Sentence examples for curious beliefs from inspiring English sources

In a city used to radicalism, his curious beliefs did not deter city authorities.

THIS book begins with an entertaining account of the curious beliefs about bees held by the ancients and in the Middle Ages, such as their spontaneous generation from the carcass of an ox, as recorded by Virgil and others, and the government of the colony by the queen and her subordinates.

(Thus the curious belief that a worldwide real-estate crisis that hit the north of Spain and the east of Ireland as hard as the coast of Florida was the fault of money loaned by Washington to black people).

But the jubilee, which smartly built on the branded goods of austerity nostalgia (Keep Calm and Carry On and suchlike) accompanying the curious belief that enduring a tube strike or snow amounted to a revival of the "Blitz spirit", has made it more unavoidable than perhaps any time since the war.

Your friend may be curious about your beliefs, especially if they weren't raised as a Christian.

The mystery is made more curious by the belief among researchers that the hackers currently parading as the S.E.A. are not the same people who started the pro-Assad campaign two years ago.

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"So it does not surprise (me) when I see people under 30 who identify as atheists and yet are curious about the religious beliefs and practices of their peers," Stedman said.

He might well speak of his belief as curious, but we know it was genuine, for he lived by it as long as his life lasted.

Ms. Egbert, the project's executive director, says any pagan group that wants to participate must hold a ritual open to the public, be ready to discuss its beliefs with the curious and bring canned goods for a food bank (or a donation to charity), as a symbol of the fall harvest and a show of civic-mindedness.

Christians, Buddhists, pagans and curious visitors with no religious beliefs of any kind are drawn to the place to this day.