Sentences with phrase «not lead to»

Unfortuantely, common sense did not lead you to your supersti - tious beliefs and is therefore im - potent to free you from them.

If our beliefs do not lead to loving behavior toward others, then we can be sure that our beliefs are wrong.

Their experience did not arise out of an ascetic, quietistic withdrawal, and it did not lead to an indifference to the world.

They will not lead to one great unified system of belief or institutional expression.

Yet acknowledgment of the influence of paradigms need not lead us to instrumentalism or a total relativism concerning truth - claims.

Thus although the perspectival determination and the relational nature of moral codes is recognized by Whitehead, this need not lead to the further notion, a nonsequitur, that moral standards are merely relative in the mistaken sense of being irrevocably private.

Whitehead's philosophy does not lead to a naive realism; rather it entails a critical realism.

Identifying a dominant motif in a particular Christian group toward some specific cultural activity should not lead to the expectation that this group will not adopt other motif toward other cultural activities.

Marshall described this statistic as concerning butunsurprising, saying, «It demonstrates the work that needs to be done by the Church in ensuring theological teaching does not lead to creating an enabling environment for abuse to occur.»

Certainly it did not lead to a public confession in the market place or the coliseum nor any obviously heroic notion.

In a recent book, the distinguished American political scientist Robert A. Dahl offers an optimistic vision in which «an increasing awareness that the dominant culture of competitive consumerism does not lead to greater happiness gives way to a culture of citizenship that strongly encourages movement toward greater political equality among American citizens.»

The marvelous new creativity which has sent the church in new directions must not lead us to a distrust those who hold to the old patterns, for many of our brothers and sisters in Christ have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny.

Evils which do not lead to progress must be counted as genuine evils that are excessively destructive or undesirably trivial.

This insight should not lead us to skepticism about the method, but rather to an honest recognition of what its limits are, and perhaps how it might be purified.

Altizer makes it quite clear in The Descent Into Hell that his view does not lead to a dehumanization of man.

Hope this move by Pastor Bell does not lead to people losing their souls or him losing his over an «experiment».

If we do not wish to be swept away with modernity's orientation essentialists, then we need to remind the world that our sexual ethics was never really at home in the modern framework anyway, and thus that our forsaking the framework need not lead to postmodern nihilistic libertinism.

But it does not lead him to reject a role for purpose.

The prophet who solemnly tells people what they ought to do may get away with this once or twice, especially if the recommendations do not lead to immediate and highly visible disaster.

From Don: I do not see how Calvinism does not lead to a kind of fatalism, if what will be will be and can not be changed, why try to change anything?

I firmly believe that if your theology does not lead you to ask this question, you have really bad theology.

Even at best, the changed direction will not lead to an ideal world.

My faith does not lead me to commit acts of violence; to the contrary, it encourages me to be a better person.

The fact that absolute, unconditioned authority is not available to conditioned and contingent man must not lead us to conclude that no authority exists, for some kinds of authority do function.

Is it better to burn with sexual desire than engage in a sexual relationship that can not or may not lead to marriage (I Cor.

Is it better for them to burn with sexual desire than risk a sexual relationship that may not lead to marriage?

But your point is well - taken that if one's presuppositions are flawed, logic will not lead to correct conclusions.

Any gospel that does not stay and stay with repentance from sin can not lead to the kingdom of heaven.

I have my own take on this verse which is different than most, but it does not lead me to universalism.

I simply mean that following the teachings of all the religious leaders do not end up being the same thing do not lead to the same implications for life on the planet in the years to come.

But this did not lead to the kind of violence that plagues the U.S.

However, the fact that we can't know everything about God should not lead to the conclusion that we can't know anything about God and therefore shouldn't try to understand his character and his world better.

It does not lead us to look inwardly to our own values of music appreciation but rather focuses our attention on the text, which is of prime importance:

An exception may be made in the case of split personality or total amnesia, but mere change of personality will not lead to the conclusion that personal identity is gone.

Reporting a domestic assault or rape very likely will not lead to any jail time for the aggressor.

I am sure that any attempt to evade it (e.g. by mock or quasi-marriage with a member of one's own sex even if this does not lead to any carnal act) is the wrong way.»

Niebuhr's analysis may perplex, but it does not lead to despair.

But pluralism alone need not lead to doubt and secular drift.

Talents and achievements are as dust, she learned, and education is nothing if it does not lead to «self - knowledge,» since we are corruptible, easily tempted and likely to err, selfish and self - deluding, responsible for our unhappiness and destruction.

It is a fact, atheism does not lead to stupidity.

We rely ultimately upon the guidance of the Spirit in this task, but this does not lead us to substitute feeling for reason.

It does NOT lead to conflict, Erik.

It does not lead to revolutionary action but to doing «what is necessary at the given place and with a due consideration of reality.»

But just as in the case of Benjamin Franklin this new and more innocent view of man did not lead to a liberation of the impulse life.

We must also remember constantly that the idea of sin should not lead to guilt feelings, simply because biblically, and in truly Christian thought, sin is known and recognized for what it is only after the recognition, proclamation, and experience of forgiveness.

This does not lead to synthesis or merger.

The awareness dawns gradually that the works - righteousness path can not lead to self - acceptance and renewed trust.

What structures do you have in place to ensure, as humanly possible, that an evil, unbelieving heart does not lead you to fall away from the living God (Hebrews 3:12 - 13)?

The scientific method of study and inquiry, important and indeed essential as it is to us, does not lead us to absoluteness of truth any more than the supposed divine revelation did.

This did not lead to seeing men in aesthetic categories as with the Greeks, but it did focus attention on overt behavior.