Sentences with phrase «person justified»

Is the other person justified (at least in their mind)?

Was this person justified in being afraid of this puppy?

«Occam, and following him Biel, thought out the idea, without precedent in tradition, that justification, properly speaking, consists only in the acceptance of man by God, and that this acceptance in itself is independent of any change in the person justified... that God could also «justify» the sinner and leave him in his sin.»

In a paper appearing in the Journal of Business Ethics, she identifies three essential factors in a «fraud triangle» that make otherwise ethical people justify stealing petty cash or inventory, expensing things for personal use or adding false credentials to their resumés: motivation, opportunity and rationalization.

It seems that more and more people justify investing in cryptocurrencies — even at current record prices — by claiming that they're an effective hedge against the instability of fiat currencies.

When people justify their sin, they are putting themselves in a place where repentance is impossible.

No matter which way people justify their unrighteous acts, God's judgement stands.

History is full of examples of people causing harm to other people justified by their religious beliefs and their «personal knowledge» of what God wanted them to do.

Just like for racists, statistics that show a higher incident of violent crime amongst black people justifies their racism instead of causing them to look at what has been done by society to black people that has led to the circumstances they are currently in.

The seven controverted areas taken up by the declaration are 1) sin and human passivity in receiving justification; 2) interior renewal, that is, the way God not only declares persons justified but also makes them righteous, independent of human cooperation; 3) justification by faith alone; 4) the justified person as sinner; 5) law and gospel; 6) the assurance of salvation; and 7) the good works of the justified person.

I know people justify that position by saying Jesus never said to do so by governmental means which they interpret as charity can ONLY be done individually.

And you will see people justifying this..

I see why people justify the death penalty.

Why should a marriage between 2 people justify special treatment under the law?

I'm sick of the academic dishonesty of people justifying their beliefs with outright lies, zero proof, hearsay, and myth — be them religious people or otherwise.

Maybe big words help some people justify the time and money spent in seminary learning big words.

Just a question (seriously, no one I've seen online addresses this, and I'm dying to know): how on earth do so many «paleo» people justify eating meat, which is undeniably the absolute worst and most selfish feature of our SAD in terms of environmental impact?

What a poorly managed club.Internally and externally everything is just shambles.If they can't do well in signing players why can't they do well in keeping the players they have?We have an owner who doesn't really care about winning major trophies.We have a coach who's clearly confused and always has no plan season after season.He wants success yet he doesn't want to change.We have a fanbase divided within itself.Both sets of people justify their stances because they feel they know best instead of giving 100 % support and just let the past be.We have players with poor mentality and weak character.A team that can't even win the EPL even if presented to them on a silver platter.Are we really going forward or moving backwards or in fact did we even really start the journey?

Funny how releasing T.O. led to 1 playoff win and people justify it even though the next 4 years were absolutely terrible.

Before my first son self - weaned at 2 years (I was 5 months pregnant), All I ever got was people justifying why they stopped sooner, and kept going on and on about the WHO guidelines being for developing countries, and that I was going OTT by still feeding.

After making a choice, people justify it by exaggerating its benefits and overplaying downsides of the rejected option.

And I have to say I'm tired of hearing people justify a Kindle only release by saying there are apps out there for your computer or smart phone.

But, as much as I hate sounding like an old man, I just don't know how people justify spending this kind of money on comics anymore.

Segregation leads to social jealousy and hostility within the society and blindness of people justifies the failure of the government to provide social welfare.

In other words, by comparison people justify having one or other form of debt.

When you describe the health problems faced by French Bulldogs, and other brachycephalic breeds, you will hear people justify them by using the saying «normal for the breed».

Another way I've seen people justify an annual fee is by putting a monetary value on a benefit they receive for hitting an annual spend target.

And a lot of people justify a card's annual fee by the amount they'll earn from spending... but then they do that for multiple cards despite how many they will actually make back the value on.

It's quite common to hear people justify their belief in global warming as «Well, a whole bunch of people say it's true».

Many people justify buying excessive amounts of clothes and wearing them for a short time precisely because they can be donated once they've fallen from favor; but this news story shows it's not so simple.

Many people justify buying bottled because they believe they're getting «pure» water.

The narcissistic personality maintains a grandiose self - perception that judges others as inferior, and with an air of haughty arrogance feels justified (entitled) in the contemptuous treatment of others who the narcissist judges to be unworthy, so that the fundamental inadequacy of the other person justifies the contempt and cruelty delivered by the narcissist.

I was disgusted on election night by the comments of some of the people justifying why they wouldn't vote, or the one lady who said she had no idea who to vote for, but would close her eyes and mark an X beside one of the names.

I am sure that without some rationale certain sales people justify this as being a discourteous offer — a lowball.

Not exact matches

He also appeared to hail Elliot Rodger, a 22 - year - old who killed six people in Isla Vista, California, in 2014 and who justified his attack as «retribution» for the rejections he previously received from women.

The reality is that people have the power to bring down your business through a slew of bad reviews, whether they are justified or not.

Writing in the Independent, Eliza Anyangwe wrote that «the debate [Daum's] prom pictures have prompted is justified,» and that «cultural appropriation is about power, and to many she's the embodiment of a system that empowers white people to take whatever they want.»

There are a lot of people who are opposed to the death penalty not because they think no one ever deserves to die for their crimes, but because they think the government shouldn't have the power to hand out such a punishment, even when that punishment is justified.

Some of the people you'll hear spreading anti-Semitic views are blatant apologists for extremism, justifying a car barreling into an Israeli bus stop or a random knife attack on the street as a legitimate expression of frustration at the lack of a Palestinian state, Jewish victims be damned.

To justify its relatively high valuation and fend off concerns about slowing user growth, Snap has emphasized how important Snapchat is to its users, how long they spend on the app and the revenue potential of the emerging trend for young people to communicate with video rather than text.

And then we have the president using language that really is not becoming of the United States president, calling the press the enemy of the people, to see his term «fake news» used by authoritarians everywhere to justify cracking down on dissent.

People give the dealership a 10, whether it is justified or not, because they don't want anyone to get into trouble.

Best quote: «Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes him strive to justify himself.

And he and the band would put on such a spectacle, it would justify every dollar people spent.

«This is all going to force people in the industry to justify their existence, which is why they're fighting to the death,» says Toronto broker and entrepreneur Lawrence Dale.

«It's almost unbelievable — it's like people are trying to justify their jobs by spending money.

While it's impossible to assess the invisible cost of not hiring the better person, it's not hard to justify its importance.

«Millions of people love Whole Foods Market because they offer the best natural and organic foods,» said Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos in a statement to justify the deal.

Referring to the Orlando massacre, she said ``... we face terrorist enemies who use Islam to justify slaughtering people.

Does that justify the hacking and leak of a person's private email?