The dynasty of the good begins when the learned agree "on a unique doctrinal school and a single religion", commit themselves to mutual help, and desire the vision of God and doing God's will as their [sole] reward (I, 181, 14 182, 2).
His spiritual journey begins as he learns about what he then called the Black man's religion, committing himself to a new life of discipline and leaving behind moral degradation.
In Le Génie des religions (1842; "The Genius of Religions") he expressed sympathy for all religions while committing himself to none, but shortly afterward his increasingly radical views alienated him finally from Roman Catholicism.
Series creator Chris Carter received angry calls after the Heaven's Gate, a UFO religion cult, committed mass suicide less than six months after the episode had aired.
Were one to design a political philosophy calculated to appeal to large numbers of "conservatives" and "liberals," it might look very much like contemporary libertarianism: tolerant and supportive of individual rights in matters ranging from sexual orientation to religion, and committed to the rule of law and free market capitalism.
The United States of America is an enemy of those who aid terrorists and of the barbaric criminals who profane a great religion by committing murder in its name.
Of course, he could not have predicted the rise of extremists who use the religion to commit acts of violence against innocent people.
The Amish, with other Anabaptists, reject infant baptism in favor of adult baptism, giving an adult the right to choose their religion and commit to joining the Amish community.[1].
"American religion is firmly committed to the notion of a gracious rather than a punitive God," Andrew Greeley wrote.
Israel is a democratic country that supports equality, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion and is committed to the rights of its minority citizens.
Hungry for fresh information about the religion he had committed himself to, he sailed to China at 30 and planned to stay for 20 years, figuring that's how long it would take to learn what he needed to learn.
