Sentences with phrase «on the arrogance of»

William Cavanaugh takes on the arrogance of the American Association of University Professors in its statements (1940, 1970, 1988) about «academic freedom.»

During the pontificate of former deacon Damasus, Ambrosiaster wrote a little tract On the Arrogance of the Roman Deacons.l6 Besides the propitious factor of the relatively small number of deacons, mention also should be made of their close association with people in their everyday necessities as a common consideration in their election to the episcopate.

Newspapers should not apologise for being an «effective check on the arrogance of politicians» said the education secretary, when asked about Daily Mail coverage of Ed Miliband's late father.

Though he avoided widespread excoriation for that, this latest revelation has the publishing world choking on its own special blend of schadenfreude and sanctimony, blaming Lehrer's fall on the arrogance of stardom or the scrutiny afforded by the Internet.

Not exact matches

Empowered by his arrogance, he takes on the role of the Fantastic Four's archnemesis, casting a shadow over the super group with his genius intellect.

«I would like my legacy to be represented in the fact that no one inside of McDonough doubts that we are a premier school, and every day we wake up and behave that way, not with arrogance but with a focus on being the best.»

There is an arrogance that lingers in business and possibly in our culture at large — the self - congratulations for running on a lack of sleep.

Whether you're seeking a position lower or higher on the totem pole, always keep your arrogance in check, be prepared well ahead of time, and be honest about what you want.

On «United Airlines from the ground to the air, the arrogance of the service is heinous,» Gao Xiaosong, a famous musician, reportedly wrote on WeibOn «United Airlines from the ground to the air, the arrogance of the service is heinous,» Gao Xiaosong, a famous musician, reportedly wrote on Weibon Weibo.

If the federal and state governments come in and slap new regulations and oversight on these companies, it's their own fault for practicing elitist arrogance in an attempt to shape a specific narrative that damages the very fabric of a society where the first amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the rights of free expression and free speech.

If the federal and state governments come in and slap new regulations and oversight on these companies, it's their own fault for practicing elitist arrogance in an attempt to shape a specific narrative that damages the very fabric of a society where the

and while scientists take on a technical arrogance of thinking that through the power of their own intellect, they can know and explain all things, not knowing how blind they are to the unseen world; religionists on the other hand do have a corresponding spiritual arrogance.

I suffered a terrible car accident... during 3 weeks I almost died «many times»... Now I can read a beautiful article like this one and agree with it... Believe me... no matter your faith, your fortune or whatever you may be involved with... on the face of death if you are human you will only care about your loved ones... you will remember about the moments you were happy together and dream they happen again... you will remember your childhood like you were 7 again... you will ask forgiveness and try to show your love, no matter how hard you are... In the face of death we realize that nothing more then our family matters... For the professor, once his life of arrogance reaches an end, he will then understand what is the meaning of family...

I will, however, try to fix any mangling you do of my words and I will point out, where necessary, how your vast ignorance on this topic has led to your misunderstanding and how your arrogance has led to your intentional misrepresentations.

Topher's Southern Baptist arrogance was perfectly on display when he shrieked about not letting anyone teach his kid about their religion while bragging about forcing Southern Baptist tracts into the hands of trick - or - treaters at his door.

Thus Topher's constant preaching on this blog about who is a real Christian, of course Topher's arrogance sets the standard.

It is human arrogance at its finest to believe an omnipotent being has some stock in the outcome of the number of times a ball is on either side of a field.

In their reaction against scientific scepticism, and scientific generalisation which were as sweeping and as prejudiced as any theological temerity, they failed to distinguish the root causes of the new unbelief from the arrogance of the unbelievers, and met with equal contempt and malediction what could only be properly answered by the careful separation of fact frompresumption and prejudice on either side.

I believe we all need to be willing to lay aside our arrogance and allow the work of the Holy Spirit to bring us to a deeper love and understanding of how much God loves each and every one of us on the face of the earth!

On the other hand, Gregory viewed persistent arrogance as having a primordially mysterious and transhistorical root in the demonic rebellion of the devil and his angels against the goodness of God because of their wish to be superior to God.

The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Manhattan, cites»... arrogance, bad faith, and fraudulent conduct» on the part of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in an agreement that would have allowed St. Nicholas Church to rebuild at 130 Liberty St., adjacent to the church's original location.

The Bible itself is lucid on the sin of Sodom: pride, lack of concern for the poor and needy (Ezekiel 16:48 - 49); hatred of strangers and cruelty to guests (Wisdom 19:13); arrogance (Sirach / Ecclesiaticus 16:8); evildoing, injustice, oppression of the widow and orphan (Isaiah 1:17); adultery (in those days, the use of another man's property), and lying (Jeremiah 23:12).

I will not engage in the lazy arrogance of claiming history is on our side; but I will go so far as to say that in the long term all past evidence suggests that it is certainly not on the side of those who brook no dissent, ignore all counter-evidence, and demonize all opposition.

It seems to me that the implication here is that a Creator would never choose to interact on a personal level with his created beings, and to think that He would smacks of arrogance.

As for acting out of personal arrogance, the mistreatment, even abuse, of those on the fringes of society is what I was saying leads me to question the treatment of homosexual people.

Given that you openly state that an original text can only be interpreted from the perspective of a later text exemplifies on many levels the kind of misguided arrogance that people who think they have a superior mastery over knowledge of God typically exhibit.

The arrogance of scientific thinking on full display.

Things like bad doctrine, arrogance, judgmental attitudes, misinterpretations of God, and so on.

The terrifying thing about such a system was the arrogance implicit in the evaluation of unique spiritual beings on the basis of some predetermined, often shallowly conceived quality control.

arrogance comes before a fall and the study decline of morality definitively bring the judgment of a Holy God on the US and like nations.

I just presented you with the liberal flipside of evangelical christianity, and look at your reaction — you immediately zeroed in on the intolerance and arrogance.

Yet their insight may lead us to arrogance, if we make the worth of a human being entirely dependent on rationality.

Niebuhr warned that the poor, the weak, and the despised of yesterday might, on gaining a social victory over their oppressors, exhibit the same kind of prideful arrogance.

With breathtaking audacity, John blasts the greed, violence and arrogance of an empire that matched any evil we see on CNN.

Many will take issue with the ODF's reading of the scriptures, but is it really arrogance toward other world religions to make a faith claim on the basis of 1 Timothy 2:5: «There is one God; there is also one mediator between God and humankind»?

The question is [how] to have a basis of communication other than a purely commercial one and communication ethics based on something other than ethnocentricity and historical arrogance.

For lust, arrogance, covetousness, adultery, calculated competence iii compounding wrong, for deliberate murder, and for highhanded indifference to this wholesale shattering of covenant commandment — for all this, you shall know now the kind of violence you have perpetrated on Uriah, and the same loss of sexual prerogatives which you inflicted upon him.

If we allow arrogance and pride to cause us to cling stubbornly to the way we are used to doing things, not only will we never take part in the relationships we say we desire but also we will miss out on every one of the glorious gifts that could be available to us.

In fact, the confidence born of this exercise will later register on his hearers» minds not as arrogance, which is usually born in a poorly hidden sense of inadequacy, but as conviction and as convincing clarity.

However in spit of our arrogance God never gives up on us and never ever says, «your a lost cause» or «your a waste of space» Peter asked how many times (in a day) should we forgive, seven times?

Typical conceited Christian arrogance on the part of the news staff.

It also suggests arrogance on the part of the priest.

Of course there is the other alternative also — to fight back with an arrogance and just pile on more claims to counterattack the assault.

Thus, any action taken by Christians on the basis of Matthew 18 that involves arrogance, pride, or malice — so common in how some carry out Matthew 18 process — is downright heretical.

5, No. 143 (11 July, 1998) entitled: «Persecution: Christians are now being systematically targeted,» p. 13 (The Bangalore Age), where it is noted that the Christians in India are constantly branded «aliens,» and «the attack on the Christian community is astounding for its colossal combination of ignorance and arrogance.

Part of his solution lay in the ultimate ruin of the wicked, whose prosperity he had envied and whose arrogance he had resented; when he considered their «latter end,» he foresaw them falling on their «slippery places,» cast down to destruction, and «become a desolation in a moment.»

But in condemning the arrogance of such geocentric thinking we should beware of another, subtler arrogance — that of supposing that the sum total of truth can be gathered, sorted and interpreted on this earth where we live!

On (one) level of analysis, I believe that Mr. Evans» sentiments sum up a total self - centered arrogance.

Your comments are based on the worst kind spiritual nonsense, laced with a profound level of ignorance regarding depressive illnesses, and presented with a smug arrogance that reveals a cold heart.

The depictions of the Church in his cartoons are usually buildings or mob minds which take on their own lives, and which seem to commit many abominations, minor and major, to preserve their existence or in dehumanising «arrogance».