Sentence examples for adopt beliefs from inspiring English sources

The answer to the first is that, when we are thinking of reasons for belief, the sort of consistency required of us is merely that we do not adopt beliefs that cannot all be true together.

Several authors hypothesize that societally dominant 'traditional masculinity' leads men to adopt beliefs and behaviours that increase health risks and support the ideal of the 'bulletproof superhero' who would be embarrassed to check his cholesterol level [ 33- 35].

This is a great way to adopt beliefs.

Adopt beliefs from other religions, and start working from there on what you believe in.

Xenophanes is prepared to offer a positive account of the nature of the deity (see the following section) but his position appears to be that while no mortal being will ever know about the gods with any degree of certainty, we can at least avoid adopting beliefs and practices clearly at odds with the special nature any divine being must be assumed to possess.

One could hardly be blamed for adopting beliefs like these.

By unquestioningly adopting beliefs from powerful authorities in our society, we effectively let other agendas; ceremonies and traditions continue to dictate our lives and, in effect, will eventually default to "drinking the cool-aid".

After all, science has confirmed that anything repeated to us by an authority figure during our early developmental years always become the adopted beliefs we have and the perimeters we use to view the world around us.

Tibetans adopted belief in Lama reincarnation in medieval times.

This enthusiasm to rally support for positive thinking -- rooted in the tenets of the Kabbala, Madonna's adopted belief system -- is to the detriment of a more concrete look at the economic and cultural drivers causing the hardships in Malawi.

Consequently, actors identify other actors who are in the same coalition by measuring their overall belief similarity and then adopt their beliefs.