They had joined a religious order and dedicated their lives to prayer and good works.

他们参加了一个宗教团体，献身于祈祷和做善事。

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He was a good father and family man, and was religious in his own way.

他是个好父亲，家庭男人，以其自己的方式诠释虔诚。

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Through the lens of evolution then, a belief in God serves a very important purpose: Religious belief set us on the path to modern life by stopping cheaters and promoting the social good.

通过进化的镜头，我们看到“信仰上帝”提供了一个很重要的目的：宗教信仰把我们领上现代生活的道路，人们之间减少或停止互相欺骗，合作促进良好的社会福利。

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Gold ornaments are a traditional wedding present to brides and a gift of the precious metal during Hindu religious festivals augurs good fortune.

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He's continually seeking a good from within his own religious and from within his own literary sensibility.

他坚持从他自己的宗教和文学感受中,寻找好的东西。

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I believe religious pluralism has three dimensions: No. 1, respect for people's religious identities ; including people with no religious identities; No. 2, positive relationships between different people ; of different religious communities; and No. 3, a collective commitment to the common good.

我认为宗教多元主义分为三个层面：,第一是对人们不同的宗教身份的尊重,包括对无宗教信仰的人的尊重;,第二是来自不同宗教社区的,不同人间的良好关系;,第三是共同致力于公共利益。

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In this third critique where the argument is proffered that outlawing sharia arbitrations will lead to outlawing all private religious arbitrations, the question that must be asked is whether there are any principled and prudential distinctions between sharia as a "bad thing" and other religious codes as a "good thing" (or if not a "good thing" at least as an "acceptable thing")?

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

Perhaps this is because they generally assume that "religion, " however defined, is a positive force for good and that any set of religious beliefs, however unusual, should be considered acceptable in a tolerant society.

WSJ: Why the U.S. Needs a New Loyalty Oath

The ideology of individual sacrifice for the greater social good is a political perversion of this religious tenet, as ancient as the religions themselves.

FORBES: The Modern "Greater Good" Is a Sacrifice Of the Innocents