Sentences with phrase «debates about the evils»

If you want to discuss your nonbelief further, or if you want me to respond to your reasons for nonbelief, I'll happily do so, but I'd rather not do so here, just incase we sidetrack the debate about evil (which WAS about the Book of Job!)

This belief, says Noddings, explains why women haven't been heard in the moral debate about evil (to enter it they would have to become «conscious»).

Syriza, on the other hand, has its roots in more traditional radical left politics, but in the past four years it has ditched doctrinal debates about the evils of capitalism and embraced Keynesian solutions to deal with Greece's debt and social crisis.

Not exact matches

is there even a debate about who is more evil?

Politics» a debate about whether poverty is the greatest evil or about whether the social changes necessary to alleviate it should be endorsed» has no role to play.

We can and should debate theology and doctrine, but we must never think that we are the infallible interpreters of Scripture and determiners of people's destiny, and should also remember that doctrine, as important as it is, becomes evil when debates and discussions about theology keep us from living out the loving gospel in tangible ways to a hurting and dying world.

I lean towards the third view... but I admit it is the most difficult of the three views... Christ's priorities appear to be «love in motion» flowing in almost unpredictable directions as dictated by the greatest need: — He heals a slave rather than rebukes slavery; — He heals a man at a pool, then leads the man to belief, then says «cease from sinning»; — He heals many others and says «go and sin no more» to but a few; — He shares money with the poor but establishes no long - term aid; — He touches lepers; He converses with seeking Pharisees; He debates with other Pharisees; He lives with Samaritan outcasts for two days; — He acknowledges the five «marriages» of the Samaritan woman as «marriages»... and then remarks about her current co-habitation... but then moves to higher priorities; — He seems so very focused on internal holiness and not on external holiness; — He violates the Sabbath; He says He is Lord of the Sabbath; He even says that the Sabbath was created to assist man, rather than man created to serve the Sabbath... thus turning the entire concept of the Law into one of assistance rather than being chained to obedience; — He insists on impartiality in the way we bless others, even if we call them «evil» or «good».

Out of this came a lot of debate about original sin, the evil of human nature, and all the mental gymnastics to sustain that stuff.

While the debates rage on about whether Noah is biblical enough, Heaven is For Real true enough, and God is Not Dead profitable enough, Philomena delivers a quiet, understated, and powerful portrayal of the actual human experience, where clear - cut lines between good and evil, heroes and villains, right and wrong might be good «story-wise» but don't reflect the reality most people of faith actually live in.

Of course, you might debate the functions of movies, whether they might raise questions or reinforce assumptions about the evil of enemies or the integrity of heroes.

For a new generation, the film, directed by William Friedkin from an Oscar - winning script by William Peter Blatty, who wrote the novel, will stir the same debate: Is the film a provocation about the nature of good and evil, or horror claptrap?

There are fewer heated debates online about the site's evils, and headlines are more likely to focus on Wiki leaks than Wiki tweaks.

From all the debate about the Greenhouse Effect, it's easy to get the impression that the Greenhouse Effect is a great evil.

So I decided the right way to drive change in the climate debate is not to rant about it but instead to continue to model what I consider good behavior — fact - based discussion and a recognition that reasonable people can disagree without that disagreement implying one or the other has evil intentions or is mean - spirited.

We debated about whether to share this or not - traditionally this isn't something that is «shared»... but it's 2012... and we think everyone needs to see what is happening out there, and work together to reduce and one day eliminate evil people like these three.