Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
Quotes about scriptural (14 Quotes)
Oil on water, a secret communicated to a base man, a gift given to a worthy receiver, and scriptural instruction given to an intelligent man spread out by virtue of their nature.
Scriptural lessons not put into practice are poison a meal is poison to him who suffers from indigestion a social gathering is poison to a poverty stricken person and a young wife is poison to an aged man.
I come from a strong scriptural viewpoint, and I find intelligent design lacking, ... However, if things are created or designed, that means there's a creator with a design in mind, and that is reflected in the creation, and it has a purpose.
If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.
It is gratifying to note how scriptural words like justice, peace, forgiveness have become the lingua franca of the peace process,
Searches for intelligent design of the Universe through the Plotinan Criterion would be futile I would think, because the creation is an indirect radiation or product of The One. Physical cosmology in a similar conundrum would discover many paradoxical limits on researches that would parallel scriptural association instead of traces of a prime mover. The Plontinian criterion exists adequately regardless of a steady state or linear time flow from an inflaton or membrane criterion source theory.
That's not the Amish way of life. There's three words that I don't like court, suing, judge. It's not scriptural to sue someone.
these are the days when men... seek the comfortable and the accepted when the man of controversy is looked upon as a disturbing influence when originality is taken to be a mark of instability and when, in minor modification of the scriptural parable, the bland lead the bland.
Scripture nowhere divides worship up into a series of independent 'elements', each requiring independent scriptural justification. Scripture nowhere tells us that the regulative principle demands that particular level of specificity, rather than some othe
It is a serious mistake to judge God within the narrow limits of our own understanding and abilities. God has created the worlds without number and is able to hold them all in perfect control. But even the greatest worlds are not the most prized of God's creations. The welfare of his children is far more important, and he has said that the greatest of all his gifts is the eternal life that he bestows upon us. We know that death is good. Certainly we would not dare to say that any procedure or design of God was superfluous or whimsical. On the contrary, there is a great deal of evidence, scriptural and otherwise that death is an inescapable necessity in God's plan for human redemption.
The pope focused on scriptural readings that said God's love was seen in the marvels of creation. ... fooled by the atheism that they carry inside of them, imagine a universe free of direction and order, as if at the mercy of chance.
Let the scripture be your authority in determining what should be done and what should not be done. You should perform your duty following the scriptural injunction.
If a person desires to understand clearly the sacred books and scriptural texts of India, to imbibe their message, he must learn the Sanskrit language he cannot avoid that responsibility and that duty.