Sentences with phrase «good than evil»

If we look at the data from all of the years the question has been asked, 1985 - 2002, we find that about 69 percent of teachers believe the world is more good than evil, compared to about 53 percent of other Americans.

in fact, research shows we are much more apt to good than evil.

For many years I believed, like you, that it was a matter of whether I did more good than evil to be saved... until I discovered otherwise.

I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.

Our first hopeful objectives as humans is to decide that Good id better than Evil and that we want to be part of one over the other (while humanity is making strides in this regard through the help of God, we're still not there yet).

You are no better than this evil and filthy Sanctorum, trying to denigrate and demean our nation's President.

I'd say our team is at a point where we can weather those drawn out periods because we check all the important boxes as well or better than the evil four, and if they are taking the time, eventually those important boxes will rule the day.

I'm not Hillary's biggest fan, but she's a hell of a lot better than her evil republican opponents — a bigamist and a certified loony.

Fede Alvarez's script and direction is smart in some areas and confusing in others, but eons better than his Evil Dead remake.

This game is WAY better than The Evil Within.

Not exact matches

And it's much easier to do that than to say, «Well listen, we have free markets and we have democracy and both those things are incredibly messy and no one is really controlling it,» but if I give you a few symbols and attach a name to it, all of a sudden you have an evil villain that you can pin the blame on.

There are few better ways to get terrified this summer than by turning the lights low and trying your best to get out of «Resident Evil 7» alive.

And nothing excites us more than a good old - fashioned showdown between good and evil.

«But I didn't feel like I was evil because I was trying to earn a living and create stores better than the co-op.

You do nt sound any better than some Muslim fanatics (only some, coz had 37 million Muslims been as evil as you say, we would have all been either banished or converted to Islam by now).

= > There is no necessity for the flood story to be anything more than a massive collection of spiritual truths that explain relationship between God and man, good and evil, life and death all in accordance with the plan of creation for the salvation of souls.

And until that day, there is no better way to mourn the victims of a confusing, evil world and to celebrate the birth of a strange, wonderful child than to enter into the darkness ourselves and shine a light.

So Pat Robertson advised one of his viewers who wondered if there were evil spirits in her thrift store clothing that... well... better safe than sorry... cast those demons out!

It is about control and to attain and master that power one must control something and what better thing to control than evil, but first evil must be defined for the dull masses because you can't have a savior without something to save from something.

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!

But the people who claim that getting an std is better than going to hell for using a condom... those people are EVIL.

Rather than a prescription for revenge, the Bible advocates beneficent reciprocity - returning good for evil.

That said: «But god did not foresee — that man would want a companion» = > «It is not good for the man to be alone» are the words used — so God did know and provided «that the snake would talk to the humans» = > «the serpent was more crafty than any other animal» - deception required capacity to deceive «that the humans would choose knowledge (and why else was that tree there)» = > It was not knowledge but knowledge of good and evil.

You believe that the word is a sea of grey where there are many many viewpoints, all of them good and valid, rather than Good and Evil You refuse to judge people, saying «who am I to?&ragood and valid, rather than Good and Evil You refuse to judge people, saying «who am I to?&raGood and Evil You refuse to judge people, saying «who am I to?»

When we lose faith in the essential goodness of life and our own humanity, seeing that which we judge «evil» to be more prevalent than that which we judge to be «good», then we have lost faith in either the goodness or the power of God to sustain that goodness and our God has become too small or just another Baal, a false god of our own vain imaginings, a projection of our own finite limitations and disordered desires.

For instance, a character may change from good to evil (or the reverse), become disillusioned, survive a series of tests, or prove to be more admirable in a crisis than anyone could have believed.

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.

He said, «beyond good and evil,» because he had not the courage to say, «more good than good and evil,» or, «more evil than good and evil.»

There are people who believe in God who actually demonstrate a better understanding of science, logic and reason than Lucifer's Evil Twin.

To be sure, the cracks in the realistic surface, the surrealism, are far greater than in parables in the «Primary World,» but the story is still parabolic, for the transcendent unfamiliar, both good and evil, operative in this tale works within the givens of this world.

So when God said to Adam that if he ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil that he would surely die I read it more as a threat than as a warning.

Jesus wants them to look at the results of his actions, which had to indicate a good, benevolent source, rather than an evil source of power.

If a person bearing the name of magistrate is doing evil rather than good, where does that leave the matter of submission?

11: 16 - 19) No word of complaint over the evil of the world, that it would be better never to have been born, that the beast is better off than man, such as the Jewish apocalypses contain, dominates the preaching of Jesus.

«God loves you, no matter who you are or what you've done» sounds much better than «you're gonna burn in a lake of fire if you don't change your evil ways!»

Quran: «Men are better than women», «Men could have many wives», «Men could hit their wives» and other evil things.

Even if someone was as good as Mother Theresa or Gandhi, they could not earn their eternal life by their good works any more than could Hitler or Pol Pot by their evil works.

Some do good publicly and evil secretly; they must be counseled in a wholly different way than those who may be prone to conceal the good they do publicly yet allow others to think bad of them publicly.

He roundly declared that such notorious evil cities as Sodom and Gomorrah would fare better in the judgment than towns which rejected the living truth when it was before their eyes.

We need not take a poll to see if more voted the Holocaust morally evil than good before we can make a decision on this.

«Now more than ever, good people need to stand up and claim for themselves the tools that can be used to stop that kind of evil,» he said.

Here then is a theology that either means nothing certainly identifiable (without supernatural grace or high genius in the art of reconnecting with experience concepts carefully divested of relation to it) or else means that the world might exactly as well not have existed, or as well have existed with far more evil or less good in it than it actually presents.

(It may be worth noting here that the whole point of real Christianity lies not in interference with the human power to choose but in producing a willing consent to choose good rather than evil.)

well because the bible is a prophetic supernatural revelation, and the flood is no different than one single divine prophechy, no different than the resurrection, and no different than the fact that evil exists supernaturally.

What is it other than that throughout eternity an infinite stillness reigns wherein the conscience may talk with the individual about what he, as an individual, of what he has done of Good or of evil, and about the fact that during his life he did not wish to be an individual?

So, JUST from observation, even the «lovely» human beings constantly do much more evil than good, or even just act in compliance with evil systems as opposed to fighting for good.

Without belief that both government and the market will act in a good rather than an evil fashion — that they deserve our trust — we can not have faith in the future.

My knowledge of humanity's evil is therefore not arbitrary or groundless, but you're assuming that it is because you KNOW that your model of knowledge is better than mine.

Kauffman pointed out that «Jesus talks about loving our enemies and praying for our enemies and doing good to those who do evil to us»; more than this, on the cross «Jesus allowed himself to die, and absorbed in his own being the violence around him, rather than countering that violence.»

Yes, there is evil and depravity here, but there are many more good people than evil.