Sentences with phrase «of much evil»

Many atheist throughout history have been to cause of much evil have they not?

Not exact matches

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.

Throughout much of its first decade of existence, the search engine company presented itself as a different kind of company, one that cared about changing the world for the better first and making money second, an ethos exemplified through its famous «don't be evil» motto.

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.

And it's much easier to do that than to say, «Well listen, we have free markets and we have democracy and both those things are incredibly messy and no one is really controlling it,» but if I give you a few symbols and attach a name to it, all of a sudden you have an evil villain that you can pin the blame on.

Presumably, much of the criticism of tar - sand oil isn't that it's so environmentally evil that it's ethically worse than, say, Saudi oil.

Despite all their boasting about being good fiscal managers and the evils of accumulating debt, the Conservative government doesn't seem to really care that much about reducing debt.

Take away their ability to tax and inflate and so much of their power to do evil things to good people is gone.

Entirely too many careers, too much money, and too much of money's evil twin, political clout, are now involved: The discrimination state will not wither away, so we all had best get used to it.

The fear of the great nothing is too much for my mind to bear, and I can sleep at night by convincing myself that the absolute nothing we all face one day will instead be full of happy choirs of angels, reward for any suffering I've endured, punishment of the wicked and evil (it pains me to think those who cause so much evil will not suffer for eternity, so hell is a great comfort too), and that I'll get to see all those I currently miss since the death of friends and family are so painful.

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.

Or do you want to make an example of me, as the «evil Christian» with Sabio (much more Jesus - like) hovering over to make sure you hit the right note of bitterness?

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.

«They» have NOT been the cause of «much evil».

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.

The celebration of Satan is much worse than abortion, as it is the greater evil.

Because we have shared so much... because I believe Him to be a big, teddy bear under the sometimes rough exterior... because He protects me and is there for me... because I have seen Him sacrifice for others... I can not even conceive of Him being evil.

So my question to you even before it gets to that point is the same as I have given to others, first why do you hate God so much and second what are you afraid of by switching your faith and it is by faith that you believe there is no God to a belief that God does exist he sent his Son Jesus to the world to redeem you from your evil and hateful ways?

So we're cleaner but we're also doing so much more evil as a collective you could look at a society of apes and might actually find it more beautiful than some disgusting ones that are around now.

If the 53 % of Americans support this evil, then they need to be stopped - much like Hitler needed to be stopped.

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.

Eventually, the Satanic powers brought so much evil into the world, that they were once again able to lead the world to the brink of complete destruction.

But over the last 25 years we have gotten much more clarity about the role of evil in the context of abuse.

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.

«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.

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.

so the Swiss Guard, protecting this evil, are they as much to blame, misled they must be, but of course the vatican says if you will protect us will put all our money into your banks, sounds fair doesn't it.

I suggest you read you Bible, while there are evil people doing evil things, often at the behest of God, but more importantly, if you believe the Bible much of the evil comes from God himself.

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 am a Christian and part of my work outside of the church is to explore the church's history focusing as much on its acts of evil as on its acts of good.

The surprise of the book is just how the problem of evil floors so much of the naturalistic ethic.

We need a much more realistic approach to the problem of human evil, and I am perfectly certain that no really effective way of dealing with it will be found apart from the rediscovery of true religion.

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?»

Although I am very far from subscribing to the doctrine of the total depravity of man, it does seem to me to have been proved within my own lifetime that the problem of human evil is not much affected by better education, better housing, higher wages, holidays with pay, and the National Health Service — desirable as all these things may be for other good reasons.

Although Jesus had some decent ideals (regardless of what kind of being you think he was), history shows us that Christianity, the religion, for as much as it has aided people, has been political, corrupt (well just human to be kinder) right from the git - go, and the cause of enormous evil and suffering throughout its history.

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.

It gets much worse when you consider the problem of evil: If God really exists, and he is really all powerful, and really morally perfect, then why do so many horrible, senseless things happen?

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.

It seems to have been proved within out time that the problem of human evil is not much affected by better education, better housing, higher wages, and holidays with pay — desirable as all these things may be for other good reasons.

In fairness, however, there have been some characters posting here who attack Christians 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!»