Sentences with phrase «from doing evil»

Good intentions are not enough to keep a person from doing evil.

One is responsible for others as well as for oneself; therefore, each individual has the obligation to encourage others to do good and to prevent others from doing evil deeds.

If man... given free will can choose to do evil... and angels also given free will can choose to do evil... then what prevents God from doing evil... Hmmm?

It's more important to God that we be able to choose between good and evil (if he chooses for us, the choice is meaningless) than that he prevent us from doing evil.

They pretend to be humble but they do nt help people stop from doing evil.

Not exact matches

Civil rights groups reportedly delivered petitions to Google's Mountain View headquarters earlier this week urging the company to withdraw sponsorship from the Republican National Convention and flew a plane overhead with a banner reading, «Google: Don't Be Evil.

Because the point here is not that the company grew from «Don't be evil» to the world's most visited web site in the blink of an eye.

An understanding of good and evil doesn't just come from religion, it comes from being human.

there is no doubt that the catholic hierarchy and leaders in the catholic church in phila allowed preditor priests to be quietly moved from parish to parish to to do their evil deeds.

Many people believe along with the pacifists that war does indeed necessarily involve evil actions and so any attempt to impose a moral standard on our conduct is doomed from the start.

Re the christian and religion bashing, when are we going to realize that anyone can do about anything in the name of religion, from extreme evil to extreme charity.

Most people turn away from God, and do the evil within themselves.

it cracks me up that people would be respectful to any god that would offer up their own son in blood scarifice, not a kind and benevolent, all knowing god, an evil and hateful god, we would be better off overing respects to santa clause, to my knowledge all he does is disappoint from time to time ive never known him to kill and destroy mankind by divers and sundry forms of cruel punishment.

When believers start from the premise that someone who simply doesn't believe there is a god must therefore be evil, or selfish, or «carnal», it is only reasonable to expect that the agnostic or atheist will feel on the defensive.

How, in practical terms, does reconciliation exercise this will to draw good from evil?

Even if a «Christian» folks committed aweful acts, which they did, do, and will, that's a far cry from all Christians being evil.

We are saved by God's grace, but we are given free will to choose good and evil... otherwise anyone from Hitler to Stalin could of said the same words and say I can lie, cheat, steal, and kill right up to the end and be saved... sorry, it doesn't work that way.

you think atheists are a followers of a metaphoric «evil» character from a book, simply becasue they don't believe in your metaphoric «good» character from a book.

Unfortunately in my case, I've probably gone to excess the other way... after 43 years of being (in my view) threatened with hellfire for every cotton - picking thing (including the «sinfulness» of being born in the first place because it's a well - known scriptural fact that every human is born sinful and separated from G - d, with a heart that does nothing but desire evil and no way to please G - d even when righteous), threatened with being «left behind» in the rapture (should I fail on some doctrinal (belief) point at the crucial moment)... I refuse to consider ANY possibility of hell at all.

I don't know how many people here are from Aurora — Co, but some comments are not helping in any way the survivors and families.I respect all religions in the world and I also respect the opinion of those who don't believe in God or anything.But, instead of blasphemy the name of God, send your positive thoughts and energy to those who survived this tragedy.Even though some of you show no signs of good Christians you should show at least signs of good neighbors.You still can be an Atheist and have compassion for others!Don't let the evil be inside you, Aurora — CO needs to heal in peace!!!

This is what G - d expects: «Wash yourselves and make yourselves clean; put your evil doings away from my sight cease to do evil, learn to do good, devote yourselves to justice, aid the wrongd, uphold the rights of the orpha, defend the cause of the widow.

Adam and EVe did not know good from evil when they ate they fruit.

But, how did she, not yet having eaten from of the fruit of the tree of good and evil, know that disobedience was wrong?

NOt all who call themselves prophets are true believers... some are just for the gains... those are persecuted... cause their evil gets them... those who don't separate themselves from God's side and wisdom can not be harm by evil... evil bows to them and allows them to pass by him unharmed... Cause evil can not harm God... it's the law of Nature... only evil can be harmed by evil...

If Adam and Eve didn't know good from evil before eating the fruit, then how did they know that eating the fruit would be bad?

So, admittedly, someone holding to classical Western Christian cosmology does believe evil in the world results from Satan's initial rebellion and the subsequent chaos it caused (such as humanity becoming mixed up in it).

So my question to you even before it gets to that point is the same as I have given to others, first why do you hate God so much and second what are you afraid of by switching your faith and it is by faith that you believe there is no God to a belief that God does exist he sent his Son Jesus to the world to redeem you from your evil and hateful ways?

Actually, Adam didn't know eating from that tree was «bad», because it was only after eating the fruit of the tree that they were given knowledge between good and evil.

We are not told if they were aware of evil or not but do know that then as now those in God (Christ) fear no evil and are kept from it.

If Warfield is not concerned with Catholicism, then why in his discussion of the kind of «faith healing» promoted by men like A. J. Gordon does he claim that it creates a class of «professionals» who stand between the soul and God and that «from this germ the whole sacerdotal evil has grown»?

«Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.»

Oh, I'm sure he probably does see evil in the world as uaelmlttiy deriving from God v. Satan.

But to do that I need to address a prior question: Why does God command the man not to eat the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil?

After he became Pope, Pius XII did everything in his power to prevent the war from breaking out — issuing appeal after appeal, warning the mass destruction that would ensue — but the forces of evil would not listen, and war commenced.

Here is just one quote from the book that is an example: «evil and darkness can only be understood in relation to Light and Good; they do not have any actual existence».

Also, how do you know doctors are constantly under pressure from Christians to teach their students that illness was caused by evil spirits?

Cross told Premier how Christians should approach the issue: «From Christian point of view I don't think we should veer away from the fact that there is evil going on that there is sin and that we need to be prepared to step in into that and deal withFrom Christian point of view I don't think we should veer away from the fact that there is evil going on that there is sin and that we need to be prepared to step in into that and deal withfrom the fact that there is evil going on that there is sin and that we need to be prepared to step in into that and deal with it.

The tree of knowledge of good and evil has taken you from God just as it does with anyone looks away from God.

And cometh that match, Jesus shall laugh in glee as the faithful, filled with His love, gouge the eyes from the atheists and kicketh them where men should not be kicked, and smash them over the head with conveniently available folding chairs, just like in Professional Wrestling, and others of the saved shall hoot and holler and watch NASCAR on giant Jesus flatscreens and the atheists do much wailing and gnashing of teeth and stubbing of toes and get nasty hangnails for their evil sins.

Then from whence does the evil come?

The theist is good because he reads the Bible and does it says because God knows good from evil and without God you'd be a raving mass - murdered.

The evil that does come from religion is extra that can then be avoided, couldn't it?

Even hearts that are filled with goodness can do evil but then repent knowing right from wrong.

(14) So unto this (religion of Islâm alone and this Qur» ân) then invite (people)(O Muhammad SAW), and stand firm [on Islâmic Monotheism by performing all that is ordained by Allâh (good deeds), and by abstaining from all that is forbidden by Allâh (sins and evil deeds)-RSB-, as you are commanded, and follow not their desires but say: «I believe in whatsoever Allâh has sent down of the Book [all the holy Books, — this Qur» ân and the Books of the old from the Taurât (Torah), or the Injeel (Gospel) or the Pages of Ibrâhîm (Abraham)-RSB- and I am commanded to do justice among you.

If it is understood in a strongly mentalistic way, as consisting exclusively in what the agent has it in mind to do, then the agent can at least try to avoid formal cooperation by excluding from his plans the evil effects of the action he is cooperating with.

Hence, only the first interpretation is meaningful, and it can not be used to deduce from the existence of (genuine) moral evil the nonexistence of benevolent omnipotence, since «whether the free men created by God would always do what is right would presumably be up to them» (GPE 271).

The poor are not poor because they deserve to be poor, and the rich are not rich because they deserve to be rich... and saying «let the poor die, don't you dare raise my taxes from the lowest effective rate in history» seems, well, evil.

She was to show an unbelieving world what a right relationship to God was to be like, and in order to do that, she was called out to purge the evil from among her.

That was a very interesting read many comments caught my attention I've recently been diagnosed with Bipolar I have hallucinations and hear voices in my ear's when I hallucinate it's likes they are trying to get me thousands of them I can only describe them as dark shadows and they are trying to get me just as they are about to get me a brilliant white light surrounds me and there's three entities humanly shaped but like this brilliant white light they are also glowing this brilliant whiteness I can't understand what they are saying the only way I can explain it is emotions comfort joy love is what I feel emanating from these entities the voices I hear aren't evil telling me to do bad things to people when I get put into a mode of fear I live in a rough area of Scotland and everytime I've got into a fight something possesses me I know this for a fact as I can't control myself I'm an observer watching my family / Friends say I change they say my eyes change and I look evil I personally do think possibly through my own personal experience I» am possessed as I act out of character I've lost interest in many things I've recently I decided it's time for change I've lost my faith I've been trying to connect with God and feel his love which I used to feel the presence of the holy spirit everytime I try connect I get a feeling of abandonment I just think if I am possessed could these entities stop me connecting with «God» I can say from my heart of hearts «JESUS CHRIST HAS COME IN THE FLESH» I think it's more to do with the persons own personal fears which I have noticed my fears have changed if I had to be truthfully with myself I fear God which I know I'm not supposed to just I can't explain it I guess if you ever need a test subject I'm up for the challenge like I said I'm on journey to find myself and my travels have brought me hear I'm going to hang around for a wee while there's lots of good information to be plundered loll

All have sinned; all are in bondage to sin till Christ frees us; all pursue the works of the flesh rather than the Spirit; evil behaviors come from within the heart rather than from the outside; good deeds are done more often to salve the conscience than please God.