Sentences with phrase «pious hope»
The phrase "pious hope" refers to a sincere and faithful wish or desire. It often implies a strong belief or trust in something positive or good happening, particularly in the context of religious or moral beliefs. Full definition
Sam Harris said it well: «It is time we realized that to presume knowledge where one has only pious hope is a species of evil.»
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«I think it is very sad that you believe it is acceptable to pretend to know things that you can not know — to think that is how you live your life is messed up to say the least — I hope you realize that to presume knowledge where one has only pious hope is a species of evil.»
They may still harbour the pious hope that young people will be attracted by matey liturgy and jolly tunes.
When we say them, are we expressing anything more than a pious hope?
Could it be that belief in the victory of God's history on earth is but a pious hope based not on perceived events but on a historic reverie?
«It is time we realized that to presume knowledge where one has only pious hope is a species of evil.»
In the words of Sam Harris: «It is time that we realize that to presume knowledge where one has only pious hope is a species of evil.»
This also means that our faith must be understood as commitment to work for the purposes of God and not as a pious hope for the next life.
What possible argument or motivation can they have not to play fair with UKIP and reflect reality, rather than the pious hopes of the Westminster establishment?
Most of us, for most of our careers, proceed in the pious hope that the organs of government which are entrusted to fund and to some extent manage universities will get it right — or, at any rate, not too dramatically wrong.
In its recent consultation paper, A Framework for Fairness: Proposals for a Single Equality Bill for Great Britain, the government gave voice to a pious hope that the law relating to harassment should be as coherent as possible.