Sentences with phrase «about the greed of»

What about the greed of people who bought more house than they could afford, borrowed more for cars than they could afford, and bought luxury items on credit cards?

What about the greed of companies in the climate change industry?

It was about the greed of a few individuals.»

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In fact, Jesus had more to say about the the dangers of greed, love of possessions, and the lack of compassion for the the «poor» and the «least of these» than he did about any other single subject in christian scripture.

I know that wasn't your point about child soldiers, but interestingly, the «let it happen» is often tied back to greed, power, control... more of the «sin - soaked» and to me «sin» isn't necessarily only a «christian» concept.

The Bible has a lot to say about the love of money (greed)... Worrying about who it's going to offend is a fear of man and the Bible says that «a fear of man is a snare.

In 1973 I met him again in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a broken man, living, he said, on social security, and bitter about what he called the greed and duplicity of men who had brought down his life's work and that of thousands of ordinary people.

Andy Stanley, a prominent evangelical leader, said some in his congregation cheered when he launched a preaching series called «Recovery Road» to talk about politically touchy issues such as personal greed, the federal deficit and the sins of subprime loans.

U2 didn't know it was such a hand - me down, and neither did I. Both they and I would have been insulted to have been told that there was something communist - like about the idea of modern greed / capitalism causing modern wars.

The main thrust of his new book, and its most powerful and original feature, consists of a series of highly specific charges about the greed and rapacity of Jewish organizations seeking compensation for victims of the Holocaust, especially the WJC.

But the Bible talks way more about divorce, greed, gluttony, pride, most of which are overlooked in our churches.

I wish there was a scientific test that told everyone the truth about things such as greed, arrogance, envy, anger, lust and other downfalls of our character.

Although I'm a somewhat spotty attender of church, I really like our priest because he does preach against greed, the wars, and about our duty (both as individuals and as a nation) to care for those who are in need, the sick, the very young and the very old.

But if they're in your community collecting a salary, I can guarantee they're in it to win it baby and they will never preach about the evils of greed or else they'd be preaching damnation to themselves.

I responded that (at least from my perspective) that for some, it may be about «greed» or personal circumstances... but that there will likely continue to be «push back» on anything that smacks of legalism, regardless of the subject.

Jesus had a lot of to say about greed, so why not just stick with the bible and Jesus» teachings?

Wills says that unlike the popes of old, whose overriding sins were greed, venality, and lust for temporal power, the modern popes, beginning with Pius IX, recruit Catholics into «structures of deceit» about Church doctrine and discipline.

«You were CLUELESS about the sin of Sodom being greed.»

Albie if you think religion is holding this country back try living in Afghanistan or Pakistan the Taliban has these countries living in the literal stone age the thing holding this country back is greed and a mistaken belief in the Ayn Rand theory of «i got mine too bad about you if you're not careful i «lll have yours too»

Complaints abound about the corruption and greed of the proverbial....

We are quick to quote other commandments against sins that are repulsive to us, but what about the sins of ambition, greed and egomania that manifest themselves in empire - building, money - grubbing, Babel - erecting success stories?

His financial greed is disgusting and his plans for the least among us You, most likely, are one of those who ranted because you think the President's Christian pastor said terrible things about America and he was awful to sit in that church for 20 years and listen to that.

This Is NOT about Sin But the HEART and your so right we look on the things that you can see, but the list you gave jelousy, pride, self righteousness, greed, unforgiveness, hatred, envy all these have to do with the curupt soulish flesh, these are the things that keep us out of his presence!

Ah, seems as though a lot of people are trying to intellectualize greed, kinda makes them feel good about themselves.

To be sure, Berry says we're all — boomer, sticker or otherwise — complicit in this greed, but Warren's poetry is far more ambivalent about terms like greed, and therefore far more questioning in his «agrarianism» than Berry's literalism of the land.

This should greatly concern followers of Jesus, for Jesus had a lot to say about greed and the need to care for the poor.

And we can just imagine what Dr. Pat Deneen and other Front Hutters of the time were predicting about impending collapse as just punishment for our unnatural acquisitiveness and greed.

What about GREED Sarah... you didn't review that part of my posting... or that doesn't work in your «Christian» agenda

Subject to constant comparisons to predecessors Breaking Bad and Weeds, Good Girls attempts to ask similar questions about morality, deceit and greed, but fails to interest us beyond the shallow circumstances of the characters, ultimately diminishing its value.

There are many more facts about Mormonism that the public needs to know but will overlook because of hate and greed.

attempts to ask similar questions about morality, deceit and greed, but fails to interest us beyond the shallow circumstances of the characters, ultimately diminishing its value.

Ignorance, prejudice, intolerance and greed are the foundations of these «so - called» beliefs about the Obama's religion.

Jesus is indignant that the scribes and Pharisees (1) will not enter the kingdom of heaven themselves and stand in the way of others entering it as well; (2) will do almost anything to win a proselyte only to make that proselyte twice as much a child of hell as they are; (3) confuse people by senseless oaths, telling them that if they swear by the Temple, their oath is not binding, but if they swear by the gold of the Temple, it is binding - the fools ought to realize, Jesus says, that the Temple includes all that is in it; (4) tithe some of their money but neglect justice and mercy and faith, which are weightier moral matters, when they ought both to tithe and perform these greater acts of righteousness as well; (5) are careful about outward cleanliness but careless about the inward disposition, so that they are filled with extortion and greed; (6) appear righteous but really are hypocrites, because their appearance hides all manner of iniquity inside; (7) pretend to revere the prophets of history whom their parents killed but continue to practice the evil of their parents by rejecting those whom God sends to them now (Matt.

It's about time that the rivers of Latin America, the peoples of Latin America, be freed of these greeds of Latin America.

This is not all about you, this is about people, all people, «all nations» and the suffering of in difference, imposed poverty, and greed, and the misleading of idolatry of all religions, which are false in the sight of YHWH.

Jesus is very clear about how his followers are to behave: They are not to participate in the divine wrath or war against other nations, but war against hypocrisy, greed, cruelty and injustice — war against all demonic systems that pervert the humanity of human beings.

So if you hear a candidate praising Rand while calling for lower taxes on the rich, don't forget about Enron, or Fannie Mae, or the greed of many CEO's.

But there are scores and scores of verses about pride, anger, jealousy, gossip, slander, greed, and a whole host of other «sins» that plague modern Christianity.

It means nothing when preachers pontificate about greed — when greed is one of the cornerstones of most churches.

The reason leftists are always crying about what other people have and what they don't have is because of there insatiable greed.

Rainier has no clue what Jesus said «is what the law and the prophets is all about» and you don't even know that Sodom was destroyed because of greed.

Yeah, greed has gotten us to where we are today and since supposedly 80 % of Americans are Christian what does that tell you about your religion.

He listens in a casual sort of way while the minister prays and preaches about the love of God, and forgiving our enemies, and getting rid of greed in the world.

So many of you are starting to use basic logic and reason about the world around you and my greed of selling snake oil and magic beans isn't working like I planned.

Read your statement again and then make a list of all the things the bible says to do — that you don't do, being careful to note verses about sexual lust, greed, gluttony, slothfulness, love, obedience, etc..

Like the time they went and threw $ 10,000 worth of coins onto the sidewalks of Wall Street to make a point about greed (pp. 188 - 189).

Funny you should talk about apathy, since you seem to have no empathy just like the rest of your kind you want to repackage greed as a form of social justice.

It's about time that the rivers of Latin America, the peoples of Latin America, be freed of these greeds.7

Bishop Harry Jackson (at the beginning of this item) didn't say he was «afraid» to talk about greed; he said, rightly, that blaming it for the recession is incorrect and just feeds the anti-capitalism bias on the part of liberalism.

We have enough food to feed everyone and we can cut back on pollution — it's about greed by the top and not the children of the world.