Sentences with phrase «nature is evil»

Whinging that ohnoes, Nature is Evil and Man is Helpless, that's not the hallmark of a competent civil engineer, but of a victim.

This is a dangerous place to be since by nature we are all evil, corrupt people, bent on our own self desires.»

Not exact matches

benevolent in nature — most certainly evil — no, Jesus was the spotless perfect sacrifice simply disinterested — gave up his life that we may live.

We transcend ordinary life, as it were, in moments of imaginative, ecstatic insight, sometimes brought on by the power of nature, and sometimes by the power of love, or even by the power of what is ugly or evil.

It's scary that someone with this conviction about the nature of evil is a serious presidential contender.

As the beings given speech or complex language by nature, we've been given excellences, responsibilities, perversities, and the potential for both good and evil not given to the other animals.

Religion is a very bad mental disease, without religion there would be fewer starving people in the world, we would have settled Mars by now, and the abusive GOP and it's greedy banker uber - rich masters would be disempowered, as it is their veil of religion that disguises their evil, immoral and unethical nature.

So, let's see, before we go any further, is your god benevolent in nature, or evil, or simply disinterested?

@toxictown: you're wrong there... those pesky trees and wetlands that get in the way of oil drilling represent the «evil» in nature Just ask Santorum

There is no evil in nature — it just is.

The evil that men do is worse because, in effect, they can do better; man's intellect and reason are reflections of divinity, signs of his higher nature, and they can lead him to the brink of grasping it.

NOt all who call themselves prophets are true believers... some are just for the gains... those are persecuted... cause their evil gets them... those who don't separate themselves from God's side and wisdom can not be harm by evil... evil bows to them and allows them to pass by him unharmed... Cause evil can not harm God... it's the law of Nature... only evil can be harmed by evil...

So you agree that lying itself is not evil... that it is the intent of the lie that determines its nature?

In God's nature, a Christian can ground objective morality and say that things like child molestation and the Holocaust are objectively morally evil.

Such is the self - perpetuating and insidious nature of evil, breeding more deception and alienation from God along the way, and Ms Lamott's musings are a symptom and confirmation of that truth.

26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another, men with men working unseemliness, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was due.28 And even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30 backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 without understanding, covenant - breakers, without natural affection, unmerciful: 32 who, knowing the ordinance of God, that they that practise such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that practise them.

We learned much about faith, spiritual maturity and, more importantly, just how sneaky, evil and dangerous our «self» nature is.

It can be argued, however, that to minimize the miraculous and thereby conclude that what occurs in nature in relation to particular persons can not be controlled by God alleviates the problem of natural evil only up to a point.

Plotinus recast the Platonic unease with the material world in a straightforward manner: «The nature of bodies, insofar as it participates in matter, will be an evil» (Enneads, 1.8.4).

It can be plausibly argued that while it might appear that Plantinga's free - will defense is only relevant to moral evil, it actually has significant, necessary ramifications for how God's power can be conceived in relation to nature.

The will of Man is by nature sinful & selfish and easily vulnerable to the influence of Satan which is corrupt and evil.

The process theists believe that the only way to solve the problem of evil is to assume that human wills and nature as a whole have their own autonomy.

If people wish to regard homosexuality as a freak of nature, and even if it is not the condition ordained by God when He said that it was not good for man that he should be alone, then we can only rejoice that God is, as ever, bringing good out of evil.

Initially, it appears that they were already evil because of their pride, but a more fundamental reason reveals itself in Augustine's discussion: «Now, nature could not have been depraved by vice had it not been made out of nothing.»

Humans are evil in nature but some choose the path to peace and forgivness which is the core of true evangelical Christianity.

We, and our students, have written not only about God but also about the problem of evil, Christ, the church, Christian education, pastoral counseling, preaching, the nature of human beings, history, liberation and salvation, spirituality, religious diversity, interfaith dialogue, science and religion, and other standard theological topics.

Kekes» account of the roots of evil may be superior to naive Enlightenment theories of man and society, but it leaves sophisticated religious theories of evil, which recognize man's fallen nature, untouched — indeed it unconsciously echoes them.

It is so obvious that: a) those held in slavery were human beings (a biological category); b) all humans are by nature persons (a philosophic category), that is, beings with inviolable worth that ought never be treated as means to an end; and c) the evil practice of slavery was not a private matter - the whole community is harmed because we are all communal beings by nature, in solidarity with those who are treated unjustly.

Since it reflects aspects of human nature — envy, ambition, the need for belonging — evil is a permanent threat.

This disbelief in the value of the human body was epitomised by Thomas Hobbes, who wrote: «Man is in the condition of mere nature, which is a condition of war, as private appetite is the measure of good and evil».

to ascribe anything but evil intent to the Pope's motives make one suspect that it is not one decision that is the real problem: it is really about the fact that the nature of Catholicism and the role of the Pope have at their core a claim so audacious as to provoke outrage.

More sophisticated theologians have qualified this outrageous notion by saying that God can do nothing which is irrational, such as make square circles, or which is contrary to God's own nature and purpose, which are assumed to be good in some ultimate sense, and therefore that God can not engage in genuinely evil acts.

Lem me see here, according to your holy book your God personally ordered more infant killings than all American abortion doctors combined, ordered the annihilation of half a dozen civilizations, routinely taunted and tortured humanity, introduced evil into the world then blamed the things he created for it (even though he's supposed to be omniscient and omnipotent), then abandoned humanity for at least a couple thousand years while making plans to come back and slaughter 2/3 of Earth's inhabitants so that he can judge them and throw most of them into a torturous hell for all of eternity... for not being able to overcome the nature your book says he gave them... Just so he can have non-free will - having cloud gnomes sing his praises for eternity.

According to Noddings, history (including philosophy, theology, politics, societal structures) up to this point has obscured the nature of the problem of evil because all systems for dealing with it have been created, elaborated, and promoted by and for males.

This self love is sin.God never forced chaos on us.we gave in to satan's lies about evil being an inherent necessity.Jesus said he was the way, the truth and life.He was the life (love) that everyone craves for, he is the truth which meant that his love was our only need and he exposed the lies of satan that we could attain bliss on subordinating people to our cravings.Sinning people don't accept a God who requires us to renounce ourselves because they are not convinced of God's love being enough for them and they are afraid to destroy their identity and live for the Glory of God.So, upon death, these souls realize that the physical world was just a shadow of God's love (the nature, food etc) and their own lies (violence, self love etc) and realize that love is their only need.They pursue it from other soul beings but are hurt that there's only hate and self love.They are afraid to approach the light because they don't want to renounce their identity as they have not recognized God's love before.

It is not the nature of the act but the kavanah which determines whether or not it is good or evil, holy or profane, strong or weak in redemptive power.

There is no evil in nature, it is a purely human construct and endeavor.

@toxictown there is evil in nature.

To Jesus the world is not evil, but men are evil; and not in the sense that the human race as such is evil because of its lower nature.

Evil is parasitic by nature: it feeds off the good.

But it was the Father's will to redeem humanity from slavery to evil and eternal corruption, and precisely for the sake of His Son in whom humankind was created and called to become co-sharers of the Divine Nature.

Often, those that are very sick indeed (ie «evil») have also had a number of «nurture» dysfunctions heaped upon their «nature» wiring.

This too me is ultimately selfish by nature and inately evil in it's design.

It is surely possible to think that Whitehead's understanding of the consequent nature of God or the kingdom of heaven is implicitly if partially grounded in a genuine eschatology, and is so because it apprehends a transmutation of evil into good by way of a cosmic and universal process.

They give the finger to God and say, screw you, we're going to keep being evil, then God judges them because He is JUST, and His character demands that He be just, otherwise He'd violate His nature.

I was using the news headlines (and other similar resources, such as charity reports and the like) to make the valid observation that human evil is universal in its effect and nature.

I suppose that's where we'll have to part ways, tiggy: I believe that human beings ARE bad, evil even, by nature and inclination.

I don't happen to believe that we are by nature evil.

«The consequent nature of God is added to meet the awful fact of evil which Whitehead sees and feels so keenly» Quoting from Process and Reality V, I, Wieman spoke of Whitehead's great sensitivity to the tragedy of the loss of beauty, richness, and value.

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