Sentences with phrase «serve destructive purposes»
These same advances can also be used by misguided individuals and groups to cause harm and to serve destructive purposes, of proportionately large scale and impact.
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He makes two points: first, the raw alcohol intake from a communion cup or chalice is so very small as to be harmless; second, in the communion service the alcohol — rather than being destructive to the alcoholic — serves a positive and even redeeming purpose.
We pride ourselves on being less ruthless than the Communists, but actually our threats seem to presuppose that any violent action is permitted, no matter how destructive, if it serves our political purposes.
That, as destructive as they are, drugs also serve a purpose.
The narrative twists and turns are mostly unremarkable teen romance stuff, but it all serves a greater purpose certainly less trod in mainstream American film, illustrating the essentially destructive nature of the closet.
Ultimately, however, it was the final diagnosis, made this summer by our current family therapist, that finally served the purpose that a diagnosis is intended to: explain the nature of her self - destructive behaviors, and prescribe the corrective treatment.