Another criticism of the book, made by the philosopher Mary Midgley in her book Evolution as a Religion, is that it discusses philosophical and moral questions that go beyond the biological arguments that Dawkins makes.

In Western Esotericism and the Science of Religion, Pierre Riffard makes a distinction between " occult " and " scientific " etymologies, citing as an example of the former the etymology of ' guru ' in which the derivation is presented as gu (" darkness ") and ru (' to push away '); the latter he exemplifies by " guru " with the meaning of ' heavy '.

Pete is from the San Fernando Valley town of Northridge, roughly 20 miles north of Los Angeles, where Bad Religion is centered, and makes a living building workout machines at a local business.

Later published versions include " ye " instead of either " the " or " it ": " Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill – an ye harm none, do what ye will " ( Earth Religion News, 1974 ); " Eight words ye Wiccan Rede fulfill – An ' it harm none, Do what ye will " ( Green Egg, 1975 )

*" How To Live on Christ " a pamphlet by Harriet Beecher Stowe, taken from her Introduction to Chistopher Dean's " Religion As It Should Be or The Remarkable Experience and Triumphant Death of Ann Thane Peck " published in 1847 Hudson Taylor sent a pamphlet using the words of this preface out to all the missionaries of the China Inland Mission in 1869.

Bronisław Malinowski, Magic, Science and Religion ( 1954 ) discusses another type of magical thinking, in which words and sounds are thought to have the ability to directly affect the world.

The Anglican Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion contends that " transubstantiation ( or the change of the substance of bread and wine ) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by Holy Writ, but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions.

* In the song " Delirium of Disorder " by punk band Bad Religion, the opening verse quotes the novel, " Life is a sieve through which my anarchy strains resolving itself into words.

The topics of Love, Violence, Religion and Sex figure prominently in these stories ( look at the first letter in each of those words if you haven ’ t caught on already ) sometimes simultaneously .” The 2nd official, digital only release is: Lady Speaks the Bruise ( 2010 ) also released via bandcamp. com.

" Klemp has changed the use of words in the Eckankar vernacular from " The Ancient Science of Soul Travel " to a new term — the " Religion of the Light and Sound of God.

Religion and politics went hand-in-hand for black officeholders in this period and Gibbs ' entrance echoed the words of another prominent black officeholder, Charles H. Pearce who remarked that, " A man in this State, cannot do his whole duty as a minister except he looks out for the political interests of his people.

Religion at its best also offers the experience of spiritual fulfillment by inviting man into the highest realm of the spirit.

Religion at its best is out in front, ever beckoning and leading on, and, as Lippman put it, `` mobilizing all man's scattered energies in one triumphant sense of his own infinite importance ''.

Religion provides the most attractive rewards, either in this world or the next, for those who not merely abide by its norms, but who engage in good works.

Religion has its own supernatural prescriptions that are at the same time codes of behavior for the here and now.

In its implications for deism, the Natural History of Religion ( 1757 ) may be Hume's most interesting work.

In 2009, the World Union of Deists published a book on deism, Deism: A Revolution in Religion, A Revolution in You written by its founder and director, Bob Johnson.

La Vérité de la Religion Chrétienne Réformée ( 1717 ) was a controversial treatise which in its four parts attacks the characteristic doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church ; it was translated into English, for the use of the Roman Catholics of his diocese of Dromore, by Dr. Ralph Lambert, afterwards bishop of Meath.

In the late 1980s the primary seminary of the Reform movement, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, changed its admission requirements to allow gay people to join the student body.

His major work in this area was The Religion of Geology and its Connected Sciences ( 1851 ).

Thus, Wicca in particular is sometimes referred to by its proponents as " The Old Religion ", a term popularised by Margaret Murray in the 1920s, while Germanic neopaganism is referred to in some of its varieties as Forn Sed (" Old Custom ").

* Nilsson Martin ( 1950 ), Minoan-Mycenaean Religion, and its Survival in Greek Religion, Lund: Gleerup.

Religion is an expression of our collective consciousness, which is the fusion of all of our individual consciousnesses, which then creates a reality of its own.

Of the violent proceedings which attended the Wars of Religion, the city had its share.

The Abbey of Hautvillers, including its vineyards, was destroyed in 1560 during the War of Religion between the Huguenots and Catholics.

The most notable among the Middle Persian texts are the Dēnkard (" Acts of Religion "), dating from the 9th century ; the Bundahishn (" Primordial Creation "), finished in the 11th or 12th century, but containing older material ; the Mainog-i-Khirad (" Spirit of Wisdom "), a religious conference on questions of faith ; and the Arda Viraf Namak (" Book of Arda Viraf "), which is especially important for its views on death, salvation and life in the hereafter.

On the 100th anniversary of cinema in 1995, the Vatican included Fantasia in its list of 45 " great films " made under the Art category ; the others being Religion and Values.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation ( FFRF ) uses the pansy symbol extensively in its lapel pins and literature.

The cathedral has been fortunate in being spared the damage suffered by so many during the Wars of Religion and the Revolution, though the lead roof was removed to make bullets and the Directorate threatened to destroy the building as its upkeep, without a roof, had become too onerous.

Angoulême suffered much during the French Wars of Religion, especially in 1568 after its capture by the Protestants under Coligny.

In 2006, the University of Notre Dame's Center for Philosophy of Religion renamed its Distinguished Scholar Fellowship as the Alvin Plantinga Fellowship.

Traditional Ojibwa Religion and its Historical Changes.

In the second edition of New Youth, Chen prepared to publish Cai Yuanpei's speech, the " Speech on Freedom of Religion " ( 蔡元培先生在信教自由會之演說 ), along with an editorial interpreting its meaning and significance.

The Wars of Religion culminated in the War of the Three Henrys ( 1584 – 1598 ) in which the royalist King Henry III of France assassinated Henry de Guise, leader of the Spanish-backed Catholic league and the king was murdered in return, followed by the ascension of the Huguenot Henry of Navarre to the French throne.

Prior to ascending the throne, he was a leader of the royal army in the French Wars of Religion against the Huguenots, and took part in the victories over them at Battle of Jarnac and Battle of Moncontour.

Gaspard de Coligny ( 16 February 1519 – 24 August 1572 ), Seigneur ( Lord ) de Châtillon, was a French nobleman and admiral, best remembered as a disciplined Huguenot leader in the French Wars of Religion.

Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne ( 26 March 1554 – 3 October 1611 ), or Charles de Guise, was a French nobleman of the house of Guise and a military leader of the Catholic League, which he headed during the French Wars of Religion, following the assassination of his brothers at Blois in 1588.

The complex was to be a center of the " kind accordant " religion ( artgemäße Religion ) and a representative estate for the SS-Führerkorps ( SS leader corps ).

Bernhardt ( or Bernhard ) " Ben " Klassen ( Ukrainian: Бернар Классен ; () – ) was an American religious leader who founded the Church of the Creator with the publication of his book Nature's Eternal Religion in 1973.

As a leader of the party called the Politiques he took a prominent part in the French Wars of Religion.

As a leader of the party called the Politiques he took a prominent part in the French Wars of Religion.

The Wars of Religion culminated in the War of the Three Henrys in which Henry III assassinated Henry de Guise, leader of the Spanish-backed Catholic league, and the king was murdered in return.

Harold Klemp ( b. 1942, Wisconsin, US ) is the spiritual leader of Eckankar, Religion of the Light and Sound of God.

Quetzalcóatl International Airport was named after Quetzalcoatl from the Aztec Religion who was a benefactor god, considered a leader among the deities, that would return after his departure to take back the empire.

" In May 2012, a year after the failure of Camping's prophecy, Religion Dispatches published a report on Camping's disillusioned former followers, some of whom had reportedly come to view him as a cult leader.

The Wars of Religion culminated in the War of the Three Henrys in which Henry III assassinated Henry de Guise, leader of the Spanish-backed Catholic league, and the king was murdered in return.