Sentences with phrase «own evil purposes»

I said nothing of the sort, I only pointed out that census data was misused by Nazis for their own evil purposes, as it was misused by the American government (and possibly the Canadian government) for the purposes of interning their citizens of Japanese descent (which, to the credit of the US Census bureau, it has apologized for).

On the other hand, the church rightly understands that sin can lead us to use scientific advances for extremely evil purposes.

However, just because people have used religion for their own evil purposes doesn't mean God doesn't exist.

The reality of human sinfulness means that the instruments we intend to use for good are certain to be turned to evil purposes as well.

I assure you that it is because of misunderstanding rather than evil purpose.

Black's Law Dictionary defines collusion as «A deceitful agreement or compact between two or more persons, for the one party to bring an action against the other for some evil purpose».

ACP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo - Danquah, in a statement, said she had listened to the purported conversation between herself and A-Plus and according to her, «it is very obvious that my conversation with him has been doctored and / or edited to achieve a deliberate, mischievous and evil purpose.»

«The plan and the trap goes like this: On the 6th of May 2017 — Saturday night stroke Sunday morning — the EFCC, alongside local and international media, both print and TV and radio, will raid an apartment under the guise of whistleblowing policy of the Federal Government with a search warrant already obtained in the magistrate's court to search an apartment alleging to be one of your guest houses in Enugu State capital or any suitable available apartment in your senatorial district that will serve this evil purpose.

The time, difficulty and expense required to gather information on masses of citizens have decreased exponentially, and the motivation to use such information for evil purposes can be aroused from dormancy just as easily.

He might serve some evil purpose.

But perhaps The Rock and Naomie Harris (Collateral Beauty, Moonlight)-- as Dr. Kate Caldwell, the scientist who created the weaponized DNA before she realized the evil purpose it would be put to — can stop the monsters and save George, too?

Eliza will need both Zelda and Giles to help her spare the life of this monster before the men in black use it for evil purposes.

Though Goku Black may appear to be evil clone of Goku, he is actually a villain from a future timeline who stole Goku's body for evil purposes.

Pym, however, fears that the technology he has created could be used for evil purposes, so he withdraws the suit and is forced out of his own company.

Cody, in fact, turns out to be quite gifted beyond human comprehension, and a large cult of Satanists is kidnapping and killing young children around the city who share Cody's birthdate in hopes they will catch the «chosen one» to use for their own evil purposes.

Under her tutelage, Strange learns of multiple universes and supernatural powers and in the process becomes a target for those who want to abuse magic for evil purposes.

Appalled by the twisting of science to such evil purposes, Dr. ISAAC GILMORE escapes from the organization, taking the nine cyborgs with him.

But Dr. Neo Cortex has created a sinister machine to harness this incredible energy for his own evil purposes, only to watch it go completely haywire.

After collecting all three pieces the artifact is stolen and Lara must track it down and destroy it before it is used for evil purposes.

All while racing against the evil Moustache Girl and her wishes of using time for evil purposes.

The evil magician pirate, Blacklore, has captured all the magicians and fairies to use good magic for evil purposes.

The IPCC is an evil entity established to justify evil activities for evil purposes.

Not exact matches

As the Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed, a law aimed at suppressing or reducing an «evil» or addressing a public concern relating to peace, order, security, morality, health, or some other similar purpose is a valid exercise of the federal government's criminal law power.

what you believe is not «biblically based», it's indoctrination about ideas that came from warping and exagerating ideas that existed in «pagan» (not actually the correct term but good for this purpose) mythologies, and the evil imaginations of men like Dante and those who desired to see those they considered inferior in doctrine, belief, religion or culture in torture.

Rom 9:11,12 For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth; It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

Fundamentalists who think that the purpose of faith is to open our eyes to evil have gotten it all wrong.

Well no GOD or Prophet will order you to commit adultery for a purpose what ever it is... and this we are hearing is of Humenity Evil Greeds.

Also, the Bible has basic elements of good vs. evil, and for the purpose of a sermon (ie a pastoral message meant to convey some sort of spiritual lesson), having a good modern day example of Christian symbolism is always a fun tool to use to keep a congregation interested.

The purpose of evil was to survive it and they determined (without ever knowing they had made up their minds to do it) to survive floods, white people, tuberculosis, famine and ignorance.

What purpose did your quotations serve (and, more importantly, you last line) except to try to infer that religion is evil, or causes evil?

«Much of the humor found in the Hebrew Bible has a purpose: To demonstrate that evil is wrong and even ludicrous, at times.

Observer, you can call God «Zeus», if you regard Him as our eternal infinite Holy Creator and Judge, who created all and will continue to create, whose purity requires purity to dwell with Him, whose love within overflowed to create man in His image with free will, who permitted rebellion for the purpose of destroying evil, and who surrendered His Son to allow us to use our free will to glorify Him and enjoy Him forever.

If God exists and is all good, we must have evidence that all of the evil we see are for a higher purpose.

Even if evil and suffering is a teaching tool, an all good God would only allow as much evil or suffering as is absolutely necessary, in order to achieve a greater purpose.

More sophisticated theologians have qualified this outrageous notion by saying that God can do nothing which is irrational, such as make square circles, or which is contrary to God's own nature and purpose, which are assumed to be good in some ultimate sense, and therefore that God can not engage in genuinely evil acts.

Even though there aren't sufficient explanations for the presence of evil or the purpose of it, biblically it is clear it is here but just as clear it will end.

Robert Jewett has long pointed out the American infatuation with superhero figures with mythic powers whose sole purpose is to rid the world of evil, though they never seem to succeed completely.

Atheist Richard Dawkins has even said, «The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil and no good, nothing but blind pitiless indifference.»

First, if you are trying to say that evil serves a purpose for god it seems to me you are implying he created it... or it is a happy accident that we / satan created something so useful.

What is more, God calls humanity to be co-workers with God in overcoming evil, wrong, and sin by our devotion, vigorous effort, and willing response to what we know of God's love and God's purpose for us.

«To speak of God's Kingdom,» says Wright, «is thus to invoke God as the sovereign one who has the right, the duty, and the power to deal appropriately with evil in the world, in Israel, and in human beings, and thereupon to remake the world, Israel, and human beings... When full allowance is made for the striking differences of genre and emphasis within scripture, we may propose that Israel's sacred writings were the place where, and the means by which, Israel discovered again and again who the true God was, and how his Kingdom - purposes were being taken forward... Through scripture, God was equipping his people to serve his purposes.»

In River out of Eden (Weidenfeld and Nicolson) Richard Dawkins writes: «The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.»

They originated with the purpose of providing young people in the cities with Christian fellowship and of keeping them away from evil temptation.

Where the atheist scientist sees only physical processes and laws that give rise to illusions of morality and free will, I see real beauty, truth, love, good and evil, purpose to life, freedom to choose and ultimate hope.

Thus, to conscript Prof. Smolin for the purpose of understanding Arkes, «while it is typical of skeptics that they see evil emanating from absolutes,» the warrant for that very judgment is one for which their skepticism can not account.

«Pure evil» is the only label that can be placed on an omnipotent and omniscient deity that creates humans for the sole purpose of eternal tourture.

All that Christian scripture asserts is that evil can not defeat God's purposes or thwart the coming of his kingdom.

Accordingly, the first precept of practical reason is that «good is to be done and promoted, and evil is to be avoided» (637, emphasis deleted), which means that the natural law is somehow derived from the comprehensive good defined by the final end or divine purpose.

Christians believe, from the ones I talk to who seem to be true believers and not cultural Christians, that God never desired or planned evil, he just uses the evil man creates for his purposes.

Nearly everything God, Jesus, Buddah, Mohammed, Chisna, etc. said about life and death was meant to be positive in favor of life and peaceful purpose, but when confronted with evil, they were quick to take up arms and defend that which was theirs.