Sentences with phrase «central evil of»

The central evil of horror films is often a metaphor for something deeper, and that is very much the case here.

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The central claim is made that moral evil... occurs because God — even though he is all - good and all - powerful — out of goodness decided to give freedom to human beings.

Three children experienced a series of extraordinary visions in 1917 and were given a message that was both extraordinary and very ordinary: people must pray and do penance (that was the ordinary bit; these things are central to Catholic life, always have been and always must be) and failure to do this would ensure that evils would be spread by Russia across the world (an extraordinary statement to make to children living in an obscure corner of Portugal with limited access to any knowledge of Russia or indeed to anywhere else outside their local area).

It is worth pointing out in response that anyone who thinks Christians have never grappled with the problem of evil can never have noticed that the crucifix is the central symbol of Christian faith.

Central to the beauty and power of the ballet Swan Lake — of which Black Swan is a sort of contemporary, hallucinatory offspring — are contrasts and dynamics, complimentary parts of a yin - yang whole: Light and dark, good and evil, soft and loud (as in Tchaikovsky's famous music).

Evil is one of the deepest and most central problems of human existence — a problem which every individual and every age must face for itself.

He recognizes that the doctrine of retribution (so central to the wisdom tradition), in which the righteous are rewarded and the evil punished, does not always work out in practice.

Like the fourth Gospel, the central emphasis of Odes is the final victory that has been won by Christ over death and evil.

Martin Rhonheimer article, ««Intrinsically Evil Acts» and the Moral Viewpoint: Clarifying a Central Teaching of Veritatis Splendor,» in the Thomist, January 1994.

He contends, rather, that if human theoretical beliefs are central to the human experience of evil, then the effort to overcome human evil can not omit the theoretical dimension of the problem» (OPE 16).

Ely's more detailed analysis and discussion of the religious aspects of Whitehead's God pertain to three central problems as they function in Whitehead's thought: [1) the preservation of values (God's consequent or concrete nature); (2) the transmutation of evil into good (which includes the problems of evil and God's goodness); and (3) the problem of the relation of God's goodness and the preservation of the individual as such.

The most common motives have changed, the alignment of factions has changed, but the central evil has remained the same.»

From the standpoint of our interpretation of religion the central Christian experience just described is important because it provides an answer to the question regarding the relative power of community - creating and community - destroying factors in human history, i.e., to the question concerning the outcome of the battle between good and evil.

In the comfort of our American existence we were aware that Hitler was doing evil things to Jews, first in Germany and next in Central and Eastern Europe; we would not for a few years — in some cases not till the end of the war in Europe — know just exactly how evil, but what we already knew by the late 1930s was bad enough.

In fact, the central argument of the book is that war has already been abolished, because in Christ we have a way — the only way — to live in peace in the face of the world's evils.

The real subject of my visits to the C section of Pretoria Central Prison [was] to understand the inner mind of evil, to follow its thought processes, and to expose myself to its human face, stripped of media stereotypes and the easy distance of hatred.

The central point of the Christian Faith is the indissoluble link between God and man, expressed through Christ; man is free to choose either good or evil; God's purpose is to bring all men into the right relationship with himself; and in the teaching of Christ there is neither class distinction, color bar, nor discrimination between the sexes.

Discord and unnecessary triviality are the central components of evil situations.

The name of the evil antagonist, whose own development in the opposite direction to Harry's is a central theme of the books, makes this very clear: Vol - de-mort.

This entails an understanding of exactly why the Magisterium is so central to the Church, why it is right to talk of «formal cooperation» with evil as always doing «irreparable harm -LSB-...] to the whole of society» and why the Catholic vision of sex, love and, so crucially, our woundedness (see Fr Cummings» article in this issue), is the right alternative to the prevailing hedonistic humanism.

The Judeo - Christian vision of a reality in which personal subjects are of central importance, and in which they are responsible for what they do in relation to possibilities of good and evil, has been held by many people who did not call themselves Jews or Christians.

This early Greek recognition that what is obviously evil and repugnant to one culture may be regarded noble and pious in another stimulated a crucial advance in thinking about the central problems of political justice.

According to Ball, the idea for the famous Conservative poster of Tony Blair with demonic eyes was formed when a member of staff in the Conservative Central Office just placed evil eyes on top of Tony Blair's face... by accident.

Unless you're some type of super-human creature with a central nervous system made of steel, the evil of excitotoxins will catch up to you.

director Mike Mendez — that, while it has a charming sense of humor about itself, leans too heavily on CGI blood; The Girl With All The Gifts (B), a well - shot British zombie film that attempts to inject new life into a tired genre, and almost succeeds thanks to young star Sennia Nanua; and the disappointing Phantasm: Ravager (C --RRB-, a low - budget labor of love which, while it plays like a Phantasm fan film, ultimately undercuts the emotional closure it attempts to bring to the franchise by failing to resolve the central conflict between good and evil.

Location: Riverside Motel (Kitchen) / Central Silent Hill (Otherworld)(west end of Koontz Street) Endurance: Moderate Strength: Moderate Inventory Description: «A long pole with an evil - looking spike and hook tethered to the end.»

Whilst Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban remains the standout effort in both the movie and book series, David Yates» fourth franchise offering in succession returns focus to the elements that made earlier iterations such engaging creations, with the central trio united in friendship as they wage an epic battle of good versus eviOf Azkaban remains the standout effort in both the movie and book series, David Yates» fourth franchise offering in succession returns focus to the elements that made earlier iterations such engaging creations, with the central trio united in friendship as they wage an epic battle of good versus eviof good versus evil.

Most of the film focuses on the central conflict between Picard and Shinzon, and what's interesting about it is that it's not merely a matter of good vs. evil.

The central plot revolves around the agenda of Desperado Enforcement, a seemingly evil private military company obsessed with reigniting worldwide conflict after the events of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

(We're using the term «original story» loosely: Emmet's adventures include encounters with comic book characters like Batman and Superman, but the central story of Emmet and Wyldstyle's battles with the evil Lord Business is a new narrative for the movie.)

There's tons of content here, with the central Legends story mode telling a relatively straightforward but enjoyable tale of good versus evil.

The Smurfs (PG for action and mild rude humor) 3 - D animated / live action adventure featuring the arrival of an army of diminutive blue creatures in New York's Central Park after they are chased through a portal from medieval times to the present by an evil wizard (Hank Azaria).

The Cheat Code Central Crew has several games to discuss this week, including Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Crystal Defenders, Resistance: Retribution, Eat lead: The Return of Matt Hazard, and Ninja Blade!

The film's central conflict: either Speed signs an Evil Contract Of Doom, or the corporate overlord will destroy him.

Whilst many have already given credit to the originality of the central plot about a curse being passed on by having sex, let us not forget the works of directors such as David Cronenberg and, if you want to go even more bizarre, Frank Henenlotter, who have both made films involving the distortion of sex and the idea of sex being the conduit for bad things to happen, And granted, the actual threat in It Follows is a supernatural one rather than one of the body turning on itself, but how many curse movies have there been since Ringu convinced us all that video tapes were credible vessels for evil beings from other dimensions to cross over and kill us?

The central conceit of the picture, that these disparate misfits should band together to stop something called a «World War,» is given a glancing look in deference to the strait - jacket constraint of the superspy / evil genius formula, all of it lent an air of the ironic when much of the purely hypothetical audience for this movie not only knows that there have been two World Wars since 1899, but something like a hundred James Bond movies.

the poem is quite powerful for anyone to read as a meditation and you can omit the central section which is an exploration of evil / suffering, please give some reviews as this helps other readers find the resource.

ComiXology's best - seller list leads off with the second issue of the DC crossover Forever Evil, the crossover that launched as the central event of DC's Villains Month.

Caravaggio A painting presumed to be by the 17th century painter Caravaggio is central to the plot of The Garden of Evil.

One of my intentions in The Evil Princes of Martin Place is to remind them that the laws of economics are universal across time and space — and therefore, that, just as fractional reserve and central banking inflated the booms that have burst in Europe and the U.S., so too they've inflated the booms that will bust in China and Australia.

Sculptures of Barong and Rangda — who in Balinese mythology represent tension between good (Barong) and evil (Rangda)-- guard the end of the central path.

Surrounded, and partially divided, by the sweeping, crescent - shaped loop of the high Carpathians, central Romania is a fascinating mix of fairytale palaces, sun - drenched squares, stunning gorges, lush, flower - filled meadows — and not an evil Bram Stoker vampire in sight!

In fact, The Evil Within's take on survival horror means that the first village in the game immediately reminded me of Central Yharnam from Bloodborne with its endless mobs of angry relentless corpses.

The story has taken some bizarre turns over the course of 16 years — time travel, alternate dimensions, evil clones — but the central thrust is basically to explore popular Disney worlds and cross paths (and swords) with Disney and Final Fantasy heroes and villains.

There's tons of content here, with the central Legends story mode telling a relatively straightforward but enjoyable tale of good versus evil.

Other notable game announcements included Sim City, Dead Space 3, Tomb Raider, Pikmin 3, Halo 4, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Beyond: Two Souls, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Assassin's Creed III, God of War: Ascension, Gears of War: Judgment, Playstation All Stars: Battle Royale, Far Cry 3, Forza: Horizon, Dance Central 3, Borderlands 2, and Resident Evil 6.

Keeping the setting in one central location for the majority of the game is a Resident Evil staple, and it's nice to see a return to that form in Revelations.

The exhibition Chicken by Jake & Dinos Chapman at the PinchukArtCentre in Kiyv (Ukraine) presents the specially produced new installation The Sum of all Evil, that represents a synthesized reflection upon the central themes such as the Holocaust, violence, and death.

The artist uses materials and methods drawn from Judas - effigy burning practices (a tradition that highlights a ritual destruction of the traitor and the purging of evil) and toritos (bull - shaped frames with embedded fireworks used during parades and festivals in central and southern Mexico).

As you know, this isn't a matter of «fringy debate» but one, rather, of your and other «big city libs» central metaphors — that man is irremediably evil, left to himself, without God or, failing that, the «experts» (your «experts»!).