Sentences with phrase «over evil of»

Ely complains that even if God triumphs over the evil of «perpetual perishing» (which is the «ultimate evil in the actual world»), the ultimate evil is still ultimate for us humans because we do perish as individuals.

More importantly, I do not believe the actual world «contains the greatest net amount of good over evil of any possible world containing free agents» God could have actualized; I see no reason to think there is any such world.

Secondly, I do not believe that «the possible world containing Hitler's actions — i.e., the actual world — contains the greatest net amount of good over evil of any possible world containing free moral agents which God was free to actualize.»

11: 16 - 19) No word of complaint over the evil of the world, that it would be better never to have been born, that the beast is better off than man, such as the Jewish apocalypses contain, dominates the preaching of Jesus.

Plantinga need only acknowledge that the possible world containing Hitler's actions — i.e., the actual world — contains the greatest net amount of good over evil of any possible world containing free moral agents which God was free to actualize.

I believe all will prevail over the evils of bad people.

Not exact matches

Gould once told an interviewer in 1966 that live audiences were a «force of evil» because pleasing them took precedence over his pursuit of perfection.

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.

So the next time you go over your paystub and see how far your gross pay has been adjusted to your take - home amount, take heart that it's probably the lesser of all evils, even if it doesn't feel like it.

Thiel has portrayed Gawker as a force for evil, but Feinberg's article — which drew potential connections between Trump and the work of a $ 60,000 - a-pop hair - extension company called Ivari International — still went over rather well, drawing praise from staffers at the Times, the Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic; and at least three winners of the Pulitzer Prize.

Essentially, Clive Palmer is what most of us would be like if we were billionaires five times over (he's working on a recreation of the Titanic too) and has decided to use his money neither for good or for evil, but for fun.

Christianity deserves the dark stain of its shame over its evil acts of the past.

it cracks me up that people would be respectful to any god that would offer up their own son in blood scarifice, not a kind and benevolent, all knowing god, an evil and hateful god, we would be better off overing respects to santa clause, to my knowledge all he does is disappoint from time to time ive never known him to kill and destroy mankind by divers and sundry forms of cruel punishment.

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?

The film is also clear that JPII did not see the Cold War in terms of Evil Empire A v. Evil Empire B; instead, he sided with the Americans over the Soviets.

6They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak - willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, 7always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth.

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?

These are signs of the end times and Jesus will prevail over all evil.

The religious themes that run through many of his works reflect the age old belief of good triumphing over evil.

I am reminded of what Jesus said about the purest form of religion being taking care of the most vulnerable of society with widows and orphans and to keep from being polluted by evil, in this case the love of money over meeting the needs of the poor.

In Hawthorne's tale vice and providence together render judgment, but it is a slow, steady hand that rights evils over the course of centuries.

Regardless of your views, I still have my personal faith, you may condemn me as simple minded or living in a fantasy world, but having witnessed first hand good triumphing over evil, I shall leave you to decide your own journey in life.

Maybe Money is not inherently evil, but given the current state of the world it seems it has been teh leading cause for pain suffering and a capitalist web of influence that has taken over everything the worlds resources have to offer and kept it from those who can not pay.

bleeds over into larger areas of theology â $ «is man inherently good or evil or both?

The Church, however, has consistently taught over the centuries that the direct and intentional taking of innocent human life, as in abortion, is a grave and intrinsic evil.

When discussing the possible existence of objective (divine) «truths», truthfollower over and over appeals to his audience with various examples attempting to get the reader to agree to a non-qualifed value of «evil / incorrect / bad / good», as if this will lock in an agreement of an objective «truth» value (without it being explicitly specified).

I thought the Biblical perspective was that elders are to have a good repuration with outsiders and to be above reproach... and to not even have the appearance of evil... Sorry, on issues like this I'll take the apostle Paul over a magazine editor anyday.

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.

But evil rallied their forced and gained a great ally when they deceived Adam and Eve to hand over the Satan the dominion of the earth.

It's taken hundreds of years for whites to Put into place their mechanisms for obtaining and maintaining power over others... So I'd suspect that it would take just as ling for this evil to be reversed.

It is also an occasion, amid our fierce cultural crisis over the evils and benefits of humanism, to make a theological assessment of Cheever's unapologetically humanist vision.

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

This view entails a complete dismantling of traditional Christian doctrine, including: creation out of nothing, the finite duration of history and nature, miracles as direct divine acts, and the final triumph of good over evil.

Our first hopeful objectives as humans is to decide that Good id better than Evil and that we want to be part of one over the other (while humanity is making strides in this regard through the help of God, we're still not there yet).

What happened was that the evil Demiurge, whose antithesis is the impotent Good God and whose delegate is the Devil, took over the world, leaving us strangers within it and alienated from that true abundance of being that would otherwise have been our birthright.

It leads from recognition of the weakness and powerlessness before the forces of evil and sin to victory over those forces through the cross and empty tomb.

Traditional Buddhist stories abound of meditators being taken over by evil spirits, and contemporary psychological studies of mindfulness practice going back to the 1970s include patients who experienced hallucinations, psychotic episodes, depression and other mental trauma, as well as nerve pain and similar physical impacts.

Every time I give in to a fearful thought, I am taking a bite from the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil all over again.

No human hands (he means) prepare the weapon by which the power of evil in the world will ultimately be overthrown: it is the act of God alone, whose kingdom will then be effective over all creation.

The logical extension of eternal security is that people who give themselves over to evil must be accepted into heaven.

power / control is one of my favorite topics as well — i see one of Jesus» three wilderness temptations as being about that — and of course He rejected satan's offer of worldly power — i've written several blogs about power / control http://www.diospsytrek.wordpress.com — scott peck saw the desire for one human to exert control over another as the essential human evil — blessing on your work.

«In spite of all the evil that has been done by the church, I'm still disposed to trust the community of faithful over the long haul.

Progress means the enlarging triumph of good over evil.

It is Christ's victory over evil and the promise of eternal life with God, however, that is at the center of evangelization.

Ideas such as the Kingdom of God are expressions of confidence in the ultimate triumph of community, i.e., in the long - run victory of good over evil, or the final establishment of progress.

These are some of the principles on which the schools of thought based their decisions: all things are fundamentally allowable, unless specifically prohibited; toleration and the lifting of restrictions should be the aim of legislation; eradication of mischief is the aim of administration; necessity permits benefiting by things not otherwise allowable; necessity is given due appreciation; preventing mischief has priority over bringing about welfare; commit the lesser of two evils; mischief is not removed by mischief; one should suffer private damage to avert general disaster.

These words show that the way Christ appointed is open to all, that the victory of good over evil benefits not only Christians but non-Christians also.

Jeremiah, pouring out before God everything he felt, poured out his vindictiveness: «Bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction»; (Jeremiah 17:18) «Deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, and their young men smitten of the sword in battle....

«If I keep posting the love of God will prevail over the evil on this post» or the «devil in the midst.»

Here's an observation, too: if these people are debating over what the best objects are to strike children with, they've gone beyond violent discipline into an area of seriously evil pathology.