Sentences with phrase «because society wants»

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In most cases, we hone the skills that society smiles on, taking jobs because we don't want people to judge us or because others want us in specific roles.
To be honest I wouldn't even want to make a profit because I think it would be so great if this social service existed in every civilised society.
«He's an egomaniac devoid of all moral sense» ---- said the society woman dressing for a charity bazaar, who dared not contemplate what means of self - expression would be left to her and how she would impose her ostentation on her friends, if charity were not the all - excusing virtue ---- said the social worker who had found no aim in life and could generate no aim from within the sterility of his soul, but basked in virtue and held an unearned respect from all, by grace of his fingers on the wounds of others ---- said the novelist who had nothing to say if the subject of service and sacrifice were to be taken away from him, who sobbed in the hearing of attentive thousands that he loved them and loved them and would they please love him a little in return ---- said the lady columnist who had just bought a country mansion because she wrote so tenderly about the little people ---- said all the little people who wanted to hear of love, the great love, the unfastidious love, the love that embraced everything, forgave everything, and permitted everything ---- said every second - hander who could not exist except as a leech on the souls of others.»
And that law like all the other hateful, disgusting throwbacks to our barbaric theistic society will soon be done away with, regardless of what the «majority» wants, because to do otherwise would be to spit in the faces of the founders and symbolicly burn the constltution.
Even now I will not put an atheist sticker on my car because I don't want to be killed or have my rights violated because of my risky behavior in a religiously oppressive society such as the one we have always had in this country.
Because whether our modern society wants to admit it or not, we are allowing actual slavery to thrive on our watch.
«Parents want to make sure their children grow up knowing who he is because he had such an impact on how society evolved in Europe»...
Because in a secular and pluralistic society the alternative is saying «This is right and that's wrong, whatever your culture tells you,» and no one wants to say that out loud.
We've had blue laws imposing Christian beliefs on businesses, Prohibition, laws criminalizing sodomy, laws banning birth control, abortions, gay marriages, interracial marriages and more simply because arrogant Christians thought they needed to impose their «personal knowledge» of what God wants on our entire society.
First, its premisses concerning society and modern man are pseudoscientific: for example, the affirmation that man has become adult, that he no longer needs a Father, that the Father - God was invented when the human race was in its infancy, etc.; the affirmation that man has become rational and thinks scientifically, and that therefore he must get rid of the religious and mythological notions that were appropriate when his thought processes were primitive; the affirmation that the modern world has been secularized, laicized, and can no longer countenance religious people, but if they still want to preach the kerygma they must do it in laicized terms; the affirmation that the Bible is of value only as a cultural document, not as the channel of Revelation, etc. (I say «affirmation» because these are indeed simply affirmations, unrelated either to fact or to any scientific knowledge about modern man or present - day society.)
Even crucifixion has nothing on what some societies in our not so distant past dished out as capital punishment.I don't wish to depict those methods here because if you desire you can look them up for yourself and be sick as a dog if you want.
I want my daughter to know that the boy called her ugly or pushed her or pulled her hair didn't do it because he admires her, it is because he is a little asshole and assholes are an occurrence of society that will have to be dealt with for the rest of her life.
Do I choose making money and getting ahead because I want to or because of society's expectations?
Atheists back up gays, constantly bring up black issues, slavery etc. because they want to wipe out Jesus Christ from society.
People move away from God because they want to decide what is right and wrong, as if they were God or the end all wise authority of what society should do.
Your baloney may fly with other know - nothings in your generation that do nothing but gripe and complain about everything society has built, yet your so arrogant, you want to tear it down because of being clueless.
Those who believe in justice as competition typically also adhere to a larger conviction: The good society maximizes the place of the free market because the overriding purpose of our life together is to make possible the satisfaction of people's wants.
... Our society has mixed up the word acceptance with love, turning many important issues into grey areas simply because we don't want to confront real problems.
This was my church experience, no matter what church I attended I was always counted on and called to do the work no one else wanted, because they new I wasn't afraid to «get my hands dirty» by ministry to those marginalized, disenfranchised, and stigmatized by the church and society.
And I feel it is the responsibility of us gay people not to want to have «marriage» because we feel we need this to be equal but to really imagine how a gay relationship can become a blessing not only to the partners but also to the greater society and define it as something new and leave marriage as what it is — a holy union between a man and a woman.
Because of a few klan and neo-naz exist they want and believe with all of their heart that every white member of society are card carrying klan members.
they are simply reaching out to those individuals within a religious society that feel they are being forced into a belief because of others, & that is simply not right in the same way it would not be right for you to eat fast food when you did nt want to & everyone around you is telling you to.
I too am biased against this so - called church exactly because of «loyal» pew people who make remarks that are cruel and thoughtless about those of us who want this abuse stopped on all levels of society.
In his opening address to the World Conference on Church and Society, Visser» t Hooft, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, said, «We do not speak because we want to have a say in the affairs of the world, but because we can not live with God, with other fellowmen, with ourselves, if we keep silent».
In return the Vatican chastises them because they want to see the church more instep with society.
Though criticized for departing from Church tradition (not doctrine), Francis did so because he wanted to bring hope to sinners scorned by society, and his actions accomplished just that.
One of the reasons Madeleine L'Engle's [book]... had that strong Christian element to it wasn't just because she was Christian, but because she was frustrated with things that needed to be said to her in the world and she wasn't finding a way to say it and she wanted to stay true to her faith... In a good way, I think there are a lot of elements of what she wrote that we have progressed as a society and we can move onto the other elements.
Jefferson in his many words is todays paul by basically testifying to a lost society by preaching «The heart «that is what God wants not the shell which will rott away.I can stand with this truth until the day I die because I also have had disagreements in my church about this same topic.I dispise religion and encourage salvation which come from having a relationship with Jesus.Many may ask how do i have a relationship with him?by simply asking God through prayer, not what we know as pray but simply given up and telling God he win.That is what being righteous means saying «lord your're right and i will believe and obey that.Last i will like to thank jefferson for this clip, becuase for so long I have been feeling like todays churches in not like the first churches.They are stuck into their four cornered walls preaching to those who already obtain the word and people who already think they are perfect, but what about the weak and the sinners who we are suppose to love, go after, preach to, help and deliver the same way as Christ camed for the sinners so do we also be like him.Jefferson basically telling all us young people and old no matter who have suffered in the world, the church, or no matter what party or the past that there is hope and «God wants that person» not the sin but the person.Jefferson wants us to know that God can become personal with us and we do exist or can exist in the christian world not because we are perfect but because «he is perfect and he saw our broken spirits and rescued us!
In our society, there still exist a lot of stereotypes about mental illness, and because people either don't want to deal with it or they've been hurt, they will choose to avoid opening up about it.
Can you imagine living in a society where people thought it was okay to kill a baby girl simply because you wanted a boy?
[3] He did not want to be labeled a media determinist because he never prognosticated what the future of media and society would look like.
Or (let's not be picky) because you're a self - serving believer in reciprocity and you want society to be in your debt?
It's essential reading for anyone who has romantic love, wants to have romantic love or had it and felt its sting, and even those who have no interest in it because they, too, are rebels in a society that believes everyone should have romantic love.
How we became a society that allows huge corporations to do whatever they want and advertise however they can - because Hey!
I teach my daughter to be kind to others regardless of their differences not only because I want her to grow up to be a kind, compassionate member of society, but also because her peers will be right there alongside her as she grows.
The reason is society, which we are personifying as these cows, wants us to get married and stay married, not to make you happier or your spouse happier or your kids happier, but because society, rightly or wrongly, believes it will get what it wants if it gets people to get married and stay married.
In other words, some do not want to marry because they do not agree with what marriage, as an institution or a ritual, means in today's society.
Because asking people out is hard, for either gender, and if society gave me a traditional excuse out of having to do it I'd want to hold on to that too.
(Ok I'm actually cracking up at the absurdity of my example as I write this comment, just FYI) I also want to live in a society where if Dr. Sears feels he needs to comment on my parenting he's allowed to do so, because otherwise, as has been pointed out, how will anyone find out he's an asshole?
«Because of two working parents and other changes in society, if kids want to share in sports, they have to do it when it's dark,» Clark said.
So as a community or a society we need to decide whether want a community with small stores lining the streets or boarded up buildings with walmarts and targets because we are sending the business to co-ops.
I got into my profession because I wanted to help people, but because of an overly litigious society and a predominantly male medical staff, this is what we end up with.
While actions perpetrated by Anonymous often conflict with various laws, it is not because they are political and ideological anarchists or want to destroy governments in principle and create stateless society, but rather because they perceive specific governments and organisations acting contrary to their (i.e. specific group of individuals perpetrating specific action) wishes and want to punish them for that.
The majority of the people who society identifies as «the left» support this law because they want to protect that minority.
Because we want to expand society, not the state, we focus on curing social ills so the state is no longer needed.
I don't have the time or what to be a drifter - I entered politics because I want to make a real difference in society and in peoples» lives, therefore really making a change.
«Because women want full equality in this society, and they want that bill of rights passed.»
«We're going to be out there campaigning on economic justice issues and we will take the fight to the Tories because there is a choice to be made: do we want to live in a society based on individualism and private provision, or do we want to defend the principles of the national health service and properly fund social care?»
So presumably, the less wealthy, after being told what to spend their money on by «society» for all their working years, reach pensionable age fully moulded by a paternalistic government into financially responsible citizens who will commit a significant amount of their time to research where they want to invest their pensions, and subsequently enjoy «regular updates on how their pension fund was growing» — because of course, like house prices, pension funds can only rise in value.
certain segments of society are given special rights because they feel that they can not handle others views yet want their views shoved into our faces.
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