Sentences with phrase «as excuse»

45 This, however, should not be used by a minister as an excuse for avoiding his duty.

In addition to jealousy, fear, and distrust, some of the opposition to missions came from the fact that many looked upon them as an excuse to get money out of the Churches.

I'm all for asking the Holy Spirit to teach us but I think that this too is abused and used as an excuse not to * study * the bible as well as read what scholars and theologians have to teach us about it.

They used Jesus» coming as an excuse to satisfy their curiosity.

The attacks on Obama's faith begain from the moment he decided to run — they used his name as an excuse to say he was a Muslim.

Or in defense of atheism, as religions use as an excuse, most recently used for the Boston bombings?

I sometimes cop out by citing my youthfulness and lack of a house and fine china and cloth napkins as an excuse to neglect hospitality.

But surely the Christian cause would have derived an incalculable gain if, at the loss of even millions of dollars, it were to bring about a day when the bogey of intermarriage could no longer serve as an excuse for perpetuating our unjust social discrimination against our colored brothers.

stop using bible as an excuse for every ridiculous thing.

Let's see it for what it really is, and not use it as an excuse to hate each other and divide humankind.

And having been conditioned to a specific belief by your parents does not wring any special admiration from me, particularly since it was only used as an excuse, NOT to have to start thinking for oneself after leaving puberty.

Do not use me as an excuse for not using your government to help those less fortunate than you.

He is a little scared of getting beaten by a girl and is using the bible as an excuse.

or maybe Canada, there's no draft so you can't use that as an excuse but maybe they'll offer you political asylum since you feel so strongly that everyone should pay for your ole ladies birth control.

The abortion question is simply «used as an excuse» (by the radical right, of course) to prevent CEDAW ratification, thus «embarrassing» American diplomats.

yep, people use religion as an excuse to fight sometimes - but other times there is no other reason to fight except for religion.

You are simply using the fact that it is impossible to disprove someone's imaginary friend as an excuse to cling to yours.

Stephen — in short, I find your willingness to use your children as an excuse to say you know what actual persecution and exclusion is like to be deplorable.

God is the fictional character that people use as their excuse to join social organizations called churches.

If someone uses God as an excuse to hurt their fellow man then they're not really a follower of Jesus Christ.

It can be used by abusive men as an excuse that their behavior is condoned by God.

We use our supposed lack of resources as an excuse to sit on the sidelines and not do anything at all.

But, if enthusiasm for individual - actualization is misused as an excuse for privitism, the long - range results will be growth - stifling for everyone on the planet.

It looks like they used this as AN EXCUSE to drop student coverage, which costs them money.

so the church could use a disgusting ruling like that one as an excuse to hire along racial lines.

While the traditions given as an example may be accurate, let's not use them as an excuse for her actions.

If you do not use geology as an excuse to discredit what was never even stated in the Bible you will certainly use something else.

So, if they are using his age and his recent medical conditions as an excuse for his behavior and his comments, then why is he still allowed to function and give interviews?

Honesty and authenticity to one's self is of course very important, but it can often be used as an excuse to not grow or challenge oneself.

I grow ever so tired of people using God as an excuse for everything under the sun.

And I am constantly appalled when religion or lack thereof is used as an excuse for crimes, and I don't think it makes a good excuse for classifying insanity.

Sometimes this may be used as an excuse for the pastor's own reluctance to take on the challenge.

You really don't care at all about gays; you just use this as an excuse to spread your hate of mainstream Americans.

For those who are not yet convinced of my lunacy, I'd like to finish with a word on the statement that, «Faith has always been used as an excuse to commit crimes against humanity...» I will grant you that at some points in history, humans have used faith «as an excuse to commit crimes against humanity.»

This is a verse in the Bible that is oft misconstrued, extrapolated, and perverted into a meaning that can be used as an excuse for the ignorant to support Israeli crimes.

Using Rosa, then 2, as an excuse, she went for a walk.

In other firms the competitive environment has been used as an excuse to weaken the bonds of community among fellow workers.

People need to accept that and quit being hypocrites who just use the Bible as an excuse.

using religion as an excuse for one's bad behavior is a bunch of bunk.

It's sad to see how we, as people, argue with each other over who owns the truth, while our reilious leaders sit back and laugh... Jesus, Moses, Mohammed, Budda all said that we should respect each other, and yet, we are all here saying who is right and who is not... I believe that we should stop using Religion as an excuse to force our own beliefs upon other people... Druids are offically a Religion, simply a different way to believe in God's work, in my opinion... good for them... oh..

Yes, maybe we use «relationship evangelism» as an excuse to not actually do evangelism.

They're just using this as an excuse to fill liberals with a false guilt because of the liberal «racist - phobia», and the looney «political correctness» fiasco that liberals live by.

Muslims love the drama and making it obvious «i am muslim» hence why they wear stupid burqa's when it is culture and not religion, yet use religion as the excuse and fasting.

Time and time again religion has been weaponized and used as an excuse to justify one's actions (Westborough Baptist church being one).

If enthusiasm for individual - actualization is misused as an excuse for privitism, the long - range results will be growth - stifling for everyone on the planet.

Thus Hitler could appeal to the threat of a Jewish plot to rule the world as an excuse for illegal and tyrannic moves by the government.

I hate that once someone decides you're a «celebrity Christian,» they use that as an excuse to treat you as something other than a human being.

I don't doubt that some people use government activity as an excuse not do something themselves.

Of course, this scripture can also be bent into as an excuse to abdicate responsibility: «The earth is the Lord's, so let Him take care of it!»

God was created as an excuse for poor behavior or bad thoughts and to control people for a political end.