But
they do the evil at the bidding of their father, the evil one.
Not exact matches
Whether you are a master negotiator or think negotiation is a necessary
evil, one thing holds constant — if you don't understand the basic components of an offer to buy a business, you'll be
at a disadvantage.
Well guess what, it turns out you don't have to be
at a Tier 1 firm with a numeronym or named after an
evil Greek God to get access anymore.
When Fallon asked him what he
did at the White House, Dr.
Evil replied, «Well, I was going to be Secretary of
Evil... but Steve Bannon got that job.»
In most of business history, customer service was viewed as a necessary
evil that didn't have a lot of repercussions if it was
done poorly, or not
at all.
Lastly, if
evil didn't exist yet
at that point, how
does one explain the existence of the
evil serpent and its
evil intentions?
Unfortunately in my case, I've probably gone to excess the other way... after 43 years of being (in my view) threatened with hellfire for every cotton - picking thing (including the «sinfulness» of being born in the first place because it's a well - known scriptural fact that every human is born sinful and separated from G - d, with a heart that
does nothing but desire
evil and no way to please G - d even when righteous), threatened with being «left behind» in the rapture (should I fail on some doctrinal (belief) point
at the crucial moment)... I refuse to consider ANY possibility of hell
at all.
I don't know how many people here are from Aurora — Co, but some comments are not helping in any way the survivors and families.I respect all religions in the world and I also respect the opinion of those who don't believe in God or anything.But, instead of blasphemy the name of God, send your positive thoughts and energy to those who survived this tragedy.Even though some of you show no signs of good Christians you should show
at least signs of good neighbors.You still can be an Atheist and have compassion for others!Don't let the
evil be inside you, Aurora — CO needs to heal in peace!!!
Seriously, if you don't believe in
evil, you need to open your eyes and look
at the world around you.
A perfect father surely becomes angry
at his disobedient children, but he's not going to roast them alive because of it — and any earthly father who
does is soundly and rightly condemned as
evil and / or insane.
So we're cleaner but we're also
doing so much more
evil as a collective you could look
at a society of apes and might actually find it more beautiful than some disgusting ones that are around now.
If you have the power to end suffering of little children
at the hands of sick people and you don't then you are
evil.
At least they had the courage and wherewithall to come out with their awesome chicken sandwich before some ungodly, gay rights supporting, evil prize in their kids meal, cussing at the drive thru window restaraunt came out with theirs.When did Jesus, the God of all gods become an alternativ
At least they had the courage and wherewithall to come out with their awesome chicken sandwich before some ungodly, gay rights supporting,
evil prize in their kids meal, cussing
at the drive thru window restaraunt came out with theirs.When did Jesus, the God of all gods become an alternativ
at the drive thru window restaraunt came out with theirs.When
did Jesus, the God of all gods become an alternative?
That is an
evil God, just because He created us doesn't mean we are His play things to torture
at a whim.
Vic: «God
did not cause people to crucify the Lord Jesus Christ, rather, as God is Omniscient, He knew beforehand what man will
do at «Free Will,» and He (God) therefore predetermined the counter measure accordingly, hence turning the
evil doing of condemning the Lord Jesus Christ to the Cross † into Salvation for humankind.»
Now, you can look
at what these two people
did, and think of them in absolutist terms, as the embodiment of pure
evil.
First,
at no point
did I claim that «any» atheist who commits
evil does so «because» of their atheism.
Plantinga, however
does affirm I2, in that he
does believe that God could have unilaterally «brought about» a world containing no
evil if he had chosen not to create
at all or to actualize a possible world containing no self - determining individuals other than himself.
If it is understood in a strongly mentalistic way, as consisting exclusively in what the agent has it in mind to
do, then the agent can
at least try to avoid formal cooperation by excluding from his plans the
evil effects of the action he is cooperating with.
It's a way to justify what you don't yet understand, rather than acknowledging that it's just understandable
at the moment, and it's acceptance amongst those who think like they
do, it's the creation of a definable «
evil» to fight against (satan, atheists, other religions, basically everyone except their small group of like minders... even other denominations that are nearly identical quibble).
After a few seconds of silence he recovered and said that the Catholic philosopher Peter Kreeft, a frequent sight
at Fenway [home of the Boston Red Sox] and a man whose baseball passions are properly ordered, says that when he gets to heaven, as he hopes to
do, he will ask God two questions: why
did he allow
evil and why
did he favour the Yankees?
It is not God's responsibility to stop even Christians from committing
evil acts though he
does at times intervene.
At the time I
did not see that Kadir clearly saw that what happened to Jesus was truly
evil and revolting.
So I find this law
at work: Although I want to
do good,
evil is right there with me.
I suggest you read you Bible, while there are
evil people
doing evil things, often
at the behest of God, but more importantly, if you believe the Bible much of the
evil comes from God himself.
Why not tell me your thoughts on keeping Christ's command
at the end of Matt 5 — how
do you plan to impartially bless those you call «
evil» and those you call «good»?
I am old and tire of all the world and earth, I see only
evil, from a little to a lot and I
do not see any good in the world
at all, never have.
If there is a hell, Mohammad is rolling around in the flames, screaming
at you to stop, for you are going to join him if you
do not stop
doing evil.
Fortunately, the supermen
at the Pentagon
do not seem inclined to take on the really dangerous member of the axis of
evil, North Korea —
at least not for now.
9And if
at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted, 10and if it
does evil in my sight and
does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to
do for it.
With this interpretation, the final line of the Our Father now makes perfect sense — «
at least, keep us from actually
doing evil»!
If there are
evil people out there who want to destroy us — and we must admit that Osama bin Laden,
at least, has explicitly promised that that is exactly what he wants to
do — then any use of force to put a stop to them is justified.
At the heart of the issue was the fact that exclusivism just didn't feel right to me, it didn't fit with my very core sense of right and wrong, of justice and injustice, of good and
evil.
If God is saying that He creates spiritual
evil, why
does He juxtapose it with temporal prosperity, which is not
at ALL its antithesis?
The fact is that the VAST majority of translations
do not see «rah» in Isa 45:7 to be best rendered as «
evil»,
at least not in the ethical sense of the word.)
To completely correct or repair the damage
done at the moment in time that the
evil deed was
done, would take a divine altering of history and the destruction of every human.
Maybe it would best be translated «Lead us away from any illusions about ourselves, and
at least keep us from
doing downright
evil» and calling it virtue.
Do YOUR homework before you point fingers
at how
EVIL churches are...
Being angry
at God for something you believe is His
doing is not the same as accusing God of being
Evil.
Shame on those (the old «woe» form) who lie in bed planning
evil and wicked deeds and rise
at daybreak to
do them, knowing that they have the power!
Even,
at times when I truly begin to feel intensely guilty for my thoughts and fear punishment, I remind myself that God even has mercy towards Satan, the very enemy of God, by not utterly and completely destroying his existence but given him free will to operate in this world and to
do evil.
While all evidence, logic and reasoning point to a Creator and absolute truth, you prefer to hide behind relativism and a theory of evolution which
does not, in fact, describe the creation of the universe
at all, or why concepts of good and
evil or morality exist.
While Scripture
does at times include descriptions of unique sins that can not be committed by future generations — such as God's instruction to Adam to not eat fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and
Evil — it
does not seem that this particular sin falls into that category.
So, when a kid gets older,
does she yell
at Santa, wonder if Santa hates her, think of Santa as
evil, or just realize Santa was a made up story.
When I go to Church, I don't go to some building that someone built, listen to someone speak
at me about the
evils of the world, give up money for some out of sight missionary work, and then get berated for not
doing things according to some interpreted version of a much disputed holy book.
He takes so seriously the injunction to love God and his neighbor that he can not be
at ease before injustice,
evil -
doing, or the suffering of others.
We will look
at this verse in more detail when we discuss the Calvinistic idea of Limited Atonement, but for now, it is enough to note that even if the whole world lies under the control of the wicked one, Jesus has
done what is necessary to liberate the whole world from the
evil one so that they can respond to the gospel and believe in Jesus for eternal life (cf. 1 John 5:7 - 13).
So we're
at the place where we can say a couple - four things from the existential side of the problem of
evil: [1] from the perspective that pain exists, and we perceive it, we as human beings (you could say «people») have an urge to
do something about it when we see it.
He was disguested
at those walking around proffesing to love God then
doing and acting
evil.
The quote, misattributed to Burke, «The only thing necessary for the triumph of
evil is that good men should
do nothing», gets
at the same point, somewhat.