Sentences with phrase «less violence in»

This proved to be very successful as everyone knew they couldn't prey on weaker inmates and I can say that there was less violence in that area.

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A roundup of gun control and violence studies by writer German Lopez at Vox shows Americans represent less than 5 % of the world population but possess nearly 50 % of the world's civilian - owned guns, police are about three times more likely to be killed in states with high gun ownership, countries with more guns see more gun deaths, and states with tighter gun control laws see fewer gun - related deaths, among other sobering statistics.

For women, the budget aspires to more equal wages, more women in leadership, and less gender based violence.

In the UK, where calls for equality are admittedly met with less resistance, in general, than in the gender minefield that is US evangelical culture, Christian advocates for equality have also been active, with the launch of gender - based violence charity Restored in 2010 and the publication of Jenny Baker's Equals (SPCK) this year, which talks about the practical outworking of equality in family life, work, and churcIn the UK, where calls for equality are admittedly met with less resistance, in general, than in the gender minefield that is US evangelical culture, Christian advocates for equality have also been active, with the launch of gender - based violence charity Restored in 2010 and the publication of Jenny Baker's Equals (SPCK) this year, which talks about the practical outworking of equality in family life, work, and churcin general, than in the gender minefield that is US evangelical culture, Christian advocates for equality have also been active, with the launch of gender - based violence charity Restored in 2010 and the publication of Jenny Baker's Equals (SPCK) this year, which talks about the practical outworking of equality in family life, work, and churcin the gender minefield that is US evangelical culture, Christian advocates for equality have also been active, with the launch of gender - based violence charity Restored in 2010 and the publication of Jenny Baker's Equals (SPCK) this year, which talks about the practical outworking of equality in family life, work, and churcin 2010 and the publication of Jenny Baker's Equals (SPCK) this year, which talks about the practical outworking of equality in family life, work, and churcin family life, work, and church.

If people knew this peace, which surpasses all understanding (because it requires faith in God that, though we can know from the Bible, we can not know how he IS, for only he knows that), there would be less violence.

I think rather that what he is saying is this: Revolutionary violence is to such a degree the only possible expression of the Christian faith that, if I suspect that my faith is leading me to become less violent, I am mistaken about the content of the faith and must abandon it; because, having decided for violence, I am sure that I am in the true Christian succession.

For the sake of simplicity the generally accepted Arabic spelling of names and technical terms has been followed, although in a few cases it seemed to do less violence to follow a form which has gained wide acceptance in a particular Muslim country.

But the book is less than half - way finished... and if I can not prove the thesis to my satisfaction, I see no way out of the dilemma about how to reconcile the love of Jesus with the violence of Yahweh other than to say that in some way or another, the Old Testament is wrong in its portrayal of God.

In the 1970s, the projects in white South Boston were no less despairingly hellish — no less afflicted with alcoholism, drug abuse, gang warfare, domestic violence and teenage, unwed motherhood — than those in black RoxburIn the 1970s, the projects in white South Boston were no less despairingly hellish — no less afflicted with alcoholism, drug abuse, gang warfare, domestic violence and teenage, unwed motherhood — than those in black Roxburin white South Boston were no less despairingly hellish — no less afflicted with alcoholism, drug abuse, gang warfare, domestic violence and teenage, unwed motherhood — than those in black Roxburin black Roxbury.

I'm answering to the question of religion preventing violence in terms of the sum total of violence — is there more or less violence with religion.

Putting the kibosh /» google» on all religion and its lack of relevance to preventling violence in less than ten seconds: Priceless!!!

These lesser conflicts differ from what we usually call «violence» only in degree.

They commit acts of violence in the name of God (nutjob anti-abortion groups), commit acts of fraud in the name of God, use God's name for political gain, and then turn their backs on the core principles of Jesus — caring for one another, compassion, helping those less fortunate, giving of yourself to do good, to make things better.

Whatever their exact number, Christians are leaven in deeply troubled Pakistan whose Muslim majority disallows increasingly the Prophet's teachings about restraint from violence and his injunctions to honor the Ummah (religious community) Internecine Muslim murders are a daily occurrence in Pakistan, and, whatever the discrimination against Christians, it is more social and economic in nature and far less violent than what Muslims do to one another.

If, as I think orthodox Christianity ultimately teaches, and as Solzhenitsyn's «Father Severyan» plainly teaches in November 1916 (excerpted here), that humans are inherently prone to violence (and that the lesser evil of state - derived war is the price we pay for living not in anarchy but in «sword - bearing» states), then not only is 1) contrary to the New Testament's real teaching, but 2) is impossible and 3) requires a coercion that will bring with it very deleterious consequences.

Looking at this side of the ambiguity, we see a church in which many first - world Christians of our day could feel comfortable and undisturbed: a church that lives without question or resistance in a state founded on violence and made prosperous by the exploitation of less fortunate nations; a church that accepts various perquisites from that state as its due; a church where changing jobs for the sake of peace and justice is seldom considered; a church that constantly speaks in the language of war; a church given to eloquent invective in its internal disputes and against outside opponents; a church quite sure that God will punish the wicked.

(He was, after all, born less than a century after the dawn of the Reformation and undoubtedly knew the religious violence that saturated Europe in the early 17th century.)

I might be ecelectic, but what makes me consistent is my belief is something that combines the belief of Scripture with that of Englightenment philosophy: nurturing life is goodness, simply, and helping others to see a model that thinking for ourselves can help heal the world of all past injustices - so that we all learn to WANT to be good... within reason and by our own choice...: you have a society like that, you'll have less injustices, less violence, less money - grubbing by people who hold themselves as representatives of «authority» -(which side are you on, by the way, if you see the world as so divided in such a bipolar reality...?)

There are just too many Muslims who take their freakin» koran literally... and too many other «not - muslim - enough» muslims who couldn't care less about the violence done in the name of their cult ideology called Islam... hence the problem on both ends!

We would no less need an analogous social order that was perfect in its own way but that, at a minimum, did not kill us by war and violence or spoil life by meanness and other forms of private misery.

This chapter looks at one side of the Bible's ambiguity where we see a church in which many first - world Christians of our day could feel comfortable and undisturbed: a church that lives without question or resistance in a state founded on violence and made prosperous by the exploitation of less fortunate nations.

Noting «increasing signs of intellectual incoherence» in constitutional decisions, H. Jefferson Powell of Duke concludes that Supreme Court pronouncements are less an expression of reason than a manifestation of «violence [that is] increasingly wayward, increasingly brutal.»

There is far less day - to - day casual violence in middle - class society than when I was a teenager — and there are far more incidents of cold, senseless mass murder.

In many developing countries, wages are much less, and as journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn have noted in their widely - acclaimed book Half the Sky, the empowerment and employment of women can have a direct and profound effect in curbing poverty, infant mortality, maternal mortality, and violencIn many developing countries, wages are much less, and as journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn have noted in their widely - acclaimed book Half the Sky, the empowerment and employment of women can have a direct and profound effect in curbing poverty, infant mortality, maternal mortality, and violencin their widely - acclaimed book Half the Sky, the empowerment and employment of women can have a direct and profound effect in curbing poverty, infant mortality, maternal mortality, and violencin curbing poverty, infant mortality, maternal mortality, and violence.

Far less controversial is the idea that when such landscapes are attacked in this way, the process does violence to things other than the landscapes themselves.

If we truly want to respond to violence in the way that Christ did (i.e., without resorting to still more violence), we will have to begin to think more in terms of witness and less in terms of solution.

And after viewing depictions of sexual violence, subjects in simulated court cases are more likely to blame victims and less likely to convict offenders.

For, make no mistake, the risks can be no less catastrophic than the original crisis: the further spread of violence and instability, an increase in the number of refugees and other victims.

Again, some middle axioms, statements that are less than fundamental principles but more than day - by - day strategies, may prove helpful as guidelines in considering what actions to take in response to the problem of media violence:

But few of us would endorse those elements of tradition that baptize patriarchal oppression, endorse violence against women, oppress lesbians and gays, exalt perpetual virginity as the superior state, or declare that heterosexual rape is a lesser sin than masturbation (on the view that the latter act contradicts nature while the former act, while also sinful, is in accordance with nature) The postbiblical tradition, like Scripture itself, does not provide one coherent, consistent sexual ethic.

Look at how much less space there is between people than even just twenty years ago; look at how much violence a child sees all day long (whether recreational or real - life drama in their own lives); look at how much information many children are exposed to daily without any oversight.

The ox remains the subject in 22:1; but it is well to follow the chapter division because the theme of physical violence, dominant down to chapter 22, here gives way in the main to regulations of a broader and less personal character.

If we can find acceptable ways to deal with media violence, then solutions to other, less complex, problems in the media will become evident.

It means parenting without violence, relying instead on respectful communication and seeking to see your child not as someone lesser or weaker than you who you can and should control, but rather as a partner in your life and a source of potential joy and loving interaction.»

Ina May Gaskin's C - section statistics over 40 years: 1.7 % American hospital C - section statistics: 32 % not including routine episiotomy and so on... Oh yes, I know who I would trust for my child's birth... And if the price of an intact body and a peaceful birth was «gentle stimulation» I would accept it with no hesitation... Of course I live in France where obstetric violence is the norm and home birth nearly considered as criminal by the establishment, but where puritanism is long gone (thank God)... You may remove this post as you did for my previous one... It's OK we've got lots of you this side of the Atlantic telling us what's good or bad for us and we trust them less and less.

The research, carried out in countries including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Chile, Croatia, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Mexico, and Rwanda, also found that men with more equitable attitudes were significantly more likely to participate in household tasks and less likely to use violence against a partner.

According to the study, more parental monitoring led to less total screen time for kids and reduced exposure to media violence, which in turn led to benefits such as improved sleep, lower BMI, better school performance, improved social behavior, and reduced aggression.

In some European nations, there are more equal gender laws concerning public nudity but those nations have LESS sexual assault and violence against women than in the United States - so there is no legal rationale for this double - standard - it's simply an unconstitutional tradition that has never been challenged in court by ACLU attorneyIn some European nations, there are more equal gender laws concerning public nudity but those nations have LESS sexual assault and violence against women than in the United States - so there is no legal rationale for this double - standard - it's simply an unconstitutional tradition that has never been challenged in court by ACLU attorneyin the United States - so there is no legal rationale for this double - standard - it's simply an unconstitutional tradition that has never been challenged in court by ACLU attorneyin court by ACLU attorneys.

Looking at the list, the reporter questions often focused on the horserace rather than the issues: «Is the drop in violence in Iraq making it a less important campaign issue?»

In theories of protest and revolution, the question whether violence is justified is premissed on the idea that it is probable.On the other hand, as is often observed, much modern social and political theory more or less eclipsed war within or between states, taking the socialising and civilising forces of historical progress for granted.

Scores more were wounded in the second outbreak of deadly violence in the border area in less than a month.

(Albany, NY)-- Less than two weeks after the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, New York Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention — a bicameral coalition of New York lawmakers — released a package of bills to prevent gun violence in New York and savViolence Prevention — a bicameral coalition of New York lawmakers — released a package of bills to prevent gun violence in New York and savviolence in New York and save lives.

«We are disheartened to hear the Governor has decided to implement a School to Deportation Pipeline that will ultimately make all youth and communities less safe,» Rahsmia Zatar, executive director of STRONG YOUTH, a gang violence prevention group based in Uniondale, said in a statement.

Politicians on the right regularly refer to pull factors that supposedly affect migration, but there is much less talk in the UK of the push factors that lead people to leave their homes, including war, violence, famine, disease and natural disasters.

The head of Gov. David Paterson's security detail, Maj. Charles Day, will be transferred to a less prestigious job in the wake of the Kaye report that detailed his role in the David Johnson domestic violence case.

Less than a week after the Paris terror attacks, she openly lionized a woman convicted of violent sedition, one who affirmatively praised the use of violence to achieve political ends for 60 years after her involvement in an assassination attempt in the US Capitol.

NYC 25 yr gun - related violence decline, continuing this year, clearly shows that fewer guns have resulted in dramatically less gun related violence of all types, much as the 10 yr ban on assault weapons lowered crime involving that weapon,» Bratton wrote.

From its cannibalistic proclivities, the world can see why the APC and its insensitive Federal Government care less about the lives and welfare of Nigerians, resulting in the escalation of violence, bloodletting, mass killings, extra-judicial executions, persecution of citizens, abuse of human rights, constitutional violations, including invasion of the National Assembly as well as attack on federal lawmakers and judicial officers.

Flint raised the issue again later in an adjournment debate tonight, arguing that singling out rape defendants for anonymity carried the clear inference that rape victims were less reliable, less credible and less trustworthy than victims of other violent crimes, such as domestic violence or child abuse.

The payout to an outside consultant hired to stem the violence at Rikers Island has ballooned from $ 1.7 million to $ 27.4 million in less than three years — even as the city jails system has seen a significant spike in assaults, records show.