Religious Charms
Heretical Imperative: Contemporary Possibilities of Religious Affirmation
Peter L. Berger (Paperback) Doubleday 1980-06
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That would be an ecumenical matter.
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United States Constitution, Article VI, section 3
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.
There can be no state-sanctioned religious test. What criteria voters use, however, is quite different.
and is sending affirmations to the universe, the same as prayers to god?
i would like to know where athiests stand on these issues.
You know, actually, this is a interesting question...finally!...Since energy and matter are not created or destroyed, only transformed. In short, that energy could present itself on/in other forms, including human or animal.
I've heard a couple hilarious one.
"I could only imagine"
I find this song funny because it really epitomizes Christianity. It's all imagination, just like the quarter your uncle put in your head. It's not really there, but if people keep telling you it's there, you'll believe.
"Our God is an awesome God"
What the hell kind of affirmation do you need that would make you have to say something like this. If your God is omnipotent, then are you just being retarded in having to say this?
It is easy to take the title of a song and make snide remarks without references to the stanzas. Not much intelligence needed to do that and I am sure many WILL agree with me.
I don't think that it is such a big deal when religious people express their faith in a non-intrusive manner like with saying "God bless you" when someone sneezes, the President mentioning God every so often, religious billboards, daily affirmations, or putting "In God We Trust" on money.
But why do the beliefs of some people mean that there has to be laws and restrictions on everyone based on the religious views of some people?
There are many examples, like laws against some businesses running on certain days, controlling some harmless sexual behavior between consenting adults, trying to ban the truth of evolution from schools (like in Kansas), barring certain people from holding public office, and holding back scientific advances.
Why does every aspect a person's religion have to be everyone else's business? If other people believe something differently than you, then they don't need to live by the arbitrary rules of your faith.
such a stupid suggestion. if everyone followed the logic of keeping it to themselves, what would have been passed on? faith is absolutely useless if it isn't given. salt has no more ability if it doesn't burn against your cut.
aside from that, our Lord commanded us, we don't have an option, to go to everyone we know teaching them in the way we were taught, that everyone should be made aware that Christ died for them.
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I have been smoking for ½ of my life, since I was 15. I have tried the gum, commit lozenges (effects my heart) I have used the patch, it gave me a nasty rash. I have prayed and had others pray for me. I am very religious, but perhaps I am just really weak. I have seen pictures of blacken lungs, seen people die of lung cancer and still I can’t quit. Jesus is the Lord of my life and I want to be clean of my addictions, but I still automatically grab my smokes, when I’m stressed I stress smoke…I’m smoking now.
½ my life plus one year, so over half my life I have been addicted. I have heard some people using self hypnosis, or affirmations to help them. I want to try this using my MP3 player, but I only have a few, can any one give me more affirmations, or ways that really helped them when they have been smoking as long as I have?
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I view my task not as that of winning points in a debate on the grounds of logical or rhetorical argumentation. I concede defeat already. No layperson could ever win a debate with an American law professor, much less with Gerry Bradley.
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