Reflective believers who are aware of the many options for faith, and the possibility of misguided and even harmful faith-commitments, will wish to be satisfied that they are justified in their faith.
That which is not of faith is harmful and hurtful to other people, for instance: Act Like a Christian in Any Circumstance.
His essays often questioned the value and objectivity of truth and the harmful effect he believed the Christian faith could have on society.
In fact, nearly all the evidence suggests that hypnosis fails to aid recall, but instead has the potentially harmful effect of increasing people's faith in their memories, whether or not they are accurate recollections of events.
But this does not mean that it should not support believers, of whatever faith, who want to tackle demonstrably harmful phenomena such as religiously-justified terrorism through more positive readings of the same religion.
We have witnessed community and faith leaders dedicating themselves to changing harmful gender norms that contribute to the vulnerability of girls and young women.
The Court also had no understanding of the harmful impact the decision would have on the faith and confidence of the American people in their government and elected representatives.
Argued that the Christian system of faith and worship was not only incorrect, but harmful to society because it suppressed the will to power which was the driving force of human character.
Because you simply do not stop fighting against what you believe to be a harmful and oppressive force simply because you lack the religious faith to do so.
The new law prohibits commercial Web sites from publishing material "harmful to minors" unless the site can show that it has made good faith efforts -- requiring a credit card, for example -- to keep out all Web surfers younger than 17.
"When a police officer uses unreasonable force, it has a harmful effect on not only the victims, but also the public, who lose faith and confidence in law enforcement," Fardon said.
