The problem with blaming all this on faith or religion is that it hides the true culprits: fear, hatred, and selfishness — which culprits are leveraged by
evil leaders of groups like ISIS.
General Ratiev,
evil leader of the Zalestad nation must be stopped.
Kane,
the evil leader of the Nod arrives at the GDI headquarters, to meet face to face with his arch enemies.
Your quest will take you through three different military bases in an attempt to rescue your daughter and defeat Drektor,
the evil leader of the Xenos.
Not exact matches
Stone Fish, who has visited the country twice on organized tours, added that «Visiting North Korea is a rare opportunity for Americans to humanize North Koreans,» beyond the national stereotype
of a «cartoonishly
evil leader, nuclear weapons, and rows upon rows
of goosestepping soldiers.»
Zimbabwe's virtual dictator Robert Mugabe has been one
of the world's most brutal, corrupt, and just plain
evil leaders for 35 + years.
Other religious
leaders regularly note that «the love
of money is the root
of all kinds
of evil» and that «a man's life does not consist in the abundance
of his possessions.»
The Christian Right has lost its way and GOD himself thought the sheep needed to learn from their misguided, lying cheating and B - S - ing way... and well GOD can only lead you to water... Our
Leaders are protect from the
EVILS of man and in this election the
EVIL doers all have green thumbs from the greedy money monsters....
Religious
leaders free themselves from the obligation
of talking about
evil, by pretending that it's only a matter
of free will and people can choose what they want and the consequences are only personal («between you and God»).
The authors judgmentally rail against the judgmentalism
of religion, while graciously allowing that some religious
leaders have opposed the
evils engendered by religion.
What Jesus said about the
evil shepherds and other individuals, who were using the flock for their own selfish gratification, could also be said today
of many
of our religious
leaders and our political
leaders.
«Faith - based groups reacted to the terrorist
leader's death with renewed sympathy for victims» families, scriptural citations justifying the demise
of evil, and hopeful prayers for peace among the nations,» stated the RNA release.
«In their comments, some evangelical
leaders suggested that voting for a third party candidate or abstaining for that office was futile or a vote for the winning ticket,» noted the NAE on the «lesser
of two
evils» choice.
Maybe the next step is to read Richard Bach's Illusions and determine the meaning
of «Bad is what you don't like,
evil is what makes you unhappy» because things are a little more complicated then the drivel your
leaders and the media feed you to shape your outlook.
Well, some
of this is me projecting onto the lesser
of two
evils, but not everyone wants a constant reminder
of the faith
of our
leaders.
[It] has historically been used by their
leaders to justify a long succession
of evil systems — including fascism, communism, anarchism, nazism, occultism, and many others.
These people can say what they want, treat others in the most despicable, cruel and out right
evil ways, and their supporters, (friends and other
leaders) will justify the wrong doing without any regard to the word
of God.
A while back I found another blog from a church
leader and the theme was something along the lines
of «Every worldview must make some account
of evil.»
those arent christians on that premise you cant relate christianity to any atrocities, because it was not administered by the Holy Spirit, only authentic non religious endwellment is what a saved person is and they areent the
leaders or followers
of demonic
evils, opressions, and carnal endeavors
All you who will hold out to the end with our holy church please do nt listen to these hell bound haters
of christianity.It is
evil tryin to destroy our church.Remember our church
leaders are human and are sometimes weak to temptation.Dont bash a whole religion cause a few fall!
Its
leaders did not believe that the society they were building was the Kingdom
of God, but they did believe that human obedience to God could usher in a world in which many
of the present social
evils would be overcome.
I am convinced that the corrupt and
evil leaders in Africa bear much
of the responsibility for the suffering
of their people.
Despite their combined
evil, they still didn't cause the same degree
of human carnage and suffering as 20th century wars fought by world
leaders who defined themselves as religious.
Good
leaders take care
of their people,
evil leaders take care
of themselves, at the expense
of their
leaders.
So when one Christian accuses a church
leader of doing something
evil or wrong, the pastor often feels justified in retorting the same way Jesus did, and accuses his accusers
of committing a sin against the Holy Spirit.
As Adele points out in a recent post on her blog, Christian
leaders like Rick Warren have earned a reputation for condoning the use
of force to «defeat
evil.»
I have heard from the Dear Magnificent
Leader - Vladimar Oblama and those in the Appartatchik, including Commissars Pelosi (code name: Plastic Face) and Reid, they send warmest thanks in the name
of the Revolution for your Victory against the
evil Capitalist onslaught.
That is, that one
of the main reasons for his attack on Darwinism is his conclusion that insufficiently critical adoption
of evolutionary modes
of thought by the majority
of scientists, and also by educational (e.g., John Dewey) and legal (e.g., Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.)
leaders, has led to a highly unsatisfactory cultural situation, and to many
evil consequences.
Secondly, they argue that the amount
of evil in the world suggests that God is not a very persuasive
leader.
Religiously it was jihad against
evil society and the infidels in America, an interpretation that was not accepted by the majority
of Islamic
leaders, theologians, and communities the world over.
In spite
of the attempt
of national
leaders and the mass media to interpret the incident as a malicious terrorist act
of disgruntled and frustrated people full
of evil intensions, for many North Americans it was difficult, if not impossible, to accept it as non-religious.
The only way a person more ethically advanced than Saddam Hussein can approve
of this grotesquely
evil practice is by assuming, as Southern
leaders once did about slaves, that there is no human victim involved.
Our political
leaders designate «other» people and places as
evil and engage in questionable policies because they know the body politic will buy that sort
of rhetoric.
With sadness in my heart, I'm watching the America
of my youth and working life,
of God - fearing and law - abiding people, being totally replaced by
EVIL leaders elected by a majority
of a foolish and ignorant population!
We would never tolerate a
leader of a country today committing genocide and infanticide for the reason that the people are «
evil», so why do you let your God off the hook?
But it is the
evil reality
of most organized religions, that regardless
of how many good intentions
leaders start out with, they mean nothing under the pressure they come under in order to please the masses, their particular denominational mandates, and to be able to put food on the family table.
Some ugly and foolish thoughts expressed in slovenly language were put forth by President Ronald Reagan when, during a 1982 conference with some eastern Carribean
leaders, he called Marxism a «virus»; when, in 1983, he labeled the Soviet Union an «
evil empire,» telling the assembled National Association
of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida, that communism «is the focus
of evil in the modern world» and that «we are enjoined by Scripture and the Lord Jesus to oppose it with all our might»; and when, while conferring in 1984 with 19 conservative and religious
leaders, he vowed to fight the «communist cancer.»
Come now, you know why: Because
of a brief period in history when a symbol that has been used around the world for thousands
of years as a sign
of good will was used to represent an
evil socialistic nation whose
leader ordered the death
of millions.
Holloway affirms that «we are not to do
evil that good might come» and that «we should not endorse a wicked political
leader, even if he holds out the promise
of forestalling greater
evils.»
St. Paul warns us that we are not to do
evil that good might come, which means we should not endorse a wicked political
leader, even if he holds out the promise
of forestalling greater
evils.
Witness, for example, what becomes
of the Golden Rule when Matthew Hale,
leader of the World Church
of the Creator, says that whatever is for the white race is good and whatever is against the white race is
evil, is sin.
In America
evil is defined by consensus
of our elected
leaders and validated by our court system, it is called illegal.
In the case
of violent,
evil political
leaders, or violent &
evil groups such as ISIL, we can do what we can to neutralize them.
The
leaders of the world are
evil but the church is good.
Roman Reigns (the one who's a handsome Dothraki prince) has run afoul
of evil, creepy Bayou cult
leader Bray Wyatt (the one in the hat).
People love to claim that «Dr» Amy's followers are would - be bullies, mindlessly loyal to their
evil leader, but regular readers know that commenters here also have empathy, compassion, a sense
of justice and a desire to make the world a better place.
She also remarked that the IPOB
leader is «
evil» as he was using people
of the South East to «wipe the floor.»
... Delight in smooth - sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts, desire for popularity and electoral success irrespective
of the vital interests
of the State, genuine love
of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation, obvious lack
of intellectual vigour in both
leaders of the British Coalition Government, marked ignorance
of Europe and aversion from its problems in Mr. Baldwin, the strong and violent pacifism which at this time dominated the Labour - Socialist Party, the utter devotion
of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality, the failure and worse than failure
of Mr. Lloyd George, the erstwhile great war - time
leader, to address himself to the continuity
of his work, the whole supported by overwhelming majorities in both Houses
of Parliament: all these constituted a picture
of British fatuity and fecklessness which, though devoid
of guile, was not devoid
of guilt, and, though free from wickedness or
evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world
of horrors and miseries which, even so far as they have unfolded, are already beyond comparison in human experience.
Since returning to parliament in June and becoming Lib Dem
leader Cable has not held back in attacking the PM, earlier in the summer he accused her
of using «
evil» language which could have been lifted from Hitler's Mein Kampf.
«We are urging every Biafran, particularly Christians in the Middle Belt Region and Yoruba
leaders to stand firm and observe this sit - at - home because Armageddon is coming and a coalition
of the brave must come together to rise up to confront the
evil from the Sahel.