Sentences with phrase «strange people from»

You can play with strange people from all over the world.

It shows off new story details, strange people from another dimension, and a brand new Ultra Beast.

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Uber's case is that the driver enters into a binding agreement with a person whose identity he does not know (and will never know) and who does not know and will never know his identity, to undertake a journey to a destination not told to him until the journey begins, by a route prescribed by a stranger to the contract [Uber] from which he is not free to depart (at least not without risk), for a fee which (a) is set by the stranger, and (b) is not known by the passenger (who only is told the total to be paid), (c) is calculated by the stranger (as a percentage of the total sum) and (d) is paid to the stranger.

As for Starbucks employees, these are people in low - wage jobs who don't need the extra hassle — or worse — that might come from being required to engage strangers on touchy topics.

A new study from University College London and Oxford University diverges from the famous Yale University study from the 1970s by psychologist Stanley Milgram who found that most people would obey direct orders to send what appeared to be increasingly painful shocks to an unseen stranger.

That said, if you're like me and are connected with people you don't know in real life, it can feel phony to receive endorsements from strangers.

Of course, this doesn't necessarily mean people are working more, but it does mean it's no longer considered the least bit strange to receive an email from a colleague at 1:30 a.m.

Many people will operate their home computers with weak or even no passwords and with their only protection from Internet threats being the rudimentary security capabilities of their DSL router or cable modem, which they will gladly disable to make it easier for their Xbox, PlayStation or Wii game console to connect with strangers from all over the world.

Borrow from strangers online Many person - to - person loan websites now allow borrowers to get money from strangers online.

A person who is suffering from psychosis is out of touch with reality, may hear «voices» or have strange and illogical ideas.

I often find it strange that so many people, mostly religious ones, take what we have for granted and always see the world from a «grass is always greener on the otherside» mentality.

What's strange is if you told people it was an alian from another planet they call you nuts.

If and when it happens, we might even start baptizing people from alien backgrounds, as the early Christians did, and find our comfortable traditions shattered by the disconcerting presence of strangers in the faith — including Muslims, Buddhists or Hindus.

As logical as it seems to stay away from teachings that cause such debilitating fear (so much so that the thirteen - year - old me created escape plans for the inevitable AntiChrist Army that would march down our street to shoot me after the rest of my family had successfully been raptured), it would be even less logical to believe that God would create a group of strange people created to be forever distanced from Jesus because we can't know Him in the right way.

Jeremy, I am living in Hong Kong and I wonder if anyone from my city will read this post since most of them are not good in English.Even they are good in English, they probably won't help a stranger over the internet.It is because there are already many scam cases happen in my city and face book as well.Many people are afraid of that already.Anyway, I think if anybody has nay good information, I am willing to listen and I am looking for more prayer support as well.Thank you for your reply and may God bless you more everyday.

Whatever the cause of disturbances, I have heard many stories from people about «playing» with a Ouija board, and strange things happening after.

A first - person account from someone they know and love often carries more weight than the most eloquent speeches of a stranger.

If by some strange set of circumstances, the roles became reversed and 95 % of the people were atheists and only 5 % were believers, we might see that the intelligence stratification within the population of atheists do not differ much from society at large but the intelligence stratification within the population of believers does differ from the society at large.

Oh, the desolation of old age, if to be an old man means this: means that at any given moment a living person could look at life as if he himself did not exist, as if life were merely a past event that held no more present tasks for him as a living person, as if he, as a living person, and life were cut off from each other within life, so that life was past and gone, and he had become a stranger to it.

It was no big surprise that people who had undergone severe trauma would return from their experiences with strange stories.

For example, the idea of «a person» is, on the one hand, strange to the Old Testament and, on the other hand, often indistinguishable today from that of «a human being.»

They are an odd bunch of people, with strange clothing, behaviors, and language, but they all love each other and welcome everybody, even those who are very different from them with wide open arms.

I've already been to Communion with my mother and I know people kneel here in great long lines to drink their grape juice from tiny glasses like eyecups, and taste the strange flat wafers, little circular discs that vanish on the tongue.

To me it's strange that supporting individual rights as I do, I do seem to get what I believe is propoganda from people I normally don't see it from.

According to the Book of Enoch (which the inspired Jude quotes from as authoritative and which Revelation alludes to quite a bit), these now physical sons of God were punished by losing their bodies and became all the invisible demons that roam the world terrorizing people to this day (with ghost sightings, hunched backs, strange voices, possession, and more).

It was easy for me, then, to become cynical about the faith that I was raised in, to punch the holes into the theology of the people I grew up with and spot the gaps in the preaching and methods, and point a finger of blame when «they» got it wrong, to separate myself from the culture and, like most kids raised by immigrant parents (because, in a way, my parents were like immigrants to this strange new land of Christianity), I took for granted my life in the new Kingdom, completely unable to imagine a life without freedom, without joy, without Jesus.

Highlights for me included Chapter 2 («Turtles All the Way Down»), in which Jason manages to use a strange blend of Stephen Hawking and Dr. Suess to engage readers in a really helpful dissection of presuppositional apologetics, Chapter 4 («The Weight of Absence»), which beautifully illustrates the fear and emptiness that comes from not feeling God's presence as often or as keenly as other people seem to, and Chapter 5 («Reverse Bricklaying»), which describes Jason's struggles with prayer and the comfort he finds in traditional liturgy.

Add to this mix a handful of international students, most likely from a Middle Eastern, Islamic culture or from an Asian society in which people deem it strange to share any religious conviction, and we have an assembly that we could address only if the miracle of Pentecost touched our tongues.

But, I suspect, we also have ever from our youngest days a proclivity to fear that which is perceived as strange, including persons of differing colors, features and cultures.

And a foreigner (from a root nakar meaning «strange» or unknown») is sharply distinguished in the law from the ger whose association with the people of the law whether for a longer or shorter time is seen as cordial and constructive.

People have been doing all kinds of religions, christianity, and islam for over 2000 years, praying to strange gods, not known to Abraham, Isaac, nor Jacob, all from the first generation of Adam, and of the covenant of the 10 commandments, and statues, ordinances, and judgments that are perpetual by YHWH, and the world has not gotten any better, since before the 8th century, this has happened, and at some point one must realize that this religion thing obviously is not working for us, the reality check is to «awaken'to the truth, and righteousness, of YHWH Our Righteousness, in Jeremiah 23:1 - 8, and not pagan religions, man - made, and all controlled for selfish gain.

But sociobiology tells too banal a story to be able to account for radical altruism — the ethical imperative that leads a person to risk his or her own life in the attempt to save an unknown and unrelated stranger from the danger of death.

'' For Christians are not differentiated from other people by country, language, or customs; you see, they do not live in cities of their own, or speak some strange dialect, or have some peculiar lifestyle.

Like social - scientific exegesis, however, social history describes people who would seem strange in today's world, since they lived at some distance from us and in differing social circumstances.

IT is too hard for people, especially family members, to see or comprehend mental illness as it is spiralling our to control unless you get help from someone who does know... The deal is a normal person, any age, any education or background can become» unglued» for no apparent outward reason... except they seem to be acting off or weird or troubled, confused, saying or doing strange stuff... and a lot of times these people are getting drugs coming into our nation from Mexico and points south by illegal aliens who purport to be «just looking for a job»...

The people represented in the New Testament lived in what is to us a strange and irrelevant way, as did our ancestors from even a century ago.

Karl Barth understood this well when he wrote: «Strange as it may seem, it is still true, that those who fail to understand other churches than their own are not the people who care intensely about theology, but the theological dilettantes, eclectics, and historians of all sorts; while those very men who have found themselves forced to confront a clear, thoroughgoing, logical sic et non find themselves allied to each other in spite of all contradictions, by an underlying fellowship and understanding, even in the cause which they handle so differently and approach from such painfully different angles.

But, if you think that is strange, just look at the last verse of the book, and you will come to the conclusion that God's priorities are really mixed up: «Should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?»

But yes, I truly believe that Allah does sent certain people into your life, who were totally strangers, who will come, influence and teach you what you are supposed to learn and leave you to wonder as to what happened — in the whole process, you become a totally different person — either learn from the experience or degrade from it, which Alhamdulillah, I feel that I have learned and have learned some really important lessons in life...

And it is SO FRUSTRATING to watch people who identify as Christian disregard gigantic chunks of the Bible that talk about welcoming the stranger, feeding the poor, doing justice, loving kindness, etc., etc., etc., to say nothing of ignoring the fact that Jesus was part of a marginalized group under empire and also a refugee from a batshit crazy tyrant (Matthew 2).

I am deeply impressed and moved by people like Dana from Minimalist Baker and Miley Cyrus (boy that feels strange to say) who went to work using their platforms to do good in the immediate aftermath of the storm.

The lack of understanding of venture capital and the importance of tech start - ups among politicians is strange given the number of people from both sides of Parliament who have enjoyed the largesse of the Israeli government and travelled there.

We can complain all we want but if the people at the club (Wenger / Kroenke) have different objectives than us, ie we want trophies and competitive teams, they want profit and a solid business, we will always seem to make strange decisions or want strange things from each other.

It would make a person think twice about throwing down 4 figures to a stranger on Craig's List if there is a threat of a revoke from the FO if they discover you lied about a familiar relationship.

Beautiful, amazing, odd, strange, fascinating and sometimes sad objects; a whole lot of interesting people; tired bones (from walking and hefting all day) and tired eyes (from looking at so much stuff); a lot of quick decision making and haggling (neither of which are skills I excel at); and what I love most of all - an entire day of uninterrupted conversation, laughter, food, and stories with a dear friend.

Obviously, the most important concern for me was the health of my babies, but so many people, from strangers to immediately family, chimed in on what sex they hoped the babies were.

But most of all... I love the way the holiday season inspires kindness from strangers and brings out the best in people.

Plus I got a lot of strange looks from people either walking or driving by... thank goodness no one saw anything.

Although most people have heard by now that «breast is best,» it is unfortunately quite common for new moms to hear criticism about their decision to breastfeed from family, friends, and even strangers.

Everyones situation is different, everyone has different parenting ways... But I will say that marital problems do arise from people putting to much focus on the kids, and not eachother... What happens after 18 years of focusing completely on your children, they go off to college, and you are left married to a stranger who you have been cohabitating with for the past 18 years....