Sentences with phrase «done by a god»

It appears to be the source of most of the horrific deads done by your god, and if it is not true..
My favorite religious nut excuse is the one where you write off all of the horrible things supposedly done by God by saying «he knows better than I do, and must have reasons for what he does that are beyond me».
Why would the HORRIBLE HEARTLESS things done by God qualify him as a good source for anyone's idea of «objective morality?
And I have similar thoughts that you should take your blinders off and just look around at what creation is and you would realize it is done by God and there is a plan in place of His design.
You say you haven't seen anything done by God.
This rules out both the mechanical parroting of words, even great words like those of the Lord's Prayer, and all clamor, however fervent, that one's own will may be done by God.
Of course, a special act of God is to some extent an expression of God, but so is every event; the thing that differentiates a special act of God from an ordinary one is not at all due to anything done by God.
If the Greek translation is correct, it would appear that forgiveness is not completely an action done by God alone but requires some sort of human participation.
Nothing you've given so far could ONLY be done by a god.
Kyle, Cite the specifics of a case, including the illness, the doctors and hospital involved, and specifics of how the apparent healing is known to have been done by god.
But this was done by God in our own human terms, under our own conditions, and through one of ourselves.
On this road it is not that half is done by God and half by man.
Preaching must be such an activity as invites the hearer to suspect a congruity between what is declared to have been done by God in time, and his own self - consciousness as a creature of time.
So everything Satan does, is done by God's will?
If that is a fair statement, where does it leave Phaeroh, who not only was chosen from all time to persecute Hebrews but had to have some additional heart - hardening work done by God to stop him caving in after the angelic hitman had plagued his kingdom and slaughtered all the eldest kids?
Whether that is done by God or our inner self I can not say.
All this is done by God who, through Christ, changed us from enemies into his friends, and gave us the task of making others his friends also» (2 Cor.
In the narrative, Adam and Eve eat the fruit of knowledge of «good and evil» in the Garden of Eden, which they had been commanded not to do by God.
But this is something that no human being can do; if it is to be done, it must be done by the God himself.
But these are works done by God's grace and in His love (see Ephesians 2:10).
I was appointed to do that by God

Not exact matches

«Especially after reading the affidavit, and realizing that only by the grace of God and the courage of a young woman who spoke up did we avert a horrific outcome.»
A steadily increasing number of people will want to get in on the «new Bitcoin,» a bizarre paradox given that gold is as old as time, and will soon realize that gold possesses virtues Bitcoin does not, given that it is real, not digital and abstract; that owners can personally possess and store it in physical form; that it will survive any kind of electric grid or Internet disruption that might occur; that it can not ever be hacked; that it is the epitome of private, quiet wealth; that it is actually quite beautiful to behold; and that it was not and can not be made by man, only by God, who does not appear to have any interest in making any more of it.
They taught this drivel to our children for decades and, by God, a lot of peopleare still doing it.
by christian doctrine, we do not render ourselves sinful, it was one of those bizarre arbitrary decisions by god to bestow hereditary sin.
Those put into question your belief in the characteristics of the god, perhaps even the existence of the god itself, but it is still more comforting to assume something more powerful than yourself has your best interests in mind vs. the idea that we are left to our own devices — especially when you are surrounded by people that agree with and reinforce that idea and shun you when you do not agree with it.
First, they'd probably consider it fitna, not apostasy, as he did not state before another (preferably Muslim) Shahadah, which is declaring that he believes there is no God by Allah and Mohammad is his prophet.
I prefer to live in a world where I do not have to be judged by the fact that I believe in God or not.
Athiest Summary: Our god of science doesn't prove it, and we hate the real God, so it just dun it all by itsegod of science doesn't prove it, and we hate the real God, so it just dun it all by itseGod, so it just dun it all by itself.
It should be one of our main concerns to know what God intends when the Bible uses this language, so that by God's grace we may experience it and help others do the same.
Did God woo * you * to himself through fear - mongering or by demonstrating his unfailing love (Hos.2: 14)?
Sam: «If god punishes people who lack free will, he is not just» Deb: Sam, by what standard do you judge whether God is jugod punishes people who lack free will, he is not just» Deb: Sam, by what standard do you judge whether God is juGod is just?
We don't dig up the bones of «heretics» either the way some did in the Dark Ages who held grip on the people, ruled over them by fear, and claimed they had authority of God, holding keys to heaven or hell in their possession, making people hostages by their lies... I think you have a lots of things mixed up in your mind friend!
The irony being that he was threatened by the church for going against the whole «god did it» argument, which is what this guy was trying to claim, and has nothing to do with «real science»
This thread is exceedingly more interesting than the usual»»cause god did it» spew presented on this blog by the likes of Chad, George, et al..
Well Tom thank you.That is something I actually live by, both here and in real life.I don't really care what one believes but I want each and everyone to really consider it.I don't force Jesus or God onto anyone.I have studied the message of Christ since the start of my reason.It's impossible for one who is forced to believe.
Lust de-humanizes God's children and does damage by making sex and body more important that the whole person.
And yes, the religions do share MANY similarities because originally the same information was sent down by God in the Torah, Bible, and Qur «an.
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment; if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority.
Deuteronomy 17:2 - 5 Suppose a man or woman among you, in one of your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, has done evil in the sight of the LORD your God and has violated the covenant by serving other gods or by worshiping the sun, the moon, or any of the forces of heaven, which I have strictly forbidden.
But I suppose I just don't see why a prophecy can't just be enforced by an omnipotent being.If God wants it to happen humans can't stop it.
Now, if their religious belief is that they must sacrifice you to appease some random force or god, by all means complain and ask for their beliefs to be stopped, but in that case you may want to run away before doing that.
Evolution doesn't plan anything, even if it looks like it was planned by God 2.
They are sickening and they do not represent the will of God by any means!
In my brain I know god doesn't exist, so when I walk by a sign that says something about Jesus (which is quite often around here) ya know what I do?
When you see the sin of man poured out on Christ by man you have the picture of what sin looks like and does to the holy purity of God.
my greatest concern is this «new teaching» on cussing is that I don't see it throughout the life, ministry or teachings of Jesus or any of the disciples or really any man God uses in the word... What I do hear Him say is that we will be «judged by every careless word» and that's not legalism, that's red letter.
Jesus said; I will show you my faith by my works: Faith without works is dead: (There is no life) = If we have the Faith of Christ (a gift from God) then we will have the works that go with it that is evident of our faith; the works will testify to our faith, then do we produce fruit that will remain: If our heart does not convict us to do what is right according the written word, then we are not in faith: Our hearts are far from the life of Words of our Lord penetrating into our hearts because our hearts are wicked; even Paul who said; follow me as I am of Christ; how was that??? In and by the Holy Spirit, even Spirit of truth as Paul takes us through the Words of the Lord to have us established in the truth: The Word of our Lord is as refined silver, 7 times in the fire: Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith, to them who believe: In the Bible one's «belief» and one's «behavior» are often compared.
Atheists: I know many there are many people that practice religion just by fanaticism, I've seen many people in my opinion stupid (excuse the word) praying to saints hopping to solve their problems by repeating pre-made sentences over and over, but there are others different, I don't think Religion and Science need to be opposites, I believe in God, I'm Catholic and I have many reasons to believe in him, I don't think however that we should pray instead of looking for the cause and applying a solution, Atheists think they are smart because they focus on Science and technology instead of putting their faith in a God, I don't think God will solve our problems, i think he gave us the means to solve them by ourselves that's were God is, also I think that God created everything but not as a Magical thing but stablishing certain rules like Physics and Quimics etc. he's not an idiot and he knew how to make it so everything was on balance, he's the Scientist of Scientist the Mathematic of Mathematics, the Physician of Physicians, from the tiny little fact that a mosquito, an insect species needs to feed from blood from a completely different species, who created the mosquitos that way?
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