Has
evil been committed in the name of the church?
It's time some of us speak out against the lies and
evil being committed in the name of Jesus.
«I am wondering myself... why the focus is on guns, not the terrorists, not
the evil they are committing?»
The story follows 4 little heroes from the world known as Luxendarc: Agnès Oblige who is the Wind Vestal that finds the Wind Crystal shrouded in darkness and sets out to restore all 4 crystals back to normal to fend off incoming evil, Tiz Arrior who witnesses his brother and his entire hometown get swallowed up by a great chasm, Edea Lee who is of the Duchy of Eternia who then goes traitor once she learns of
the evil they are committing, and Ringabel who is a mysterious vagrant that has no recollection of his past and carries around a notebook that seemingly tells the future.
Even so, it will not alter the fact that a terrible
evil was committed against our indigenous peoples and that its rightful name is genocide.
Not exact matches
seeing we atheists
are committing such
evil actions as equality and freedom of choice for females, what
are you doing to stop us?
It
is characteristic nowadays to talk with horror of killing rather than of murder, and hence, since in war you have
committed yourself to killing — i.e. «accepted an
evil» — not to mind whom you kill.
One can know that murder
is wrong without
commiting that
evil act and having personal knowledge of such.
Even if a «Christian» folks
committed aweful acts, which they did, do, and will, that
's a far cry from all Christians
being evil.
TO choose between him or Mitt Romney a man who
is evil I have no choice but to vote for President Obama, To cut a child's hair off and
commit the crime he did in school
is a lot different than a little boy pushing a little girl because of embarassment.
Those who put themselves on Satan's ground will
be influenced by him to
commit evil — especially murder.
Twenty years ago, the liberals
were saying, «St. Paul
was talking about the
evils of pederasty in Romans 1, not the kind of loving,
committed relationships we
're advocating for.»
If only there
were evil people somewhere insidiously
committing evil deeds, and it
were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them.
Well no GOD or Prophet will order you to
commit adultery for a purpose what ever it
is... and this we
are hearing
is of Humenity
Evil Greeds.
Religion, despite some charitable accomplishments,
is not absolved of all of the
evil that it has
commited, all the fear and bigotry and hatred that it has espoused in the name of it
's holy imaginary friend.
The editors viewed their job as a
committed ministry and believed that they
were working toward building a positive society by calling attention to social
evils and praising worthwhile social developments.
I think the person who
commits the act does not do it to
be evil.
John 5:28 - 29 — for an hour
is coming, in which all who
are in the tombs will hear His voice and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who
committed the
evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment
You want to claim that those people who murdered the natives
were not «informed» by their Christianity and
were just «people» and yet you want to claim that any atheist who
commits evil is doing so BECAUSE of their atheism.
But I also think we
are unaware of this and naively and sincerely think we
are doing good while
committing this
evil.
Oh please, the church has
commited plenty of
evil since day 1 of it
's forming, yet the bible never changed so how do you explain that?
Whenever such wickedness occurs, it must
be fully exposed and condemned, and full justice must
be applied by prosecution of all those individuals who share responsibility for this
evil, either in their
committing abuse or collaborated in it and its cover - up.
Suffice it to say that implicit in the novel's conclusion
is the understanding of confession articulated in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which declares that «Interior repentance
is a radical reorientation of our whole life, a conversion to God with all our heart, an end of sin, a turning away from
evil, with repugnance toward the
evil actions we have
committed.»
The guy
committed genocide more than once, and as
evil as they claim Lucifer
is, he doesn't even come close to the destruction caused by god.
Again, this verse
is sometimes used to defend the idea that anyone who
commits murder proves that he / she does not have eternal life, but «belongs to» the
evil one.
It
is not God's responsibility to stop even Christians from
committing evil acts though he does at times intervene.
Committed to national and military «honor» — a concept that when perverted becomes a third source of potential
evil, Kekes believes — they used kidnapping, gruesome torture, and murder to eradicate subversives (dropping bound victims out of airplanes to drown in the ocean
was a preferred method of killing).
These
are some of the principles on which the schools of thought based their decisions: all things
are fundamentally allowable, unless specifically prohibited; toleration and the lifting of restrictions should
be the aim of legislation; eradication of mischief
is the aim of administration; necessity permits benefiting by things not otherwise allowable; necessity
is given due appreciation; preventing mischief has priority over bringing about welfare;
commit the lesser of two
evils; mischief
is not removed by mischief; one should suffer private damage to avert general disaster.
Only one
evil force
was guilty of starting the war, only one foul foe
committed horrible atrocities, and these men and people had to
be utterly crushed and punished.
The Catholic church ought to
be ashamed of the
evil IT has wrought; far more harm has
been done by your popes and their minions than has ever
been committed by gays.
It also teaches that abuse
is evil and that offenses against children
are most vile, that victims
are innocent, and that when an actual sin
is committed, repentance
is possible.
He gives a reminder that he
is still the true king of his people, that it
is he (and not this feeble king) who commands in Israel, delivers Israel, and serves as its commander - in - chief, that it
is he also (and not this king that abdicates his responsibility) who himself bears all the suffering of this people, who takes it to himself and suffers it, that finally it
is on him (and not on this blind king) that there falls all the
evil committed among his people.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which
are not convenient; 29
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of
evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which
commit such things
are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
Likewise, you don't know that all humanity
is evil, even though some people
commit acts that
are commonly referred to as
evil.
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.
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.
For Brown, if the United States could
commit itself to refusing to imitate the «
evil deeds» of the terrorists, if the U.S. would eschew the violence that has marked its post-World War II foreign policy, if the U.S. could abandon its «faith in redemptive violence,» if the U.S. could spend as much money on a peace academy as it does on the service academies... well, there would
be some hope for a peaceful future.
There
are far more people who go through life without doing anything
evil than there
are people who do do
commit evil.
Ro 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which
are not convenient; 29
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of
evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which
commit such things
are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
When I think of all the
evil in this world that
is committed in the name of God I shudder.
Moreover, there
are no museums testifying to the
evils of communism, no memorials to communism's victims, and no Gulag camps maintained as reminders to new generations of the crimes
committed by Communist regimes.
The reason i say the person has religion
is that most people who
commit this type of act try to justify the
evil they do by saying it for the greater good that religion has taught them, but you never know and we wont till all the facts
are in.
David Robertson says there
's a double standard in the way we judge the motives of those who
commit evil.
This
is the explanation for the
evils that have
been committed in the name of religion throughout human history.
Many of the examples you gave
were evil committed by man not by God.
The first stage of
evil does not yet contain a «radical
evil» since the misdeeds which
are committed in it
are slid into rather than chosen as such.
Great
evils have also
been carried out by non-believers, and those too should
be laid at the feet of the ones who
committed the acts.
«WE HAVE THE VICTORY» For those struggling with thoughts of unforgiveness and attacks on the mind especially deceiving thoughts and doubts these
are from satan in the word they
are called fiery darts we
are to quench those darts by faith so we need to read the word and believe that Gods word
is true.We also have the victory over these thoughts because when we accept Jesus the holy spirit dwells within us so satan does nt have authority over us he can not rule what belongs to God he can only deceive.We can not defeat the enemy in our strength we need the holy spirit when we try and overcome him in our strength we struggle especially with our thoughs and in the area of sin.If you
are having
evil thoughts or doubts
commit your way unto the Lord and let him fight your battle.Tell the enemy he has no authority over you that you
are under the covering of Jesus Christ and when you have doubts memorise verses on faith ie greater
is he that
is in me than he that
is in the world.The holy spirit
is just like Jesus talk to him
be friends with him he helps us to live like Christ and gives us the power to do it.We
are overcomers more than conquerers through Christ who strengthens us.brentnz
Why I says to myself love
is good, and mercy and kindness and etc how could they call that
evil, and just by reasoning about what they said, I felt that I had
committed that sin....
This
is especially acute when a person appears to have lived a morally
evil life or to have
committed suicide, as in the instance of the minister's brother.