Sentences with phrase «even superstitious»

It took on a ritualized, even superstitious tone.

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And even if temporal help is the most absurd and unreasonable of all expectations, yet one would sooner whip up his superstitious imagination to hope for it than to lay hold on the Eternal.

It may well be said here that we have gleaned the best; much is repetitious, meaningless (to us at least), superstitious, crude, even savage and licentious, but if God is where the Good, the True, the Beautiful are found, who can deny that among these people there were those who saw something of His face as they «sought after if haply they might find him?»

In Hawthorne we find in effect a comprehensive interpretation of early New England history in which the founding generation is criticized but also admired — it was «stern, severe, intolerant, but not superstitious, not even fanatical,» and possessed «a farseeing worldly sagacity.»

Even your statement that «superstitious hopes for safety abound».

(Secularists don't assert an evil God — that would be even more superstitious than a good God.)

It also retains strong elements of pre-Islamic Arabic paganism, such as worship at the Ka» ba or holy house of Allah at Mecca and many superstitious, even magical practices.

What gets me is that all the effort, rather than going into changing theology that invokes fear, insecurity, guilt, shame and superstition, is going into embedding these superstitious beliefs even further.

This superstitious understanding of consumer religion becomes even more noticeable in other devices used by broadcasters to obtain contributions.

Not only has daily life been transformed by science — for example, we no longer look to the realm of the sacred for a framework to organize our lives — even Western religion itself has become more rational, less «superstitious.»

Something needs to change, even if it's all coincidental which I'm begging to question, players can be superstitious and will start to tell Seattle no thanks if players can't stay healthy.

The fact City have underperformed in West London so far this season may be a load of superstitious old nonsense, even though it is a fact.

Culturally a very superstitious group - so never give your date an even number of flowers as it will bring her misfortune.

(In Altman, even friendship is contingent: the two meet by chance at a casino and stick together only on a superstitious hunch that they may bring each other good luck.)

Unlike the Greek brothers who want the world on a platter, the soft - spoken ruler is easy to empathize with, even though he too suffers from making decisions based on pride, revenge, and the miscalculated opinions of his superstitious spiritual advisers.

The sad part, though, is that as a believer in a higher power, I see Spencer as generally mistaken on ID, and refreshingly correct on CAGW — the fact that he can treat science like science, even when he has some internal superstitious beliefs, represents a potential for growth.

If you still believe in the myth that all Realtors are the same, then continue on with your cheaper - is - just - as - good search for the cheapest Realtor out there to reprersent your fiduciary interests, and cross your fingers, even if you are not superstitious.