Sentences with phrase «reward and punishment in»

Response perseveration and sensitivity to reward and punishment in boys with oppositional defiant disorder

It is all about wrongheaded policies, too many round pegs in square holes, differences in reward and punishment in the fight against corruption, lack of consistency and transparency and above all, a clear absence of swift legal framework, and undemocratic practices.

Disputes are perhaps frequent in any organization that does not operate by means of coercion, provide pay for services or have a clear system of rewards and punishments in this life for actions taken.

Not exact matches

In other words, he's looking at ways in which we can use and tailor concepts like reward and punishment to encourage people to work collaboratively rather than self - interestedlIn other words, he's looking at ways in which we can use and tailor concepts like reward and punishment to encourage people to work collaboratively rather than self - interestedlin which we can use and tailor concepts like reward and punishment to encourage people to work collaboratively rather than self - interestedly.

It is precise in its punishment and generous in its rewards.

Back in the benighted days when we trained our dogs with punishments more than with rewards, crates and «crate - training» were unheard of.

Please, any Christian, honestly answer the following: The completely absurd theory that all 7,000,000,000 human beings are simultaneously being supervised 24 hours a day, every day of their lives by an immortal, invisible being for the purposes of reward or punishment in the «afterlife» comes from the field of: (a) Astronomy; (b) Medicine; (c) Economics; or (d) Christianity You are about 70 % likely to believe the entire Universe began less than 10,000 years ago with only one man, one woman and a talking snake if you are a: (a) historian; (b) geologist; (c) NASA astronomer; or (d) Christian I have convinced myself that gay $ ex is a choice and not genetic, but then have no explanation as to why only gay people have ho.mo $ exual urges.

The major religions we see in the world today have evolved over hundreds or thousands of years, but they most follow the pattern I described, so for the most part they all involve some form of worship, the concepts of rewards, punishments, and obedience, and so on.

@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.»

They move chunks of information around in ways nothing else can — as payloads that convey intolerance, suppression of ideas and opinions, even violence at times, and persecution of dissenters, all with the weight behind it of an all - powerful God and it's eternal rewards and punishments that are conveniently hidden in an unknowable afterlife.

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.

We aren't told what Thompson believes now» and his art does not require us to place him in any doctrinal camp» but by the end of Habibi he seems to have least worked his way to a beautiful observation: «God's followers worship not out of the hope for reward nor fear of punishment but out of love.»

The individual now stood clear of the mass, an object of divine care, reward, and punishment, and never afterward could Judaism lose sight of him as one indispensable focus in the religious ellipse.

He reported sarcastically that «there» were some members [at the Constitutional Convention] so unfashionable as to think that a belief of the existence of a Deity, and of a state of future rewards and punishments would be some security for the good conduct of our rulers, and that in a Christian country it would be at least decent to hold out some distinction between the professors of Christianity and downright infidelity or paganism» (IV: 642) This chapter also includes excerpts from state constitutions that imposed religious tests on government officers (Delaware, for example.

Predictions of coming reward and punishment, like the present beatitudes and woes, represent the alternatives of salvation or lostness involved in one's present situation.

Thus we see that in both worship and dealings man stands before his Lord and receives rewards or punishment in the afterlife according to his merits.

For instance, inasmuch as the founders» notion of free self - government rests on an essentially Lockean conception of freedom as power outside and prior to truth (however much God or truth imposes an extrinsic obligation to obey, and however reasonable it is to do so in view of future rewards and punishments), then American liberty will eventually erode the moral and cultural foundations of civil society inherited from Protestant Christianity.

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.

It was also held that Muslims must believe in the Messenger's Traditions concerning the Resurrection, punishment, reward, and walking on the path to Heaven.

It is the decisive event in which God's judgment on the whole of history is rendered with the corresponding outcome, customarily described as reward and punishment.

All reward and punishment, hope and fear is built in.

And since accountability has in it's definition rewards or punishments for our actions that we're accountable for, could you tell me how you personally practice your weekly accountability where you fellowship?

For Hartshorne, eliminating everlasting life altogether releases us from the «future rewards and punishments» bind, and therefore frees us as well to love in and for the beauty and goodness that loving presently creates.

A more ancient view, still apparent at many points in the Old Testament, had been that righteousness was rewarded by prosperity and long life in this world, and misfortune was a punishment for sin; but as Israel suffered more and more adversity, and the most faithful individuals and groups were the most oppressed and afflicted, it came to be felt that the humble, the meek, the devout, the poor were the righteous people of God, and the mighty and prosperous were the proud, wicked oppressors.

One reason here, I believe, is that the somewhat crude way in which the rewards and punishment motif was presented seems nothing short of ridiculous — and in any event, not very appealing, even when «heaven» is talked about.

In some contexts, justice is a matter of rewards and punishments according to the deserts of individuals and nations.

Much of the time it has talked also of a divine judge, whose major concern is with the conduct of those who live in the world, determining their guilt and assigning sentences, either of punishment in hell or reward in heaven, sentences against which his creatures have no appeal.

The punishments and rewards might happen in this life or in subsequent lives but they will happen.

---- Al - Kahf 18: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Praise be to Allah Who hath revealed the Scripture unto His slave, and hath not placed therein any crookedness, (1)(But hath made it) straight, to give warning of stern punishment from Him, and to bring unto the believers who do good works the news that theirs will be a fair reward, (2) Wherein they will abide for ever; (3) And to warn those who say: Allah hath chosen a son, (4)(A thing) whereof they have no knowledge, nor (had) their fathers, Dreadful is the word that cometh out of their moutand hath not placed therein any crookedness, (1)(But hath made it) straight, to give warning of stern punishment from Him, and to bring unto the believers who do good works the news that theirs will be a fair reward, (2) Wherein they will abide for ever; (3) And to warn those who say: Allah hath chosen a son, (4)(A thing) whereof they have no knowledge, nor (had) their fathers, Dreadful is the word that cometh out of their moutand to bring unto the believers who do good works the news that theirs will be a fair reward, (2) Wherein they will abide for ever; (3) And to warn those who say: Allah hath chosen a son, (4)(A thing) whereof they have no knowledge, nor (had) their fathers, Dreadful is the word that cometh out of their moutAnd to warn those who say: Allah hath chosen a son, (4)(A thing) whereof they have no knowledge, nor (had) their fathers, Dreadful is the word that cometh out of their mouths.

The Rules been Given and laid out as to what the punishments or the rewards would be for each of our deeds, but then after all only the Mercy of God that would admit us into heavens and paradise and not only our efforts, after all, all that counts is what is in our hearts and our intentions, belief or disbelief!?

In the interim, the disciples are exhorted to be faithful, for there be rewards and punishments at the time of the last judgment.

On the contrary, I feel that there must be a void in the lives of religious people to feel that they need to force themselves to keep believing in these silly myths in order to have a reason to do good things and be good people... that it's not enough for them to be «good» for the sake of goodness, for the sake of our society and our world... that they must believe that there is to be some great reward for themselves or some great punishment after death in order to motivate them to be good.

Is it possible and after reading about it i kept on thinking «i will sell to my soul for 20 carats get out shut up i will never ever sell my soul to you oh god please help me and this is continuing for a few days i am afraid that i have sold my sold to the devil have i please help and still i think god's way of allowing others to hate him us much worse even you know and can easily think think about much better punishments like rebirth after being punished for all the sins in life and i am feeling put on the sin of those who committed the unforgiviable sin (the early 0th century priests) imagine them burning in hell fire till now for 2000 years hopelessly screaming to god for help i can't belive the mercy of god are they forgiven even though commiting this sin keans going to hell for entinity thank you and congralutions i think the 7 year tribulation periodvis over in 18th century the great commect shooting and in 19th century the sun became dark for a day and moon was not visible on the earth but now satun has the domination over me those who don't belive in jesus crist i used to belive in him but now after knowing a lot in science it is getting harharder to belive in him even though i know that he exsists and i only belived in him not that he died for me in the cross and also not for eternal life and i still sin as much as i used to before but only a little reduced and i didn't accept satan as my master but what can i do because those who knowingly sin a lot and don't belive in jesus christ has to accept satan as their master because he only teaches us that even though he is evil he gives us complete freedom but thr followers of jesus and god only have freedom because they can sin only with in a limit and no more but recive their reward after their life in heaven but the followers of satun have to go to hell butbi don't want to go to hell and be ruled by the cruel tryant but still why didn't god destroy satun long way before and i think it was also Adam and eve's fault also they could have blamed satan and could have also get their punishment reduced but they didn't and today we are seeing the result

We may try to prevent such things by legal means, using punishments and in civil cases monetary rewards to the mistreated.

About how we're incapable of being good to one another and following moral code in the absence of celestial reward / punishment system.

Apocalyptic speculation with future punishments for the wicked and rewards for the virtuous played no part in Jesus» teaching.

There was a strong conviction, to be found clearly in Deuteronomy, in many of the Psalms, and in the mouth of Job's comforters, that a man receives the due rewards and punishments for his deeds during the course of his own lifetime.

In this world each man must work and in the world to come he will receive his rewards or punishments; here one cultivates, and there one reaps the harvesIn this world each man must work and in the world to come he will receive his rewards or punishments; here one cultivates, and there one reaps the harvesin the world to come he will receive his rewards or punishments; here one cultivates, and there one reaps the harvest.

the sinless creatures of Allah who perform His orders; to believe in Allah's books, the Old and New Testaments and the Qur» an; to believe in all the prophets of Allah; to believe in the Day of Judgment with rewards and punishments; to believe that destiny belongs to Allah, recognizing that although every creature's destiny is in Allah's power, each one must use his reason and accept responsibility for his conduct.

There has to be a punishment for the wicked and a reward for the righteous in the world to come or otherwise life becomes a bad joke.

Hartshorne seems to hold that we shall engage in no personal actions at all after death; and, as for rewards and punishments, he declares his rather unconventional conviction that they are all received in the now of the present moment of action and at no other time or place.46

He saw how the values of a culture, as these are incarnated in the attitudes and behavior of parents, are internalized by children as they experience these values in the rewards punishment, praise - blame responses of their parents.

For those wonderfully naïve little girls, Santa Claus was a symbol not of the commercial debasement of Christmas but of the real meaning of their faith in punishment and reward.

When the threat of random murder is omnipresent, we live in a world where reward and punishment, life and death are so arbitrary that their very meaning looms precarious.

Thus the new way of thinking rose vehemently in revolt against the old idea of collective punishment and collective reward as adequately explaining trouble.

Though true believers may lose reward and privilege in the kingdom, such loss of reward, to my knowledge, is never referred to as everlasting punishment.

The task of teaching us the law and helping us to apply it is the function of the state and the Church, and one can expect his reward or punishment in this life or in eternity, according to his obedience to civil and divine law respectively.

If the scales of reward and punishment for good and bad behavior were not balanced here on earth, they would be balanced — the preachers would tell you — beyond the grave in the heavenly places or in the fiery pits of hell.