Sentences with phrase «own evil nature»

Rather, God learns to accept their inherently evil nature.»

Study of Scripture through the filter of man's biases results in the type of man - centered ideas proferred by Baden, like «God learns to accept their inherently evil nature», and humans «are the only species that can give him what he wants — which, in the view of Genesis, is bloody, burned animal sacrifices», and «it is, rather, our job to make ourselves uncomfortable that he might be appeased.»

If you, as I, do not accept any of these ways of rejecting much of Scripture, then you can reasonably conclude that violence and even killing itself is not sinful when used to prevent evil acts and punish evil natures.

I suppose you are referring to the devil... again teh beast is a symbol of evil and he is also described as many other symbolic things throughout the Bible and they show his evil nature and how he decieves mankind into defying God as Eve did with the apple and as you are still doing right now.

Generally, do atheist believe that mankind is naturally good or naturally bad; another way to ask; how do atheist explain the good and evil natures of mankind?That is: what is the driving force behind mankind's character?

Leonardo da Vinci suppressed his plans for a submarine: «This I do not divulge on account of the evil nature of men who would practice assassinations at the bottom of the sea by breaking ships in their lowest parts and sinking them.»

Jesus does not recognize any evil nature; he regards as evil only the evil will of the disobedient man.

His will is not free; it is in bondage to his evil nature.

your hateful and evil nature will catch up with you someday..

The least that can be said is that evil nature and sinful man are not God's intention in creation.

The film does a great job at capturing the cold, evil nature of Ian Mckellen's character (who is well cast and gives a great performance) But considering that this is a film directed by Bryan Singer, you know right from the start that this isn't his strongest directorial effort.

Just as Tim is released, Kaylie finally finds the mirror and convinces him to help prove the mirror's evil nature before they «kill it» for good.

Rick's evil nature is made so obvious from the get - go, and in laughably overwrought ways, such as a scene where Danny makes Rick's blood boil... by not playing catch properly.

God's favor in its fullness is that which allows strength to overcome with weakness, love to overcome hatred, God's goodness to defeat Satan's evil nature.

Parvo is evil it is a demonic disease that takes the most innocent and to this day his death upsets me more than some human ones because of the truly evil nature of this disease.

Not exact matches

benevolent in nature — most certainly evil — no, Jesus was the spotless perfect sacrifice simply disinterested — gave up his life that we may live.

We transcend ordinary life, as it were, in moments of imaginative, ecstatic insight, sometimes brought on by the power of nature, and sometimes by the power of love, or even by the power of what is ugly or evil.

It's scary that someone with this conviction about the nature of evil is a serious presidential contender.

As the beings given speech or complex language by nature, we've been given excellences, responsibilities, perversities, and the potential for both good and evil not given to the other animals.

Religion is a very bad mental disease, without religion there would be fewer starving people in the world, we would have settled Mars by now, and the abusive GOP and it's greedy banker uber - rich masters would be disempowered, as it is their veil of religion that disguises their evil, immoral and unethical nature.

So, let's see, before we go any further, is your god benevolent in nature, or evil, or simply disinterested?

@toxictown: you're wrong there... those pesky trees and wetlands that get in the way of oil drilling represent the «evil» in nature Just ask Santorum

There is no evil in nature — it just is.

The evil that men do is worse because, in effect, they can do better; man's intellect and reason are reflections of divinity, signs of his higher nature, and they can lead him to the brink of grasping it.

We interviewed Scott Derrickson in our latest issue and the movie explores many of Derrickson's own beliefs about the nature of good and evil.

NOt all who call themselves prophets are true believers... some are just for the gains... those are persecuted... cause their evil gets them... those who don't separate themselves from God's side and wisdom can not be harm by evil... evil bows to them and allows them to pass by him unharmed... Cause evil can not harm God... it's the law of Nature... only evil can be harmed by evil...

So you agree that lying itself is not evil... that it is the intent of the lie that determines its nature?

Mirosal, Yes, we all have the sin nature, but I meant real evil, evil beyond our comprehension.

In God's nature, a Christian can ground objective morality and say that things like child molestation and the Holocaust are objectively morally evil.

Such is the self - perpetuating and insidious nature of evil, breeding more deception and alienation from God along the way, and Ms Lamott's musings are a symptom and confirmation of that truth.

26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another, men with men working unseemliness, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was due.28 And even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30 backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 without understanding, covenant - breakers, without natural affection, unmerciful: 32 who, knowing the ordinance of God, that they that practise such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that practise them.

We learned much about faith, spiritual maturity and, more importantly, just how sneaky, evil and dangerous our «self» nature is.

It can be argued, however, that to minimize the miraculous and thereby conclude that what occurs in nature in relation to particular persons can not be controlled by God alleviates the problem of natural evil only up to a point.

Plotinus recast the Platonic unease with the material world in a straightforward manner: «The nature of bodies, insofar as it participates in matter, will be an evil» (Enneads, 1.8.4).

It can be plausibly argued that while it might appear that Plantinga's free - will defense is only relevant to moral evil, it actually has significant, necessary ramifications for how God's power can be conceived in relation to nature.

Reviewing a book titled The Son of Man written by François Mauriac (a French Roman Catholic who wrote about the problems of good and evil in human nature and in the world), Flannery O'Connor writes: He proposes in the place of that anguish that Gide called the Catholic's «cramp....

The will of Man is by nature sinful & selfish and easily vulnerable to the influence of Satan which is corrupt and evil.

The process theists believe that the only way to solve the problem of evil is to assume that human wills and nature as a whole have their own autonomy.

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.

Creating the universe from nothing, forging a union of human and divine natures, and causing the defeat of evil — each of these events would involve full ontological determination by God.

If people wish to regard homosexuality as a freak of nature, and even if it is not the condition ordained by God when He said that it was not good for man that he should be alone, then we can only rejoice that God is, as ever, bringing good out of evil.

Initially, it appears that they were already evil because of their pride, but a more fundamental reason reveals itself in Augustine's discussion: «Now, nature could not have been depraved by vice had it not been made out of nothing.»

Humans are evil in nature but some choose the path to peace and forgivness which is the core of true evangelical Christianity.

We, and our students, have written not only about God but also about the problem of evil, Christ, the church, Christian education, pastoral counseling, preaching, the nature of human beings, history, liberation and salvation, spirituality, religious diversity, interfaith dialogue, science and religion, and other standard theological topics.

Kekes» account of the roots of evil may be superior to naive Enlightenment theories of man and society, but it leaves sophisticated religious theories of evil, which recognize man's fallen nature, untouched — indeed it unconsciously echoes them.

It is so obvious that: a) those held in slavery were human beings (a biological category); b) all humans are by nature persons (a philosophic category), that is, beings with inviolable worth that ought never be treated as means to an end; and c) the evil practice of slavery was not a private matter - the whole community is harmed because we are all communal beings by nature, in solidarity with those who are treated unjustly.

Since it reflects aspects of human nature — envy, ambition, the need for belonging — evil is a permanent threat.

Although generally categorized as a novel for young readers, this Newbery award - winner and science fiction classic, grapple with adult - sized questions about the nature of God and the existence of evil.

This disbelief in the value of the human body was epitomised by Thomas Hobbes, who wrote: «Man is in the condition of mere nature, which is a condition of war, as private appetite is the measure of good and evil».

to ascribe anything but evil intent to the Pope's motives make one suspect that it is not one decision that is the real problem: it is really about the fact that the nature of Catholicism and the role of the Pope have at their core a claim so audacious as to provoke outrage.