Sentences with phrase «abhorred violence»

Yet when the Protestant Reformation took place, he did not join it, partly because he was a man of moderate and tolerant temperament who abhorred violence, and partly because he was repelled by the anti-humanist element in so much of the Protestantism of his time.

The atheists I know are loving people who abhor violence.

Once that step toward abhorring violence was taken, it was hard not to find it everywhere.

Most woolgrowers abhor the violence that some of their fellows commit.

I feel that I have clearly been a disappointment to Nigella during the last year or so, and I am disappointed that she was advised to make no public comment to explain that I abhor violence of any kind against women, and have never abused her physically in any way.

Not exact matches

Whether the issue was civil rights, Vietnam or urban renewal, the Century always feared the activities of the radical element, and abhorred the use of violence to gain power in public life.

Sadly, although the dominant culture abhors and fears such violence, we have little idea how to oppose it.

Therefore, the women in Ukraine are delighted when they meet a Western man who believes in the equality of women and abhors domestic violence.

It's an essential key to why «Pulp Fiction» resonated with so many people, even those who normally abhor foul language and gratuitous violence.

Fathers & Families abhors domestic violence, and believes that children who witness domestic violence in many cases are harmed by the experience.

liz: Their words that they abhor domestic violence are not borne out by their actions.