Sentences with phrase «people acting very»

There's not a lot of plot to speak of, just people acting very, very strangely.

Not exact matches

The act of writing is very hard for most people.

The very act of seeking new experiences also happens to be great for your mood, and people who are happy are magnetic and far more interesting to be around than downers.

One of the very first acts of business between two of the most powerful people on Earth — a duo whose to - do list involves addressing pretty fundamental disagreements on, among other things, the trade relationship that supports both economies — was to commit, publicly and unequivocally, to tackling an issue that affects literally half of each of their constituencies.

The global drop in oil prices, while terrible for Wall Street upon first blush, has yielded a commensurate decrease in gasoline prices that may act as a massive tax cut for the very people who have, so far, reaped very few benefits from the economic recovery.

You're right about the main reason, but that's because most people don't understand the purpose of Absolute Return investments is to diversify a portfolio — not act as a substitute for long - only equity exposure (which as you say can be obtained very cheaply)

At the very least, they're evidence that she's not the first person to accuse Trump surrogates of acting like B - movie thugs.

The other restriction that is very significant is that the Tax Act prohibits the carrying on of a business in your TFSA, so the CRA has been very aggresive in going after people daytrading (successfully - CRA tends not to be too fussed about people with losses) in their TFSA and taxing their gains.

But Hempton brings up a good point: lots of people talk about it, but very few people actually act this way.

But, we also criticize people who adhere to the dogma — of Christianity, of Islam, of Hindu tradition — when the actions are far removed from what the «policies» of the respective texts dictate (e.g. love thy neighbor, but act badly to others, specifically non-Christians *), or when the «policies» are adhered to VERY closely and make no sense in today's day and age (e.g. homosexuality is a sin).

Ironically, it is religious condemnation that drives the gay person into committing the very acts that are then used to condemn their lifestyle.

I am VERY tired of people preaching to me and others about how «a Christian would and should act» when the hypocrisy of the matter is that I, a «none believer» practice «The Golden Rule» more than most!

man people are so stupid and ignorant these days, maybe a minority of Muslims who act violently make you believe that, but those guys are a very small fraction of the whole Muslim population.

the mormon religion is very controlling and the more power they gain from people who buy into their friendly neighbor act you will see your freedoms slipping away.

I have seen SO MANY people on all these reality news media shows claiming to be Christians, but are certainly not acting very Christian like.

@colin You have a nasty habit of putting words in other peoples mouth, no one said the acts committed were acceptable.Lot, by the very testimony of the story was not culpable in the matter.Replied previous, but cnn put the reply on its own thread two pages ahead.Same basic response, little more information.

It's easy to get so caught up in an impassioned debate that you start inadvertently acting like the very people who annoy you.

In conscious human experience this becomes a very significant factor, so much so that we hold a human person accountable for the consequences of his acts and do not do the same for microbes.

That was a very interesting read many comments caught my attention I've recently been diagnosed with Bipolar I have hallucinations and hear voices in my ear's when I hallucinate it's likes they are trying to get me thousands of them I can only describe them as dark shadows and they are trying to get me just as they are about to get me a brilliant white light surrounds me and there's three entities humanly shaped but like this brilliant white light they are also glowing this brilliant whiteness I can't understand what they are saying the only way I can explain it is emotions comfort joy love is what I feel emanating from these entities the voices I hear aren't evil telling me to do bad things to people when I get put into a mode of fear I live in a rough area of Scotland and everytime I've got into a fight something possesses me I know this for a fact as I can't control myself I'm an observer watching my family / Friends say I change they say my eyes change and I look evil I personally do think possibly through my own personal experience I» am possessed as I act out of character I've lost interest in many things I've recently I decided it's time for change I've lost my faith I've been trying to connect with God and feel his love which I used to feel the presence of the holy spirit everytime I try connect I get a feeling of abandonment I just think if I am possessed could these entities stop me connecting with «God» I can say from my heart of hearts «JESUS CHRIST HAS COME IN THE FLESH» I think it's more to do with the persons own personal fears which I have noticed my fears have changed if I had to be truthfully with myself I fear God which I know I'm not supposed to just I can't explain it I guess if you ever need a test subject I'm up for the challenge like I said I'm on journey to find myself and my travels have brought me hear I'm going to hang around for a wee while there's lots of good information to be plundered loll

I have recently become very disgusted with the way theology makes so many people act when they are confronted by their beliefs, and you have described those reactions perfectly in your description of «shotgun hermenuetics.»

He knew that the wretchedness of Judah had reached such desperate proportions that a holy God must act, that the very depth of the lowliness of his people called into question God's honor.

The very things that many Atheists rail against religious people for, they act out themselves.

That will be offensive to some people but, when I use it, the «effing» has very little to do with the act of intercourse, it's about emphasis, and (for me at least) there's no word in our limited lexicon that allows for the raw, heart - thumping emotion it conveys.

It is entirely possible that, at a time when very important decisions have to be made and acted upon for the good of humankind and the planet as a whole, far too many people will focus their attention on their own immediate vicinity and insist on claiming their individual right to act within it as they wish.

Rather, by loving and serving people, they prepare for the Lord's parousia in the very act of love for their brothers and sisters.

There are ways to develop what is, after all, not very natural behavior in most people: the transcendent act of momentarily becoming someone or something one is not and has never been.

I suspect that Pope Benedict XVI holds very similar views, but it is manifest that many in Rome still hanker for collectivist solutions, and are afraid of free persons acting freely.

Thus there is very little disagreement with Kant's famous dictum: «So act as to treat humanity, whether in thine own person or in that of any other, in every case as an end withal, never as a means only.»

Fabricated accusations about a demonized enemy; failures of coalition building; acts of torture and barbarism performed by the alleged defenders of justice; misplaced expectations of popular support from a conquered people; an enemy unified by the very attacks intended to divide it; inadequate planning for postconquest rule; and rampant and chronic instability after victory has been won.

On the very next day, the day after the Feast of the Tabernacles, as Jesus was teaching the people in the court yard of the Temple, the scribes and Pharisees brought to him a woman who had been caught in the act of committing adultery.

Sure, if you can live with the knowledge now that you are condemning people in the name of a being that may very likely turn out to be non-existent doesn't bother you, then you are again acting completely out of self - interest, right?

In my book Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformation, I point out that in the original Hebrew version the word for «the Lord» that calls Abraham to sacrifice his son is very different than the word for the angel of God (YHVH) who tells Abraham to NOT GO THROUGH WITH IT, and that the reason we Jews celebrate Abraham as the father of our people is NOT because of his faith in being willing to carry out this violent and bloody act, but rather because he was able to hear the voice of God as a voice that allowed him (and through him all subsequent Jewish and Muslim believers) to NOT FOLLOW THE VOICE OF CRUETLY AS SOMEHOW THE VOICE OF GOD.

Only very confused people use these religions to «justify» acts of hate.

When we travel there, we meet people who think and act very differently.

Sara Urry, the difference is that other religions don't impose their beliefs on other religions while Mormons do by the very act of baptizing people by proxy who would not have consented while they were still living.

«Emotions are not acts, not episodes, but ways that people learn to respond to a very complex and puzzling world» (p. 48).

If Christianity continues to tell you that WHEN you get your act together — God will finally open his arms, the representatives of this faith are not understanding the premier principal of God — through Christ he loves you NOW — but when his love begins to radiate into your personal life - your very personal life - you will make choices reflecting that reality — all other things, people, dogmas, Biblical interpretations — all of that through the long centuries of man — will be a drop in His eternal ocean and in that first eternal moment — won't matter - your needs now matter — Christ addresses need — with Himself — demands — with parabolic events — and refusal — with the end result of free will — even the will to reject Him — when He would have done anything for you to not be rejected.

As a member of a worldwide organisation of very different people in different contexts that holds and acts on views that sometimes run counter to what is popular, I would like to encourage you to hold fast.

In taking this position I do of course raise a very old question in the doctrine of the ministry, the question of whether the minister's authority to preach the Word, administer sacraments, and act as pastor inheres in his office and ordination or whether it inheres in his person and is dependent upon his faith.

His very person was later remembered as having been an embodiment or an enactment of that chesed He spoke about and he acted for Jahweh as sheer Love; but the Love which Jahweh was must be understood as adamant and demanding as well as gracious and forgiving.

It is true that the official class of the Jewish people welcomed the Roman rule, which gave peace to the land and, in the very act of depriving the race of its national existence, allowed the religious man to work in peace and live faithful to the Law.

Certainly God, the Holy Spirit, the Word of God, are all the fuel and backdrop that makes us who we are but each person must make very practical decisions to act.

In their quest for righteousness, they often become self righteous, using their belief system as a weapon, to bash over the heads of others, rather than as a tool to improve their own lives and to become a living example of what true christians should be like or what truly compassionate humans should be like, it's very sad, that so many christians don't have a clue how to act like decent people, and that they are hypocrites and full of hate.

So when we turn those few texts that mention same gender sexual acts to hurt people we have become the Pharisees who use the law and tradition to make their own comfort at the expense of the very ones God's heart is turned towards.

Very few people who go through such programs actually end up acting much like Jesus.

When God reveals himself, he always does so to people, which means that he must speak and act in ways that they will understand... It is essential to the very nature of revelation that the Bible is not unique to its environment.

Today an observer of the Western Catholic Church would note that it is perhaps best known for its campaigning for the state to take money through taxation from one group of people and distribute it through large bureaucracies to other groups of people — an act which is very far from the love, concern, compassion and sacrifice that are the hallmarks of charity.

Religious zealots who proclaim these deep religious beliefs who then act counter to those very beliefs make no sense to me, any sane person realizes this type of behavior and comments as simply hypocrisy.

And when a problem confronts very large numbers of people, government must act.

To say that «society causes» x or y, or to appeal to impersonal «social forces» that have a blind necessity to them, tells us very little as to why people act the way they do and history develops the way it does.