The Amish and ex-Amish are fairly intolerant of alternative beliefs and practices. Most of them talk condescendingly about gays, atheists, and pretty much any person or group of people that thinks or acts in a manner that does not conform to their specific Christian belief set. I am barrage...
The Amish and ex-Amish are fairly intolerant of alternative beliefs and practices. Most of them talk condescendingly about gays, atheists, and pretty much any person or group of people that thinks or acts in a manner that does not conform to their specific Christian belief set. I am barrage...
The key point Arnfinn is making is about the extent to which this formulation of freedom of belief essentiallyexcludes the freedom of expression and behaviour. To put it in a different way, the freedom to act out one’s beliefs in the world is treated with far more suspicion, even though ...
Atheist Republic is one such conglomeration of individuals who regardless of their differences, agree upon one core idea – that it is perfectly alright to question conventional ideas and practices – whether they are related to complex issues like religion or the comparatively simpler issues like lif...
Attitudes towards education and work, Language, customs, and taboos Business and health practices Housing Religious beliefs Population size and housing Social mobility Age distribution and social values” ref We are like believing machines we vacuum up ideas, like Velcro sticks to almost everything. ...
The last type of activity is rare, but it is intriguing, in that technology can shape and inform beliefs and practices in unanticipated ways. Online engagement...doi:10.1080/0048721X.2018.1435093CusackCarole M.Religion
to believe in, atheism is becoming popular. There is increasing pressure in today’s world for people to declare what they believe in. People must put a label on their beliefs. Atheism is one such label that people can choose. But what is atheism, and what do atheists do and believe ...
However, I needed to survey other Christian denominations' beliefs and decide for myself what was true. So I returned to the discussions with my friend Matt about which denomination's teachings were "closest" to the truth that God has revealed, praying that Jesus would guide me. Because ...
Taking the First Principle seriously is not an easy thing. Accepting that there is some spiritual core to each person, a core with intrinsic worth, can be difficult when the person in question seems distant from you in their beliefs, or their habits, or their morality, or their culture. Ho...
Many children have not decided which set of religious beliefs they will accept as true, or thought through the ramifications of those beliefs. We therefore believe it is unfair and inaccurate to label these children has belonging to a religion. However, if you are certain the child in question...