Sentences with phrase «such coercion»

Thus, since they believe that God is ultimate perfection, it might seem that they would uniformly deny that the process God would use any form of coercion, even if such coercion were possible.

It may be that such coercion is not possible for God although it is for humans.

They are clearly making a normative claim: that such coercion is morally superior, justified and even demanded of the Christian in some contexts.

There is now strong evidence that government at every level will attempt such coercion.

Not exact matches

There are multiple startups specializing in such blockchain forensics, portion crypto exchanges along with other craving business like law coercion agencies and vast banks.

It has been a place of rotten teaching, spiritual coercion and dishonesty, and of judgement, and as such a place of real damage and pain to me and many of my friends.

«Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds; that Almighty God hath created the mind free, and manifested his supreme will that free it shall remain by making it altogether insusceptible of restraint; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments, or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, who being lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do, but to extend it by its influence on reason alone; that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical, who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world and through all time.»

Reflect on this a little: Many of the inspirations of the threefold system of political economy derive from evangelical inspirations such as personal creativity, personal responsibility, freedom, the love for community through association and mutual cooperation, the aim of bettering the condition of every person on earth, the cultivation of the rule of law, respect for the natural rights of others, the preference for persuasion by reason rather than by coercion, and a powerful sense of sin.

AFFIRM HEREBY that such cooperation must be based on a «Common Word,» requiring that such cooperation must go beyond mutual tolerance and respect, to providing full protection for the rights and liberties to all religious groups in a civilized manner that eschews coercion, bias, and arrogance.

For instance, when in the course of discussion it is clear that the one receiving such admonishment actually disagrees with the point being made, then continued dogging attempts to force the other party to change does indeed become «manipulative coercion».

I agree with Gary's point: «when in the course of discussion it is clear that the one receiving such admonishment actually disagrees with the point being made, then continued dogging attempts to force the other party to change does indeed become «manipulative coercion.»»

This freedom means that all men are to be immune from coercion on the part of individuals or of social groups and of any human power, in such wise that no one is to be forced to act in a manner contrary to his own beliefs, whether privately or publicly, whether alone or in association with others, within due limits.»

Furthermore, it's hard to believe such obedience is anything but the product of coercion given it is flanked on one side by a promise of reward and on the other by a threat of punishment.

The forms of legal coercion such as laws against bigamy, age limits for consent to marriage, the husband's moral economic obligations to support the wife, and so on are the province of the community as a whole.

Such a God is strong on coercion and weak in terms of persuasion.

If we must use coercion, then let us know that we are doing so; let us admit honestly that insofar as this is done we are not obeying the perfect divine will; let us recognize that at best the use of such force is a pis - aller, not the entirely right thing.

Society must strive for justice, even if it is forced to use means, such as self - assertion, resistance, coercion, and perhaps resentment, which can not gain the moral sanction of the most sensitive and moral spirit.

Such process theists are not just claiming that coercion does in fact produce good consequences.

On the other hand, if the answer is yes — that is, if divine persuasion alone does not maximize human freedom to the extent that such persuasion and divinely approved human coercion does — then it is difficult to see why the process God would not use coercive power if this were an option.

But most Christians do not engage in such forcible coercion, usually carried out by water boarding, humiliation, or physical threats.

If God believes that some coercion is a useful and morally acceptable means of achieving a desired end, then there appears to be no reason why such coercive power would not be used if it were available.

This is why God sometimes approves of (lures us toward) coercion on the human level even though such coercive power would never be used by God even if it were available.

One truth is that a philosophy such as Nietzsche's which glorifies conflict and coercion can and has been used to justify terrible and destructive evil.

Such carelessness becomes positively destructive when the term «social» no longer describes the product of the virtuous actions of many individuals, but rather the utopian goal toward which all institutions and all individuals are «made in the utmost degree to converge» by coercion.

Drawing from the Islamic imperative that «God is one» and from the Qur» an's teaching about Adam and Eve, Rauf arrives at two essential principles: that all humans are equal «because we are born of one man and woman,» and that «because we are equal... we have certain inalienable liberties,» such as the freedom to accept or reject God, to think for ourselves (ijtihad) and to make individual choices without coercion.

I think coercion is such a serious thing that if I didn't attend a church that valued love, authenticity, and community, I would leave the church forever and not look back — and I've been going to church for a long time (though I'm not as old nor as wrinkled as the naked pastor)!

Achieving that goal will require coercion; that is, forcing doctors (and other medical professionals, such as pharmacists) to participate — even when it violates their religious beliefs and deeply held moral convictions.

The new actual entity, during its later stages of concrescence, may move beyond a purely physical relation to its past by enhancing or diminishing those characteristics, (such as anger), but it can not avoid an initial physical coercion.

Is human compassion alone ever sufficient to produce the initiative to cut off such an existence as this, relatively protected from coercion, from the ills of human temper, from arbitrary authority, from far - reaching and unremitting responsibility» Will human compassion alone serve to terminate such an existence in favor of the fearfully vexed, dangerous, and apparently hopeless role which Moses is soon to assume»

Granted, the outcome may not be a sharply defined «civil religion» — one that could be universally recognized as such — but at the least it can be anticipated that some kind of «political religion» will be more likely to emerge in societies where legal structures take on meaning - bestowal qualities.6 Obviously such political religion can emerge in «totalitarian» as well as «democratic» societies, but in either setting it will be the law and not mere coercion that facilitates social development.

In all such instances (assuming the absence of sheer coercion) persons feel — or can come to feel — an obligation to justify their behavior.

And war, he clearly claims, entails the use of means that are evil» such means as coercion, force, and violence.

Coercion in such matters is tyranny.

Both Guatemalan and U.S. officials fear the system leads to practices such as paying birth mothers for children, or, some instances, using coercion.

For such a long term goal, pressure and coercion won't work.

State - sanctioned coercion of medical procedures on pregnant women or any other competent adult is not only unacceptable but it is also unlawful in other jurisdictions, such as the USA and the UK (Re AC [1990] & Re S [1998]-RRB-.

Even when parents choose non-violent means to control their children such as isolation (i.e. time - outs) and behavior charts and other punishment / reward tactics, the basic truth is that they are modelling manipulation and coercion and are focused on controlling a child's behavior externally rather than working with them to help them learn to control their own behavior through an internal guidance system.

Of course, the transformation from one system (private ownership of land and resources) to another (no such ownership) requires coercion, but so did the transfer from pre-colonisation (no ownership) to the status quo (ownership).

No country that lacks a secure second - strike nuclear capability can deter — or even resist coercion by — a country that possesses such a capability.

The dominant parties in southern Africa maintain their hold on power through a mix of co-option and coercion and are not unlike their counterparts in other competitive authoritarian states such as Mexico, Argentina and Russia.

And in order for the larger national interest, such persons or communities have had to make sacrifices willingly or by coercion.

The United Nations defines violence against women as «any act of gender - based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.»

For 30 minutes the facilitator explained and modeled assertive resistance, teaching the girls how to make it clear that sexual coercion and unwanted advances are not acceptable, such as using a firm voice tone, showing confident body language, and stating their limits (e.g., «I don't want to have sex with you, so stop asking me»).

Shin's conversations with Kim in particular are filled with such reverence for the leader, yet you just know there's a certain amount of coercion happening.

When Newland resists his words, Scorsese shows Letterblair light a cigar in such a way that makes him look as if he is loading the ammunition of his coercion (kudos to editing maestro Thelma Schoonmaker).

For example, he advocates school busing and other such measures that attempt to get whites to mingle with blacks through coercion, measures that are outside the realm of the politically feasible.

[30] Congress could also incorporate protections, such as those in the proposed First Amendment Defense Act (FADA), which would protect schools» ability to maintain their religious and cultural character free of government coercion.

The plea of guilty in any court, the decision of guilty by any court, the forfeiture by the teaching certificateholder of a bond in any court of law, or the written acknowledgment, duly witnessed, of offenses listed in subsection (1) to the district school superintendent or a duly appointed representative of such superintendent or to the district school board shall be prima facie proof of grounds for revocation of the certificate as listed in subsection (1) in the absence of proof by the certificateholder that the plea of guilty, forfeiture of bond, or admission of guilt was caused by threats, coercion, or fraudulent means.

improve instructional practices for developing relationship - building skills, such as effective communication, and improve safety through the recognition and prevention of coercion, violence, or abuse, including teen and dating violence, stalking, domestic abuse, and sexual violence and harassment

At the same time, some district educational leaders are threatening that students will not graduate if they don't take the test, even though such threats are illegal since students and parents have the constitutional right to refuse such government - imposed coercion.