Sentences with phrase «other atrocities for»

Patients residing in nursing homes owned by a Sandy Springs couple were subjected starvation, inhumane conditions, filthy facilities, gross neglect, and other atrocities for years before the facility was finally shut down following the death of one resident.

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The same goes for child molestation, the Holocaust, and millions of other atrocities throughout history.

Other times, religious authorities cite divine authority as their reasons for committing all manner of atrocity.

Suicide bombings and other atrocities are also not healthy for children and other living things.

While those atrocities did occur, the US flag stands for many other things as well, the vast majority of them good.

Priyath there are horrible atrocities committed in the name of religion for centuries but they go against the very meaning of religion and compassion for others.

Other Buddhist nations make no apology for their religious atrocities.

By making the point that its «God's will» for it to have happened... that is equivalent to saying that is it God's will for murders to occur or other atrocities... God gave people FREE will to do what we choose..

Also, while he is no doubt right to set himself against «entertainment worship» and other atrocities of the church - growth phenomenon, his suspicion of anything popular poses problems for evangelization and does not jibe with the enduring popularity through the centuries of the very liturgy that he champions.

@Evolved DNA: There ARE Muslims calling for the suicide bombings and other atrocities to stop.

Yam ATheists are good for the sake of being good, CHristians are only good because they'll burn in hell otherwise, but if allowed to, they would carry out atrocities against others.

Others who use religion as a tool for psychological enslavement or to justify committing atrocities belong in prison, not behind a pulpit.

Up and down its narrow valleys and across its great plain went the pomp and panoply of the ancient world, and its more commonplace traffic as well: rich argosies from far Babylon, carrying the wares down to Egypt; royal messengers of the great kings who ruled in Persepolis, bearing decrees for the officer in charge at the frontier station of Assouan; plenipotentiaries of Hatti and of Egypt, seeking a modus vivendi in the political stresses of the thirteenth century; conquerors with their chariots and footmen and their tale of atrocities behind and yet before; wandering bands of foot - loose adventurers, seeking a good land where they might strike roots into the soil - all these and hosts of others were led among the Palestinian hills where went the great trunk roads of the ancient world, camped in the plains, bartered in the little cities, or stayed to lay permanent claim to some hit of the land.

Religion not only allows people to waste their precious time on this earth waiting for happiness in an «afterlife» that doesn't exist, but it inspires people to commit acts of atrocity upon each other while justifying their actions with bible quotes.

You bemoan the «atrocities» attributed to Allah, but you do n`t even flinch when hearing about how God / Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in «Exodus» and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in «Joshua» including women, children, and trees or the 3,000 Israelites killed by Moses for worshipping the golden calf (or the dozen or so other slaughters condoned by the bible).

You bemoan the «atrocities» attributed to Allah, but you do n`t even flinch when hearing about how God / Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in «Exodus» and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in «Joshua» including women, children, and trees or the 3,000 Israelites killed by Moses for worshipping the golden calf (or the dozen or so other slaughters condoned by the Bible).

But at the same time, especially in the old testament, there is plenty of material that is either mathematically improbable (to the point of nearly impossible), likely historically inaccurate and self aggrandized, and in some cases just down - right awful (other people have listed a few of the atrocities called out for in the bible, we all know they're there).

«Nazism» would be an anachronistic thing to look for — but the atrocities of the Holocaust are equally condemned... as are many other things the bible calls evil (including things that many evangelicals aren't so quick to point out).

A vivid case in point is the impact that Bull Conner's attacks on the civil rights marchers, and the Ku Klux Klan's murder of four African - American girls in the bombing of a church — among many other such atrocities — had on the unfolding of events, including the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

You are right though, war, atrocities have been done not only in the name of religion but for other reasons as well.

They often engage in denial that their local collaborationist units participated in Holocaust and other atrocities (it was all done by the Germans, you know, but we only fought for freedom against Stalinism) and / or claim it was a mistake, excess, exaggerated (by the Soviets), or because of the general cruelty of the war.

But others criticize Columbus for the atrocities inflicted on Native Americans when he came to North America — vandalizing an Astoria Columbus statue with «Don't Honor Genocide.»

After all the atrocities they commit everyday, they turn around to look for other tribes to terrorize for crimes and corruption because they have the security agencies to protect them.

Though the researchers say the link between religion and magnanimity may seem surprising given that news headlines so often focus on terrorist attacks and other atrocities committed in the name of religion, their results suggest that for most people, the influence of religion may be more positive than what is often portrayed in the media.

Atrocities like this should be a catalyst for those of us who live in New York to step up and lobby for changes that will shut down places like Yoder's and ensure dogs and other animals trapped in commercial facilities have plenty of space, good veterinary care, exercise and socialization and euthanized humanely only when it is appropriate.

Lucy Skaer, 34, is the third artist who uses drawing, taking other images - for example of atrocities and war - to create new pictures.

When I see beautiful wooden bookcases and other such things in stores, all bearing «MADE IN...» tags naming countries not famous for enforced green ethics, I wonder what environmental atrocities resulted from the stripmining for the materials.

If we want to prevent future atrocities, we must look for solutions that keep guns out of the hands of those who are a danger to themselves or others, while protecting the rights of law - abiding Americans,» Chris W. Cox, executive director of the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action, said in a statement.

The journey of healing from the repercussion of such an atrocity is a long one and for my part I am resolute to work with others to find ways to acknowledge and place meaning of the Apology into everyday practice with our Children, Families and Communities.