistance of certain extremist Muslim leaders — shouldn't be presumed to be acting in the name of Islam.

Because he has earned the respect of religious leaders on just about all sides, Canon White has been able to promote dialogue and mutual understanding in a region where the best efforts of our most skilled diplomats have not met with success.

While the Obama administration finds its own signature health care legislation so complicated to administer that it is now putting off implementation of the large - employer insurance mandate until 2015 (i.e., after the congressional midterm elections), it is forging ahead with its oppressive HHS contraception - sterilization - abortifacient mandate, despite repeated condemnations of it from countless religious leaders for nearly two years now.

The Thursday afternoon gathering with religious leaders, which is closed to reporters, is being organized by the Florence County Republican Party and the Florence County Tea Party, according to a copy of the invitation obtained by CNN.

It will not be easy to stop accommodating Christendom and start accommodating both bothersome faith movements — which are the enemy of complacency — and nettlesome, nonconformist leaders who pursue vision quests and new religious practices with passionate intensity.

Religious leaders that attended the meeting said the president spent more than an hour with them, and after making a few remarks at the top of the meeting he let each group discuss their priorities and problems with comprehensive immigration reform.

Then Galarius consulted with his colleagues and said: «Since you have set yourself as an enemy of the gods of Rome and of our religious practices, the emperors could not be able to bring you back to the observance of their sacred laws and also you are an instigator and leader for most atrocious crime.

Meanwhile the most respected religious leaders (the «scribes and Pharisees» of the Gospels) advocated a policy of passive submission, combined with an ever - tightening internal discipline, until it should please God to intervene and «set up His Kingdom», as the prophets had foretold.

He will study the activities of religious leaders and groups, forms of action and response, and with the help of the psychologist will ascertain their meaning and motivation.