Sentences with phrase «of abstinence in»

Differences in regional blood volume during a 28 - day period of abstinence in chronic cannabis smokers

Both invoke the gospel of abstinence in an attempt to save those who do not need saving.

Thus there is considerable evidence pointing to the role of abstinence in the lives of the East Syrian Christians.

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Some days you can find a burger or lasagna oozing with cheese in the Cantina — we haven't taken an abstinence - only approach to nutrition management — but on an average day, more than half of our employees eat a salad, even when presented with yummier choices.

He's never really tried to sell himself as a family man in the traditional sense and wears the hypocrisy of his political commitment to abortion restrictions and abstinence - only sex education very lightly.

And then I have this novel ratting around in the back of my head and it's about sex and abstinence and Christianity and I want to call it Pure.

One small problem I have with your editorial stance is that there is no mention of the conservative movement's involvement in perpetuating the hysteria surrounding AIDS for the purpose of promoting abstinence.

A thorough review of the arguments for and against abstinence programs in Uganda specifically is available on the Human Rights Watch website.

In his patronizing dismissal of abstinence programs, Saletan speaks of «mating» ¯ meaning sexual intimacy ¯ as an unstoppable force of nature.

Betel is wanting to work more closely with other Christian groups that promote abstinence, as well as the thousands of Christian ministries to the homeless in the UK to become more effective in tackling the problem.

Actual «acts of abstinence» succeed in preventing pregnancies 100 % of the time, but that's a totally misleading metric, You are claiming that a METHOD is 100 % effective simply by counting only those times the method worked.

Abstinence (or, perhaps, sneakiness) makes a lot of sense in this case, but let's not consider the matter settled yet.

The pro-life movement is four - square in support of the abstinence movement, but given that there will always be unplanned pregnancies, there also will always be the question: What now?

In my experience, it tends to be those who are the most unattractive to the opposite $ ex who most loudly extol the virues of abstinence.

«It is the last opportunity to feast, and be merry before we enter the Holy season of Lent, which is the time of abstinence and reflection,» said Reverend Jan Naylor Cope, vicar at the National Cathedral, who took part in the races herself.

(CNN)- Muslims around the world on Monday ushered in Ramadan, a month of dawn - to - dusk abstinence from food and drinks.

When Cardinal Heenan, as President of the Episcopal Conference of England and Wales, announced the ending of Friday abstinence in 1967 he said, «It is questioned whether it is advisable in our mixed society for a Catholic to appear singular in this matter.»

Suppose, in a kind of contented abstinence, we were to refrain from trying to understand more of the landscape before us than the landscape cared to display for us, that we were willing to follow the bend of bough and straggle of gravel and tilt of pole wherever the bend and the straggle and the tilt chanced to take us, that we concerned ourselves not with pattern or profit or even pleasure but merely with watching like a token sentinel in safe country, that we gave our eyes a quiet carte blanche and permitted our minds to play at liberty over the face of an untouched terrain?

Out - of - wedlock pregnancy is highest in areas that have abstinence only education.

Fur ther, wherever a Salvationist goes, he is a part of an in - group which requires absolute abstinence from alcohol from all its members.

When, for example, the taboo of total abstinence from food, which Saul had announced in the midst of the battle, had been broken and Yahweh had withdrawn his guidance, lots were cast to locate the guilt.

She criticizes the Anglican Lambeth conference statement for its «vestigial Augustinianism» in the exaltation of sexual abstinence, and suggests that the bishops regard abstinence as an offering pleasing to God because it sacrifices a human pleasure.

For example, a reduction in the number of binges, hospitalizations, days lost from work, arrests for drunkenness per year represent significant improvement, even though the ideal goal of permanent abstinence is not achieved.

Most important, there was general agreement that the goal of total abstinence is the only realistic and humane one in counseling with alcoholics.

In keeping with its broader spirit, this leadership in general recognizes abstinence as a worthy goal of therapIn keeping with its broader spirit, this leadership in general recognizes abstinence as a worthy goal of therapin general recognizes abstinence as a worthy goal of therapy.

Being gay is a sin that folks need to repent, ask Jesus for forgiveness, ask Him that they can get closer to Him, then of course, sin no more (this usually happens when the person decides on abstinence as their choice in life).

According to Powell, this position is best represented by Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700 - 1760), who, «in good Protestant fashion, swore abstinence from all forms of metaphysics, natural theology, and the contamination of theology by philosophy.»

In the previous chapter we noted one consequence in Augustine's view of sex in which he justifies sexual abstinence because the giving up of temporal love for love of the eternal is an act of prudence in view of the superiority of the eternal.In the previous chapter we noted one consequence in Augustine's view of sex in which he justifies sexual abstinence because the giving up of temporal love for love of the eternal is an act of prudence in view of the superiority of the eternal.in Augustine's view of sex in which he justifies sexual abstinence because the giving up of temporal love for love of the eternal is an act of prudence in view of the superiority of the eternal.in which he justifies sexual abstinence because the giving up of temporal love for love of the eternal is an act of prudence in view of the superiority of the eternal.in view of the superiority of the eternal.25

(Some of us believe in abstinence as the Biblical standard, but even for those who don't, the predisposition isn't the sin - it is the act.)

In all ages of the church there have been ascetic and monastic movements whose members have voluntarily taken vows of abstinence, celibacy, chastity, poverty and anonymity.

Seeking to cloak their fear of reprisals for naming real root causes, progressives trumpet phony diversions depicted as earth shattering crises (namely, global warming), missile defense, homophobia, protecting our borders, the religious right, abstinence education, prayer in schools, animal rights, biblical creation, etc..

In our earlier sections, we have noted that F.C. Burkitt, Arthur Voobus and several other historians have shown that the emphasis on celibacy and abstinence from marriage belonged to an authentic tradition of the Syrian church till the fourth century.

His Gospel of Harmony makes it clear that eternal life demands a radical renunciation of possessions, family life and marriage, i.e., the prize demands a life in abstinence and virginity.

«Abstinence» gave Catholicism it's pedophilia scandal, and it gave Utah the highest rate of rape and porn consumption in the nation.

«A recent study at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine suggests that abstinence - only» education can be effective in delaying sexual activity among sixth - and seventh - grade children.

The blog goes on to say that in the Church's schools, the subject will be «rooted in the teachings of the Church», including «the importance of trust, loyalty, fidelity and the Christian understanding of marriage as the context for sexual relationships, as well as the understanding of abstinence and celibacy as positive life choices».

In the third place they reverse the force of example: Before long the practice of abstinence erodes even among people who don't take precautions.

There may be extensive arguments over precisely what constitutes a cure in many areas of mental and emotional breakdown, but with an alcoholic or drug addict the first measure is complete abstinence from alcohol or drugs.

The ritual observance of dietary rules — fasting and abstinence from meat in Lent, and abstinence from meat and meat products every Friday, as well as the eucharistic fast from midnight before the reception of Communion — were as much defining marks of Catholicism before the council as abstention from pork is a defining characteristic of Judaism.

Christian fasting and abstinence did not, of course, spring from a ritual distinction between clean and unclean meats, but it was just as deeply embedded in theological conviction as the older dispensation.

What was striking about the instructions issued by the English bishops in abolishing compulsory Friday abstinence in 1967 was the total absence of any attempt to explain the power and meaning of the traditional observances.

Considered from this perspective, compulsory fasting and abstinence, practiced regularly, routinely, and in common, was a recognition by the Church that identification with the poor and hungry, with those who know themselves to be needy before God because they were needy among men, is not an option for Catholics, but a necessary and definitive sign of their redemption, as essential in its way as attendance at Mass..

The conclusion: given relatively unlimited availability, heroin users will voluntarily stabilize or reduce their dosage and some will even choose abstinence; long - addicted users can lead relatively normal, stable lives if provided legal access to their drug of choice, and with few side effects; and ordinary citizens (in Switzerland at least) will support such initiatives.

Of course those who successfully use abstinence suceed in not becoming pregnant, but the vast majority can not remain abstinent.

In the context of the total document and magisterial teaching on human sexuality, it is quite evident that «self - control» means total sexual abstinence for homosexual Christians.

Abstinence in this view often seemed to be presented as the ideal, or at least as the main, means to union with God and the sanctification of one's life.

Uganda which has prioritised the promotion of abstinence, has been successful, in contrast to those that don't.

Up to now, spouses who really sought to live their conjugal relationship as God wished, to sanctify themselves in and through their marriage, received little orientation from the teaching of the Church, aside from the idea that a certain abstinence is a recommendable means not just of family planning but of positive growth in married sanctity.

Well let's see... abstinence is preached / taught mostly in the Bible Belt and the Bible Belt has BY FAR the highest rates of teen pregnancy in the country (while the liberal NorthEast... see Massachusetts above has the lowest rates of teen pregnancy).

«The bottom line is this,» says University of Virginia sociologist W. Bradford Wilcox: «The erosion of the norm of premarital sexual abstinence, both in belief and behavior, has had serious emotional and physical consequences for our nation's teens ¯ especially young women.