Sentences with phrase «blacks as curses»

This is very similar to the religious bigots of the past, where they took Bible passages to condone slavery, keep women down, and used Bible passages to claim blacks as curses who should be enslaved by the white man.

Not exact matches

So, by your reasoning, if «People put so much importance on words» (implying that they don't matter and we shouldn't take thought of how we use them) then I ought to be able to sing along with the lyrics from pac's «hit»em up» with my black friends, curse in a kindergarten class as well as a corporate meeting for my boss... what impression would a client have of my boss if I were cussing in a professional meeting or at a charity event... it doesn't add up, it's a cop - out rebuttal... trying to find loopholes or applying «human reasoning» like» ll take a swearing guy who's helpful» doesn't change Jesus or scripture it's just setting up a what - if scenario and trying to allow that to in some way justify your stance when again, that doesn't change The Holy Spirit or His heart in those who have been born again... the verses (inspired by His own Spirit) speak for themselves.

Let's see, I could find a religion that has a long history of treating blacks as inferiors and cursed.

Most especially, the black man's having been «cursed as to the priesthood» had made for difficulty as the church expanded in South America.

From this verse we can then determine that flint meant black in a way that those who do not follow the counsel of the priest and were on such a level of «scratching and biting» as were the brothers of Nephi could receive a curse of being exiled from the people of God and a transformation would come on them which would make them look unpleasant to those who kept the commandments of God so they would not want to be a part of their communities.

So you as a Christian are entitled to the belief that blacks are cursed by Cain and are an inferior species... even though such beliefs have lead to the oppression, enslavement, and slaughter of millions.

This is not to deny that the Afrikaners felt that they were God's Chosen People, nor to deny that they saw blacks as being a cursed race, based upon injunctions in the Bible.

the book of Mormon describes black skin as a curse - pretty sick: And [God] had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity.

But after the massive success of the 2003 film, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, based on the attraction, film characters such as Captain Jack Sparrow and Captain Barbossa joined the attraction in 2006.

Whether gracefully gliding across the stage in dance, pounding the boards in a play, or lighting up the screen in such popular films as Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, the multi-faceted Saldana seems capable of achieving anything she puts her mind to.

The sound design for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is outstanding, with a great DTS track as well as a solid Dolby 5.1 option.

Additionally, Telotte also draws attention to the ways in which computer technology, namely CGI special effects, has impacted on Disney's live - action filmmaking, citing Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Gore Verbinski, 2003) as an example of this.

The original PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL offered up the unexpected delight of Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, a joyfully addled pirate redux.

It's rare enough to see a Hollywood movie about grown - ups, but it's even rarer still to see one from Gore Verbinski, the director behind such disparate popcorn - munchers as The Mexican (2001), The Ring (2002) and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003).

With Javier Bardem installed in the role as chief nemesis, Captain Salazar, the plot involving the unlikely bond between Sparrow and two unlikely heroes definitely evokes feelings of the first film in the series, The Curse of the Black Pearl.

It would have been terrific to see another movie just as clever and surprising as Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) with Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow at the helm.

I would say that it's less than Dead Man's Chest, better than At World's End and not really as fun as the beginning Curse of the Black Pearl.

Two days into the Venice Film Festival, and still the only film I consistently hear people talking about is «Black Swan» — even as the film accrues its share of detractors, it seems Venice fest director Marco Müller has broken the traditional curse of festival curtain - raisers, kicking off this year's Lido activity with a film -LSB-...]

No longer cursed as an undead member of the Black Pearl, Jack is soon hunted by the legendary Davy Jones (here played by Bill Nighy, and not the famous Monkee of the same name), an octopus - faced pirate leading an army of fellow Crustaceans to whom Jack owes a blood debt requiring a hundred years of service on his ship, the Flying Dutchman.

Those homes that these disrespected women (daughters, daughters - in - laws) cast curse upon, they are eradicated as if destroyed by (the tantric deity of black magic) Kṛityā (कृत्या)[3.58].

Josephine Angelini (author of Starcrossed) http://pinterest.com/josieangelini/ Meg Cabot (author of The Princess Diaries and many other YA books) http://pinterest.com/megcabot/ Kate Coombs (author of The Runaway Princess) http://pinterest.com/katecoombs/ Sarah Cross (author of Kill Me Softly) http://pinterest.com/sarahcross/ Regina Doman (author of The Shadow the Bear, Black as Night, etc.) http://pinterest.com/reginadoman/ Alex Flinn (author of Beastly, etc.) http://pinterest.com/alexflinn/ Kim Harrison (author of Once Dead, Twice Shy, etc.) http://pinterest.com/kimharrisonbook/ Colleen Houck (author of Tiger's Curse, etc.) http://pinterest.com/colleenrayhouck/ Lisa Mantchev (author of Eyes Like Stars, Perchance to Dream, etc.) http://pinterest.com/lisamantchev/ E. Lockhart (author of The Boyfriend List, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau - Banks, etc.) http://pinterest.com/elockhartbooks/ Jennifer A. Nielsen (author of The False Prince, The Runaway King, etc.) http://pinterest.com/jennielsen/ Sheila Nielson (author of The Forbidden Sea) http://pinterest.com/sheilaanielson/ Which goes to show I am very obsessed with both Pinterest and YA lit.

«The Curse of the Wendigo,» a story about a mysterious creature set during World War I, written by Mathieu Missoffe and illustrated by Charlie Adlard, the artist of «The Walking Dead;» «Josephine,» a romantic comedy by Penelope Bagieu, the creator of «Exquisite Corpse;» «Promethee,» a science - fiction story in the same vein as «Lost,» created by Christopher Bec, with an introduction by Mark Waid; «Iron Squad,» an alternate history sci - fi story in which new technology allows the Germans to win World War II, by Jean - Luc Sala and Ronan Toulhoat; «Spin Angels,» a tale of black ops and spies, a Catholic cardinal and the Mafia, by Jean - Luc Sala and Pierre - Mony Chan; «Come Prima,» a road story about two warring brothers, done in a style that pays homage to Italian films, by Alfred.

Many animal welfare organizations refer to «black dog syndrome» — which applies to cats equally — as an unfair curse upon dark - furred animals.

LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game will be based in the world of the globally successful film franchise, incorporating storylines, locations and characters from the first three films («Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,» «Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest» and «Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End») as well as the upcoming fourth film, «Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.»

I may be a bit biased as I've always preferred phones with black fronts (curse you Really Blue Pixel & Red iPhone 7), but Samsung really made the right choice here.