Sentences with phrase «for war violence»

Release Date: December 25, 2014 Studio: Universal Pictures Director: Angelina Jolie Screenwriter: Richard LaGravenese, William Nicholson, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Starring: Jack O'Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Finn Wittrock, Miyavi, Garrett Hedlund MPAA Rating: PG - 13 (for war violence including intense sequences of brutality, and for brief language)

Unbroken is rated PG - 13 by the MPAA for war violence including intense sequences of brutality, and for brief language.

In the Land of Blood and Honey Rated R for war violence and atrocities including rape, sexuality, nudity and language Available on DVD and Blu - ray Written and directed by Angelina Jolie, Land of Blood and Honey tells the story of a man and woman during the Bosnian War whose allegiances to their countries and religions keep them from furthering their relationship.

Meagan Leavey Rated PG - 13 for war violence, language, suggestive material, and thematic elements Rotten Tomatoes Score: 84 % Based on her true - life story, Meagan Leavey (played by Kate Mara) is a lost soul who joins the marines in order to find direction.

Grade: C + (Rated R for war violence, including some disturbing images.)

Megan Leavey MPAA Rating: PG - 13 for war violence, language, suggestive material, and thematic elements.

Grade: B -(Rated PG - 13 for war violence including intense sequences of brutality, and for brief language.)

Excellent (3.5 stars) Rated PG - 13 for war violence and graphically - depicted torture.

It is 137 minutes long and is Rated PG - 13 for war violence including intense sequences of brutality, and for brief language.

Not exact matches

The attacks in rapid succession were a grim reminder of the strength of both the Taliban and Islamic State's emerging Afghanistan branch to wreak violence despite stepped up U.S. air attacks under Trump's new policy for the 16 - year - old war.

All three movements also have roots in violence, with the Jews justifying war with the «chosen people» rhetoric, the Christians justifying violence with rhetoric that they are saved from sin by Jesus, and the Muslims justifying violence with rhetoric about jihad for Allah.

In the political realm, this encompasses the commitments of the liberal peace to human rights and even accountability for war criminals, but it also includes the redress of the wide range of wounds that tyrannical violence inflicts through a correspondingly wide range of practices that bring a measure of restoration to victims as well as perpetrators.

Well, the last time Americans had a president who was psychologically «programmed» to ignore facts that didn't agree with his beliefs, the USA ended up wasting $ 1T in an illegal war to «liberate» 100's of billions of barrels of Iraqi oil (as many as 1.2 M people died in the process due to violence, disease & starvation resulting from the conflict), nearly $ 5T was added to the U.S. federal debt, a man with experience as the Judges and Stewards Commissioner for the International Arabian Horse Association was put in charge of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. subprime credit «bubble» expanded hugely & then imploded, wiping out some $ 14T in global wealth & destroying millions of jobs, etc..

The violence was gut - wrenching for an already - divided nation, but pales in comparison to the brutality of regular civilians during Civil War.

It really inspires me to think that maybe my generation will be the one to sever the marriage between evangelicalism and politics, end the culture wars, and redirect our efforts toward feeding the hungry, helping the homeless, advocating for the helpless, pursuing racial reconciliation, supporting single moms, rejecting the seductive pull of power and violence, and earning a repuation as peacemakers.

Bonhoeffer's reluctant involvement in the conspiracy against Hitler certainly does not provide unambiguous Christian justification for resorting to violence and war.

Do not doubt for a second that if more of us left our bubbles, abandoned culture wars, locked up our guns safe behind our legal right to own them and brought the physical presence of Christ into the communities stricken by violence, we would see dramatically less devastation — by gun or otherwise.

* worship God, who has never been, at any time for any reason, a capricious God of death, war, murder, destruction, violence, abuse, vengeance, hate, fear, lies, slavery, systemic injustice, oppression, conditional acceptance, exclusion, segregation, discrimination, shunning, ostracism, eternal condemnation, eternal punishment, retribution, sacrifices, patriarchy, matriarchy, empire, nationalism, only one culture, only one race or portion of the population, parochialism, sectarianism, dogma, creeds, pledges, oaths or censorship — and who has never behaved as a Greco - Roman or narcissistic deity.

If the Christ is the Suffering King who bleeds and dies for His enemies, who loves and accepts all, and who has no desire to control others but only to serve them, then any «Christ» which is used to defend war and violence toward enemies, to reject and divide from others, and to control and manipulate others for personal gain, is the anti-Christ.

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 futuFor 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 futufor a peaceful future.

He wishes to internationalize the holy places in Jerusalem, which leaves me shaking my head in dismay (such an intervention would lead to a chaos of injustice and violence that would make the present Intifada war against the Jews seem like a picnic and would have dire consequences for the holy places themselves» so far still untouched).

On the post about the drawings you said «God has never been, at any time for any reason, a capricious God of death, war, destruction, murder, violence, oppression, retribution, vengeance, hate, or conditional acceptance.»

Today the existence of an international order depends on our discovery of some method (other than war or revolution or similar acts of violence) for the changing of the status quo.

1 Corinthians 11:14 (Men should not have long hair) 1 Corinthians 14:34 - 35 (Women should remain silent in church) Deuteronomy 13:6 - 16 (Death penalty for Apostasy) Deuteronomy 20:10 - 14 (Attack city, kill all men, keep women, children as spoils of war) Deuteronomy 21:18 - 21 (Death penalty for a rebellious son) Deuteronomy 22:19 - 25 (Kill non - virgin / kill adulterers / rapists) Ecclesiastes 1:18 (Knowledge is bad) Exodus 21:1 - 7 (Rules for buying slaves) Exodus 35:2 (Death for working on the Sabbath) Ezekiel 9:5 - 6 (Murder women / children) Genesis 1:3,4,5,11,12,16 (God creates light, night and day, plants grow, before creating sun) Genesis 3:16 (Man shall rule over woman) Jeremiah 19:9 (Cannibalism) John 3:18 (He who believes in Jesus is saved, he that doesn't is condemned) John 5:46 - 47 (Jesus references Old Testament) Leviticus 3:1 - 17 (Procedure for animal sacrifice) Leviticus 19:19 (No mixed fabrics in clothing) Leviticus 19:27 (Don't trim hair or beard) Leviticus 19:28 (No tattoos) Leviticus 20:9 (Death for cursing father or mother) Leviticus 20:10 (Death for adultery) Leviticus 20:13 (Death for gay men) Leviticus 21:17 - 23 (Ugly people, lame, dwarfs, not welcome on altar) Leviticus 25:45 (Strangers can be bought as slaves) Luke 12:33 (Sell your possessions, and give to the poor) Luke 14:26 (You must hate your family and yourself to follow Jesus) Mark 10:11 - 12 (Leaving your spouse for another is adultery) Mark 10:21 - 22 (Sell your possessions and give to the poor) Mark 10:24 - 25 (Next to impossible for rich to get into heaven) Mark 16:15 - 16 (Those who hear the gospel and don't believe go to hell) Matthew 5:17 - 19 (Jesus says he has come to enforce the laws of the Old Testament) Matthew 6:5 - 6 (Pray in secret) Matthew 6:18 (Fast for Lent in secret) Matthew 9:12 (The healthy don't need a doctor, the sick do) Matthew 10:34 - 37 (Jesus comes with sword, turns families against each other, those that love family more than him are not worthy) Matthew 12:30 (If you're not with Jesus, you're against him) Matthew 15:4 (Death for not honouring your father and mother) Matthew 22:29 (Jesus references Old Testament) Matthew 24:37 (Jesus references Old Testament) Numbers 14:18 (Following generations blamed for the sins of previous ones) Psalms 137:9 (Violence against children) Revelation 6:13 (The stars fell to earth like figs) Revelation 21:8 (Unbelievers, among others, go to hell) 1 Timothy 2:11 - 12 (Women subordinate and must remain silent) 1 Timothy 5:8 (If you don't provide for your family, you are an infidel)

God has never been, at any time for any reason, a capricious God of death, war, destruction, murder, violence, oppression, retribution, vengeance, hate, or conditional acceptance.

The world for most part of it is in a rescission, Poverty is at a record high, the rich keep getting richer, people are dying from useless wars and gun violence, but the starw that broke the camels back (pardon the pun) is the name Mohammed.

But the stage is set for the final end to war, for the definitive outlawing of violence in the settling of disputes between nations — and the opportunity for American pastors to tip the scales of history is tremendous.

• Intentional physical violence of any kind against a person made in the image of God solely for entertainment and recreation can not be justified (some pro-lobbyists and Christians cite the Just War thesis, which is at best woefully naive).

The reason why people bash religions so much is because historically a lot of violence has been perpetrated but this is only because of authorities that utilize religions and beliefs for their war campaigns and the «just» cause.

If, as I think orthodox Christianity ultimately teaches, and as Solzhenitsyn's «Father Severyan» plainly teaches in November 1916 (excerpted here), that humans are inherently prone to violence (and that the lesser evil of state - derived war is the price we pay for living not in anarchy but in «sword - bearing» states), then not only is 1) contrary to the New Testament's real teaching, but 2) is impossible and 3) requires a coercion that will bring with it very deleterious consequences.

I'm sure many people would consider themselves pacifists but say that this is too extreme a definition, one might say for example that pacifism means «attempting to promote peace and making it a goal, but accepting that war is necessary in some cases to prevent greater evils,» however the way violence vs. following Jesus is being discussed in this context doesn't allow such concessions.

Girard's primary example of such hypocrisy was the mythological (according to his elaboration of myth as the perpetrator's justifications for violence) notion of Mutual Assured Destruction of the Cold War arms race that was contemporary with the writing of his book in the late 1970s.

They know the U.S. for what it is; a violence loving, war mongering, power hungry Imerpialist nation seeking world domination and wealth by the blood of other peoples.

Looking at this side of the ambiguity, we see a church in which many first - world Christians of our day could feel comfortable and undisturbed: a church that lives without question or resistance in a state founded on violence and made prosperous by the exploitation of less fortunate nations; a church that accepts various perquisites from that state as its due; a church where changing jobs for the sake of peace and justice is seldom considered; a church that constantly speaks in the language of war; a church given to eloquent invective in its internal disputes and against outside opponents; a church quite sure that God will punish the wicked.

They will expect him to be a tribune for their concerns: the inequities of a globalized economy, the carnage of war and violence, environmental degradation, and the perception that international affairs are stacked against the interests of smaller and poorer nations.

Elimination of the Jewish State in response to Islamic violence will only prove to them that violence works and such «great victory» for Islam will encourage them to continue their Holy War against the infidels finding other «excuses» as required.

In raising our voice in defence of persecuted Christians, we wish to express our compassion for the suffering experienced by the faithful of other religious traditions who have also become victims of civil war, chaos and terrorist violence.

Jesus went willingly to the cross, not because a blood sacrifice was necessary to pay the penalty for sin, but because going to the cross unmasked the scapegoat mechanism, revealed the violence inherent within the heart of men, exposed the myth of redemptive violence, and brought an end to the war that men had waged on God for centuries.

Reverend Beckwith's former association with the United Church of Religious Science (UCRS) led to their 2001 adoption of the «Global Heart Vision,» calling for «a world free of homelessness, violence, war, hunger, separation and disenfranchisement.»

Or, by affirming the inevitability of violence, does this war prepare the ground for the next one?

God has never been, at any time for any reason, a capricious God of death, war, destruction, murder, violence, retribution, vengeance, hate, or conditional acceptance.

Christians should be the hardest people in the world to convince that violence is ever necessary, not the people leading the war drums and calling for the death penalty.

I believe in hell, we're making it all the time: war, murder, violence, poverty, abuse, to name a few — an endless production line for tormented souls.

God has never been, at any time for any reason, a God of death, war, destruction, murder, violence, retribution, vengeance, or hate.

Muslims can not be counted as worshiping «the only true God», for they fail to use his personal name, Jehovah, but use the Aramaic word Allah, meaning «the God» and are as mixed with the «world» and violence as are the churches of Christendom and Jews, not having» beaten their swords into plowshares and spears into pruning shears» whereby «nation will not lift sword against nation, neither will they learn war anymore».

However, with the development of separation of church and state, Christians of many denominations leave the issue of war, violence and aggression to the best judgment of the state as long as they have the satisfaction and confidence that the state is duly elected and acts within broad stipulations for just war.

War and violence are considered as answers when they are used as instruments for justice, self - defense, or for defending innocent lives and preventing enormous damage to material means.

The slogan of the Italian fascist writer Filippo Marinetti in the 1930s, «We are out to glorify war, the only health - giver of the world, militarism, patriotism, ideas that kill, contempt for women,» vividly illustrates the emotional and ideological connections between supermasculinity, violence and negation of women or the «feminine.»

One way of drawing the connection between feminism and peace for many of these women was to demonstrate the continuity between male violence toward women in the home or in the streets, and war.

Although contemporary feminists may champion women's self - defense, few are anxious for women to engage in aggressive violence or to emulate male war - making as a way of proving women's equality.