Sentence examples for mere faith from inspiring English sources

The Christian faith, indeed, might well have absorbed and satisfied him if its institutions had not so often demanded not mere faith but dogmatic certainty.

And although he believes in these things with an almost religious fervor — and repeatedly hearkens back to the "central role of people in the cosmic scheme of things" — he would vehemently deny that mere "faith" is at play.

Policies demanding that these kinds of cognitive and psychological limitations be documented by public demonstration or third-party confirmation should be abandoned, for they rely on mere faith in their having physical causes rather than on factual evidence that they do.

Along with Mendelssohn, Lessing embraced the idea of a purely rational religion and would endorse Mendelssohn's declaration: "My religion recognizes no obligation to resolve doubt other than through rational means; and it commands no mere faith in eternal truths" (Gesammelte Schriften, Volume 3/2, p. 205).

In a country where roadside shrines have not become mere architectural curiosities, faith does not seem endangered by the perils of travel, or by the fear of stampeding pilgrims, a common hazard at India's religious gatherings.Yet some of the Kumbh Mela's most passionate participants could mar it.

The applicant must adduce sufficient evidence to prove bad faith; mere suspicion is inadequate.

She could no longer reconcile herself with mere words of faith and reassurance from her spiritual counselor when all that she had worked towards in her own life were now being forcibly taken away from her.

Made for a mere $3m, the faith-based film shot past bad reviews to earn $11m from just 1,135 locations; Straight Outta Compton, meanwhile, played on 3,142 screens.

Mere profession of the faith—"there is no god but God; Muhammad is the prophet of God"—did not make a person a Muslim unless this faith was accompanied by righteous deeds.

In the stereotype-ridden but rousing 1936 adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "The Green Pastures," God isn't a mere dancing light of faith but a tall man in a dark suit: Rex Ingram, as De Lawd, is the apotheosis of the Southern preacher.

Unfortunately for the sake of parity and phony objectivity, some -- including members of the lgbt community - allow religious right groups an unfair free pass by way of the excuse that their tactics and claims are mere expressions of their faith.