I think it helps when you come from a culture that lost WWII, saw the dramatic collapse of their economy, found they had murdered millions of people and did so
much evil in the name of «science».
But the deist agrees that there is
much evil in this world.
This would be funny if not for the fact that religion is responsible for so
much evil in this world.
Moreover, they answer the great philosophical challenges to believing in God, most notably the Problem of Evil: how can a good, all - powerful, all - knowing God produce a world with so
much evil in it?
He did
much evil in the sight of the Lord provoking Him to anger.
Also, if there is no wrong, why do Atheists say «There is so
much evil in the world»?
Besides, when you atheists say «There is so
much evil in the world», you are acknowledging there is right and wrong?
Instead of asking ourselves, «How can life be considered good when there is so
much evil in it?»
In fact, there is too
much evil in the world from what would be expected from chaos theory or the laws of physics.
Our best moral theories might seem to entail that nothing could justify God's having created a world with so
much evil in it.
For the victim of war struggling to connect with a God who allows so
much evil in the world, the bad news is that mankind's rebellion has turned the planet into battlefield; the good news is that God loves the world and has a plan to ultimately heal, restore, and redeem all of creation.
There is
much evil in the world and it will all come to a end very soon I pray.
Not exact matches
I realize that they're a necessary
evil, but you need to be very careful that you're not saying things or doing things (even worse) to «prove» something to these people because (a) it's never enough to satisfy them
in any case and they won't believe you anyway; and (b) it's a fool's errand to waste your time trying to impress people whose livelihood is
much more about finding the warts and shortcomings
in your story than
in celebrating your successes.
While the company amassed an army of fanboy followers over
much of its history as the underdog
in the epic struggle against the «
evil empire» (Microsoft), it's perhaps understandable that haters are now popping out of the woodwork.
Although they are
much less powerful than the industrial models from Universal Robots, IOActive released a video of a test
in which an otherwise cute NAO robot suddenly begins laughing
in an
evil and maniacal way and uses a screwdriver to repeatedly stab a tomato.
What Hitchens wrote about the
evils of religion was not so
much a scholarly argument, but more a wave of righteous indignation that levelled everything
in its path.
I will say this
much, wheter you like it or not Islam will dominate the world and
evil will lose its place and truth will pravail, justice will be
in place, that is Promise of God almighty.
It is to be regretted, therefore, not only that
much evil was done to aboriginal people, but that their very spirituality was violated by the introduction of Christianity
in Australia.
let alone the god they present, one who could have created any kind of world he wanted, like an author who has complete control over what shows up
in a fictional work; why would god then giddily create / allow so
much pain and
evil?
And I do think there is an element of hope
in the crusade's demonstration that moral appeal and censure can affect a behavior so widespread, although goodness knows there are
evils much more
in need of our moral attention.
11 If you, then, though you are
evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how
much more will your Father
in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
And cometh that match, Jesus shall laugh
in glee as the faithful, filled with His love, gouge the eyes from the atheists and kicketh them where men should not be kicked, and smash them over the head with conveniently available folding chairs, just like
in Professional Wrestling, and others of the saved shall hoot and holler and watch NASCAR on giant Jesus flatscreens and the atheists do
much wailing and gnashing of teeth and stubbing of toes and get nasty hangnails for their
evil sins.
But over the last 25 years we have gotten
much more clarity about the role of
evil in the context of abuse.
In other words, Griffin's argument is that process theology presents a
much more plausible explanation for natural
evil than can classical theism.
In this new situation they are asked
much more; they are asked to believe that their country has been
evil.
I consider that men DID create and write the bible, but both Christ and satan are metaphors... christ is the metaphor for the potential good
in a person, satan the metaphor for the potential of bad or
evil... given that this is MY definition, and makes
much more sense that most other beleifs, then the bible WAS written by satan, or rather it was inspired by the bad /
evil side of the minds of the writers.
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Much of the humor found
in the Hebrew Bible has a purpose: To demonstrate that
evil is wrong and even ludicrous, at times.
A woman's life withers or expands
in proportion to how
much she risks opening her heart And it takes courage to stand against
evil toward women, but even more so to stand against the indifference toward the plight of women.
I have seen so
much evil done to people
in the Name of Jesus from the institutions / parachurch orgs / evangelism that when someone tells me they are a pastor my first reaction is not what they might expect.
These «failed attempts to act on behalf of God» (Stark, The Human Faces of God, 232) were done with
evil in our hearts and the name of God on our lips, and thus reveal to us not so
much of what is
in the heart of God, but what is
in the heart of men.
A monistic, panentheistic position can not avoid this conclusion.29
In a physical, biological, historico - cultural evolutionary process as complex as the universe, much that is evil from various perspectives will occur, and if one sees this process as God's self - expression, then God is involved in evi
In a physical, biological, historico - cultural evolutionary process as complex as the universe,
much that is
evil from various perspectives will occur, and if one sees this process as God's self - expression, then God is involved
in evi
in evil.
Even if
evil and suffering is a teaching tool, an all good God would only allow as
much evil or suffering as is absolutely necessary,
in order to achieve a greater purpose.
Because there is so
much in Western civilization that is good, 1 and that can be and ought to be made better, it would be fatal to withdraw
in isolation from it or condemn it as wholly
evil.
Alter all,
in our time so
much of our living is dedicated to the illusion that somehow our complete safety can be ensured and that we can be protected against all the ills and
evils common to human existence.
«God loves you, no matter who you are or what you've done» sounds
much better than «you're gonna burn
in a lake of fire if you don't change your
evil ways!»
At the moment, I would
much rather see the U.S. military intervene
in Israel and Palestine to provide security for both peoples and the possibility of building a democratic and peaceful Palestinian state than engage
in a highly personalized invasion of an «
evil» country yet to be proven a threat to anyone.
Much as we may dislike the doctrine of original sin — and indeed it has often been formulated
in a way that must antagonize any man of sense and good will — there would appear to be
in human beings the seeds of selfishness, arrogance, brutality, callousness, the lust for power, jealousy, hatred and all the rest of the miserable host of
evil.
I find, on the contrary, that it is
much more difficult today for the knowing person to approach God from history, from the spiritual side of the world, and from morals; for there we encounter the suffering and
evil in the world, which it is difficult to bring into harmony with an all «merciful and almighty God.
But of course this
in no way answers the questioner who asks, «Why doesn't God stop
evil and cruel men from causing so
much suffering?»
Professor Hartshorne, who has
much more to say on this matter, believes that «the Christian idea of a suffering deity» «symbolized by the Cross, together with the doctrine of the Incarnation» (C. Hartshorne: Philosophers Speak of God, p. 15 [University of Chicago Press, 1953]-RRB- may legitimately be taken as a symbolic indication of the «saving» quality
in the process of things which despite the
evil that appears yet makes genuine advance a possibility.
The word «God» is irrelevant to the religious problem unless the word is used to refer to whatever
in truth operates to save man from
evil and to the greater good no matter how
much this operating reality may differ from all traditional ideas about it (MUC 12).
The sin confessed was not so
much personal unworthiness as national misdeeds, and the misdeeds were not alone the
evil work of the living but of the ancestral generations whose iniquities were still involving their offspring
in penalty.
In fairness, however, there have been some characters posting here who attack Christians in very much the same way, labeling all of them evi
In fairness, however, there have been some characters posting here who attack Christians
in very much the same way, labeling all of them evi
in very
much the same way, labeling all of them
evil.
After giving us his illustration of prayer, Jesus concludes his general advice to persevere
in prayer with this promise (cited above
in part): «If you then, who are
evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how
much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!»
Only Jesus can pray to Jesus that Jesus doesn't cast us into the Hell that Jesus created because Jesus loves us and wants us to live for eternity
in His Heaven unless we do not believe
in and honor Him, whereupon He will vomit us up and into the everlasting agony of Hell which He prays we do not go to because He loves us so
much even though we are born
evil and vile
in His eyes and require being born again so that He does not condemn us to a fiery eternity and, rather, can love us
in Heaven for ever and ever, Amen.
So, JUST from observation, even the «lovely» human beings constantly do
much more
evil than good, or even just act
in compliance with
evil systems as opposed to fighting for good.
Thank you so
much for this website, O most sacred heart of Jesus I place all my trust
in you, I have been praying to cast away these
evil spirits from me, they are the ones who cause bad thoughts to enter your spiritual body.
As a man of Faith, I can tell you that I believe
in Satan a
much as I believe
in God — for the very simple reason that I have encountered
evil — utter, absolute, and
in my face — but the spiritual dimension can not be taught — at all.
For Brown, if the United States could commit itself to refusing to imitate the «
evil deeds» of the terrorists, if the U.S. would eschew the violence that has marked its post-World War II foreign policy, if the U.S. could abandon its «faith
in redemptive violence,» if the U.S. could spend as
much money on a peace academy as it does on the service academies... well, there would be some hope for a peaceful future.
And even all the old testament god saving us from the
evil cannans and wickedness all death
in the old is justified god says he will rip the Jews open dash there children to pieces because they profaned his name everywhere and did
much evil and abominations that God does hate.