Sentences with phrase «support oppressive regimes»

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To be sure, this oppressive regime does not obtain in all seminaries, but the evidence suggests that it is widespread, and was even more common ten and twenty years ago, thus lending support to the claim that the crisis in priestly vocations is, in large part, «artificial and contrived.»

The church often supports oppressive political and military regimes, thus turning Christ's suffering into a destructive reality, a civil religion supportive only of the rich and powerful.

Initially, RCDA had support from some of the oldline churches, but that dried up when leaders decided that embarrassing news about Communist behavior got in the way of a «peace and justice» agenda that required cordial relations with the oppressive regimes of the East.

If Schulweis were correct, Whitehead's theodicy would indeed lend itself «too easily» to the support of oppressive regimes.

What's so controversial about disliking oppressive regimes and supporting individual rights?