Sentences with phrase «fear of punishment in»

Fear of punishment in some imagined afterlife isn't stopping people from behaving badly any more than imprisonment or a death penalty is stopping murderers from killing.

This is the motive to ISLAM's madness which in essence gives devoted muslims their «license to KILL» without fear of punishment in their muslim life after.

It's not even a fear of punishment in this life or the life to come.

Not exact matches

They believe that people need to fear layoffs, explosions of anger and punishment in order to operate at 100 %.

Fear and awe of God differ radically from horror: We fear God's punishment and stand in awe of his presence, but we are horrified when we no longer believe that God will do justFear and awe of God differ radically from horror: We fear God's punishment and stand in awe of his presence, but we are horrified when we no longer believe that God will do justfear God's punishment and stand in awe of his presence, but we are horrified when we no longer believe that God will do justice.

Perhaps god doesn't like a bunch of mindless sheeple, and lets in only people who think for themselves and live honest and compassionate lives because they think it's a good idea, not because they fear eternal punishment.

We aren't told what Thompson believes now» and his art does not require us to place him in any doctrinal camp» but by the end of Habibi he seems to have least worked his way to a beautiful observation: «God's followers worship not out of the hope for reward nor fear of punishment but out of love.»

If we behaved for no other reason than fear of punishment by an invisible being, we'd be in bad shape.

Some preachers believe that the only way people of today are going to come to God is if they fear eternal punishment in the afterlife.

So, too, with one who wishes to do good out of fear of punishment, if indeed it can be done in that fashion, if it is not as when the fear - ridden person turns his whole life into nothing but illness, out of fear of becoming ill.

However, a man does not in truth will the Good if he only wills it out of fear of punishment, and hence is only in a state of slavery to the Good.

Fear of the punishment is so far from helping him to do the Good in truth, that it ruins him, just because punishment is a medicine.

Even if it happened to be a good man who in the agony of fear preserved a certain slavish blamelessness out of fear of punishment: still he is double - minded.

In the act of admonishing, therefore, a man should warn against fear of the world's punishment, which is double - mindedness.

Do you do good only out of fear of punishment, so that you scowl, even when you will the Good, so that in your dreams at night, you wish away the punishment and to that extent also the Good, and in your dreams by day imagine that one can with a slavish mind serve the Good?

On the other hand, all double - mindedness that wills the Good only out of fear of punishment can always be known in the end, because it considers punishment as an illness.

Even, at times when I truly begin to feel intensely guilty for my thoughts and fear punishment, I remind myself that God even has mercy towards Satan, the very enemy of God, by not utterly and completely destroying his existence but given him free will to operate in this world and to do evil.

I too, have dealt with blasphemous thoughts against the Holy Spirit, so much, in fact, that I actually began to resent the Holy Spirit for even existing, because the very mention of him in the Bible would fill my mind with terror over blaspheming Him and thereby fearing unforgiveness and eternal punishment in hell.

Yet he asserts that it is better if corporal punishment is never used, for it «drives children to hate their teachers and parents, causes them to perform good actions only out of fear, and even creates in them an aversion to «true piety.»»

No, I don't do those things because of the fear of punishment personally, but also agree with laws against those things because it hurts the society in which i belong, and would to not have those things happen to me.

My experience is that once you stand outside the system, you can see the fear for the first time... It's what got you in, it's what keeps you in... If you begin to ask, what would this look like if there is no fear of punishment?

But what say we all take a moment from biting each others» heads off to cool down and appreciate that we live in a society that lets us say things like this (referring to both the billboard and this discussion) without fear of severe punishment?

To Ken Margo: I am totally agree with you about this evil thing going around the earth... this evil minded people is there everywhere regardless of faith... that was not what i was trying to say... my point was to be able to recognize the One True God who is Unseen and who has no partners as He is not in need of any partners but we the creation is in need of Him... thats all... I wish I could do something to stop all these taking place around the earth... I think we human fear the fed laws more than we fear the laws of our Creator, for example not to associate any partner with Him, taking the life of others, drug dealing, human trafficking, believing in hereafter and so on... I remember a story that I was talking with one of my friends... I was telling him look we all obey the law of the land so much like for example when we drive and no one moves even an inch when there is a school bus stop to pick / drop kids as it is a fed laws but when it comes to the laws of our Creator, we don't care... like having physical relationship outside of marriage and many more... then he said something nice... he said that its because we see the consequence of breaking the law of the land but we do not see the punishment of hereafter even though it is mentioned very details in Quran, it even gives pictures of hereafter....

This enormously transforms his perspective upon the present life, less through hope of future reward or fear of punishment than through a sense of the enhanced worthfulness of the present as preparatory to eternal life in the presence of God.

I generally put this down to very religious people (who have been raised with the concept that God is personally invested in them and is a central force in their life) experiencing the thought of a person without a religious belief system as being close to someone soul-less: without morals and without any fear of punishment (hell), so obviously less trustworthy than religious people who have a spiritual Big Brother and religious community watching their every move.

But if we come to Christ and He does a work in us then by our heart we start to walk according to the law without the fear of punishment.

FOREVER HA HA HA HA HA» For thousands of years, religion was used to keep the masses in line with fear of punishments, reprisals, torture and death.

Children were removed from their homes, put in to Residential schools where they were horribly abused, forced to leave the beliefs behind for fear of severe punishment at the hands of their christian masters, forced to lose their Native Tongue... all in some warped vision to tear down a culture and destroy it.

Seems to me, if God wanted us to live in fear of an eternal punishment, God would have spoken out earlier, and not waited'til Jesus came.

And whereas, it is the duty of nations as as well as of men, to owe their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess their sins and transgressions, in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord: And, in so much as we know that, by His divine law, nations, like individuals, are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world, may we not justly fear that the awful calamity of civil war, which now desolates the land, may be but a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins, to the needful end of our national reformation as a whole People?

Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hopes of reward after death.»

religion is so formidable in our society because of the unending indoctrination, the constant threat of expulsion from the community, and the use of fear in the form of eternal punishment.

No reputable theologian could really defend the idea that a sincere Christian frequently committed numerous mortal sins, but a burden of personal guilt lay heavily in the sermons of the day, and people looked for an assurance, not just of absolution, but of release from the punishment that they feared they had incurred.

fred... yes fred, i have a better way — but you sir, i have no need to keep this conversation going, for you are terribly thick headed, and beyond brainwashed by religion... you claim to believe the bible and what is has to say yet allow for me to be a di - ck to god without fear of recourse or any form of punishment from god — back in the day, i would have been smoted, now you losers claim that he will just torture me forever in hell as my punishment — this implies that god has learned better ways to function as god — whoa, did anyone else just see what i said, god learned... thats rather un-godly, to learn, being he is all knowing - but your right, i am wrong... jesus christ where did i put my fuk you card, oh god - dam - nit... i must have thrown it away with all the other garbage i don't use... well too bad.

Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.

With a schedule like that, Clemson can afford to keep another tradition — playing an in - state FCS opponent like The Citadel or Coastal Carolina — with little fear of punishment.

Bill Banning Corporal Punishment in Schools to Be Introduced in Congress «There are two Americas out there for young students right now — one where they go to school knowing that they'll be guided positively by caring adults, and one where they live in constant fear of getting beaten,» said Rep. McCarthy, a member of the Committee on Education and Workforce.

The thing is, instant obedience and thoughtless compliance based on fear of punishment will always be an external and temporary «fix» for behavior issues, as evidenced by the increasingly defiant and disconnected Israelite nation in the Old Testament, while thoughtful consideration and cooperation are internal, a heart - deep and soul - to - soul connection inspired by compassion, respect, and communication.

Shame, fear, physical punishments, or withdrawal of love to enforce good behavior in my opinion are not inspiring ways to raise a child.

There are no «parentified» children in the family, and people talk freely for themselves, expressing differences of feelings and opinions without fear of punishment or retaliation.

He demonstrated in many ways that the law (outer governance and control through fear of punishment) was no longer to be a rigid yoke with its heavy burden of cleansing and rituals and sacrifices and punishments, but instead was to be a kingdom of the heart, of mercy not sacrifice, because the sacrifice was Himself.

I lived in fear of punishment and developed a lot of sneaky behavior (eating cookies, going to clubs, sleeping over a boy's house) because of it.

The office of Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, released its findings in a graphic 79 - page report that described a «deep - seated culture of violence» against youthful inmates at the jail complex, perpetrated by guards who operated with little fear of punishment.

«They are going to say that once we do it in the name of a party that is in government, once we do it in the name of a presidential candidate because of certain powers we have, we will be pardoned and therefore the fear of the punishment of contempt becomes useless» he said.

It's pretty well accepted in the work - psychology world that fear of punishment isn't a great motivator.

Crowe plays this note fairly well in his early scenes, his downcast eyes and reserved, low voice in front of the king indicating that fealty that comes from fear of punishment rather than devotion — a fear thoroughly justified when Robin's frank talk to his sovereign on the justness of these «holy wars» lands him in the stocks with proto — Merrie Men Will Scarlet (Scott Grimes), Little John (Kevin Durand), and Allan A'Dayle (Alan Doyle).

Such is the display of fair - weathered faith in Joshua Marston's fourth feature film, Come Sunday, which relates the true trials and travails of evangelical Bishop Carlton Pearson, who in the late 1990s caused waves amongst his religious community in Tulsa, Oklahoma when he announced God spoke to him and confirmed all souls are eligible to be received in heaven, whether they accept Jesus Christ as their lord and savior or not (which also negates the threat of hell, a punishment which has kept communities frozen in antiquated fear - based decision making for centuries).

im currently in a school doing extra sixth lessons and im actually finding it detrimental to my learning giving me more work homework time and my mock results are down from my last year many schools do less school and achieve much higher pass rates i fell that this extra time is making students feel worse and limits there ability to socialize when they go to school until 4:10 pm and arrive home at about 5 making it dark in the winter while walking home may i add it also means that when we get home are daily 2 hr of hw leaves us being at home with no extra work at about 7 pm on top of this there is revision for exams and catch up work for students to complete all of this removes a students ability to have fun were we are hunting success in fear of punishment To conclude extra lessons punish the mind and form a generation of students that dislike school and even sometimes even become suicidal all because schools think they are doing things right

He believed laws should be decreed in the interest of the state, that people should be controlled by fear of punishment.

In his mind, it is affection and the reward of praise that trains dogs, not fear of punishment.