Sentences with phrase «as god likes»

There was a turning point, as God likes to do things, that sprang me into action.

You have to stop looking at Henry as some God like being, he turned a coaching role down with Arsenal to carry on his (rather boring) punditry job with Sky, chasing the # # # s».

Not exact matches

Doctors are no longer depicted as god - like creatures, but instead as regular humans who may be dedicated to their craft but suffer from insecurities.

Sumerian life at the time was built as most polytheistic cultures are — pet gods, responsible for things like the health of a harvest, the phases of the moon or fertility.

Bill Gurley: Look, as I said earlier, I think one of the problems is that people that favor one approach vilify all the others and, for me, it's simply like, «Oh, my God, they're at 1/4 our cost.»

«I admit that I have always harbored an exaggerated view of my self - importance — to put it bluntly, I fancied myself as some kind of god or an economic reformer like Keynes (each with his General Theory) or, even better, a scientist like Einstein» George Soros

As much as I don't like Sarah Palin, I really think her e-mail to God about little Trig was from the hearAs much as I don't like Sarah Palin, I really think her e-mail to God about little Trig was from the hearas I don't like Sarah Palin, I really think her e-mail to God about little Trig was from the heart.

This is funny since he only thinks there was a god because like most people that's what's been drummed into their heads by preachers and society as a whole....

I had in my heart and tongue the Name of Allah when ever I had fears, troubles or depression of any kind but from Jan 05 1995 when had lost my father and second brother in a car accident, it was the time I really felt am alone at age of 33 to face all the challenges my father has left upon me to run and manage among other partners therefore had been investigating the Quran as to understanding every word of it rather than to memorize it, have been did a lot of reciting verses of prayers begging God to look upon me and give me strength... am sure through such difficult times if I had no faith in God I would have perished and lost every thing long ago... Another thing my heart always gave me signs and my mind gave me logic of what to believe although have read many books abroad in my youth of many beliefs out of curiosity but could not belief in other than that God is one and Muhammed is his last prophet in all belief of the Quran he brought upon me / us in all that it says... Should mention at times had experienced dreams seeing signs and warnings long in advance of things going to happen A year or more before losing my father in a car accident I had seen him in my dream good bye wearing white cloth and going to board a tourist ship all crew dressed in white uniform rolling a red carpet on front of him and when was on the top of the stairs weaver smiling good bye... seen in another dream how or wealth will be stolen and what I will hold... so many things like that..

And as others have pointed out, if you are a believer, no one had any real choice, as this was all pre-ordained (so much for free will, like God «hardening Pharaoh's heart»).

In reading some of the comments, I would just like to say that I would rather take a chance of being wrong in my belief in God as well as my faith in Jesus Christ as to be one that says there is no God only to stand before Him in the final judgement to hear the words «depart from me» and be cast into the lake of fire...

But you wont be able to legally discriminate sorry - just like in the 60s when you couldnt be bigoted against blacks anymore - as much as you screamed and yelled about «dem dare rights» - times are a changing please die off soon - and please, god please - do nt infect your kids with that bile - give them a chance!

Yet like the stupid christians made it a huge deal and wrote it as a god thing.

Using the Bible as proof that God exists is like using a 6 - year - old's drawing of a unicorn to prove that unicorns exist.

As his compatriots strain and huff to push Falstaff's oversized coffin, a God - like voiceover (Ralph Richardson) shares text from Holinshed's Chronicles, describing the reign of Henry V. Hal ascends to become legendary, or at least, to become the subject of History.

«At his funeral, Calvary Chapel's Chuck Smith eulogized Frisbee as a Samson - like figure; that being a man through whom God did many great works, but was the victim of his own struggles and temptations.»

I'd like to add to that the idea that as a Christian we may be tempted to flee day to day problems by imagining that God will lift us out of it all, or prayer will make it go away.

Atheists: I know many there are many people that practice religion just by fanaticism, I've seen many people in my opinion stupid (excuse the word) praying to saints hopping to solve their problems by repeating pre-made sentences over and over, but there are others different, I don't think Religion and Science need to be opposites, I believe in God, I'm Catholic and I have many reasons to believe in him, I don't think however that we should pray instead of looking for the cause and applying a solution, Atheists think they are smart because they focus on Science and technology instead of putting their faith in a God, I don't think God will solve our problems, i think he gave us the means to solve them by ourselves that's were God is, also I think that God created everything but not as a Magical thing but stablishing certain rules like Physics and Quimics etc. he's not an idiot and he knew how to make it so everything was on balance, he's the Scientist of Scientist the Mathematic of Mathematics, the Physician of Physicians, from the tiny little fact that a mosquito, an insect species needs to feed from blood from a completely different species, who created the mosquitos that way?

So I agree with Oprah, if you are a true Atheist, you can't believe in the mysteries as they are on par with what is considered God like.

As a matter of fact, I would like to thank Sister Catherine for rolling her eyes to the ceiling when we asked in 4th grade about how god made all the animals in one day and there were dinosaurs that were millions of years old while we studied fossils.

Many believe that atheism should be defined as a belief that no gods exist because they want to make it seem like a position of faith.

My thought, if there is some sort of God or being out there, he certainly isn't like anything any religion envisions as God.

God is invisible and doesn't care to be as obvious as math or gravity; we should honor his decision and treat him like he does not exist.

Later he apologized but, at that point, I was like «oh», he doesn't have anywhere close to the same understanding of God as I do.

What exactly does a universe that was not created by god look like to you so that we can use it as a reference for this one?

You said, «Their anger may come from the fact that they do not like the idea that they might have to be accountable to a higher authority (God) when they die and our witnessing to them reminds them of this event that they have to look forward to unless they repent and accept Jesus as their Savior before they die» Make sure that you also accept Thor, Zeus, Ra, and tens of thousands of other gods ever invented by man.

------- Oh, Alice, there no doubt, many pastors you would define as displaying the fruit of the Spirit, but if you knew what is going on behind the the doors, you would declare them not annointed of God in spite of what looks like fruit.

To «live by the Spirit and walk by the Spirit» not to expirament for ourselves on our own because «we are not our own» we are possessed by the very Spirit of God and as such speak like Holy Spirit in us... think about possession for a second, what does it look like?

2) The notion of the U.S. as a «Christian Country» is revisionist history that started during the Cold War (when, for example, «under God» was inserted into the Pledge of Allegiance, where for sixty years prior it had been absent) and continues today with people like Rick Santorum «wanting to vomit» at the notion of a secular nation.

Q. 4 It is only acceptable as an adult to believe childish Bronze Age mythology like talking snakes, the Red Sea splitting, water turning into wine by magic, mana falling from the sky, a man living in a whale's belly, a talking donkey, superhuman strength, a man rising from the dead and angels, ghosts, gods and demons in the field of:

you really need to do your research on your boy jesus... that story is very old... and like all relgions, manifested... as for the existence of a god... you provide any evidence (and i mean any) then we can have a discussion... until then, your opinion is invalid... WHAT CAN BE ASSERTED WITHOUT PROOF CAN BE DISMISSED WITHOUT PROOF... HITCHENS

A: God uses evil as a learning tool to draw us closer to him (like a test does for students)

Just as this article said, and my comment above, to solve the divide, we can: (1) Argue about the definition of Race / God (2) Argue about identification in a religion / race (3) Or realize the fundamental problem of prejudice that sneaks into human - made abstractions like «race» and «God».

One stupid observation with no knowledge like we have today — putting it down in a book and spin the story as god proof — divinity.

And for those of you who think of themselves as the» know it all kind» and everyone else is ignorant, whether you like it or not God created you and the universe, now if you don't see that then that is the ultimate ignorance.

Talking snakes, talking donkeys, a boat at sea for half a year with a couple million animals, a temple less than 5000sq feet taking 150,000 workers and 7 years to complete, and then sacrificing 14 animals a minute for 7 days straight, a virgin birth story (like there weren't already a few of them before), a zombie invasion that no third party seemed to witness, a dude living in the belly of a fish for a couple days, a guys last words (before become back as a zombie) being «My god, my god, why hast thou forsaken me.»

And before you judge me as some kind of religious creationist nut, I believe that God created things like evolution.

Just like you believed in Santa when you were a kid, now god is your adult Santa Claus because you never matured EMOTIONALLY and you still need a hand to hold like you held your mommy's hand as a child.

well chutty - oh where to start - if you don't beleive in god, fine... then don't... i don't beleive in mermaids, but i don't espouse my non-belief as «passionate»... nor do i denegrate those who may believe in mermaids with derogatory labels like zionist or evangelist... if you don't believe in god, then your belief in your fellow man should be a little stronger than having to slap labels on them....

You are like so many people who claim to speak for God but have no knowledge of His will, as revealed in His Book.

U r the Robot V and it is an idiot, deceiver, false prophet, man eater that eat human raw just like an Ape Lincoln as Obama and whoever believe the Under god have done the same thing and u r guilty from the beginning and u r still guilty now!

If you believe that Christian doctrine is essentially an attempt to capture dimensions of human experience that defy precise expression in language because of personal and cultural limitations, then the truth about God, the human condition, salvation, and the like can never be adequately posited once and for all; on the contrary, the church must express ever and anew its experience of the divine as mediated through Jesus Christ.

We generally like to be good to those we feel close to, as it protects our livelihoods — Some without reason will attribute this to God, I for one will consider it a wondrous byproduct of human development.

Maybe one day Conservative Christians will stop persecuting Atheists and just let them live their lives as they like, just as they are happy to let the Conservative Christian worship God as he / she likes.

In extracting «insights from sources as varied as Greek mythology, Catholic mysticism and fairy tales like Cinderella», Mr Rohr has followed in the steps of the religious leaders of Jesus day, who «made the word of God invalid because of your tradition».

The DSM - IV may as well just be called «God's Book of Unclean Lepers,» and it assumes, just like the Bible, that the clinicians are the elite and perfect «normal» ones and that everyone else that looks different than them has the disorder.

People like to point out science as the one thing that without a doubt disproves God.

Just like he references a conversation he had, about God as follows: «When I talk about God, I mean love and justice and reconciliation, not a man in the sky.

I think you tell yourself there is no god as a way to bring yourself comfort just like the people who say there is a god.

Nigel Rees, editor of an engaging newsletter that tracks down quotations, reports that Chesterton's fictional Father Brown said things very much like that, but he suspects the source is Emile Cammaerts» 1937 book on GKC, which paraphrased him as believing that «The first effect of not believing in God is to believe in anything.»