Sentences with phrase «act in ways contrary»

Martyrs of all ages and all faiths have demonstrated that a man can use his responsible freedom to choose to act in a way contrary to the maximum coercion that can be applied with penalties and rewards.

As Justice Dickson noted, «Freedom means that, subject to such limitations as are necessary to protect public safety, order, health, or morals or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others, no one is to be forced to act in a way contrary to his beliefs or his conscience.»

The interference with s 2 (a) in this case is different from typical infringements of religious freedom in that they do not «force... [one] to act in a way contrary to his beliefs or his conscience.»

Not exact matches

As such, the decline did not draw too much traders» attention; it even acted in a contrary way, making Maserich quite attractive.

Pregnancy, however, falls comfortably into none of the usual definitions of disease: it is not a state inimical to the way one is supposed to feel; it is not a condition in which body components and systems are acting inharmoniously (to the contrary, infertility would more likely fall within that definition); it is not a state of abnormality — for the pregnant woman functions satisfactorily within society, and the social and physical environment tolerates the pregnant woman perfectly.

What ties together Shenk's different arguments is what I call the divine inversion — the many ways in which God acts contrary not merely to physical nature, but to what humans take to be the natural order of things in the social and political world.

On the contrary, empirical studies have shown that the vast majority of gay people who have attempted a celibate lifestyle end up acting out their sexual needs in promiscuous and self - destructive ways.

No Christian that has ever read the Bible can doubt that God can prevent someone from acting in a way that is contrary to his revealed will.

They were those particular acts either prohibited by scriptural texts or contrary to natural law — acts done with the wrong person, in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose.

Griffin rightly states that FWTs believe that «God could have created beings who would be like us in all ways, enjoying all the values we enjoy — intellectual, aesthetic, interpersonal, creative — except that they would not really be free to act contrary to God's will, and thereby would not wreak havoc» (ER 83).

For my part I can in a way understand Abraham, but at the same time I apprehend that I have not the courage to speak, and still less to act as he did — but by this I do not by any means intend to say that what he did was insignificant, for on the contrary it is the one only marvel.

In a paradoxical way, the UK is acting within the system of international law by making a claim that is contrary to international law.

There's no magic formula (contrary to what some dating experts say), so don't assume that saying the right things or acting in a way that doesn't feel authentic to you is the only way you'll be successful.

When we act in ways that are contrary to our stated goals (that is, a teacher who says she cares about collaboration but resists having her students work collaboratively), we may have «hidden commitments» that drive our behaviors.

At the moment, I'm focused on my year - end evaluation report because contrary to what is written in your editorial, there ARE consequences to my current locally - determined evaluation system.The Education Committee was acting in a responsible way when they listened to the concerns of the professionals — the educators who work with students every day — and moved Substitute Bill 24 out of committee.

The more page time I gave the princes, the greater the risk of putting them in the wrong place at the wrong time, or having them act in a way that was contrary to the historical record.

Being negligent is when you've acted in a way that's considered thoughtless, careless or contrary to how a normal person would act in a similar situation.

Yes, in that, in both cases, you are acting contrary to the proper nature of being a judge (deciding objectively according to the facts and law), and instead are acting in whatever way gives you some form of profit.

Wrongful dismissal occurs when employees are dismissed in a way that is contrary to their contract or a Canadian employment law, such as the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) or the Canada Labour Code (CLC).

By ensuring that administrative decisions fit within the legislative scheme in a way that makes sense in terms of the basic rules of statutory interpretation and fundamental legal principles, the courts are not acting contrary to the legislative will, but rather carrying it out.

If there is a contrary intention, then, the Interpretation Act must give way and the provision found in the specific Act is the rule.

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Examples include assessing the merits of secular teaching against Scripture together and rejecting false teaching from your lives, being okay to tell your spouse to stop thinking and acting a certain way that is contrary to God's decrees, and saying «no» to seeking approval just from your spouse alone rather than giving honor to the Lord in all things.