Sentence examples for destroy belief from inspiring English sources
She recognized that the horrors of the 20th century could destroy belief in human decency.
That means it must produce or destroy belief, rather than merely provide us with a consistent set of things to say.
At one extreme, the Dawkinses of the world argue that a scientific accounting of the origin and evolution of religious memes should destroy belief.
If this psychology of belief were true, then the second principle of Bayle's doctrine would destroy belief in monotheism because, by supposition, it would be impossible to believe in the unity of God after acknowledging the irresistible force of the Manicheans' objections.
Those who have destroyed belief in governments exploit its collapse, railing against a liberal elite (by which they mean people still engaged in public service) while working for the real and illiberal elite.
The case also permanently destroyed beliefs about the supposed protective powers of the placenta and made pregnancy testing standard for drug approvals.
They do not destroy the belief that, in the long run, Islam and the West can co-exist.Unfortunately, in the shorter run meaning within the next year or so something may happen in North Africa that could throw at least a temporary spanner into the works.
The experimental refutations of such theories of spontaneous generation by life scientists such as Francesco Redi (1626 67), weakened, but did not destroy, the belief in spontaneous generation.
Whether with bombs that maim and destroy or belief systems that raptures the Christians while leaving others behind, they repeatedly label, judge, and seek to discredit, if not destroy, their perceived enemies.
In general, says Hume, the lack of resemblance between this life and a future state destroys belief and, consequently, has little influence on our passions and conduct.
A pogrom in Odessa in 1871 shook but did not destroy his beliefs; in 1881, however, another severe pogrom broke out in Odessa, not only ignored but even abetted by the government and defended by the press.
