Sentences with phrase «irrational act»

Or will he use them to commit some other irrational act?

The issues are threats of irrational acts by individuals.»

A 15 - year - old pupil stabbed teacher Ann Maguire to death in a «completely irrational act stemming from a deep seated grudge», a senior detective has told the inquest into her death.

This belief discourages constructive action, and can result in irrational acts by people in despair, individually, or as nations, willing to do anything to derail the juggernaut we are told is carrying us, inevitably, to destruction.

A decision for Christ and the Christian life becomes a courageous, perhaps even an irrational act.

Committing suicide is not a rational act by most standards especially since suicide in and of itself is considered an irrational act.

Conceptualist theologians sought to preserve its rational basis — an irrational act would be contrary to man's rational nature, and hence immoral — as well as to make place for grace and human freedom.

Faith is not merely a polite expression for unsubstantiated assertion, not an excuse for believing in God as an irrational act.

I know when I invest I can't let it be driven by fear, but I think planning according to the fears of others is nearly impossible... fear by nature is an irrational act.

From here the irrationality of the show's title is observed in correlation to the irrational act of painting itself.