Sentences with phrase «justify selfishness»

Sad for Christians who think it is their place to speak down to people and speak to them in a way that is completely unlike Jesus would; but also sad that the Bible gets twisted so much in order to justify our selfishness as a human race.

In today's consumer - oriented, capitalistic culture, where people are used, abused and disposed of like nonreturnable soft - drink cans, where «liberation» has been invoked to justify selfishness, it may be that the time has come for the church to say again what it has always believed — that there is no way for individuals to «flourish» without the kind of communion and community and the permanent, deep, risky commitment that true Christian love demands — qualities that are perhaps best experienced in the yoking of a man and a woman in marriage.

Later, he justifies his selfishness in the name of pride: «I won't give the Nazis the pleasure of being ashamed I'm still alive.»

Not exact matches

But as shocking and painful as all these losses were, my instinctive response shocked me even more: the rage, the blame - shifting, the thirst for revenge, the bitter arrogance, the self - justified resentment, the dark self - righteousness, the control - hungry manipulation, the deluded rationalization, the deep selfishness, the perverted sense of entitlement.

Your reaction is not to join with your fellow diners in approbrium, but to justify his right to exercise his selfishness.

I know of way too many real estate professionals who attempt to justify their stupidity and selfishness behind the wheel with excuses that will be completely untenable if they wipe out a family.