Contributed by Robert Sickler on Nov 14, 2011
PET BELIEFS
The two professors stood nose to nose as they shouted at one another. "The craters on the moon are the result of volcanism," cried one.
"You are an idiot," screamed the other, "the craters on the moon are the result of meteor impact."
This scene played itself out all across
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Christian Church
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2001
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Greed is the logical result of the belief that there is no life after death. We grab what we can while we can however we can and then hold on to it
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2002
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Hypocritically, professing belief, performing rote rituals, calling oneself a member of a religion without attempting to follow holy prescriptions, participating in church … with a “social” country-club fervor – these can all be an evasion of holy duty, yet another form of idolatry, as practicing
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2006
The content of belief is important: Jonathan Whitfield was preaching to coal miners in England. He asked one man, "What do you believe?" "Well, I believe the same as the church." "And what does the church believe?" "Well, they believe the same as me." Seeing he was getting nowhere, Whitfield
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2007
"It is my belief that there are absolutes in our Bill of Rights, and that they were put there on purpose by men who knew what the words
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 29, 2008
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LONELINESS AFFECTS BELIEF IN GOD
People who feel lonely or isolated are more likely to believe in God and the supernatural, according to University of Chicago researcher Nicholas Epley. Lonely people try to create social connections by reaching out to old friends, making new ones, or believing in
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 29, 2008
UNCHURCHED CHARACTER & BELIEFS
Unchurched American adults who have not attended a church or faith community in the past year are less likely to be concerned about the U.S. moral condition, much less likely to believe they are making a positive difference in the world, less optimistic about the
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SPOCK'S RAZOR OF BELIEF
Have you ever watched Star Trek? Mr. Spock, "the pointy-earned Vulcan" who served as Captain Kirk's first officer said, "Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
This quote is an offshoot from a scientific
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Denomination:
Lutheran
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jul 13, 2006
A new belief system
Richard Dawkins was recently asked “What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?” “I believe but I cannot prove, that all life, all intelligence, all creativity and all ‘design’ anywhere in the universe
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2006
The content of belief is important: Jonathan Whitfield was preaching to coal miners in England. He asked one man, "What do you believe?" "Well, I believe the same as the church." "And what does the church believe?" "Well, they believe the same as me." Seeing he was getting nowhere, Whitfield
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YOUR BELIEFS DETERMINE YOUR ATTITUDES
Gary Smalley tells us "I can hardly overstate how life-changing it was to find that my beliefs, not my circumstances, determined my attitudes and actions. When I took my beliefs seriously and began to examine and change them, it did wonders for me by giving me
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Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2007
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"All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities,
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