Sentences with phrase «good against evil»
I mean here we are again good against evil on an infinity of unique planets, once again pitted against each other for God's entertainment an infinity number of times.
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It is good against evil in the Colosseum of the universe.I feel like this is God's entertainment.
«Blackness in Abstraction», then, seeks to address the central conflicts that continue to bedevil abstraction itself: an artistic zone in which purity has long been staged against the imminent or the social; in which dark is pitted against light, good against evil, presence against void.
It is not a Manichean system, it is not good against evil, everything is nuanced.
This classic Bali art and culture tour starts at Batubulan to watch a Barong dance performance - a famous Balinese drama about the never ending fight of good against evil, where the dancers often fall into a trance.
Who will emerge victorious in this ultimate battle of good against evil?
Yet in the Seamus Heaney translation, to my surprise and delight, I found that the language left me breathless at moments, and the plot, of course, is the classic and irresistible one, the one which lies at the heart of so much entertainment today in both books, film, and video: a fight of good against evil, the struggle of the Scandinavian hero Beowulf with the monster Grendel, his mother and finally, the bad dragon who does him in.
Good against evil is a common theme in adverts aimed at boys.
BERNIE, the amazing true story of the titular character, the most beloved man in the town of Carthage, Texas, who befriended the most despised, and the richest, person in that town, Marjorie Nugent, in a relationship that pitted good against evil with results that amazed, astonished, and became the fodder for small - town gossip from the first day they clapped eyes on each other right up until today.
It is not a Manichean system, it is not good against evil, everything is nuanced.
The Crimson Pig, in fact (an obvious take on Germany's Red Baron), fighting for good against evil air pirates in a souped - up bi-plane.
More than just a battle of good against evil, Dracula has at its heart a love story — or at least it's supposed to.
A rooftop tennis court's chickenwire cage - fight is only the starting point for the duel of good against evil ninjas.
As the movement grows larger and more powerful, Heineman discovers this is not just a story about good against evil — I came away thinking there is no difference between the knights templar and the defenses.
It's no wonder: Mr. Yates has kicked into Manichaean mode — and it's the fight of good against evil, wizards against Voldemort and his hordes — so the director can be forgiven for almost overplaying the fascist overtones (the students rhythmically marching in the opener are nearly goose - stepping) if not for the juvenile St. Crispin's Day speech at the end.
It brings good against evil, in a series of epic battles.
And like Anvil who calls for extermination, that character trait is a Godly one, used for good against evil, and for the protection of a place called Holy.
That's one of the joys of the franchise: prequels notwithstanding, they're a deliciously simple story — it's about good against evil, an underdog upsetting the odds, a final shot at redemption for a corrupt character... It's a story we want to inhabit and make real in our lives.
Sketching the conflict as a battle of good against evil, he calls for a preemptive strike against the foe.
Not exact matches
The older I get — and against the nerve of Strauss's dogma — I think more and more of Locke as a mixture of good and evil implicit in the idea of Christian heretic.
39:32 — Then, who does more wrong than one who utters a lie against Allah, and denies the truth [this Quran, the Prophet (Muhammad SAW, and Jesus the Son of Marry), the Islamic Monotheism, the Resurrection and the reward or punishment according to good or evil deeds] when it comes to him!
Having the same passion and similar inclinations, the difference between Christians and non-christians: Christians expose the problems and fight against the flesh's improper desires and evil, and many of them overcome as a result and establish good laws.
«Isn't the simplest touch of a child's arm on the face more important, isn't the good meal, the brush against a thigh, a hand held during a movie, a swim in the sea, aren't those things of equal importance as the sands of time come rushing down on our heads burying ambition and love, good and evil, breath, blood, brains, waste, memory, alike in the oblivion?»
Humanity becomes such a good ally in the war against God, that «every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually» (Gen 6:5).
Similarly, Kekes (a nonbeliever) claims, religious theories that posit the goodness of creation run aground: The «very existence of evil... constitutes a reason against believing in a morally good order.»
In the bright sun and sharp shadows of a southern exposure, romance pits innocent good against obvious evil in high noon adventure.
George Bush caught this apocalyptic mood of the public and loaded his speeches with religious end - time language, proclaiming that «good will prevail against evil».
They condemn all heresies which have sprung up against this article, as the Manichaeans, who assumed two principles, one Good and the other Evil: also the Valentinians, Arians, Eunomians, Mohammedans, and all such.
no real Christian would advocate murder though and it is in no way an indictment against God, he gave us free will to do good, not evil.
This is a battle against good and evil.
What snap you fingers, no baby bottle, no teenagers, no old people, no opportunity to test yourself against good or evil, no acquired knowledge handed down over generations so you get to do all over again and again from scratch.
How can a «Good Christian» gun down a doctor at an abortion clinic because the doctor went against their ideals and that's a grey fuzzy area but when a follower of Islam kills someone when outraged about their own beliefs, it's pure evil?
Still, the case against teleological ethics may here offer this response: Granting the difference between direct and indirect applications, this yields only the familiar distinction between «act - teleology» and «rule - teleology, «3 is problematic for the following reason: Social practices or patterns of social cooperation can not be validated teleologically without a comparative assessment of the good and evil consequences differing possible systems of rules or norms (for instance, differing sets of rights) are likely, if adopted, to produce.
And all the Christians haters of whom think that because people take a stand against what THEY think is right you are not better then they for calling them «haters, evil etc.» because they do not agree with your position.
As a society, we'd crossed some threshold where the benefits — a good place to play golf, a nice pool for the kids, business contacts, a sense of status and belonging — had to be weighed against the recognition that racial discrimination was evil.
Some argue that humanity did have a free will before Adam and Eve rebelled against God and fell into sin by eating fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
It is a tension precisely articulated later in the Joseph narrative when Joseph, reunited with his treacherous brothers, declares, «You meant evil against me; but God meant it for good» (50:20)
5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds: 7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: 8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; Romans 2:1 - 9 (KJV)
And to face the consequences of wrong doing and fight against evil and for justice for all, then we all will be in a better place.
A good example is Habakkuk's presentation of a dialogue between the prophet and God — the prophet's first complaint is against the sins of Judean society and God explains that he will be using the evils of the invading Chaldeans to punish Judea; the prophet responds by complaining about the evils of the Chaldeans which God then assures will not go unpunished — that they tyranny itself will lead to it's own punishments and that the punishment for Judea's sins is itself redemptive and God assures that he will be able to provide salvation.
If you approve of planes flying into buildings, dressing women in cloth bags, denying stem cell research, discrimination against women, gays and anyone with alternate beliefs, denying contraception to people who can't afford families, picketing soldiers funerals, etc, etc, then keep your fuzzy mindset about good and evil.
For if evil, in Buber's conception, is rebellion against God with the power He has given man to do evil, good is the turning toward God with this same power.
That Good shall always win against Evil.
If they forget the source of their power, if they rebel against God, if they no longer act as God's deputies, if instead of rewarding good conduct and punishing evil conduct they do the reverse, they must be resisted.
In his more recent efforts, Remnick has deployed his talents in bashing the Pope and celebrating Elaine Pagel's polemical outbursts against Christian hangups about good and evil.
His heaviest count against the prevailing teaching of his time is precisely this: that, starting with the best intentions, it had come to encourage this folly and evil, as if it were inseparable from a high moral standard.
The high moral standard (love your enemy and do good to those who do evil to you) was unattainable (and obviously unacceptable as well) by Jefferson — who was in fact in rebellion against a government in which the Bible demands he should have been submissive and subject to.
The «fascination» of Islam is it's legitimation of evil deeds as good deeds (for example the Koran requires Muslims countries to conduct aggressive war against Jewish and Christian countries, which is a heavy crime).
I think Iran needs to take a good look at itself as a nation and realize that the world is watching — and Iran is part of a larger world, despite it's posturing — it is subject to just as much temptation to war and Evil that it claims to be against.
This movement of being against the poor and sick is just plain evil, there really isn't a better word for it.