Sentences with phrase «evil acts which»

This contradiction is irreconcilable until one realizes that the Hebrews probably adopted their devil from the Persians and so, evil acts which were once attributed to Yahweh, were now being rewritten and passed off as the devil's handiwork.

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Even if a «Christian» folks committed aweful acts, which they did, do, and will, that's a far cry from all Christians being evil.

The manner in which a Christian must act is completely devoid of selfish and evil acts, with the most important rules involving showing love for all others.

There will surely be occasions on which the state must intervene in the life of families in order to protect children, but it is more likely to be effective in acting against manifest evils than in positively restructuring families.

Take a look at the non-religious practices, evil creeps in, that leads to evil acts, you wonder why a man would keep 3 women locked up for 10 years in a basement, was it religion or atheism, which served the lauching pad that ended in this heinous result?

But really, the Greek only says that Cain «was of» the evil one, which leaves open the question as to why Cain acted as he did.

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Following Aquinas, Dudd - ington argues that certain acts are considered intrinsically evil, as they contravene Christian natural law, which for Duddington, is articulated through a discourse of common good and individual dignity.

No human hands (he means) prepare the weapon by which the power of evil in the world will ultimately be overthrown: it is the act of God alone, whose kingdom will then be effective over all creation.

More sophisticated theologians have qualified this outrageous notion by saying that God can do nothing which is irrational, such as make square circles, or which is contrary to God's own nature and purpose, which are assumed to be good in some ultimate sense, and therefore that God can not engage in genuinely evil acts.

Is not this whole mode of thought simply part of the evil legacy from deism, in which God was conceived as being absent from his world, and in which therefore he must be thought to «intrude» into his world, to «intervene» in it, whenever he would act in any distinctive and particular way?

It is not the nature of the act but the kavanah which determines whether or not it is good or evil, holy or profane, strong or weak in redemptive power.

What is chosen therefore is one of those types of act which «in the Church's moral tradition have been termed «intrinsically evil» (intrinsice malum): they are such always and per se, in other words on account of their very object, and quite apart from the ulterior intentions of the one acting and the circumstances.»

In the first place, no amount of prayer will take the place of right discernment of good and evil through standards set by the outlook of Jesus, of right calculation of the probable consequences of our acts, of right knowledge and judgment of the total situation in which our lives are set.

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.

At all times in Israel people spoke much about evil powers, but not about one which, for longer than the purpose of temptation, was allowed to rule in God's stead; never, not even in the most deadly act of requital by God, is the bond of immediacy broken.

In the hymns of Zoroaster God's primal act is a decision within himself which prepares and makes possible the self - choice of good and evil by which each is first rendered effectual and factual.

He says, as does Luke, that the act of Judas was inspired by the devil; that is to say, it was a piece of sheer irrational evil, the motive for which was beyond their comprehension; and that is probably as much as they knew about it.

Jesus is indignant that the scribes and Pharisees (1) will not enter the kingdom of heaven themselves and stand in the way of others entering it as well; (2) will do almost anything to win a proselyte only to make that proselyte twice as much a child of hell as they are; (3) confuse people by senseless oaths, telling them that if they swear by the Temple, their oath is not binding, but if they swear by the gold of the Temple, it is binding - the fools ought to realize, Jesus says, that the Temple includes all that is in it; (4) tithe some of their money but neglect justice and mercy and faith, which are weightier moral matters, when they ought both to tithe and perform these greater acts of righteousness as well; (5) are careful about outward cleanliness but careless about the inward disposition, so that they are filled with extortion and greed; (6) appear righteous but really are hypocrites, because their appearance hides all manner of iniquity inside; (7) pretend to revere the prophets of history whom their parents killed but continue to practice the evil of their parents by rejecting those whom God sends to them now (Matt.

Justification enables the Christian to act morally in a sinful world even though this act involves participation in the evil which produces conflicts of conscience.

They admirably avoid the fundamental question that haunts Christian theology: if God who wills to be involved has created a world in which not even he can act in perfect blamelessness, how can God avoid the accusation of guilt — ultimate, primordial culpability for human suffering; culpability for that which we experience as evil?

The kingdom of God would come, to be sure, as a consequence of a decisive act of God, for only God could defeat the supernatural powers of evil which opposed his rule and only God could release the tides of spiritual power which would give the new age its character; but the kingdom of God was to be a kingdom within men's hearts and within men's world.

It would account for the perplexing situation in which a moral agent must intentionally will evil as part of a moral act, or allow some evil to take place through a refusal to take action.

Thus «faith», the pattern of contemporary religious experience which is to relate us to God through Christ, can not by its very nature be built upon «the present evil aeon», with all that it provides of worldly security under man's control and invariably at his disposal; by definition «faith» is the life given in death, and consequently has its basis beyond our control, is lived out of the future, is «an act of faith».

For all its power, however, Voltaire's poem is a very feeble thing compared to the case for «rebellion» against «the will of God» in human suffering placed in the mouth of Ivan Karamazov by that fervently Christian novelist Dostoevsky; for, while the evils Ivan recounts to his brother Alexey are acts not of impersonal nature but of men, Dostoevsky's treatment of innocent suffering possesses a profundity of which Voltaire was never even remotely capable.

Rom 1:28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, Rom 1:29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, Rom 1:30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, Rom 1:31 without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; Rom 1:32 and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death.

Many governments which accuse North Korea have a less than perfect track record themselves, and they are willing to overlook despicable acts by their own allies, but even so the North Korean government is clearly evil.

«We are looking forward to a very large turnout,» said their website, which warned that «left Democrats have launched a massive «anti-Trump revolution»... to carry out evil anti-constitutional acts.»

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But it also pointed the way forward for Marvel, which was going to start seriously questioning its heroes» plans and power — at least until the third act, when everything would turn into yet another battle between good and evil.

Jack Black's finest display of acting prowess is his 1996 Oscar nominated performance in the critically acclaimed blockbuster Mars Attacks in which Black stars as a plucky upstart U.S. Army soldier who valiantly attempts to defend the planet from the evil martians and in doing so, allows Pierce Brosnan to see less screen time.

It joins stuff like Tucker and Dale vs. Evil — which I actually didn't care for — but exceeds it by deciding to get all Shaw Brothers and shit - crazy for its third act, which I can respect.

If the teaser — which is intended to show the direction of the game, not act as a prologue — is a genuine indication, Resident Evil 7 is returning to genuine survival horror; but unlike The Evil Within, is a modern incarnation, not trying to recapture the past.

The performer rivetingly empathized with his troubled protagonist in director Marjane Satrapi's new film, which is now playing in theaters and On Demand, showcasing that not all people who commit heinous acts are driven by evil.

Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition brings the content of the original Diablo III release, plus the newest expansion Reaper of Souls, which introduces the Loot 2.0 system, the Crusader class, a new act, apprentice mode, and more features that make it an improvement over the original.

Capcom also showed off the known Resident Evil HD remaster, which will have new, «professional» voice acting.

The real stand out point (and sometimes weakness) is the voice acting which is definitely superb at many great times and the voice actors really helped to achieve the sense that this is a B - movie style experience similar to how Resident Evil started out with better voice acting.

The headline act, however, was Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, which showed the game's hero creeping around a haunted house.

The story almost always involves some act of horror, like a demonic suffering or a brutal crime, which is responsible for opening the door to evil in Silent Hill.