Sentences with phrase «see as a moral issue»

«Many people see it as a moral issue, because it necessarily involves defining what «life» means; on this kind of topic, a lot of people look to their faith.»

«In many of the specifics of the way people view climate change — for instance, seeing it as a moral issue and understanding that climate change is going to hurt people in developing countries and the world's poor the most — we saw really large shifts.»

And crucially, churches in the U.S. have just begun to take up this issue in big numbers, which they see as a moral issue of not just protecting God's Creation, but also not inflicting direct harm on helpless people around the world.A new coalition of environmentalists, aid groups, and churches have been pivotal in changing the momentum for the new «Climate Security Act» co-sponsored by Senator John Warner.

Not exact matches

The Ab debate will NOT go away, because in a world which the fundies perceive as a morass of «moral relativism», it's the one issue they see as «absolute», and can hang their Anal Retentive hats upon.

I commend the pastor for his moral conviction but the majority of blacks are incapable of voting on any other issue but race... its genetic... Obama could say he is an ax murderer and they still will find a way to justify their vote for him... another words Obama sees the black vote as in the bag and he is right... most of them are incapable of critical thinkng

Nevertheless, without the spiritual and moral resources which prayer exists to heighten, the action required for dealing with such issues is likely to go on being as limited and as misdirected by self - interest as we now see it.

(CNN)-- Billy Graham, the dean of American evangelists, has once again broken his usual silence on hot - button issues, defending the president of the Chick - fil - A restaurant chain for his opposition to same - sex marriage days after issuing a letter decrying what he sees as the nation's moral decay.

Its move to decry what he would see as moral decay «would be tied to the Obama administration,» he argued, asking rhetorically why Graham would not have issued the statement in response to an event like the Abu Ghraib torture scandal.

The big issue as I see it, the one I identified in my first comment, is the pair of notions that (1) we can choose to believe or choose to disbelieve in certain religious ideas and that (2) this choice is a moral triumph or a moral failure that is rewarded with heaven or punished with hell depending on how we choose.

I love it that my friend and you are wrestling with people who both of you see as OK guys with similar outlooks on social and moral issues and get on really well together but even though we can converse on belief the Old Testament is a massive stumbling block, a 100 foot high brick wall.

We no longer see it as a weighty moral issue; it is now more about manners than morals.

When Millennials understand that Christianity is firmly established as «Truth» confirmed by «Science,» then Christianity is seen as having moral authority and the judgment of Christ on issues such as gay marriage will hold more power.

@ Adam Sorry, man, you are not understand what I am say, both on the moral issue and on what you see as an apparent contradiction.

I could see, as the students had dinner and held discussions on moral and spiritual issues, that that soft spot and that presence went a long way toward strengthening the program.

At this point, concerning controverted moral issues, political manoeuvring became a major, if not the major concern of the Church, and magisterial proclamation has tended to be seen as nothing more than a slightly frustrating bottom line of what can be got away with.

The core issues that properly concern theologians and pastors, as Cobb knows, have to do with the kind of theological - ethical glasses one wears as one attempts to discern the moral and spiritual meanings of the data, to see in what respects they comport with our deepest understanding of how God wants us to live in the world.

«I want to see the government re-open as much as anyone, but this bill fails to fix the moral issue we must solve,» Gillibrand said.

That is why I see posing this issue as primarily a «research problem» is part of a greater moral, economic, spiritual and systemic disfunction.

Global warming is being seen by many groups as a moral issue.

As the pope will surely stress, his understanding of Christian ethics compels him to see climate change as a profoundly moral issuAs the pope will surely stress, his understanding of Christian ethics compels him to see climate change as a profoundly moral issuas a profoundly moral issue.

Now, of course, many see the Pope's claim about morality unsurprising but fail to understand the profound significance for climate policy - making of understanding climate change fundamentally as a moral issue.

The evidence for this widespread failure to understand the practical significance of seeing climate change as a moral issue includes the almost universal failure of the press or advocates of climate change policies to ask those governments, businesses, organizations, or individuals who oppose national climate change policies on the grounds of national economic cost alone whether they deny that in addition to national economic interest nations must comply with their obligations, duties, and responsibilities to prevent harm to millions of poor, vulnerable people around the world.

To take issue with the moral and political arguments that emerge from the climate debate, is seen as equivalent to taking issue — to denying — climate science.

His comment after the lecture, which seems to be your issue, reflects his moral base and societies current state, as he sees it.

The evidence for this widespread failure to understand the practical significance of seeing climate change as a moral issue includes the almost universal failure of the press or advocates of climate change policies to ask businesses, organizations, or individuals who oppose national climate change policies on the grounds of economic cost alone, whether they deny that, in addition to economic interests, nations must comply with their obligations, duties, and responsibilities to prevent harm to millions of poor, vulnerable people around the world.

Whether these developments were seen as necessary to reflect the view of law as a positivist development, strictly separated from moral considerations or as required by the commercial practices of the nine - teenth century, is an issue that I need not now explore.

This whole disagreement vis a vis a simple moral / legal issue is just another reason why Ms Aitken loathes the so - called «organized» real estate industry, wherein so many therein are seen, obviously justifyably so, as being simple agents of a goofy, behind - the - scenes let's - make - a-deal mentality that defies good common sense vis a vis «who - the - hell - is - whom - working - for anyway?