For me the real evil of masturbation would be that it takes an appetite which, in lawful use, leads the individual out of himself to complete (and correct) his own personality in that of another (and finally in children and even grandchildren) and turns it back: sending the man back into the prison of himself, there to keep a harem of imaginary brides.
For real evil, as we experience it, does not build up and develop its victims; it corrupts, corrodes and destroys them.
Not exact matches
We aren't saying he's
real, just saying that if he was, wouldn't he be responsible
for the
evil in the world as well as the good?
You can't justify them blaming
evil spirits
for disease just because they don't know the
real reason.
If you were a
real Christian you would know Christs words speak
for themselves and the fact that he didn't take the sword away and turn it into a pruning shear right then and there does not mean he was saying «I mean all this stuff is
for later after I come back and kill all the
evil people and those who haven't accepted me as their savior so you won't have to fear anyone so you can finally give up your guns and weapons of war...» You disgust me chad.
There is
real evil in this world, you are a prophetic outpost
for the Kingdom of God.
Once I came to realize and accept that my love
for Christine was
real and pure, not born out of lustful desires or anything even remotely
evil, my brain would not allow me to go on believing that it was detestable to God and therefore something that I should flee from.
We do not know if Adam and Eve (
real or representative matters not) fully knew the consequence of the knowledge of good and
evil (leaving God will
for them) when they disobeyed.
But in pure logic it is not true that there is sheer contradiction between the joint admission of divine perfection of goodness and divine perfection of power, on the one hand, and the fact of
real evil on the other,
for the simple reason that the greatest possible power (which by definition is «perfect» power) may not be the same as «all the power that exists united into one individual power.»
There is a
real good and a
real evil, and the rule of law is a mechanism
for maximizing the former and minimizing the latter.
Government is
evil because it restricts the freedom of these actors, and it is the business sector that is to provide
for our
real, i.e., economic, needs.
If by «
evil exists» you mean that
evil possesses a
real substance of its own, and that it therefore exists in the way goodness exists (or,
for that matter, a tree, a rabbit, an idea or a dream exists), in point of fact Christian tradition has usually denied this quite forcibly.
If, as I think orthodox Christianity ultimately teaches, and as Solzhenitsyn's «Father Severyan» plainly teaches in November 1916 (excerpted here), that humans are inherently prone to violence (and that the lesser
evil of state - derived war is the price we pay
for living not in anarchy but in «sword - bearing» states), then not only is 1) contrary to the New Testament's
real teaching, but 2) is impossible and 3) requires a coercion that will bring with it very deleterious consequences.
Here we meet good and
evil as primal moving spirits set in
real opposition to one another, and here,
for the first time,
evil assumes a substantial and independent nature.
Adam and Eve (
real or representative beings matters not) began to doubt when they looked at the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil before they were fully prepared
for it.
If our temples / bodies are warm and inviting dwellings
for evil, that's the
real problem.
This hope
for the Good Society was justified in liberal theology both by its ultimate faith in God and by what it took to be experiences of
real victory over
evil.
It may be objected that this reference to play proves the point of the
evil in
real conflict;
for it might be argued that the essence of play is that the conflict is not quite
real.
There is
real evil in this world, may you be a prophetic outpost
for the Kingdom of God, living into the abundance of God in your life.
These «people» are an embodiment of modern
evil and have no place in any
real church and no place in the 21st Century
for that matter.
The parables disclose with what pleasure and tolerance he surveyed the broad scene of human activity: the merchant seeking pearls; the farmer sowing his fields; the
real - estate man trying to buy a piece of land in which he had secret reason to believe a treasure lay buried; the dishonest secretary, who had been given notice, making friends against the
evil day among his employer's debtors by reducing their obligations; the five young women sleeping with lamps burning while the bridegroom tarried and unable to attend the marriage because their sisters who had had foresight enough to bring additional oil refused to lend them any; the rich man whose guests
for dinner all made excuses; the man comfortably in bed with his children who gets up at midnight to help his importunate neighbor only because he despairs of getting rid of him otherwise; the king who is out to capture a city; the man who built his house upon the sand and lost it in the first storm of wind and rain; the queer employer who pays all of his men the same wage whether they have worked the whole day or a single hour; the great lord who going to a distant land entrusts his property to his three servants and judges them by the success of their investments when he returns; the shepherd whose sheep falls into a ditch; the woman with ten pieces of silver who, losing one, lights the candle and sweeps diligently till she finds it, and makes the finding of it the occasion of a celebration in which all of her neighbors are invited to share — and how long such a list might be!
Not only has it given traditional theists such as Plantinga an «opportunity
for an easy victory» but, more importantly, it has allowed such theists to avoid addressing the
real question that
evil poses: Given the incredible amount and pervasiveness of the pain and suffering that continues to be experienced by actual individuals, is there some plausible reason not to assume «that God is guilty of nonexistence» (ER 46)?
That's one of the joys of the franchise: prequels notwithstanding, they're a deliciously simple story — it's about good against
evil, an underdog upsetting the odds, a final shot at redemption
for a corrupt character... It's a story we want to inhabit and make
real in our lives.
If History Channel wanted to portray
real evil they would have had the Ceo's
for Chase Bank and Nationwide Insurance mucking about in a robe taking advantage of honest people.
Just as we can't account
for true, objective good without God, no one can recognize the
real badness of
evil without him.
And this is the
real danger
for Christians today, a casual attitude toward our religion, a lassitude that lives out that famous line often attributed to Edmund Burke: For evil to thrive, all that is necessary is that good men do nothi
for Christians today, a casual attitude toward our religion, a lassitude that lives out that famous line often attributed to Edmund Burke:
For evil to thrive, all that is necessary is that good men do nothi
For evil to thrive, all that is necessary is that good men do nothing.
If good and
evil are not
real for a season, we have no way to get to that field beyond good and
evil.
For Vedanta, like Sankhya, the problem was not
real contamination or separateness or
evil, but the misleading appearance from which true knowledge could free men.
I am also the face of a
real mormon... I swear, hate and hope
for evil upon people that don't believe as I do!
If God had prevented World War I — a senseless war, the only
real accomplishment of which was to plant the seeds
for World War II — the overall balance of good and
evil would have been greatly affected
for the millions of people who lost sons, husbands, brothers, or friends in that war.
God is
real, Jesus is
real, satan is
real, good is
real,
evil is
real, sin is
real and so is salvation & man's need
for it... we all have a choosing to believe God or... I simply pray
for all who don't believe in Our Heavenly Father & His Son; I pray you will come to His marvelous light
God is
real, Jesus is
real, satan is
real, good is
real,
evil is
real, sin is
real and so is salvation & man's need
for it... we all have a choice to make & it is a choice that we will be held accountable
for: believe God & receive salvation through His Son, or reject them... I simply pray
for all who don't believe in Our Heavenly Father & His Son; I pray you will come to His marvelous light
The
real evil was the gossip who was a tattle - tail and the denominational leaders who fired the guy when he had done nothing wrong, leaving him high and dry with no way to provide
for his family.
While the debates rage on about whether Noah is biblical enough, Heaven is
For Real true enough, and God is Not Dead profitable enough, Philomena delivers a quiet, understated, and powerful portrayal of the actual human experience, where clear - cut lines between good and
evil, heroes and villains, right and wrong might be good «story-wise» but don't reflect the reality most people of faith actually live in.
I am
for real making this
for my friends who LOVE cheese / HATE tofu — cause this will trick them (insert
evil laugh here)!!!
@Admin: you have revealed my
real life identity and now I must cease my super heroe activities as a consequence
for fear of threat to my family by the
Evil Professor and his cronies!
Recently he got the chance to drive a
real Formula E car and will soon compete in Formula E's Las Vegas eRace, where $ 1 million (Dr
Evil pose) is up
for grabs.
And just this week, Paladino said he finds the task of campaigning
for governor «the most disgusting thing ever got myself involved with,» but added: «It's a necessary
evil so that I can do the
real job.»
But as much as Saraki (using the Senate to play the Samson, that would rather take everybody down
for his personal foibles) kids himself he is the
real deal, he is only a tool in the crafty and
evil hands of the electorally vanquished, up in their fond game of blocking positive change in the lives of the people.
Kurland spent far too much time trying to link her opponent to the
evils of the
real estate industry based on two staff jobs with developers he held
for relatively short amounts of time.
Late on Sunday a caller claiming to be from the
Real IRA claimed responsibility
for the attack, which has been condemned as «
evil» by prime minister Gordon Brown and «barbaric» by Northern Ireland secretary Shaun Woodward.
Third, if minor parties are worried about how winner - take - all, single - member - district elections encourage voters to vote
for lesser
evils rather than their first choice, we want to work with them
for a
real solution to that problem: a system of proportional representation,» LaVenia said.
Resident
Evil HD Remaster is a golden opportunity
for newcomers to face the
real terror.
Story details are limited, but we know the Blumhouse Productions horror sequel will follow Shannyn Sossamon (A Knight's Tale, The End of Love, One Missed Call) as a protective mother (Shannyn Sossamon of «Wayward Pines») and her 9 - year - old twin sons (
real - life twin brothers Robert and Dartanian Sloan) find themselves in a rural house marked
for death as the
evil spirit of Bughuul continues to spread with frightening intensity.
None of them had any
real depth; they were
evil for evil's sake, and were incapable of being anything more than lessons in discipline
for their nemeses.
During a «Making Of» documentary
for his most recent game — The
Evil Within — veteran developer Shinji Mikami said a curious thing: «There aren't any
real survival horror games in the world right now».
Real - life
evil leaders and governments seek to amass wealth
for the ruling elite, distract the population from their problems with scapegoats, and eliminate or demonize groups different from themselves.
Not the fault of the actors but when you have the excellent Danny Huston (30 Days of Night) playing an
evil German officer then there is the potential to create a proper villain, a mad genius with grand plans
for world domination during a time of great sorrow
for the rest of the world, and instead his General Ludendorff is resorted to cracking open gas tablets that give him Hulk - like strength
for no
real reason and never really pays off in any way; in one scene he locks a group of people in a room with a deadly nerve gas and then decides to snort on his magic capsule before cackling and running off - camera like Jack Nicholson's Joker.
I had a
real passion both
for the Mortal Kombat and Resident
Evil games, and that was the reason we made those movies.
Though she told Belfast Telegraph, «It's my first
real villain role and it's surprising how easy it was
for evil to come to me.»