Sentences with phrase «other evil acts»

They've been stealing other people's Pokémon, vandalizing trial sites, and committing all sorts of other evil acts.

Sure, in the extreme religion is used as limp rationale for crusades, jihads or other evil acts.

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The manner in which a Christian must act is completely devoid of selfish and evil acts, with the most important rules involving showing love for all others.

It's silly) And since the belief and the book can be used to justify evil actions, then it's really about how YOU interpret the belief, because others can interpret it in a completely different way and act «immoral» by their exegesis.

Many other specific acts of good or evil flow out of the main parts of the tree into tiny branches, buds and fruit.

What is chosen therefore is one of those types of act which «in the Church's moral tradition have been termed «intrinsically evil» (intrinsice malum): they are such always and per se, in other words on account of their very object, and quite apart from the ulterior intentions of the one acting and the circumstances.»

He talks about the «goodness as we possess» (such as altruistic acts) and says that even if religion did no other harm, its carefully nurtured divisiveness is enough to make it «a significant force for evil in the world.»

Montesino and his brothers, on the other hand, were trained to see evil, identify its banal origins, and act both quickly and fearlessly.

The last one that I feel like talking about right now is this: I told that other poster that it was scary that he or she could start justifying evil acts because that's less than a half - step away from being able to do those acts.

A perusal of the Church of the Brethren Web pages provides clear evidence that a commitment to pacifism is not limited to denominational headquarters: the 48 churches of the Northern Indiana District Conference have joined to urge «the use of nonviolent approaches and interventions» in response to the terror; the Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, Church of the Brethren has adopted a statement in which they «remain committed to walk in the Jesus way of nonviolent love, in which evil can only be overcome with redemptive acts of love»; a group of Brethren Volunteer Service Workers have issued a statement in which they «advocate the use of nonviolent means to settle disputes» and «stand opposed to the increased drive toward militarization»; on October 7 members of local Brethren churches (along with Mennonites and others) organized a peace rally at the state capitol in Harrisburg, «Sowing Seeds of Peace: Prayers and Petitions for Nonviolent Action,» which attracted over 300 people.

And so it follows that the opus humanum laboriously and gradually achieved within us by the growth of knowledge and in the face of evil, is something quite other than an act of higher morality: it is a living organism.

In other words, if you know an act is of God without doubt or question, and you say it is an act of the Devil or an evil act, then you will be unforgivable.

' «Contra the revisionists among moral theologians, we do not have neutral «acts» that are then to be judged good or evil depending upon the intention involved (or, according to others, depending upon the consequences involved).

Jesus is indignant that the scribes and Pharisees (1) will not enter the kingdom of heaven themselves and stand in the way of others entering it as well; (2) will do almost anything to win a proselyte only to make that proselyte twice as much a child of hell as they are; (3) confuse people by senseless oaths, telling them that if they swear by the Temple, their oath is not binding, but if they swear by the gold of the Temple, it is binding - the fools ought to realize, Jesus says, that the Temple includes all that is in it; (4) tithe some of their money but neglect justice and mercy and faith, which are weightier moral matters, when they ought both to tithe and perform these greater acts of righteousness as well; (5) are careful about outward cleanliness but careless about the inward disposition, so that they are filled with extortion and greed; (6) appear righteous but really are hypocrites, because their appearance hides all manner of iniquity inside; (7) pretend to revere the prophets of history whom their parents killed but continue to practice the evil of their parents by rejecting those whom God sends to them now (Matt.

I've known Jesus for as long as I've known my name, and still I use other people like capital to advance my own interest, still I gossip to make myself feel important, still I curse my brothers and sisters in one breath and sing praise songs in the next, still I sit in church with arms folded and cynicism coursing through my bloodstream, still I talk a big game about caring for the poor without doing much to change my own habits, still I indulge in food I'm not hungry for and jewelry I don't need, still I obsess over what people say about me on the internet, still I forget my own privilege, still I talk more than I listen and complain more than I thank, still I commit acts of evil, still I make a great commenter on Christianity and a lousy practitioner of it.

To evil Bob The scriptures you picked were really interesting in the fact that they dealt with evil spirits and in one a real person leading Gods people astray and doing evil acts and worshiping other gods, just like today.

On the other hand, God must so act in the interests of both the self and all others as thereby to establish the cosmic order of natural law that sets the optimal limits of all other action, where by «optimal limits» I mean limits such that, were they to be set otherwise than they are, the ratio between opportunities for good and risks of evil would be less rather than more favorable than it in fact is.

In sum, the Muslim community surely does not respect and be sensitive to other groups» belief / faith, yet they demand other to respect them by the mean of threatening in an evil act of violate, when they do not get their way.

Once you have rationalised away your own evil acts by convincing yourself God will approve, then of course you have a greater sense of well being than others.

But when the Holocaust is interpreted as an act so monstrous that it is separate and distinct from all other human evil; when the victims are understood as a special case among all other victims of oppression; when the men who did this deed are differentiated from all other men as being singularly demonic and non-human — then there is no connection between those criminals and ourselves, no possible continuum between our sin and Nazi sin.

Satan influences human beings to commit evil acts and afflict pain on others, thus Satan may have also corrupted the animal creation.

To really hate, surely we should reserve that emotive word for terrorists, evil villains, rapists, also for horrors of war victims, famine and ghastly inhumane acts by some «people» to other people, etc..

That wasn't always the case though, as New York's blue sky law was initially weaker than that of many other states, until the New York Supreme Court determined in People v Federated Radio Corporation (1926) that the act's purpose was to «defeat all kinds of fraud in connection with the sale of securities and commodities and to defeat all unsubstantial and visionary schemes in relation thereto whereby the public is fraudulently exploited,» even if the fraud can't be proven to have «originated in any actual evil design or contrivance to perpetrate fraud or injury upon others.»

It's very disappointing to see sisters acting so self righteous and thinking they are better than others because they wear the hijab «perfectly» and that others who don't wear it like them or a specific way are «evil sinners».

She continued to act throughout the coming decades, appearing in Catch - 22, Jaws 2, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, and many other projects.

Some of the other scenes we got to see included Number Six's (Teresa Palmer) explosive introduction, a romantic scene between Pettyfer and Dianna Agron and finally, the third act's massive battle scene between our heroes and the evil Mogadorians.

Constanzo also employs other horror tactics, most obviously the hovering camera — using a fish eye lens high above the characters to simultaneously make Mina look even more waif - like and also act as an evil eye of sorts looking down at the increasingly complicated scenario playing out.

The villain has no evil master plan other than «fucking up Bond's life», there are logic holes you can drive an Aston Martin through — and the drawn - out final act ends with a whimper, not a flourish.

I must say that this was one of the worst movies I've ever watched, «Evil Dead» was better than this mound of shit... Gareth Edwards should be banned from directing hence forth, and now I hear he's directing the new Star Wars spin - off... I'm not one to talk down to others but let's be honest, you have to be retarded to like this movie... It made absolutely no sense, the script (the most important piece to any movie) was terrible, the plot was stupid, the acting was horrible and it seemed that the actors who were chosen were acting for a different movie all together... Where was the sense of urgency, I mean there were 300 foot tall behemoths walking through buildings and all you could show us was who was going ride with the little boy on the school bus... Maybe if all the main characters died and they just let Godzilla do his thing from there on out an eyebrow could've been raised but unfortunately, there isn't one good thing to say about this movie... I'm shocked the WB handed over one their biggest names to Legendary Pictures... Let's not forget what they've done with Superman Returns... This is shameful...

Neither of these things are particularly good or evil in themselves — once again Amazon (and other subscription services) is acting in its own self - interest, as businesses do.

But God had other plans for Cabela (just as He most likely has a special place waiting for those who tried to kill her), and that act of evil was caught on surveillance video.

The development team has packed Shadows of Evil with more gameplay and fun than any other experience before it, and has an appropriately twisted and deep narrative, performed by fantastic acting talent, that will keep our fans spinning.