Sentences with phrase «good conscience when»

I simply think it might provide a moment's healthy respite from the tumultuous urgency and banality of this or any electoral cycle because, in its general and fabulous way, it encourages perseverance in hope and political virtue simply by reminding one that there are eternal harmonies that can not be silenced by the din of contending interests, and that one is best able to act «politically» in good conscience when one preserves a proper sense of proportion.

When Karl Marx spoke scornfully of religion as the opiate of the people, no doubt he had in mind the practices of prayer, almsgiving, and fasting; these, he said, diverted attention from matters of social justice and gave people a good conscience when their conscience ought to be troubled.

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He turned away inquiries from others looking to turn an insurance claim into a reno: «I can't in good conscience give you a new kitchen when I have friends with no kitchen,» he'd say.

So when we're looking at this idea of the asymptote, the goal is to actually help people form their consciences and, again, to in fact trust that the informed conscience of the individual will choose well.

To this day (as well as when I wrote this post) I can in good conscience and with full conviction sign a doctrinal statement like that of DTS or GES or most any decent Bible church.

Yet do it with courtesy and respect, keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you.»

We were often misunderstood when we could not in good conscience agree to being paid for any of these «ministries.»

Two years later, when the AG adopted a «Statement of Fundamental Truths,» the doctrine of entire sanctification was defined in such a way that both «Second Work» and «Finished Work» adherents could sign the document in good conscience.

Although man is incredibly good at overcoming his conscience, when he does these things, he knows they are wrong.

We have the best chance of hearing the Word of God to us as individuals when our lives are deeply rooted in the religious community through which the sensitizing of conscience takes place.

The best short summary of the traditional, natural law understanding of conscience was given by Thomas Aquinas when he said that the core principles of the moral law are the same for all «both as to rectitude and as to knowledge» — in other words, that they are not only right for all but known to all.

I still kept a round of duties, and would not suffer myself to run into any open vices, and so got along very well in time of health and prosperity, but when I was distressed or threatened by sickness, death, or heavy storms of thunder, my religion would not do, and I found there was something wanting, and would begin to repent my going so much to frolics, but when the distress was over, the devil and my own wicked heart, with the solicitations of my associates, and my fondness for young company, were such strong allurements, I would again give way, and thus I got to be very wild and rude, at the same time kept up my rounds of secret prayer and reading; but God, not willing I should destroy myself, still followed me with his calls, and moved with such power upon my conscience, that I could not satisfy myself with my diversions, and in the midst of my mirth sometimes would have such a sense of my lost and undone condition, that I would wish myself from the company, and after it was over, when I went home, would make many promises that I would attend no more on these frolics, and would beg forgiveness for hours and hours; but when I came to have the temptation again, I would give way: no sooner would I hear the music and drink a glass of wine, but I would find my mind elevated and soon proceed to any sort of merriment or diversion, that I thought was not debauched or openly vicious; but when I returned from my carnal mirth I felt as guilty as ever, and could sometimes not close my eyes for some hours after I had gone to my bed.

When you see something like this you will see that we obviously can not legislate this sort of morality, because while we might need to (as a practical matter) try to limit the amount of evil people do, we can not in good conscience try to force them into being heroes.

Well that really started in Texas politics when Rove told Bush if he wanted to succeed he had to strongly identify with the Christian faith as that was an important factor in the area — low and behold, Bush became a born - again Christian... even though he is a text - book example of a sociopathic personality, without a conscience, and that really becomes an impossibility (although sociopaths are quite capable of faking most anything).

When Jesus represented Abraham in Paradise saying to Dives in torment, «Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish,» (Luke 16:25)-- as though such reversal of circumstance, issuing in a permanently divided humanity, some in bliss and some in torture, would be an ethically adequate ending to the human story — he spoke in the traditional manner of Judaism, but the modern conscience remains unconvinced.

I've never dreamed in my worst nightmares, nor could have I imagined in my early years, that I will see the day when human beings are capable of being so corrupt and brazenly unashamed, and so dead in their consciences that they thought it perfectly normal to call evil good, and good evil, as we are seeing today.

This means, according to Allen and Swain, that «pastors may only bind the conscience of the Christian when Holy Scripture so binds, through its clear warrant or by good and necessary inference.»

Even for the Catholic the road from the general principles of Christian ethics to concrete decision has become considerably longer than formerly, even when he is determined unconditionally to respect all those principles, and for a good part of the way, in the last decisive stages of the formation of the concrete moral imperative, he is therefore inevitably left by the Church's teaching and pastoral authority more than formerly to his own conscience, to form the concrete decision independently on his own responsibility.

What you refer to is why I said «normally» when referring to the conscience being a good thing.

It might funny there are many books to read and many books to study from that a good thing but there one book that when you study from it you will understand the past present and future and no that there is one in control of the world and everything in it and that is God who gave us a way of out and that though his son Jesus and gave us the Holy Spirit to lead and guide you that your conscience the bible tell us everyone born has a conscience of God.

But what is the point of staying with a religion when you can't in good conscience accept all of its tenets?

When will we stop doing things because God wants us to do something... this very mentality has created the religious monsters... Just do good because your own conscience tells you to not because Jesus, Allah, Buddha or Krishna tells you to!

When you in good conscience end a relationship, be prepared to be the one blamed.

I hope when Wenger finally leaves Arsenal, he can in good conscience and confidently raise his hands and say, I did my best with the squad I had, with the players I could have signed and with the funds that the management made available to me.

I can not with good conscience recommend enzymes when I know from experience that many babies do experience, the bright red markings indicating enzyme irritation.

With our voices cracking and our eyes welling up, we each recalled that one time when we betrayed our own conscience, crossed that line and spanked our child.

«I don't see how anybody can look at this and in good conscience support it, particularly when so many of our constituents are hurting in so many different ways.»

It was never summed - up better than by Winston Churchill on the death of Neville Chamberlain when, in one of the most magnanimous tributes in political history, Churchill said: «The only guide to a man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions.

It said using blackmail to intimidate the political class in the South East does not mean there are no more men of good conscience who can rise up to criticise evil when they see one.

Green said that he could not «in good conscience accept a large salary increase» at a time when he was being forced to fire members of his staff and cut services for those in need.

He said the following, when rising to cast his vote: «I realize, Mr. Speaker, that I am terminating my political career, but I can not in good conscience sit here and allow my vote to be the one that defeats this bill.

Having «a weight on one's conscience» is a term many people use when feeling guilty about something, or if we feel we've done something that goes against our better moral judgement.

Sathyananda — I follow your free lessons — My view on what the troubled lady is getting very upset about is — Reiki is a beautiful energy that can do no - one any harm, it is for the highest good of all — and when give or sent the higher self of the other person will accept only what is good and right for them — As for displaying the Sacred Symbols — well we must live and let live and not judge what others do - we must do what our own conscience lets us do — personly I do believe to keep them quietly sacred and only seen by us as Reiki Healers - but I do not get so angry and judgemental as it seems the Lady does — sorry just one more thing — Reiki symbols seem to have different forms of interpretation when drawn — there again I believe and trust that it is intention when using them — thank you for your time

Even when I wear them and they still look good I have a feeling of guilt that weighs heavy on my conscience.

I know as well as anyone that when you're single and you hop into bed at night, it's a daily struggle with your conscience to decide between half an hour of either sifting through a dating app or playing Candy Crush.

well, some people don't have a conscience, so is sad, when I read things like this.»

For all the cinematic dreck currently peddling disorienting editing as «action,» no one in good conscience could deride Tarantino for his indulgence in split screens or extreme close ups or smash zooms or any other mode of cinematic gimmickry, when it affords us hauntingly sparse centerpieces such as The Bride's live burial, an aural choir of oppressive dirt, panting whimpers, and futile struggling set to the visual accompaniment of pitch black confinement that stretches on well past any spectator's comfort level.

When his conscience gets the best of him, he defies orders and instead protects Ella.

Director Jonathan Teplitzky utilizes Spielberg - like attention to detail to give us different aspects of Sir Winston, whether it's a close - up of Churchill lighting up a stogie, or showing his silent reaction when King George VI (James Purefoy) emphatically and movingly explains why he can not, in good conscience, be part of the invasion's front line.

I think she's a much better actress when she's speaking Spanish because she is much more comfortable speaking that than English, where I think she tends to be a bit self - conscience during her performances.

I'm not convinced a judge will buy that DA itself is not an «information provider» responsible for the development of the blogpost in question when the discussion of publishing houses is so central to its mission that Jane says «I can not, in good conscience, maintain a blog about this subject without being free to report on all publishing houses.»

To what extent do you view your investing life as an extension of your personal life?By that I mean to what extent do the personal morals and ethical values of Tim the man govern the investing decisions of Tim the dividend growth investor?If you ask your typical dividend growth investor if they would be willing to invest in a lucrative but immoral venture, say selling child pornography or crack cocaine, the answer would probably be «absolutely not» regardless of the yield, valuation or growth prospects of the underlying venture.And yet, ask that same investor what their thoughts are about Phillip Morris and they would probably describe what a wonderful investment it is and go on about why you should own it.Do your personal morals ever come into play when buying companies, or do you compartmentalize your conscience, wall it off from the part of your brain that thinks about investments, and make your investing decisions based on the financial prospects of the company?The reason why I'm asking is that I keep identifying stocks of companies that I love from an investing perspective but despise on a human level.I can not in good conscience own any piece of Phillip Morris knowing the impact that smoking related illness has on the families of smokers.You might say that the smoker made his choice to smoke so you don't mind taking his money, but his children never made that choice and they are the ones who will suffer when he dies 20 years too soon.

I can't in full conscience slap a recommendation on the end of this review because I don't view it as something absolutely worth picking up, a title that is really, really worth the time, but if you've got some spare cash burning a hole in your pocket and need something new to play then you'll have fun, and if you don't then consider this well worth a purchase when it goes on sale.

But when Sam shows up safe and sound and tells Nate that he needs his help to find the pirate treasure they were hunting so long ago... well... In the meantime, Nate has cleaned his life up, but Sam tells him it's a life or death matter, so Nate puts it all on the line — his life, his marriage with Elena, his friendship with Sully — in order to clear his conscience and help his brother.

- the team has been adding weapons one by one because they want the same amount of attention for each weapon - the team learned that when they added two new weapons at once, one would end up getting overshadowed by the other - there were more new stages than returning stages because bringing back old stages would have little surprise - since they want to satisfy both new and returning players, they changed the order of stage additions - there weren't any major direction changes in balancing from Splatoon 1 - there have been more pattern combinations between weapons and stages, so there was more involved to balance them all - matchmaking is handled by getting 8 players with similar rank points, and then they're split by weapons - the rank point gap between S + players is bigger than ordinary players - only about one in 1,000 active players are in the S +40 to S +50 region in Ranked Battles - there's even less than one in 10 players that reach S +, while 80 % of the overall player base are in A or less - about 90 % of S + ranked players are within a + / -150 hidden ranked power range - rock was the popular genre in Splatoon, so they tried changing it for the sequel - they prioritized making good background music first before forming the band to play that music - the design team would make the CD jacket - like artwork afterwards - due to this, the band members would often change; some getting added while some others removed - Off the Hook is an exception, as they first decided they would be a DJ and rapper along with their visuals first - Off the Hook's song came afterwards - In Splatoon street fashion was the trend, but in Splatoon 2 they tried adding more uniqueness - the aim was to add Flow with ethnic clothing and Jelfonzo with high fashion - all Jellyfish in this world are born by splitting, which means Jelfonzo was born by splitting from Jelonzo - Jellyfish are like a hive mind - when they hold a wedding ceremony, they're just simply holding the ceremony - Jelonzo and Jelfonzo start gaining their own consciences so they can speak - Flow used her working holiday to go on a trip before reaching Inkopolis Square - during the trip, she met the owner of Headspace - the owner liked her, so she got hired to work there - Bisk has a unique way of speaking: anastrophe - the team tried to express him as an adult man - they made him into a giant spider crab because they wanted someone with high posture - he came from a cold country and broke up with his girlfriend to join a band - just like Flow, he became attracted to squids - Crusty Sean finally has his own shop, but he opened it because he's someone who follows the current trends - one of the trends happens to be people opening their own shops - drink tickets aren't stacked, but the probability is higher than a single brand - the music in Inkopolis Square changes depending on the player's location - sounds contribute to creating atmosphere in the location - the song at front of Grizzco Industries had an atmosphere that feels like some smell can radiate from the game screen - as for Salmon Run, they imagined it as a Japanese restaurant outside Japan that is not run by a Japanese person - each time the player moves between the shops, the game uses an arrange shift that shows the personality of each inhabitant - the arrangement in Shella Fresh is related to Bisk's guitar and mystery files that describe his past - with the Squid Sisters moved to Hero Mode, Off the Hook was put in charge in guiding battles and festivals - Bomb Rush Blush has an orchestra «because it would sound like the final boss» - the team wanted to express the feel of the story's real culprit with this music - the probability of each event occurring in Salmon Run is different - there are no specific requirements, meaning they're picked randomly - this means it's possible for fog to appear three times in a row - the Salmon have different appearances based on the environment they're raised in - if the environment is harsher, they would become large salmon - Steelheads and Maws have big bodies, while Scrappers and Steel Eels have high intelligence - Salmons basically wield kitchenware, but everybody else has a virtue in fighting to actually cook the Salmons - Grill is the ultimate form of this - when Salmons are fighting to the death, they can feel the same sense of unity - they would be one with the world if they were eaten by other creatures, and they also fight for the pride of their race - MakoMart is based on a large supermarket in America - the update also took place on Black Friday in America, which was why Squids are buying a lot of things in the trailer - Arowana Mall looks like it has more passages because there are changes in tenants and also renovation work - Walleye Warehouse has no changes at all, because the team wanted to have at least one map that stayed intact - the only thing different in this map is the graffiti, which is based on the winner of Famitsu's Squid Fashion Contest - all members in the band Ink Theory graduated from music university - they are well - educated girls who also do aggressive things - the band members wearing neckties are respecting the Hightide Era from the prequel - the team will continue adding weapons and stages for a year, and Splatfests for two years - the team will also continue to make more updates including balancing

I could not, in good conscience, make a top five games on PS4 list and include this game but at the same time, I thoroughly enjoyed this game when I played it last year.

This week, we are blessed with double cover stories, as we couldn't in good conscience focus only on Sengoku Basara (the drawing on the cover) when «PlayStation Vita» is plastered across it in giant, neon - orange letters.

;... «If you penalize energy use, you destroy wealth, and when wealth is destroyed, the poor are the first to suffer... Some radical environmentalists even say we should prevent the poor from building wealth, thereby saving the Earth... I can not in good conscience support any position that keeps people from reducing mortality and making their lives easier.»

Requiring counsel to represent the accused at trial when counsel has announced that he / she can not, in good conscience, continue to act for the accused renders the appearance of the trial unfair and will result in a miscarriage of justice, requiring a new trial.

This landmark case firmly grounded in English common law rights that were carried overseas by the colonists, including freedoms of religion, speech, and assembly, as well as the fundamental right of jurors to render a general verdict based on conscience, including setting aside the law when a just verdict requires it.