He does not believe
in divine retribution, therefore he can also declare his own morality contrary to what the divine may decree simply because he believes there is no divine decree.
Not exact matches
A lot of posts directed towards the atheists are of a violent nature: Christians are wishing for
divine retribution at this rally
in the form of lightning, followed by an eternity of suffering
in a place called Hell.
I may as well not take the oath, because, since I don't believe
in that god or any
divine retribution for breaking an oath... I would be free to violate it from a religious perspective (but not an ethical one).
(a) Religion tells people not only what they should believe, but what they are morally obliged to believe on pain of
divine retribution, whereas science, economics, medicine etc. has no «sacred cows»
in terms of doctrine and go where the evidence leads;
(a) Christianity tells people not only what they should believe, but what they MUST believe under threat of «burning
in hell» or other of
divine retribution, whereas science, economics, medicine etc. has no «sacred cows»
in terms of doctrine and go where the evidence leads them;
(a) Religion tells people not only what they should believe, but what they must believe under threat of
divine retribution, whereas science, economics, medicine etc. has no «sacred cows»
in terms of doctrine and go where the evidence leads them;
David Silvester caused a media storm
in January by suggesting
in a letter to the Henley Standard that Britain's inclement weather was
divine retribution for making gay marriage legal.
But religious love is only man's natural emotion of love directed to a religious object; religious fear is only the ordinary fear of commerce, so to speak, the common quaking of the human breast,
in so far as the notion of
divine retribution may arouse it; religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel
in a forest at twilight, or
in a mountain gorge; only this time it comes over us at the thought of our supernatural relations; and similarly of all the various sentiments which may be called into play
in the lives of religious persons.
Lincoln's interpretation of suffering as
divine retribution, a familiar theme
in Protestant sermons since Puritan times, was his attempt to find meaning
in the bloodshed.
(a) Religion tells people not only what they should believe, but what they MUST believe under threat of «burning
in hell» or other of
divine retribution, whereas science, economics, medicine etc. has no «sacred cows»
in terms of doctrine and go where the evidence leads them;
(Ezekiel 18:25 - 30; 33:17 - 20) The prophet, therefore, rose
in defense of
divine fair play, and asserted that Yahweh's rewards and
retributions,
in dealing not only with the nation but with individuals, were exactly just.
(a) Religion tells people not only what they should believe, but what they are morally obliged to believe on pain of
divine retribution, whereas science, economics, medicine etc. has no «sacred cows»
in terms of doctrine and go where the evidence leads them;
The Egyptians should not have oppressed the Hebrews; the hard labor of the slaves raised a cry to heaven which
in turn brought
divine retribution in the plagues and the incidents of the exodus.
I am (a) A victim of child molestation (b) A r.ape victim trying to recover (c) A mental patient with paranoid delusions (d) A Christian The only discipline known to often cause people to kill others they have never met and / or to commit suicide
in its furtherance is: (a) Architecture; (b) Philosophy; (c) Archeology; or (d) Religion What is it that most differentiates science and all other intellectual disciplines from religion: (a) Religion tells people not only what they should believe, but what they are morally obliged to believe on pain of
divine retribution, whereas science, economics, medicine etc. has no «sacred cows»
in terms of doctrine and go where the evidence leads them; (b) Religion can make a statement, such as «there is a composite god comprised of God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit», and be totally immune from experimentation and challenge, whereas science can only make factual assertions when supported by considerable evidence; (c) Science and the scientific method is universal and consistent all over the World whereas religion is regional and a person's religious conviction, no matter how deeply held, is clearly nothing more than an accident of birth; or (d) All of the above.
Its emotional impact is shaped by the unique perspective of the narrator - a typical teenager telling the tale out of her own youthful concerns (having fun, her uncertain future), combining her beliefs about the dual contradictory nature of humanity («you just got half - devil and half - angel
in ya»), and imaginative and fearsome fantasies of religious judgment and
divine retribution (the flaming end of the world, and the Devil's presence on Earth).
But, I didn't want to get
in to torrent linking on the forums for fear of
divine retribution.
Now, ancient technology born of a twisted mind sets
in motion a chain of events designed to bring
divine retribution down upon mankind.
In this exhibition, three years in the making, Whitmore grapples with iconoclast Andreas Karlstadt's anguish of believing paradoxically that religious iconography is blasphemous and should be destroyed while simultaneously fearing divine retribution for their destructio
In this exhibition, three years
in the making, Whitmore grapples with iconoclast Andreas Karlstadt's anguish of believing paradoxically that religious iconography is blasphemous and should be destroyed while simultaneously fearing divine retribution for their destructio
in the making, Whitmore grapples with iconoclast Andreas Karlstadt's anguish of believing paradoxically that religious iconography is blasphemous and should be destroyed while simultaneously fearing
divine retribution for their destruction.
Writhing flesh,
divine retribution and world class portraiture: Royal Academy Rubens show is one of the best exhibitions
in London.
Today,
in our secular, modern multi-cultural Canadian society, the fear of
divine retribution may seem a quaint anachronism, if not a complete irrelevancy.