Sentences with phrase «others are harmful»

Most mutations are neutral, having no effect on gene function; others are harmful, such as the ones that cause inherited diseases like cystic fibrosis.
Religion does some good, but more often what I'm seeing is the harm it does, whether it it the Taliban or the Evangelicals, trying to force your version of god on to others is harmful.
The argument more or less says that these hypothetical «good» people realize that what they're doing to others is harmful, but that their religious convictions, like love of God, trump their innate morality.

Not exact matches

But others argue the proposed mechanism, if implemented into law, could be harmful to certain states, particularly those battling budget shortfalls.
Most of us are preventing from doing nasty and harmful things out of concern for how these actions will impact others.
There are other harmful strategies attributed to HFT, however, such as spoofing.
A new study from McMaster University and the University of Toronto, Scarborough, says this phenomenon, called «knowledge - hiding» is extremely common and takes different forms in the workplace — some of which are more harmful than others.
«Under the United Nations Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, for instance, states agreed to explore space for the benefit of all humankind, not place weapons of mass destruction on celestial bodies and avoid harmful contamination,» Maynard explains, but that was way back in 1967.
The FDA will also continue to consider other nicotine delivery systems that are potentially less harmful.
It's also gone through rigorous endurance testing to ensure the inevitable drop will be less harmful than it might be for other laptops.
Just hoping things will turn out well stops us from making tough choices, believing the best about others can get you taken advantage of, and a failure to look at the world as it truly is can be harmful to both your business and your personal life.
(A State Department diplomatic security official, Todd Brown, said the investigators are still considering the possibility that sound was used to mask some other harmful agent or technology.)
While many companies have adopted health and wellness programs to combat employee obesity and other harmful behaviors, those initiatives are often a reaction to a pre-existing problem.
There are a number of other risks to consider when investing in bonds that are potentially more harmful than rising rates.
One paper, «Lost in the Sauce,» by Michael Sayette at the University of Pittsburgh and coauthors, reported that people under the influence are more susceptible to mind wandering, which could be helpful in some scenarios but harmful in others.
A compromised Marketplace or Account is potentially disruptive or even harmful to Arcadier's network and other Users.
Other environmental policies include promoting smarter energy use through the ecoEnergy Initiative; a Chemical Management Plan to regulate chemicals harmful to human health and the environment; $ 1.5 billion over seven years for the production of renewable fuels; a commitment to ensure that 90 percent of Canadian electricity needs are generated through non-emitting sources by 2020; and additional government funding to acquire and preserve ecologically sensitive lands.
Historically, all other ideas were devastating and harmful to the countries of the region.
NAHB Chief Economist Robert Dietz joined several other prominent economists at a forum at the National Press Club in Washington today to warn that a trade policy based on tariffs is harmful to growth and prosperity.
Their answer to your question, I suspect, would be that society should limit the exercise of free will when it is harmful to other human beings, including (they would assert) a fetus.
Reviewing service projects as a matter of course is an extremely useful way to learn about unintended, harmful consequences in serving others and, better yet, how to create safeguards against them in the future.
Sounds like religious adults are harmful to children and other living things.
The short answer is that God allows people to make decisions that may be harmful to themselves and others.
In fact, all people have within them the natural survival instincts, which include the abilities to steal, kill, and other behaviors that are anti-social or harmful to others.
If you were as private with your supernatural beliefs as you wanted those with conflicting faiths to be, you'd never have to hear how silly, wrong, and potentially harmful others find your beliefs.
Secularism does not deny people the right to have their personal fantasies, as long as they are peaceable, non-invasive, non-aggressive or are not in some other way harmful to anyone else.
Unfortunately, it is quite easy to do harmful things to others... it is only our own evolved morality that makes one realize that we are best when working together, so we do not need to steal from everyone, nor kill everyone.
Some are destructive and harmful to ourselves and others.
It is that passionate love for the truth that motivates me and many other non-believers to shed some light for those who can't see through the harmful religious indoctrination that inflicts and severely intellectually limits so many of our fellow citizens.
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This kind of love sees what is good and true and of God in others and wants to build that up, take it further and deeper into the life of God and even challenge people to relinquish what is spiritually harmful to them.
If you think that a group led prayer is not harmful, you haven't considered it from the other side.
A person can engage in harmful activity towards others out of pure ignorance and I would say without knowledge there is no intent... no sin if you will.
It can be noble, but it can also be misguided and lead to a harmful sense of superiority that is visited upon others.
The only time this is questioned is when it is obviously harmful to others.
Us pagans believe we are endowed with reason which allows us to judge whether or not someone can be trusted to deliver on their promises, if they are dangerous, or harmful — by watching their behavior - We judge — not some other being upstairs - Obama has shown his lack of human compassion and untruthfulness for 4 years, we have seen that his God is re-election money and that is at who's feet he worships.
He argues that even though vision and goals might be useful for individuals, businesses and other organizations, it is harmful to genuine community.
And if I disagree enough because what they are saying or doing is harmful either to themselves or others, I'm going to say so because I care.
I, on the other hand, am also an anti-theist because I believe religion has become derogatory and harmful to our continuing evolution.
1) They are consenting to an act that does not harm another; and 2) These radical Christians aren't advocating for people to be killed for the aforementioned harmful crimes, yet want people put to death for loving each other.
when they're not raping children, stealing from the masses, beating up gays or all the other crazy HARMFUL stuff they do, they sure can be funny
their is nothing harmful about 2 people wanting to love each other and raise a family
I do not have any business intruding into the relationships of other people unless it is harmful to someone.
The only answer I could come up with is pursuing happiness (as measured in moments of love and connection) in a way that is least harmful to others journey or even better helps free them from their pains.
Understanding what you are really doing and the possible effects it may have on others doesn't mean that you might not choose to do something that is harmful to others.
In that way we can restrain people from doing what they want when it is harmful to the good of others, but we would not stamp on their personal freedom by compelling them to do something they believed to be grievously wrong.
If this is true, then it is obvious that a familial grouping can not be marked by cruelty, whether this is of a plainly physical sort or the more subtle (but more harmful) kind that likes to make others feel uncomfortable or unwanted or unnecessary.
(as long as it isn't harmful to others)
Sm.ut and prosti.tut.ion will always be with us so we'd best find ways of dealing with it other than harmful and (worse yet) useless tact.ics like guilt, shame, condem - nation and prohib.ition.
These are the same people whom, while they hold the bible true, they do not use it to justify hatred; denial of equal rights; or much other crap that is detrimental and harmful.
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