Sentences with phrase «punishment inflicted upon»

These different forms of punishment inflicted upon the public school system by high stakes testing have been called accountability.

And whereas, it is the duty of nations as as well as of men, to owe their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess their sins and transgressions, in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord: And, in so much as we know that, by His divine law, nations, like individuals, are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world, may we not justly fear that the awful calamity of civil war, which now desolates the land, may be but a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins, to the needful end of our national reformation as a whole People?

Sometimes the picture of hell has been painted in lurid fashion, with ghastly punishment inflicted upon «lost» persons; more frequently, at least in recent theological writing, this aspect has been muted or denied, and stress has been put on such ideas as persistence after death apart from God's presence — or even in that presence, which for the utterly unworthy man or woman would be horrifying, as when an evil person is compelled to be with someone whom he or she deeply hates.

Thomas culled the images from postcards he found on eBay depicting public punishments inflicted upon African Americans (such postcards were in circulation well into the 1950s and»60s).

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Punishment is not something God inflicts upon others when He is slighted.

Maybe it is splitting hairs, but for me, the concept of punishment seems to imply the inflicting of pain upon someone else for something bad they did to you.

All you have to do is be obdurate in rejecting the Christian god and he will inflict a punishment upon you an infinite times worse than the death penalty....

All you have to do is reject a belief in the Christian god and he will inflict a punishment upon you an infinite times worse than the death penalty....

Doctrine and Covenants 134:10 10 We believe that all religious societies have a right to deal with their members for disorderly conduct, according to the rules and regulations of such societies; provided that such dealings be for fellowship and good standing; but we do not believe that any religious society has authority to try men on the right of property or life, to take from them this world's goods, or to put them in jeopardy of either life or limb, or to inflict any physical punishment upon them.

Nadler relates in detail the gruesome punishment inflicted by the Amsterdam city council upon one of Spinoza's friends, the freethinking Adriaan Koerbagh, who had written a book intended to criticize, even mock, nearly all organized religion, including the Dutch Reformed variety.

He said it might additionally be argued that Mr Grayling was breaching the 1688 bill of rights by taking it upon himself — as a politician and not a judge — to inflict «cruel and unusual punishment» on prisoners who are literate.

Though their principles are at odds with each other — one is a capitalist institution that marginalizes loneliness while the other is a civic society that promotes it — their tactics are similarly despotic and both inflict atrocious punishments upon disobedient members.

In that teaser, Julian Dennison's character was shown inflicting fiery punishment upon the cult, but in this new trailer we see Deadpool and co. going up against them - first Deadpool, then Domino.

Upon hearing the contempt case, Lord Denning reflected that no punishment ought to be inflicted as «insults are best treated with disdain - save where they are gross and scandalous.»

(14) Imposing, and authorising a Protector to inflict summary punishment by way of imprisonment, not exceeding fourteen days, upon aboriginals or half - castes, living upon a reserve or within the District under his charge, who, in the judgment of the Protector, are guilty of any crime, serious misconduct, neglect of duty, gross insubordination, or wilful breach of the Regulations;