Sentences with phrase «as much violence»

Similarly, the current volume has increased, and current divorces are not preceded by as much violence and anger as in the past (Amato, 2001).

The strokes were made with as much violence as possible without tearing the paper.»

The film is unquestionably violent, but you never actually see as much violence as you think you do.

It is our job to stop as much violence as possible.

You could erase all forms of religion off the face of the Earth... and we'd still have just as much violence in the world.

I mean really... The Bible has just as much violence.

Not exact matches

The good doctor has spent much of the past 35 years reframing our national epidemic of gun violence as though it were any other epidemic — that is to say, as a public health problem.

And yet, as painful as such events are, and as much as they seem to increasingly define America's uniquely violent profile among developed nations, they account for just 1 - 2 % of all gun - related deaths in the U.S. «We lose upwards of 90 people a day on average to firearm violence, to suicide and homicide,» says Wintemute.

Neither the regional governments nor Moscow appear to be trying to solve the underlying issues so much as tamp down the extremism and violence.

I even say that this is not so much violence itself as a justification of violence that is unacceptable to Christian faith.

Gandhi said as much when he declared that violence is «the law of the brute.»

That's today, but there are plenty of times when christians would have responded with as much if not more violence.

By travelling as far as they can west and north, they are seeking not immediate respite from violence so much as greater economic opportunity.

For Brown, if the United States could commit itself to refusing to imitate the «evil deeds» of the terrorists, if the U.S. would eschew the violence that has marked its post-World War II foreign policy, if the U.S. could abandon its «faith in redemptive violence,» if the U.S. could spend as much money on a peace academy as it does on the service academies... well, there would be some hope for a peaceful future.

Canada is far less religious than the US (way more atheists per capita), and yet has fewer abortions per capita, far less gun violence per capita (despite being just as ethnically diverse), is a peacekeeping country, less divorce per capita, has universal health care, more social safety nets, and Canadians are considered much nicer than Americans.

As the BBC notes, the rise of ISIS — as well as the airstrikes and fighting to combat the Islamic militant group — is responsible for much of the uptick in violencAs the BBC notes, the rise of ISIS — as well as the airstrikes and fighting to combat the Islamic militant group — is responsible for much of the uptick in violencas well as the airstrikes and fighting to combat the Islamic militant group — is responsible for much of the uptick in violencas the airstrikes and fighting to combat the Islamic militant group — is responsible for much of the uptick in violence.

If you, as I, do not accept any of these ways of rejecting much of Scripture, then you can reasonably conclude that violence and even killing itself is not sinful when used to prevent evil acts and punish evil natures.

Unfortunately, as women, we have found it difficult to persuade the churches and the ecumenical movement that the issue of violence against women is as much an issue of ecclesiology as is complicity in political conflicts, because women have been silent for too long and the churches too have been complicit by their often silence, but also by their sometimes legitimization of the violence theologically.

Crack a book open, and not one with so much capricious violence as the bible.

It is certainly not the only way, and should not by any means be our first response to all situations; however I can not agree with Wink's conclusion, as summarized by Jeremy, that «history has proven time and time again that violence will never put an end to violence,» or that violence itself is always an evil action (Wink concludes the latter much more firmly than Jeremy.

What strikes one after reading this vastly informative book is how much the conditions of this dhimmitude varied among countries, rulers, and eras, and how much the encounter with Western modernity has added a new element of ambivalence, almost schizophrenia, in Muslim jurisprudence» sometimes leading to emancipation and sometimes to a violence and hatred unknown to the past, as in present - day Algeria.

This perspective unmistakably reveals the unwholesomeness, not to put it more strongly, of our way of life: our obsession with sex, violence, and the pornography of «making it;» our addictive dependence on drugs, «entertainment,» and the evening news; our impatience with anything that limits our sovereign freedom of choice, especially with the constraints of marital and familial ties; our preference for «nonbinding commitments;» our third - rate educational system; our third - rate morality; our refusal to draw a distinction between right and wrong, lest we «impose» their morality on us; our reluctance to judge or be judged; our indifference to the needs of future generations, as evidence by our willingness to saddle them with a huge national debt, an overgrown arsenal of destruction, and a deteriorating environment; our unsated assumption, which underlies so much of the propaganda for unlimited abortion, that only those children born for success ought to be allowed to be born at all.

Also, I prefer debate over violence, but if l meet violence, I'll meet it with as much force that I can muster.

Just as the revelation of a loving Father is central to all of what Jesus said and did, so also, this truth about the violence that resides in the hearts of mankind also lurks beneath the surface in much of what Jesus teaches.

We see ample evidence of such violence and domination by those who are «connected» in much of our world — by Afghan warlords as well as the tyrannical chair of the condo board.

Irrational beliefs are dangerous and a break from reality that makes the final step to violence that much easier as we see all the time in the news.

I try to help my fellow man as much as possible and part of that is to help them shed their childish beliefs that are the cause of so much violence and division in this world.

In many developing countries, wages are much less, and as journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn have noted in their widely - acclaimed book Half the Sky, the empowerment and employment of women can have a direct and profound effect in curbing poverty, infant mortality, maternal mortality, and violence.

As much as you disagree with the billboard, you can't possibly say that it somehow represents a call to violenAs much as you disagree with the billboard, you can't possibly say that it somehow represents a call to violenas you disagree with the billboard, you can't possibly say that it somehow represents a call to violence

He said: «As we see you, as we see this area with its constant memories of what has happened, we seek to share with you in a way that reminds you that you are not alone, that the pain you suffer is not considered passing but profound, and that the grief for the lost is something that will forever be inscribed by our memories in these very stones, stones that over so many centuries have seen so much violence, but have also seen the renewal of hope and the overcoming of eviAs we see you, as we see this area with its constant memories of what has happened, we seek to share with you in a way that reminds you that you are not alone, that the pain you suffer is not considered passing but profound, and that the grief for the lost is something that will forever be inscribed by our memories in these very stones, stones that over so many centuries have seen so much violence, but have also seen the renewal of hope and the overcoming of evias we see this area with its constant memories of what has happened, we seek to share with you in a way that reminds you that you are not alone, that the pain you suffer is not considered passing but profound, and that the grief for the lost is something that will forever be inscribed by our memories in these very stones, stones that over so many centuries have seen so much violence, but have also seen the renewal of hope and the overcoming of evil.

People acting as if non-violence is not an answer — but I am not saying we don't get involved — let's not pass into the idea of how much violence we will use — because that's dangerous «evil» territory — allow a little in and soon we are talking about how much gunshots fired into a person is «normal»?

Research shows, for example, that people become more tolerant of violence as a result of so much violence in TV programming.

Cost savings, combined with what researcher Dr. Jerome Singer documents as the importance of movement and action as an immediate attention - getter, account for much of the pressure for gratuitous violence on the screens in our homes.

I am not trying to sweep the violence of Scripture under the rug and ignore it, but when God's angels start pulling out their swords to hack people to pieces (as in the scene with Sodom and Gomorrah), it's a little too much.

What we need is to recognize that some human rights crises may demand preemptive force (In the form of humanitarian intervention) as a deterrent to much greater violence.

But what the sixteenth and early seventeenth century gave the late eighteenth century was not so much a set of culture - fragmenting ideas as a bequest of violence.

But television has been identified, clearly and unambiguously, as a cause of violence, and television is something over which society has much more control than many of the other causes of violence.

There has been so much violence and hatred against gays, with «Christians» (not all, of course), quoting biblical censoring — Islam is just as bad.

Violence erupted in Mexicali, Mexico over the construction of Constellation Brands» new brewery as farmers accused the government of corruption and devoting too much of the city's water supply to the brewery, according to the The San Diego Union Tribune.

The Dodgers are under as much pressure to win as any team in the game, but they declined to finalize a trade for Chapman because of an ongoing domestic violence investigation.

Just as much as Torres» passgoal, it encapsulates this Spain: a selective group, protected by a tacit violence, enjoying itself while its excluded and ignored opponents weep.

During an era when gun and gang violence is at its peak, Kelley's play serves as a powerful reminder that we — all of us — have so much work still ahead.

I guess in the countries with the highest rates, it is as much a political problem (severe violence within the country making it unsafe for outsiders to try to help) as a money problem.

Yesterday UN secretary - general Ban Ki - moon described Mr Tsvangirai's decision to withdraw from the June 27th vote as «understandable» and said there had been «too much violence, too much intimidation» in Zimbabwe.

When I was there we weren't being shot at too much because despite what we were being told further up the chain we weren't so stupid as to not go into every village and say «we're not going to touch your poppy» and arguably the upturn in violence against coalition forces came in 2009 and in 2010 when the American marine brigade started saying «oh hang on, weren't we supposed to eradicating poppies?

2) Re threats, both your links seem to be as much about India protecting itself from spillover violence in neighboring countries.

In theories of protest and revolution, the question whether violence is justified is premissed on the idea that it is probable.On the other hand, as is often observed, much modern social and political theory more or less eclipsed war within or between states, taking the socialising and civilising forces of historical progress for granted.

Or they use it as a justification for violence and power abuse, much like ISIS.

(They typically don't get much coverage, not because of bias, but because they simply aren't as interesting as are conservative - led violence.

Quite the contrary: No other nation is nearly as armed as we are, and no other nation has remotely as much gun violence per capita.