The kings of Babylon invade Canaan to suppress
a rebellion against their rule.
Torture and public trials resulted in burnings at the stake of poor and working - class women viewed as symbols of
rebellion against the ruling church.
It is therefore helpful, when considering the subject of
rebellion against the rule or authority of God, to look beyond the human being, the pinnacle of God's creation, as you quite rightly pointed out in one of your fora.
Not exact matches
Camus, probably with Sartre in mind, rejects the notion that existence always precedes essence (Rb 296) and states that there is a creative source for
rebellion against injustice in a «moral or metaphysical
rule to balance the insanity of history» (Rb 251).
Niebuhr saw facing this problem as returning to the early Christian attempt to formulate a way to live in a world both under the sovereign
rule of God and corrupted and in
rebellion against God.
In the prophetic faith, if not always in specific articulation, all men and all nations are in
rebellion against God, denying in multiple ways the appropriate terms of human existence under the active
rule of the righteous Yahweh.
While I agree that following traditional flattery
rules without fail is limiting, I also know that living your life in
rebellion against something means that thing is still controlling you.
The Games are a punishment invented by the Capitol of Panem (read: North America) for the 12 districts whose
rebellion against Capitol
rule was crushed more than 74 years ago.
He grows up with the tribe and eventually leads a
rebellion against House Harkonnen, who now
rule Arrakis, finally brokering a peace with the Emperor Shaddam IV (Giancarlo Giannini) and the mysterious Spacing Guild, which owns all the spaceships.
The first not only saves his life, but also makes Blackbeard suspicious that Peter may be the fulfillment of a prophesy about a human with the power of flight who will lead a
rebellion against the his powerful
rule.
Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to
rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the
rule of law.
In an article titled Ottawa drops appeal of
ruling that gave no jail time to aboriginal man published in The Globe and Mail edition of August 30, 2016, Sean Fine described Justice Green's
ruling as a «19,000 word cri de coeur
against the over-incarceration of indigenous people and a
rebellion against a convention in which traffickers are sentenced according to the quantity of the drugs they were selling.»
«Also, the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: «Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to
rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the
rule of law».»