Keep in mind a good part of the population understands the would - be pompous «angels» in our society
as the ultimate evil.
«Bison has appeared
as the ultimate evil man in the Street Fighter community.
Either it is fighting against or beside them, these baddies are remembered for their uniqueness and their personas
as the ultimate evil in their respective franchises.
It's a shame, slum landlords used to exist for good reason... Now politicians have co-opted the taxpayer
as the ultimate evil landlord!
But then you'd miss the joy of watching Michael Cera get a phonecall from the legend that is Jason Schwartzman, here appearing
as ultimate Evil Ex nemesis Gideon Gordon Graves, with some rather upsetting news.
The cosmic «I» no longer sees the perpetual perishing of worlds or universes, or even itself,
as ultimate evil, but instead cries out in adoration to its creator: «It is enough to have been created, to have embodied for a moment the infinite and tumultuously creative spirit.
When death came to be understood
as the ultimate evil rather than as a stage on the way to eternal life, utilitarian philosophers such as Jeremy Bentham found it easy to dismiss capital punishment as «useless annihilation.»
We tend to see death
as the ultimate evil thing that can happen and any death as the failure of God to preserve life.
Not exact matches
As others were getting sick, the traditional village healers, sometimes called the «secret societies» by outsiders, would attempt to dispel the
evil spirits that seemed to cause these hellish symptoms, keeping both the illness and the
ultimate deaths shrouded from the rest of the world.
If he is regarded
as «the foundation of the metaphysical situation with its
ultimate activity,... there can be no alternative except to discern in Him the origin of all
evil as well
as of all good....
More sophisticated theologians have qualified this outrageous notion by saying that God can do nothing which is irrational, such
as make square circles, or which is contrary to God's own nature and purpose, which are assumed to be good in some
ultimate sense, and therefore that God can not engage in genuinely
evil acts.
Ideas such
as the Kingdom of God are expressions of confidence in the
ultimate triumph of community, i.e., in the long - run victory of good over
evil, or the final establishment of progress.
The crucifixion, viewed simply
as an historical event, is the
ultimate evil: the betrayal, denial, unjust and cowardly condemnation, blaspheming and brutalising, flogging, public humiliation and torturing to death of the Son of God himself.
In Moses (1944) we find a new emphasis on the demonic, one which in no way conflicts, however, with the conception of God
as the
ultimate source of both good and
evil.
His affirmation of the oneness of God and the
ultimate oneness of God and the world has deepened in its paradoxical quality
as he has taken more and more realistic cognizance of the
evil of the world, but it has not wavered or weakened.
He will not see the Church
as an armed camp standing opposed to the camp of the
evil one, both on an equal footing and equally powerful and equally absolute, both simply comprised within the unrevealed will of a God who fundamentally has remained silent about the
ultimate meaning of this drama.
Ely complains that even if God triumphs over the
evil of «perpetual perishing» (which is the «
ultimate evil in the actual world»), the
ultimate evil is still
ultimate for us humans because we do perish
as individuals.
To eschatological faiths such
as Judaism and Christianity, the triumph of good over
evil is an
ultimate ideal.
In the New Thought setting of
ultimate oneness, and the conviction that «God is all there is,»
evil is regarded not
as a fundamental part of the universal order, but
as the byproduct of a human consciousness of separation.
On the same page with the above statement, Whitehead also refers to the
ultimate tragic element in the temporal world
as evil.
«18 Hick has characterized this
as an Irenaean type of theodicy which «accepts God's
ultimate omni - responsibility and seeks to show for what good and justifying reason He has created a universe in which
evil was inevitable.
The two intolerable positions are: first, one which deals irresponsibly with the given structures of society,
as if some
ultimate perfection could be secured by human effort; and, second, one which merely says the world is full of
evils.
What the biblical understanding of creation rules out is not any scientific account, but other interpretive statements, such
as «God is nature» (pantheism), «the world is essentially unreal» (Hinduism), «matter is
ultimate» (materialism), or «the world is
evil» (Schopenhauer — and some forms of existentialism).
Holy Mother Church has never had any doubts about the
ultimate origin of
evil, so it is here, in this new context that we must look for a possible reason why,
as we now know, some degree of «groaning» was built into God's chosen method of creation from the start.
They admirably avoid the fundamental question that haunts Christian theology: if God who wills to be involved has created a world in which not even he can act in perfect blamelessness, how can God avoid the accusation of guilt —
ultimate, primordial culpability for human suffering; culpability for that which we experience
as evil?
You think that it is possible to talk meaningfully about «good and
evil» «right and wrong» when criticizing the sins of Christians while simultaneously subscribing to the notion that neither sin nor good and
evil exist
as ultimate categories but only
as personal and social constructs.
Plato saw
evil as overcome in the
ultimate immortality of the soul.
As protest against all false claims upon the conscience it offers the
ultimate basis for Christian ethics, and it leads to action against concrete
evils.
You might refer to that self - destruction
as sin, or
evil, or illness, but regardless, that
ultimate takeaway bestows Annihilation with a weight of responsibility.
If the term «apparent
evil» applied simply to that prima facie
evil which, from an
ultimate perspective, contributes to a better future, then the term would be so broad
as to include every historical
evil.
Whether God's victory is thought of
as coming within or beyond this world, God's actual
ultimate triumph over
evil is a tenacious note which Christians refuse to surrender.
His
ultimate moral philosophy lay in such propositions
as that «from within, out of the heart of men,
evil thoughts proceed,» (Mark 7:21.)
But where the spiritual self is involved
evil is seen
as more radical,
as based on alienation from God or the
ultimate ground of being.
It is significant that Vatican II (and also the Uppsala Assembly of the World Council of Churches) defines the church
as the sacramental sign of the unity of all humanity, and also speaks of the presence of the Paschal Mystery among all peoples (see Decree on the Church, and the document on the Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the Modern World) This approach assumes that in Christianity, acknowledgment of Salvation (understood
as the transcendent
ultimate destiny of human beings) finds expression and witness in the universal struggle for Humanization (understood
as the penultimate human destiny) in world history which is shaped not only by the forces of goodness and life, but also by the forces of
evil and death.
The whole Jesus mythology isn't
as pure
as you think it is, condemning most of humanity to an eternal torture zone is more
evil than anything anyone could conceive, making your god the
ultimate evil!
My hope is not so much for the
ultimate destruction of
evil as its redemption.
The book of Genesis does not give an
ultimate explanation of the origin of
evil, for
evil is at its heart not explicable or intelligible, just
as darkness is by its nature not visible.
But just
as one candle may become light itself and illuminate the entire universe, a glimpse of uncertainty may unlock menace on the face of every passerby,
ultimate evil in the particular way the door over there stands ajar.
On these terms, salvation (the Christian end) may differ not only from conditions humans generally regard
as evil or destructive but also from those that specific religious traditions regard
as most desirable and
ultimate.
which is the
ultimate source and cradle of all existence and the «uncreated and ineffable Supreme»... At is beyond time and space, beyond form or any experiential differentiation, and beyond polarities such
as good and
evil, light and darkness, stability and motion, and agony and ecstasy.
As the forces of
evil seek the key to
ultimate power, Earth's last chance for survival rest in the hands of young Sam Witwicky.
Toby Kebbell (Rocknrolla) has joined the cast of Disney's The Sorcerer's Apprentice
as Drake Stone, a celebrity illusionist, not unlike Chriss Angel, who joins forces with an
evil sorcerer named Horvath (Alfred Molina), to «gain
ultimate powers.»
The energy drains, and the movie begins to lose some of its moral drive,
as the movie subtly shifts from a battle against
ultimate evil to a battle against negative thought and politically incorrect ideology.
The movie promises to be the culmination of ten years worth of Marvel movies that have taken audiences on a journey
as we discover the six Infinity stones and their power, and introduced us to the good guys, the bad guys, and the
ultimate evil, Thanos.
But it's Hepburn and Arkin's dynamics that ultimately steal the show, with his flamboyant, never quite over the top performance
as the embodiment of pure
evil and her passionate, fully dedicated interpretation of a seemingly helpless woman in
ultimate peril finding the inner strength to come out victorious in the end.
The overall effect is somewhat unsettling, which works
as a lead in to the two final movies — the sense of destabilization and vulnerability is palpable — but by the same token, doesn't allow for a massive build to propel the audience into the
ultimate showdown between good and
evil that awaits in the final film (split into two installments currently being filmed).
It stars Bruce Willis
as a cab driver living in New York City in the 23rd century who falls in love with the «perfect being», a woman who turns out to be the
ultimate weapon to save the universe from pure darkness /
evil.
As the children come through the wardrobe into Narnia, they find themselves as the most savored pawns in a war for supremacy between the noble lion Aslan (voiced by Liam Neeson, Batman Begins) and the White Witch, in the ultimate battle between good and evi
As the children come through the wardrobe into Narnia, they find themselves
as the most savored pawns in a war for supremacy between the noble lion Aslan (voiced by Liam Neeson, Batman Begins) and the White Witch, in the ultimate battle between good and evi
as the most savored pawns in a war for supremacy between the noble lion Aslan (voiced by Liam Neeson, Batman Begins) and the White Witch, in the
ultimate battle between good and
evil.
It's a runaway train of epic surprises,
as these two unlikely heroes must learn to work together before the
ultimate showdown between good and
evil explodes.
Still, perhaps the most exciting moment in the film features the full appearance of Thanos, who continues to be positioned
as the Marvel Studios»
ultimate evil.