Sentences with phrase «commit the act on»

Al - Qaeda committed the acts on 9/11.

As outlandish as many of these driving habits sound, many commit these acts on the daily basis, and likely far less than those who use cell phones.

Not exact matches

If a client seeks their lawyer's advice on a matter that could be illegal or expose them to criminal liability, and the client uses the advice to commit a crime or act of fraud, the attorney could be asked to testify against their client.

«Instead of a watch list limited to actual, known terrorists, the government has built a vast system based on the unproven and flawed premise that it can predict if a person will commit a terrorist act in the future,» Hina Shamsi, the head of the ACLU's National Security Project, told The Intercept.

At this point, the indications are that Aghdam's attack was the kind of event that has become all too familiar in American society: an isolated act committed by a person with a shaky grip on reality.

Someone commits a heinous act like accepting the recognition for landing a big client on the sales team (oh, how tragic!)

It allows a few representative and committed plaintiffs to act on behalf of the interests of an entire class of injured parties.

One of the very first acts of business between two of the most powerful people on Earth — a duo whose to - do list involves addressing pretty fundamental disagreements on, among other things, the trade relationship that supports both economies — was to commit, publicly and unequivocally, to tackling an issue that affects literally half of each of their constituencies.

Not everyone agrees on what is noble, for example, and there have been atrocious acts of history committed by people who sincerely believed they were acting on a moral ideal.

The social networking site took down his account after the attack, saying in a statement Tuesday, «There is absolutely no place on our platform for people who commit such horrendous acts.»

Axios said the document had obvious flaws, including allegations that Schumer committed acts in Washington, DC, on days when he was in New York and France.

«We do not take decisions that impact jobs lightly, but we committed in May to implement meaningful changes to reset our business, remove layers and find cost efficiencies, and we are acting with a sense of urgency on that commitment,» McDonald's spokeswoman Heidi Barker Sa Shekhem said in a statement.

Then came the task of assigning people to act on those goals, committing the company's director of business development, for example, to drum up at least one new international business partner within 90 days.

«I am personally committed to act on several fronts to ensure it never happens again,» Johnson said, later adding: «All companies make mistakes.

The province is due to announce its next phase of climate action, but it has not committed to act on any of the recommendations developed by the Climate Leadership Team.

No one shall be held guilty of any penal offense on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offense, under national or international law, at the time it was committed.

Based on these and other serious risks to the economic benefits of the Fraser River, every chamber of commerce in the Lower Mainland — from the mouth of the river around Richmond, to the entrance to the Fraser canyon at Hope, are calling on senior levels of government to act now to commit funding to head off potential disaster.

President - elect Trump's choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, appears committed to trying to make good on candidate Trump's promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

@DaLe, how can you say no one commits acts of violence in the name of their religion when there are plenty of examples of Muslims not only shouting «Allahu Akbar» when committing their violent acts but also justifying those actions based on Islamic texts?

Anti-Muslim violence seems to be on the rise, with the new know - nothings committing at least seven acts of violence this month alone:

@colin You have a nasty habit of putting words in other peoples mouth, no one said the acts committed were acceptable.Lot, by the very testimony of the story was not culpable in the matter.Replied previous, but cnn put the reply on its own thread two pages ahead.Same basic response, little more information.

For all those who have committed acts of injustice by trusting in wealth and power and showing contempt for the «little ones» who are so dear to you, we ask your fogiveness: have mercy on us and accept our repentance.

Yes, it might be satisfying to drag his dead body through the streets and then hang it from a bridge with his head on a pike — but then we would be as bad as the people who hate us and commit unspeakable acts.

@colin Please do not put words in my mouth, i nowhere said the acts committed were acceptable, only that Lot was not culpable, as you would have people believe.You focus on Lot as an active participant or an instigator, is a lie.

Right, just because it's in the bible and the people who commited some of those acts were not only never punished but still considered Gods faithful servants, shouln't be any sort of quide on what the bible allows.

For the faithful in Christ can not accept this view, which holds either that after Adam there existed men on this earth who did not receive their origin by natural generation from him, the first parent of all, or that Adam signifies some kind of multiple first parents; for it is by no means apparent how such an opinion can be reconciled with what the sources of revealed truth and the acts of the magisterium of the Church teach about original sin, which proceeds from a sin truly committed by one Adam, and which is transmitted to all by generation, and exists in each one as his own» -LCB- Humani Generis 37).

With its general increase in earnestness — Roger was on a crusade last week, and is on another this week; here comes Mona with her wise maternal zingers; and above all, listen to Freddy Rumsen's Tips For Changing Your Life — the series seems to be committing to the idea that selfish and / or self - destructive people can indeed become selfless and / or get their acts together.

The attacker, known only as Juhanda, was found guilty of an act of terrorism committed last November when he threw a petrol bomb at Oikumene Church on Borneo island on a Sunday morning.

However the members contemplate, heal, discipline, develop, pity, and finally commit their personal bodies is likely to coincide with the ways they understand and act on the corporate body of which they are a part.

How often have we turned on the evening news to yet another story of someone who committed some atrocious act and heard the reporter interviewing that person's neighbors and acquaintances and heard «We were shocked.»

God has already maligned Himself by inspiring biblical writers to record horrendous acts against people, many of which appear to be on the same level as those crimes committed by men like Hitler, Stalin, and Saddam Hussein.

... (N) otice what Paul goes on to say: «Men committed shameless acts with men and received in their own persons the due penalty for their error» (NRSV).»

A perusal of the Church of the Brethren Web pages provides clear evidence that a commitment to pacifism is not limited to denominational headquarters: the 48 churches of the Northern Indiana District Conference have joined to urge «the use of nonviolent approaches and interventions» in response to the terror; the Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, Church of the Brethren has adopted a statement in which they «remain committed to walk in the Jesus way of nonviolent love, in which evil can only be overcome with redemptive acts of love»; a group of Brethren Volunteer Service Workers have issued a statement in which they «advocate the use of nonviolent means to settle disputes» and «stand opposed to the increased drive toward militarization»; on October 7 members of local Brethren churches (along with Mennonites and others) organized a peace rally at the state capitol in Harrisburg, «Sowing Seeds of Peace: Prayers and Petitions for Nonviolent Action,» which attracted over 300 people.

You along with other seem to have bridged the two together when it comes to Muslims, but rightfully failed to do so when terrorists of other religous backgrounds commit acts of terrorism on some ill - guided views of their religion.

It is easy to blame our problems on religion or God, but when it all boils down, it was not religion who committed the horrendous acts done by the Nazis or the Crusaders.

- condemns same - sex acts because the assumption was this was about lust and the concept of a long - term committed relationship wasn't on the radar yet for Judaism.

They commit acts of violence in the name of God (nutjob anti-abortion groups), commit acts of fraud in the name of God, use God's name for political gain, and then turn their backs on the core principles of Jesus — caring for one another, compassion, helping those less fortunate, giving of yourself to do good, to make things better.

To the folks who are vehemently denying this person was a Christian, I would urge you to consider this: If a person with a muslim name commits an act of terrorism, he is immediately labelled an «Islamic» terrorist, no questions asked, even though the Quran clearly states that a person who kills an innocent is like he / she has murdered then whole of humanity (the Quran mentions this in reference to murder of ANY innocent person, irrespective of the victims belief): To quote from the Quran: «On that account We ordained for the Children of Isra`il that if any one slew a person — unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief in the land — it would be as if he slew the whole humanity: and if any one saved a life, it would be as if he saved the whole humanity.

This does not make only the USA guilty of great wrongs done / there's many nations ruled by tyrants / psychopaths / / those blinded by greed the great injustice by Israel against palestinians but sums up the horror that nations being capable of committing / heartless acts of inhumanity of cruelity / / based on halfbaked ideas / beliefs / religious brainwashing.

On the very next day, the day after the Feast of the Tabernacles, as Jesus was teaching the people in the court yard of the Temple, the scribes and Pharisees brought to him a woman who had been caught in the act of committing adultery.

Have I been placed, willy - nilly and without my consent, on the proverbial front porch, so that when the message arrives, invariably beginning «Hello Professor,» I will break conventions and commit an act of rudeness by a quick deletion?

Whenever someone like the Fort Hood shooter commits an act of terror we are lectured on not jumping to conclusions, and not profiling, blah, blah, blah... But when someone who does such an act so much as passes within a thousand miles of a Christian, then the media labels him as a murderer and condemns Christianity as a whole.

Have their been some heinous acts committed on the part of Christians and other faith based communities?

At some point, Donald Trump rediscovered his thumbs and tweeted that terrible acts of bigotry and violence had been committed «on many sides» and denounced it.

Religion not only allows people to waste their precious time on this earth waiting for happiness in an «afterlife» that doesn't exist, but it inspires people to commit acts of atrocity upon each other while justifying their actions with bible quotes.

In addition to turning our eyes and hearts to an appreciation of the beauty, richness and singularity of our planet through a renewed theology of creation and nature, theology ought also to underscore and elaborate on the myriad ways that we personally and corporately have ruined and continue to ruin God's splendid creation — acts which we and no other creature can knowingly commit.

instances where punishment is inflicted by God or at God's command on groups collectively, not limited to the individuals committing the offensives acts, and 2.

I've known Jesus for as long as I've known my name, and still I use other people like capital to advance my own interest, still I gossip to make myself feel important, still I curse my brothers and sisters in one breath and sing praise songs in the next, still I sit in church with arms folded and cynicism coursing through my bloodstream, still I talk a big game about caring for the poor without doing much to change my own habits, still I indulge in food I'm not hungry for and jewelry I don't need, still I obsess over what people say about me on the internet, still I forget my own privilege, still I talk more than I listen and complain more than I thank, still I commit acts of evil, still I make a great commenter on Christianity and a lousy practitioner of it.

But if that's so, he notes, then it should govern the way Christians think about same - sex sexual activity as well, and thus he concludes: «When those with homosexual orientation act on their desires in a loving, committed relationship, [they] are not, as far as I can see, violating the love command.»

Now I stand firm on this conviction that yes... an homosexual man or women can come to faith and be saved by Jesus Christ and have their sins forgiven through the blood of Jesus Christ but through the sanctification of the Holy Spirit they would not carry on committing the act of homosexuality because they would be «convicted» — now where there is no conviction of sin then where is the fruit of the Holy Spirit in that man or women?