Sentences with phrase «presence of evil»

The statement foretells a continuing presence of evil in this world.

The continued presence of evil, both in man and in the natural order, testifies to the very fragmentary realization of creaturely faith in God.

The simplistic approach seems distracting to the real presence of evil in the world — similar to the red «devil» with the tail and pitchfork.

With this question, Haneke inscribes himself in the tradition of the great protestant filmmakers of Northern Europe — Dreyer and Bergman, with distant echoes of Mauritz Stiller and Victor Sjöström — for whom mise en scène was a privileged tool to strive to make audiences aware of the invisible presence of evil in the midst of human societies.

If the very natural order that makes life possible logically implies evil, God can not be blamed for the presence of these evils.

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.

I think scripture is a rich metaphor created by human in an attempt to understand the presence of evil in the world, as well as to express their hope that it will end.

My experience and reading suggest that if someone you know is thought to be suffering from the presence of evil spirits, the first action is to seek medical help.

First, despite the sophistication of our scientific advancements that have rightly left behind superstitious practices such as cupping and bloodletting, studies of religious experience continue to find that large numbers of people experience not only the presence of God, but also the presence of evil powers that frighten them.

Stories that display the presence of evil possess a strange form of «beauty» that Plato described in The Republic: Well, I said, once I heard something, and I believe it: Leontios, Aglaion's son, so it was said, was going up...

Such a view of things does not deny for a moment the presence of evil in the creation nor the appalling reality of sinfulness in men and women.

To this mode of thinking nothing more clearly manifests the presence of the Evil One than mental sickness and emotional instability.

The presence of evil does not lead inevitably to a greater good.

The problem can not be solved from this point of view because to explain the presence of evil, one must use the same metaphysical principles that one uses to explain the good.

Animals can respond to a spiritual presence, too, whether showing fright in the presence of evil, or becoming docile and peaceful in the presence of holiness.

They're always under the assumption that the presence of evil is stronger today than any other period in history, and the return of Jesus is imminent.

The cause for this may well have been the problem that faced many Victorians, the problem of God's omnipotence and the presence of evil in the world.

Stories that display the presence of evil possess a strange form of «beauty» that Plato described in The Republic:

The presence of evil is thus «explained» in a way analogous to that whereby the ugly is explained in art.

Occasionally an account or story is morally educational in the sense that the presence of evil is interpreted as a sign of God's displeasure.

In each instance, the presence of evil is neither intrinsic nor recalcitrant but is instrumental and thus short - lived.

Given the premises, it is a perfectly logical explanation of the presence of evil in the world.

It has been the experience of endless generations that man feels a restlessness in the presence of evil and is forced to battle through the night to discover what is right.

And, if so, does the world's advance toward novelty justify the presence of evil?

Look at it this way: To say that God can not look upon sin or be in the presence of evil is to deny that Jesus was fully God.

In both the presence of evil and the eventual triumph over evil the sweep is cosmic.

A particularly agonising problem is the presence of evil in the world.

However, he added that the NDC party he founded lack the intelligence «to recognise the presence of the evil - natured ones.

And where an explanation of wrongdoing or the presence of an evil force might result in a visit to a local witchdoctor, a medical attribution might be followed with a visit to a medical centre.

Not long after this supposed bit of fun, Tom begins to feel the presence of evil, and see the spirit of a deceased girl who had disappeared earlier.

How can the specific aspects of film language — framing, editing, off - screen space — function to suggest the presence of evil in their fold?

The overlord of crime, marking his time with the presence of evil.

The tasks ask students to consider the problem of evil but also goes on to get them to consider how theists would explain the presence of evil in the world.

Her topic was «S.L.A.T.», Super Lame Art Thematization; calling attention to the corruption of the artist's intention in the presence of evil middlemen.