Religion seemed to be a part of the «superstructure» which sanctioned the existing order,
promised rewards in heaven for enduring the pain on earth, and therefore suppressed any attempt to change the real social condition of this world.
To those suffering pain, humiliation, illness, and serfdom,
it promised a reward in an afterlife.
Ground Zeroes tries to soften the blow by
promising rewards in The Phantom Pain for completed missions, uncovered intel and rescued PoW's, but in a way they're promising content for a game that's not even completed yet.
Not exact matches
The ad showed a smiling, millennial - aged woman seated at a computer and
promised that new hires could look forward to a
rewarding career
in which they would be «more than just a number.»
What started as a niche concept just a few years ago has become a large - scale and viable way for people to invest directly
in promising ideas, which creates a new pool of funding while allowing small investors to reap the financial
rewards of contributing to successful ventures.
It also misstated its interest
in supporting the success of projects and
in campaigns delivering
promised rewards to their supporters.
South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics (ssnlf) named a new generation of top managers Tuesday and
promised to
reward shareholders with $ 26 billion
in payouts to 2020, as it reported record third - quarter profit.
But executives defend the practice by arguing diners,
in particular Millennials, are
rewarding restaurants that make good on
promises to serve better food with fresher ingredients.
One final thought on setting a crowdfunding goal: Taking donations and failing to fulfill
rewards, or live up to your
promises, could lead to legal trouble and will certainly result
in negative publicity for you and your idea.
Dubbed the «First 100 Campout,» Chick - fil - A encourages fans to camp out
in front of its new locations the day before they open and
promises to
reward the first 100 customers free Chick - fil - A for a year.
Their model is Estonia which combined stable finances with 15 % economic shrinkage
in 2009, and was
rewarded by last month's
promise of entry into Euroland.
But once it's all over, and you have raised your money, provided your funders with their
promised rewards, and moved to trying to sell to a wider audience, what many people forget is that keeping
in touch with the people who supported them at the start is still very powerful for ongoing marketing.
After acquiring Shipt
in December, Target's Chairman and CEO is
promising customers will reap the
rewards of the service this year.
APPICS is the latest social media app based on the Blockchain Technology that has
promised to
reward its users
in cryptocurrencies for their time...
When it comes to Al - Qaida, we don't seem to understand that it is based on the individuals, willingness to die for a caused that is maid all the stronger when it is steeped
in religion with the
promise of not only Great
reward in heaven but also great
rewards to the family here on earth.
Maybe I could
promise them some future
reward for being docile... for turning the other cheek... Even better; what if I could convince them that they could endure suffering
in this world because it was meaningless?
They also had the problem of converting pagans to their faith, given that the
reward promised for following Mosaic Law was that the Jews got to live and prosper in the Promised Land (hardly an incentive for your average Greco - Roman
promised for following Mosaic Law was that the Jews got to live and prosper
in the
Promised Land (hardly an incentive for your average Greco - Roman
Promised Land (hardly an incentive for your average Greco - Roman pagan).
If God gave humans Free Will then broke the
promise, by compelling Judas to betray (or merely, be the appointed accuser / betrayer) then, Judas would be
rewarded for being a puppet
in the plan and fulfilling the Will of God.
God sees all things... If you are Good
in life as HE was then ONE falls automatically
in HIS grace and so you can be assured to get the
rewards HE
promised.
@Maani: «I do take issue with your comment that «Religion gets people to be good
in the same way stories about Santa Claus gets kids to be good, with baseless
promises of
rewards and punishments.»
I do take issue with your comment that «Religion gets people to be good
in the same way stories about Santa Claus gets kids to be good, with baseless
promises of
rewards and punishments.»
I could give you other examples, but I think these are enough to demonstrate that
in practice Christianity encourages good behavior with
promises of
rewards and discourages bad behavior with threats of punishments, whether you're willing to admit it or not.
Religion gets people to be good
in the same way stories about Santa Claus gets kids to be good, with baseless
promises of
rewards and punishments.
At the same time, some Christians have so spiritualized redemption as the
promised reward of the individual
in the next world, that they have ignored the suffering and evil of human life
in this world.
I would further add that, similar to the self - preservation concerns of the dutiful Nazi executioners, the apologetics defending such atrocities is subject to a similar coercive context
in that the choice of obedience or empathy is flanked by
promises of
reward and threats of punishment.
Horrible though it is to say so, the test God devises is perfect: For only if Abraham is willing to do without the covenant (and, indeed, is willing to destroy it himself), out of awe - reverence for the Covenantor, can he demonstrate that he merits the covenant and its
promised rewards; only
in this way can he demonstrate that he is fit for fatherhood and founding.
Hegel,
in those difficult, often cryptic, but nevertheless profoundly
rewarding pages
in the final sections of The Phenomenology of Spirit, where he discusses Christianity as the «absolute religion,» gives witness to the advent of an absolute form of Christianity which both negates all previous religion and
promises a reconciliation of all those antinomies which have plagued human consciousness throughout its history.
Jesus
promises not only
rewards in the world to come but also blessings
in this world — and at a hundredfold increase.
For Abraham, the lesson could not be more pointed: His excessive preoccupation with God's personal
promise, with his own merit and its
reward — that is, with personal justice — is
in fact at odds with the fulfillment of the purpose of God's
promise that he become a great nation, steeped
in righteousness, to become a blessing to all the others.
As a result, now at the end of his adventures, Abraham is ready to replace the «reasons» for being a follower of God: Originally, he answered the call largely out of a desire for the
promised reward; now,
in a reversal, he is ready to follow out of awe - fear - reverence for the One Who
promises.
The
promise of catholic votes was his
reward to help
in the continued cover up.
All the laborers
in the vineyard got the same
reward, and we are
promised «Every spiritual blessing»
in heaven, and we are «Co heirs» with Christ.
If you do the things Jesus has called for
in Luke 6, He
promises in verse 35 that your
reward will be great (cf. also Luke 6:23).
The worst evil we can do is not believe... If a Christian dies
in a plane crash, God
promises we will not fail to receive a great
reward... Ultimately, evil is a problem for those who do not believe only.»
If a Christian dies
in a plane crash, God
promises we will not fail to recieve great
reward.
1) that eternal life given on the basis of faith alone,
in Christ alone, apart from works; 2) that eternal security is part of the gift of eternal life; 3) that assurance of salvation is through faith
in Christ's
promise of eternal life, and not by looking at one's own works 4) Christians can apostatize
in this life, and are still eternally secure 5) eternal
rewards are earned by faithful works, and lost by unfaithfulness 6) unlimited atonement 7) free - will to respond to God's drawing or not
Lutherans speak of «growth
in grace and faith,» with effects
in Christian living; eternal life is, biblically speaking, «unmerited «
reward,»» a fulfillment of God's
promise to the believer.
They are wrong who claim that
in Luke's Gospel a
promise of eternal
reward contaminates an injunction to unilateral giving.
Tallulah13 «Frankly, the christian message at it's bare bones is simple: Swear fealty to the «one god» and you will be
rewarded» = > not quite, it is faith
in the grace and mercy of God to bring us through to the
Promise
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Allah hath
promised those who believe and do good works: Theirs will be forgiveness and immense
reward.
But included
in the
reward is the
promise «with persecutions.»
Even
in Christ, we have no
promise of an easy life — just one full of variables, defining challenges and unforeseen
rewards.
However, Isaac was the child God asked Abram to sacrifice and Abram was willing — we find the answer to why later
in the Bible — it's because Abram trusted that God could raise Isaac from the dead to fulfill the
promise God made to him to make a mighty nation of Abram's child with Sarai — an astonishing faith and God
rewarded that faith.
what's absolutely hilarious about this is that there is literally no point to becoming an Atheist
in terms of benefit, what has Atheism ever contributed, maybe you can say the same about religions but i just don't believe your going to «convert» people to Atheism there is no
reward, no
promise, and no hope, its basically like yea we are all
in trouble lets all believe it together, people already know that Atheism doesn't need to tell them, stop destroyed people's hope
Here is a guy who offers a way to sell legal goods for pay that is modest but holds the
promise of decent
rewards in return for good salesmanship.
But it has also promoted a distraction of mind
in the reader, so that, perhaps precisely from respect and admiration for China and Persia, the thinkers of the middle ages, the four universal monarchies (a discovery which, as it did not escape Geert Westphaler, has also set many a Hegelian Geert Westphaler's tongue wagging), he may have forgotten to inquire whether it now really did become evident at the end, at the close of this journey of enchantment, as was repeatedly
promised in the beginning, and what was of course the principal issue, for the want of which not all the glories of the world could compensate, what alone could be a sufficient
reward for the unnatural tension
in which one had been held — that the method was valid.
Unscrupulous preachers have
promised the meek that their
reward will come
in the afterlife — as if the rest of the Sermon on the Mount ignores justice, which it does not.
The church called people to act
in ways beneficial to others,
promising that the
rewards they would receive for such behavior after death far exceeded the costs
in this life.
He
promises for example a
reward in heaven; (Matt.
This
promise has led so many of us Christians to abandon our heavenly investments
in the kingdom of God to pursue material success and fame despite the reality of unsustainable and unfulfilled
rewards from this Earth.