Sentences with phrase «evil than the concept»

Not exact matches

Here then is a theology that either means nothing certainly identifiable (without supernatural grace or high genius in the art of reconnecting with experience concepts carefully divested of relation to it) or else means that the world might exactly as well not have existed, or as well have existed with far more evil or less good in it than it actually presents.

Astonishingly, then, in this concept, death is not simply evil any more than winter is evil in the passing of the year.

Moreover, since no aspect of reality is more important than the evil we encounter, a theistic perspective can be considered worthy of serious consideration only if it can explain in a plausible manner how evil can be reconciled with the concept of God in question (ER 41 - 49).

I lean towards the third view... but I admit it is the most difficult of the three views... Christ's priorities appear to be «love in motion» flowing in almost unpredictable directions as dictated by the greatest need: — He heals a slave rather than rebukes slavery; — He heals a man at a pool, then leads the man to belief, then says «cease from sinning»; — He heals many others and says «go and sin no more» to but a few; — He shares money with the poor but establishes no long - term aid; — He touches lepers; He converses with seeking Pharisees; He debates with other Pharisees; He lives with Samaritan outcasts for two days; — He acknowledges the five «marriages» of the Samaritan woman as «marriages»... and then remarks about her current co-habitation... but then moves to higher priorities; — He seems so very focused on internal holiness and not on external holiness; — He violates the Sabbath; He says He is Lord of the Sabbath; He even says that the Sabbath was created to assist man, rather than man created to serve the Sabbath... thus turning the entire concept of the Law into one of assistance rather than being chained to obedience; — He insists on impartiality in the way we bless others, even if we call them «evil» or «good».

The extortion subplot involving Ansel's manager and Lance Reddick's shadowy menace (playing a mysterious figure in the way only he can) may be a necessary evil to motivate Ansel toward taking on the family as clients, but in practice it is such a half - baked flimsy concept that it never evolves beyond plot device status, feeling more like manipulation than motivation.

On the other hand, many thought Resident Evil 7 was a fantastic update of the concept of the series, but aspects as its very obvious American setting or the absence of any of the iconic protagonists made it feel like a spin - off rather than a main entry, at least for Japanese customers.

The games industry is no stranger to the concept of splicing two varying types of genre together, and while some marriages of structure are less than favourable (where did it all go wrong with Resident Evil, Capcom?)