Sentences with phrase «make a mockery»

Talking to Robertson about trade timelines makes a mockery of the idea that there are simple tweaks out there.

Whether it's Ruumi or Peeple, or the likes of Lyft, Shyp, Shomi or even Flickr and Tumblr, technology companies are making a mockery of the English language.

Call centres generate a torrent of telemarketing, making a mockery of the importance of the personal touch, long the sine qua non of the successful pitch.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the appointment «makes mockery of media neutrality and insults the voters he is supposed to serve.»

Susan Alt, senior vice president of public affairs for Volvo Group North America, said the EPA's proposal «makes a mockery» of the company's investments to develop clean diesel engines and will «hurt a large number of small businesses who are not selling glider vehicles.»

«This is a frivolous and blatant, politically - motivated complaint that makes a mockery of the Federal Election Commission process,» the Tillis campaign said in a statement, adding it «never employed foreign workers or improperly coordinated with outside groups.»

Rudolph Giuliani cast doubt Thursday on a report that the feds wiretapped President Trump's personal lawyer — and said doing so «would make a mockery» of attorney - client privilege.

For making a mockery of beer advertising.

Obsolescence is hard to model and can make a mockery of the detailed financial assumptions underlying buyouts.

Forbes told us he was disappointed in the tax bill, which he said makes a mockery of tax reform or simplification.

But no sooner had it done so than reality made a mockery of the new target as well.

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The simple fact of the matter is that Justin Trudeau is now championing Stephen Harper's trade deal, making a mockery of his campaign promise for «Real Change.»

A suggestion: use the ritual of April Fool's day to make a mockery of something closer to home for you: white male Christian privilege.

but today's Christians are making a mockery of God.

Many Christians are up in arms about Creation, but seem hell - bent on destroying all of creation, and that in and of itself seems to make a mockery of all the claims.

While Greg Tonkinson said: «Honestly wondering why it's acceptable, as you see it, to make a mockery of something others believe in?»

Instead of following what Jesus taught, these Baptists make a mockery out of Christians.

And for the sake of Jesus Christ, stop making a mockery of your own religion by posting comments like Islam is a mutilater of Christ!!!

The liberal has taken away the basic traditional family structure through feminism forced children into Soviet like day care centers and made a mockery of traditional family life.

«That Sudan continues to prosecute these men, and without even allowing them free access to their legal team, makes a mockery of the judicial process and is a clear violation of fair trial principles, as articulated in Article 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) and Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which Sudan is a party.

This rule will see at least one organization taken down by people who join for no other reason than to make a mockery of the organization if only because you've got enough cause heads at any major university to see it happen.

Keep sending him and other so - called televangelist money and they will continue making a mockery out of Christianity.

You make a mockery of Jesus and the Christians need to wake up and fight back.

Kierkegaard lived in what he called «Christendom,» a world of superficial, second - hand religiosity, a kind of diluted piousness that in his judgment made a mockery of true Christianity.

You dishonor yourself and you make a mockery of intelligent believers.

Ed your church makes a mockery of God and itself by its practices.

You're not interested in actually hearing it, you're interested in making a mockery of it.

making a mockery of those partaking of the tree of life (Conscience, Wisdom, and Communion) trying to reduce God to the logic of man.

Murders most foul, on a massive scale, in the name of the United Nations makes a mockery of human rights and a trickery of the Universal Declaration.

... If the cross is a personal act of violence perpetrated by God towards humankind but borne by His Son, then it makes a mockery of Jesus» own teaching to love your enemies and refuse to repay evil with evil (p. 182f).

And this is one of the insurmountable obstacles that make a mockery of the theory of just violence.

His obedience in humbling himself, in loving his enemies, caring for the poor, welcoming the marginalized, and turning away from violence made a mockery of this opulent, bloodthirsty, and oppressive Empire.

All romancing and trumpeting abroad about one's cleverness in penetrating the God's incognito, though without receiving the condition from the Teacher; that one took notice of him by the impression he made, such a strange feeling coming over one in his presence; that there was a something in his voice and mien, etc., etc. — all this is but silly twaddle, by which one does not become a disciple but only makes a mockery of the God.1 The servant - figure was no incognito.

We know that Christians who still follow these teachings are still out there, but they are silent while their more vocal cohort make a mockery of their Lord's words.

This new «leader» turns them back to their own ways and makes a mockery out of the cross, which was all done so we may believe in Him so we may enter God's kingdom.

But the God did not assume the form of a servant to make a mockery of men; hence it can not be his intention to pass through the world in such manner that no single human being becomes aware of his presence.

But to call these people Christians is to make a mockery of the word, a mockery of faith and commitment and Jesus Christ.

It makes a mockery of the view, also professed by this same crowd of witnesses, that the Bible is the eternally truthful Word of God.

Taking over # 8m in its opening weekend in the UK alone, the resulting mass audiences, many of whom returned to see it several times, made a mockery of the film's $ 60m budget.

But an equally important task is to point out both that they have a structural dimension and that Jesus Christ, in his humble way, made a mockery of those powers.

All the things you question and make mockery of are addressed in the Quran.

Christians have made a mockery of God..

In the end they make a mockery of all morality, for if one has no real power to choose one can not be held responsible for one's actions.

It's a shame when these scam artists make a mockery of God and the Bible.

It just seems to be making a mockery of what other people believe.

If we deny a point of contact in this sense, we make mockery of man's responsible humanity.

Providing accreditation to colleges like Wheaton makes a mockery of whatever academic and intellectual standards the process of accreditation is supposed to uphold.

Nevertheless, the view makes mockery of the Christian conviction of the full humanity of Jesus and it runs counter to the picture of Jesus provided us by New Testament scholarship.

It makes a mockery of the finished work of the cross.