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In practice, however, many tended to leave these sects or marry outside them and consequently have less children than they might have done.

B. There seems to have been an absence of attempt at conciliation between rival sects.

What about the wars that took place in Europe between the different Christian sects, including the Catholics and the Protestants?

Member of any of several Gnostic sects that flourished in the Roman empire in the 2nd century AD and for several centuries thereafter.

Many are as appalled as any other American by the reports of incest and child abuse from within polygamous sects.

As the sects proliferate, pluralism strikes a blow to the efforts of those who truly seek to lead men to a return to Oneness.

However, there is also a strong Christian revival, especially among the fundamentalist and Pentecostal sects.

Seeing all this, how humanity has been divided into nations, into sects, into religions - my guru is better than your guru - and so on.

But the secretive community is divided into sects and tribes, some of which have done a lot better than others.

The president's Baathist regime has also bred fear of upheaval by manipulating suspicions between the country's numerous sects.

No one is claiming all the sects love each other but there is no history of sectarian strife in Syria and little appetite for it now.

Some religious sects had fertility rates three or four times the general population, he noted.

There exist a few small sects within the Cult, primarily of extremists or those who feel the usefulness of some organization.

Belief in the existence of extraterrestrial life has led to the creation of various cults and religious sects.

The reason they do is proselytisation of the very young, the institutionalization of religious sects, and certain psychological factors.

While some of the deaf are Orthodox Christian, others turn to various sects or denominations for support and friendship.

However, the Seth material differs markedly from Buddhism and all other Eastern sects in its description of the goal we seek.

The Gelug school, known also as the "Yellow Hats, " showed little tolerance or willingness to mix their teachings with other Buddhist sects.

Against the Roman Church, you warned, lying teachers are rising, introducing ruinous sects, and drawing upon themselves speedy doom.

In the two weeks since that first protest, Egyptians of all classes and sects have joined forces to keep up the pressure on Mr Mubarak.

Both countries seem surprisingly religious to European eyes, with different Christian sects competing vigorously for believers.

Christianity is divided into three religious sects: Protestantism, Catholicism, Orthodox Eastern Church.

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Overlap with the various sects of paint, the artists use these methods Chushan performance of the Zongshen Gan.

You flatter yourself that you are a scholar and intellectual. So you despise fisherman and scholar of other sects . It is wrong!

The various Christian sects are disputing over a varying interpretation of the words of Christ.

Bahrainis of both sects have inveighed against corruption, inequality and their toothless parliament.

Certain chemical pesticides used to control in- sects have also been well studied.

India is a diverse, multi-cultural country with people of various religions, communities and sects living together in harmony and peace.

Nineveh has Iraq's largest minority of Christians, themselves divided into various sects, some speaking Aramaic, the language of Christ.

Be aware of how cults and sects may misuse the Bible, often quoting verses out of context or using symbolic meanings.

The most representative sect of the high form is Zen Buddhism, the most coincided of the various sects of the religion.

For hundreds of years competing Tibetan Buddhist sects engaged in bitterly violent clashes and summary executions .

So, it is imperative to enhance education among people so as to help them tell legitimate sects from illegal ones.

No union exists between church and state, and perfect freedom of opinion is guaranteed to all sects and creeds .

A: We have noted relevant report. We hope all religious sects in Egypt coexist in harmony and jointly maintain social stability.

The biggest threat to the church's image comes from the hundreds of sects that have splintered from it.

Simon, Marcel, Jewish Sects at the Time of Jesus, trans.

Unlike previous years, there were no clashes reported between followers of different Christian sects.

The eastern Hunan sect made great contributions to the formation of the five sects of Dhyana .

Many letters of England protestant sects, there are a few catholics.

after the architecture modernism , many sects showed up , but the basic of them is the same thing - - - creating space for human being.

From a classical liberal point of view, this multiplicity of sects is a good thing.

They usually agree that the following are common characteristics of movements designated cults or sects.

Various sub-sects of Buddhism emerged which were patronised by the various Mongol and Tibetan overlords.

Many religions, including Sikhism, Islam, and sects of Judaism, encourage or require their men to keep beards.

Especially when it comes to the 15-year civil war, in which all sects suffered losses and atrocities took place.

The chasm between rich and poor fuels militant gangs in the oil-rich southern delta and Islamist sects in the arid north.

Sectarian violence, between members of different religious sects.

Some are kind of sects, where is manipulation and restriction of man's freedom pretty obvious.

Support for the opposition came from across all of Bahrain's classes, regions, and religious sects.

See ray of light in through the sects, he was relieved.

There are no conflicts with any techniques or sects or religions but you must be sincere to your own faith.

The government respects and protects traditional religious activities and the rites of the various sects.

Americans and Canadians have seen much in the media in recent decades about the phenomena of cults and sects.

The country is a cauldron of faiths, sects and clans seething with grudges and mistrust.

The Folk Secret Organizations contain the Secret Societies and the Folk Sects.

The country embraces an array of religions, sects, tribes and ethnicities.

For this and other reasons, the sixteenth century saw the breakup of the one Roman Catholic Church into many different sects.

The "ideology" people talk about is opinions about the world by various political sects and interest groups.

Our realm brooks not seditious sects, let them elsewhere resort.

The colony became a haven for minority religious sects from Germany, Holland, Scandinavia, and Great Britain.

As for Fu Zhonghan English, AAA English, Peipei English and Chapters of Foreign Languages, they are just branches of those sects.

Many sects were also formed in India, Nepal and Tibet on the basis of hatha yoga.

Lamaism has several sects: the Yellow, the Red, the Black and others.

After about five hundred years or so, the popularity and influence of Buddhism declined and so did these tantric sects and their practices.

Some lovely chanting is also carried out by certain Christian groups, especially the Roman Catholic and Greek orthodox sects .

In the various sects of Tibetan Buddhism, the Gelug Sect is the latest to form one.

He had subdued the religious sects, cleaned up Saigon.

It also provides specific guidelines for witnessing to people in cults and sects.

The critical terrain is Baghdad: Iraq's most populous city, with 6m inhabitants of all sects (see map).

Many of the so-called sects in India and elsewhere do a lot of wrong things to people; people are scared of them.

Various sects preach according to their own opinions, comments, "the Vatican by the" contending with each other.

Millenarian sects, especially tiny ones, gleefully quote the text showing that only 144, 000 people will be saved.

Pray earnestly, be patient, and trust the Holy Spirit to lead you in your witnessing to people in cults and sects.

No leader or party has emerged that can truly command the loyalty of all its religious sects and ethnicities.

The main sects of American New Christian Right organizations are Moral Majority Sect, Christian Union and so on since 70s of 20th Century.

Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 47%, other religious sects and non-religious account for 3%.

Lebanon is a country with 17 sects.

This year for the first time in four years, five different Christian sects celebrated Easter at the same time.

It is said that in the English learning arena there are 5 sects.

And some Christian sects, like the Society of Friends, to which I belonged for many years, avoided theology entirely!

The Catholic church did better in French Indochina; with sundry Protestant sects, in China; and, till it was crushed there, in Japan.

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For instance, the Literature Study Society upholds the political ideas of the organizing form of societies and sects;

secondly , the Thunder rites as a effective medium comes into being , by which various Taoism sects get a mutual communication ;

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