There's
a holy war in the smartphone world between those who think that size phone is ridiculous and those that actually kind of like them.
Woody Harrelson's character talks about how it has become
a holy war in the end.
We wanted
a Holy War in capital letters, and we only got half a game.
This book is a collection of essays on the topic of
Holy War in the Bible from various perspectives.
Anyway, this book discussed the question of
Holy War in the Bible and how to understand it.
Throughout its history Israel relied upon the military prowess of Yahweh, first in the prosecution of
holy war in defense of the tribal amphictyony, then against the enemies of the Lord's anointed (Psalm 2), and finally in expectation of the destruction of all powers oppressing Israel in the last day.
There was an attempt to revive
holy war in the time of Josiah, which explains the heavy emphasis on it in the book of Deuteronomy.
Mankind has seen
holy wars in the name of Allah, but also in the name of Jesus Christ.
Not exact matches
The audience rose as one, cheering and raising their arms, soldiers now
in a great
holy war.
In his opening statement, prosecutor William Weinreb argued that Tsarnaev «believed he was a soldier in a holy war against Americans.&raqu
In his opening statement, prosecutor William Weinreb argued that Tsarnaev «believed he was a soldier
in a holy war against Americans.&raqu
in a
holy war against Americans.»
The Father and the Son bore with Lucifer long, and clearly laid out his destructive path — but he refused repentance, thus deceiving one third of the
Holy angels to join his rebellion: Rev 12:7 And there was
war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, Rev 12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more
in heaven.
The crusades and the reformation come to mind... not to mention the current
wars you take part
in the the middle east
in which the US is considered the infidile... it is a «
holy war» for the Taliban.
Do you even know what the world population was back
in the days of the inquisition and
holy wars?
The second category he calls «circumstantial evidence ``, which, if he was shown any of these, might cause him to rethink his position even if he doesn't convert: a genuinely flawless and consistent
holy book; a religion without internal disputes or factions; a religion who's followers have never committed or taken part
in atrocities; a religion that had a consistent record of winning its jihads and
holy wars.
They're not blowing themselves up
in holy war.
And
in that tack of semantics, of loving God above all things, of obeying him and blindly doing his will, we will continue to discriminate and to fight
holy wars and to hear men with two faces tell us that they are His middlemen and to pander for politicians and to condemn science, which is merely the study of His design, as we have for centuries.
The difference is that the US is complicit
in jewish
holy war against the local muslims so the jewish terrorists don't need to blow oneself to kill their enemies.
In a letter announcing his retirement from the army at the close of the War, he wrote: «I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have you, and the State over which you preside, in his holy protection, that he would incline the hearts of the Citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to Government, to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another, for their fellow Citizens of the United States at large, and particularly for their brethren who have served in the Field, and finally, that he would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all, to do Justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that Charity, humility and pacific temper of mind, which were the Characteristicks of the Divine Author of our blessed Religion, and without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy Nation.&raqu
In a letter announcing his retirement from the army at the close of the
War, he wrote: «I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have you, and the State over which you preside,
in his holy protection, that he would incline the hearts of the Citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to Government, to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another, for their fellow Citizens of the United States at large, and particularly for their brethren who have served in the Field, and finally, that he would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all, to do Justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that Charity, humility and pacific temper of mind, which were the Characteristicks of the Divine Author of our blessed Religion, and without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy Nation.&raqu
in his
holy protection, that he would incline the hearts of the Citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to Government, to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another, for their fellow Citizens of the United States at large, and particularly for their brethren who have served
in the Field, and finally, that he would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all, to do Justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that Charity, humility and pacific temper of mind, which were the Characteristicks of the Divine Author of our blessed Religion, and without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy Nation.&raqu
in the Field, and finally, that he would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all, to do Justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that Charity, humility and pacific temper of mind, which were the Characteristicks of the Divine Author of our blessed Religion, and without an humble imitation of whose example
in these things, we can never hope to be a happy Nation.&raqu
in these things, we can never hope to be a happy Nation.»
Tom, And the Catholics that ran the
Holy wars were Catholic, And I am pretty sure that Hitler was as well, except the catholic church didn't want to be associated with him
in the end.
Many practical concerns, including the safety of Middle Eastern Christians, the interest of the Church
in the
holy places of Jerusalem, and the issue of
war and peace
in the region, have colored the Catholic attitude toward the State of Israel, but the theological concern ultimately overrides the temporal issues.
... What has happened over time is that people were forced to believe
in the one of the Abrahamic faiths through
Holy wars, torture, Crusades and Inquisitions, and as people practiced this chosen people ideology, whether Christian, Catholic, Jew or Muslim, which was built on the principle of remaining segregated from the un-chosen, their faith urged them to remain segregated, where they lived and never to marry anyone outside their faith... and even
in death there is a history of segregation which to this day continues, try having a non Jewish person buried
in Jewish cemetery.
Also,
in response to the way you twisted your question, the so - called
holy wars that you and Thor are referring to were also run by governments so also fall under the whole «nations supressing other religions» clause of your statement and are invalid.
Seems to be the beginning of the end for Foreign troops
in Afghanistan since now it is becoming more like a
Holy war were every one there will be glad to give his life as a martyr...!
If God is our exemplar of a superior violence, violence itself becomes the object of faith, and religious people then engage
in a perpetual
holy war that is deemed a valid form of religious expression.
For decades before the founding of the state of Israel
in 1948 and for a few decades afterward (until the Six - Day
War silenced much of the religious / spiritual left up to the late 1970s), Jewish theologians argued that dividing or sharing the
Holy Land was a religious precept.
A host of scholars — believers, agnostics and atheists alike — put the number of people killed
in all the holy wars, Crusades, inquistions, etc. — IN ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY — at ~ 50 - 75 millio
in all the
holy wars, Crusades, inquistions, etc. —
IN ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY — at ~ 50 - 75 millio
IN ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY — at ~ 50 - 75 million.
What the
Holy Prophet took place
in is called
war.
According to Rummel, the number of people who have died as the result of
holy wars, Crusades, inquisitions, witch hunts, etc. is ~ 75 - 100 million —
in all of recorded history.
They have been killed
in holy wars and inquisitions, concentration camps and prison cells.
Yes, that would certainly explain
holy wars or violence
in the name of deity.
Let's take a quick look at three ways Israel's encounter with Canaan
in the Old Testament — the paradigm for biblical
holy war — is radically different from our modern conflicts today.
One of the most remarkable of Williams's novels is
War in Heaven,
in which the
Holy Grail, spelt inevitably Graal, is found
in the sacristy cupboard of an English country church.
The Merriam Webster dictionary defines the term as «1: a
holy war waged on behalf of Islam as a religious duty; also: a personal struggle
in devotion to Islam especially involving spiritual discipline» and «2: a crusade for a principle or belief.»
It was the
Holy Spirit who gave her the courage to tend the wounded
in wars, to enter the slums without a penny, to live as the only white woman
in a black enclave, to endure the failure of two apostolates and to begin again, to push herself beyond her limits to preach the Gospel of Love.
Just
in the post above some fundie is trying to get other religions to have a
holy war against islam.
Any way as it seems this will be the beginning of the end for Foreign troops
in Afghanistan since now it is becoming more like a
Holy War were every one there will be glad to give his life and die as a martyr.
In 1648, delegates of the European powers concluded «in the name of the most holy and individual Trinity» the Peace of Westphalia, securing «a Christian and Universal peace» among the feuding parties of the Thirty Years» Wa
In 1648, delegates of the European powers concluded «
in the name of the most holy and individual Trinity» the Peace of Westphalia, securing «a Christian and Universal peace» among the feuding parties of the Thirty Years» Wa
in the name of the most
holy and individual Trinity» the Peace of Westphalia, securing «a Christian and Universal peace» among the feuding parties of the Thirty Years»
War.
And what about young Muslims
in the Middle East ready to risk their lives
in some form of
holy war?
A number of small groups
in the occupied territories of Palestine began to call for jihad, or
holy war, against Israel.
«Reacting with unusual swiftness,» The New York Times reported, two days day after the present
Holy Father's election, «the Vatican on Friday rejected any suggestion that Pope Francis... was implicated
in his country's so - called Dirty
War during the 1970s.»
we are here moving
in the world of a
holy -
war theology such as we find at Qumran, where references to God and his Kingdom are to be found in the context of the eschatological conflict of the «War of the Sons of Light against the Sons of Darkness&raqu
war theology such as we find at Qumran, where references to God and his Kingdom are to be found
in the context of the eschatological conflict of the «
War of the Sons of Light against the Sons of Darkness&raqu
War of the Sons of Light against the Sons of Darkness».
It would seem to me that before the news of «that day and hour» can be received that those who claim to represent the
holy spirit and yet keep the chaos and division thriving would first have to be gathered into one place where
war could be waged against them
in order that they should be overcome by the very spirit they have claimed to represent.
Overlapping with the «just» alternative
in early medieval thought, «
holy»
war or the Crusade differs from the just
war (properly so - called) as to cause, last resort, and probable success, and usually with regard to the human dignity of the enemy / infidel.
the German Peasants»
War (1524 — 1525) the battle of Kappel
in Switzerland (1531) the Schmalkaldic
War (1546 — 1547)
in the
Holy Roman Empire the Eighty Years»
War (1568 — 1648)
in the Low Countries the French
Wars of Religion (1562 — 1598) the Thirty Years
War (1618 — 1648), affecting the
Holy Roman Empire including Habsburg Austria and Bohemia, France, Denmark and Sweden Scottish Reformation and Civil
Wars English Reformation and Civil
War Irish Confederate
Wars and the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
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).
Nothing is quite so evil as fanatical religious people who
in the name of God carry out inquisitions, pogroms, heresy trials, witch - hunts
holy wars and crusades.
The international community thorugh the courts should start charging religious organizations for the cost of having to intervene
in their
holy wars, jihads and crusades.
Few judgments, however, have matched Runciman's own withering peroration: «the
Holy War itself was nothing more than a long act of intolerance
in the name of God, which is the sin against the
Holy Ghost.»
Among his earlier works are The
Holy War Idea
in Western and Islamic Traditions and Can Modern
War Be Just?
The country was up
in arms, the
war was on,
in every breast burned the
holy fire of patriotism; the drums were beating, the bands playing, the toy pistols popping, the bunched firecrackers hissing and spluttering; on every hand and far down the receding and fading spread of roofs and balconies a fulttering wilderness of flags flashed
in the sun; daily the young volunteers marched down the wide avenue gay and fine
in their new uniforms, the proud fathers and mothers and sisters and sweethearts cheering them with voices choked with happy emotion as they swung by; nightly the packed mass meetings listened, panting, to patriot oratory with stirred the deepest deeps of their hearts, and which they interrupted at briefest intervals with cyclones of applause, the tears running down their cheeks the while;
in the churches the pastors preached devotion to flag and country, and invoked the God of Battles beseeching His aid
in our good cause
in outpourings of fervid eloquence which moved every listener.