10 Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually
immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world.
Not exact matches
Not only is it impossible to anticipate in such a code every possible variable or potential dilemma, but always «it is possible to satisfy the letter
of the law while still committing an act that most reasonable
people would consider unethical or
immoral.»
These are «
immoral» thoughts or urges that contradict the deeply held beliefs
of people who live with them, like a religious Jew constantly imagining eating a pig.
And every decent
person knows in their heart
of hearts that such discrimination is
immoral.
In a series
of controlled experiments, we asked participants, mostly average Americans in their 30s and 40s, to read about and evaluate the actions
of fictional
people who behaved in either a moral or
immoral way.
The character
of god is a reflection
of the
people, and the
people were
immoral fucks.
When did it become
immoral and un-Christian for 60 %
of the
people in the USA, and their leaders, to ask that the wealthy pay 3.9 percent more in taxes on income greater than $ 1,000,000?
Religious
people are the most
immoral of all
people.
Religion is a very bad mental disease, without religion there would be fewer starving
people in the world, we would have settled Mars by now, and the abusive GOP and it's greedy banker uber - rich masters would be disempowered, as it is their veil
of religion that disguises their evil,
immoral and unethical nature.
Putting an
person in charge
of a group
of people that believe gay practice is
immoral is insanity.
The ordained leaders
of the Church, and the laity who are Christ's principal witnesses in the public square, do not enter public life proclaiming, «The Church teaches...» When the question at issue is an
immoral practice, they enter the debate saying, «This is wicked; it can not be sanctioned by the law and here is why, as any reasonable
person will grasp.»
If it were two
people in the privacy
of their own home doing things I find
immoral, it's none
of my business.
As the Catechism affirms in 2376,» Techniques that entail the dissociation
of husband and wife, by the intrusion
of a
person other than the couple (donation
of sperm or ovum, surrogate uterus), are gravely
immoral.»
It is possible that a
person recognizes that that which he did is wrong and nonetheless find himself in a situation
of dependence psychologically, economically, physically or
of another nature that does not allow him to promise truthfully that in the future he will avoid a particular
immoral behavior.
It's not just a matter
of black and white and that only the
immoral, sinful
people get AIDS.
People have shown to be too smart to fall for the ridiculous notion that A. the universe is either eternal or came from nothing B. Morality is a figment
of our imagination C. And also, despite the aforementioned, religion is objectively
immoral.
By the way I never said anything to suggest I thought the victims on AI - DS were «
immoral, sinful
people» you're projecting your opinon
of christians on my words.
It is only where behavior is so repugnant that the overwhelming majority
of people find it
immoral — child molestation, for example — that it has the appearance
of being «objective.»
Unfortunately, the viewpoint that homosexuality is not a sin is leading
people that fail to repent and turn from this
immoral / abominable practice straight to an eternity
of immense suffering.
This kind
of proclamation is very dangerous to our society that will eventually for the
people who will listen to his message will become
immoral and no regard or respect to God.
yet they themselves «sinned» before they knew the difference between Good and Evil... Or as you are trying to twist it — judgment
of good and evil God must be
immoral, if it punishes innocent
people for sins they do not understand and could not resist.
I think a big thing about being spiritual is believing in something higher than yourself without being tied to some arbitrarily specific moral code created by
people (not God (s)-RRB- in the context
of their times that often has horrifyingly backwards and incredibly
immoral rules.
I can point to this as grounds for accusing the biblical deity
of immoral behavior, e.g. I would not unnecessarily harm another
person's other wise innocent children because I would not want anyone (mortal or deity) to unnecessarily harm my own children.
1) «If I have an endless supply
of water, but I refuse to allow a
person dying from dehydration to drink, I believe we would both consider that
immoral.»
Sex between unmarried adults might be inside that gray area between the ideal and the
immoral if, first, no one's marriage is being violated by either party; second, if it is a union
of love and caring, not just a union
of convenience and desire; third, if sex is shared only after other things have been shared, other things such as time, values, friendship, communication and a sense
of deep trust and emotional responsibility; fourth, if it is both loving and discreet, private, shielded from those who would not or could not understand; if it is valued as a bond between the two
people involved and between them alone, never violating the sacredness
of the exclusive quality
of that moment.
No authentic pastoral programme will include organisations in which homosexual
persons associate with each other without clearly stating that homosexual activity is
immoral... All support should be withdrawn from any organisations which seek to undermine the teaching
of the Church, which are ambiguous about it, or which neglect it entirely.
«For
of this you can be sure: No
immoral, impure or greedy
person, such a
person is an idolater - has any inheritance in the kingdom
of Christ and
of God» — Ephesians 5:5
We should not expect that a large percentage
of people will do this, and those who do not, need not be thought
of as
immoral or inferior in any way.
Christians often talk about the morality
of masturbation as if, were it to be definitively deemed
immoral,
people would stop doing it.
Unless you decide to redefine
immoral, which is what a lot
of people are trying to do.
Throw in an
immoral political attitude
of exceptionalism and imperialism, and it's no wonder that our young
people, whose idealism has not yet been completely destroyed by «political reality», are looking to other cultures and beliefs for more acceptable moral standards.
«You're not like those
people» — For many parents, the only thing they know about homosexuality is what they know from gay pride parades or stories
of lewd,
immoral behavior.
What a cynical, ignorant view
of people to insist that, without God, we'd all be violent and
immoral.
I don't know... «maybe» CNN was showing how some law - breaking
people were attempting to «use» the cover
of a Church and all the goodies that go with being a Christian, as to how bad and illegal and
immoral it was...?
Or other activities such as the prisons acts in Iraq or others... Killing a man in a honest way no problem but they were the other hatred and
immoral treatments
of insults...
People will never forget the things been done to them in hatred under the term
of fighting terror...!
However, the Bible says, «I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually
immoral people — not at all meaning the sexually
immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out
of the world.
The only guard against a «parade
of horrors» — that is, the corruption, morally speaking,
of famine efforts by hidden, alternative and
immoral objectives — is for famine relief to be undertaken as a multilateral, globally communal effort involving the U.S., the U.S.S.R., the
Peoples» Republic
of China, the petroleum - rich countries in the Middle East, and many
of the richer western European countries.
We indeed must criticize and condemn
immoral acts
of black
people, but we must do so cognizant
of the circumstances into which
people are born and under which they live.
From my perspective, shaped by thinking
of morality and war in just war terms, egregious violations
of the rights
of people caught up in a conflict constitute an injustice that is
immoral not to seek to remedy.
Therefore, using god as an excuse to deprive
people of their rights is ridiculous and
immoral.
If we imagine that my acceptance
of the cake would deny it to someone else who is truly in need
of food, then my failure to consider that
person's needs would be
immoral.
Other matters that would be repugnant to most
people, such as gross misrepresentation
of facts important to health and safety, or public displays
of vicious and
immoral conduct, would also normally be prohibited by law.
Those
of you who will not patronize Chick Fil - A because
of their right to express their religious beliefs are the very
people who would impose their
immoral values on us.
In those days, sinners fell into five basic categories:
people who did dirty things for a living (such as pig farmers and tax collectors),
people who did
immoral things (such as liars and adulterers),
people who did not keep the law up to the standards
of the religious authorities (such as you and me), Samaritans and gentiles.
There were
people vying for power and leadership,
people using the gospel for money, and all sorts
of immoral behavior that was being dealt with....
This fleeing is to be so deliberate that he also warns us not to even associate with
people who claim to be
of the Christian faith but are sexually
immoral.
In the name
of necessity, or security, or advancement, or just out
of cowardice, these
people abrogate their individual responsibility and take part in questionable or
immoral or illegal activities because they are following orders, or because business demands it, or because if they don't somebody else will, or because it's the only way to get that extra dollar, or because it's simply easier.
Can89 and Mirsal —
People have been justifying illegal,
immoral, or intrusive practices under the disguise
of a religious belief for centuries.
In addition to these crazy and
immoral laws, there are plenty
of examples
of God's irrationality by his direct killing
of many
people for reasons that defy any rational explanation such as killing children who make fun
of bald
people, and the killing
of a man who tried to keep the ark
of God from falling during transport.
Although some
of the evils visited upon us arise out
of immoral actions knowingly perpetrated, many
of them are the work
of persons who are doing what they honestly believe to be for the good.