Sentences with phrase «takes for evil»

Well, we take a deep breath and remember what Edmund Burke said: All it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.

But everyone needs to see this documentary, for the only thing it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing.

All it takes for evil to flourish is for good people to ignore Election Day.

I often think of the saying about what it takes for evil to succeed — good men to do nothing.

Not exact matches

Taking a break from processed foods, alcohol, sugar, and other food «evils» may sound like a great idea, but it's a slippery slope into territory that experts say could damage your mental health and / or become the catalyst for an eating disorder.

I believe it is evil to not be able to provide for my family, fund my church, take a trip, grow my business and feed my dreams.

The movie takes place in the late 1970s, long before the Internet and uniquely evil tactic of signing up customers for credit cards without their knowledge came into being.

It said its motivation «was born out of the idea of standing up for transparency and not allowing evil forces take control of our lives.»

The joke on me was that «I like the book for all the reasons the writer says its evil,» and that's probably true, but there's an important point I've taken away from the document: having paying customers speaks louder than critics.

I understand that a post-secondary education can be very expensive (I worked two jobs and had many different entrepreneurial ventures and I still graduated with over $ 20,000 in student loan debt which is now all paid off by the way) and taking on debt is a necessary evil for some.

Let's not forget what and how America was suposedly started as a place of relgious freedom by the pilgrams (according to so called american history books) these religious people proceeded to rob & kill the Indians who saved their lives, take & kill Mexicans for land & gold & oil enslave a whole group of people as property for financial gain all under the guise of being good «Christians» (WHITE) and now perceive all «Muslims» (NON-WHITE) are evil unless proven otherwise.

Take away your concept of good and evil for the moment and just think of plus or minus.

However, it took a lot people thinking of Jews as subhuman or, in your term «roaches» for the evil ones to get away with it.

Giving or taking access to items doesn't matter (so long as the item itself isn't evil) but a firearm is nothing but a tool... no different than a hammer or a saw... using it for self defense is openly condoned by the Bible.

It's like a car maker who makes a car that if you turn the blinker on for the opposite direction of your turn, it turns into a thermonuclear bomb that takes out San Francisco and then we blame the driver and not the automaker for making such a ridiculous contraption capable of such evil.

Among his companions from the scriptures are the pseudochristoi who, Christ says, will come «in my name» and will «lead you astray» -» the lawless one» (2 Thessalonians 2:10) who, by the power of Satan, will impress the faithful with false signs and wonders, offering «a strong delusion» to tempt «those who are perishing»; «Gog and Magog» who, under Satan's command, will gather the nations for the final battle with Christ (Revelation 20:2 - 10); the «beasts» of Revelation (16, 17, 19) that harken back to the «beasts» of Daniel (7); «the sons of Belial» (Deuteronomy 13:13 and passim) who are «base» or «worthless,» who practice idolatry, drunkenness, disrespect, evil speech, who are «empty men» (2 Chronicles 13:7); and the conspiring nations and rulers who take counsel against the Lord (Psalms 2:1 - 3).

Beg from you to support and stand by the legally elected ruling party against those militants within the opposition who are breaking down our country and killing the youth... those if they come up to rule will incur bloodshed every where and will stretch their bloodshed to reach every corner of this Arabian Peninsular... take my word for it they are evil and worse than that who you dumped into the sea...

My experience in being a team member and leading teams tells me that it just takes one loud voice to ruin an otherwise convivial gathering and that making things good for everyone requires satarising any pretentiousness and deconstructing any evil argument in order to render said loud voice powerless.

Maybe Money is not inherently evil, but given the current state of the world it seems it has been teh leading cause for pain suffering and a capitalist web of influence that has taken over everything the worlds resources have to offer and kept it from those who can not pay.

Also wanting some kind of credit for the good, yet having no guts to take blame for the evil and wrong is a tactic that is used by 3 - year olds.

«With or without religion, good people will do good things and evil people will do evil things; but for good people to do evil — that takes religion».

I often ask my wife if what i did or said was evil and i more often then not get «yes» so as i said before, i believe its a matter of perspective of those involved and the society it takes place in — but now in the modern day where your actions are on youtube in a seconds notice — the world is the final judge... and that does» t bode well for the U.S.

It's taken hundreds of years for whites to Put into place their mechanisms for obtaining and maintaining power over others... So I'd suspect that it would take just as ling for this evil to be reversed.

«With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil — that takes religion.»

For us to come into this world to undergo God's test it had to be through Adam and Eve, and that could not have happened if they were in a state of innocence and had not eaten the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, and because of that we are brought into this world for a limited time as mortals and while as mortals we take the test God has given us to see if we are willing to follow God and not simply made to follow GFor us to come into this world to undergo God's test it had to be through Adam and Eve, and that could not have happened if they were in a state of innocence and had not eaten the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, and because of that we are brought into this world for a limited time as mortals and while as mortals we take the test God has given us to see if we are willing to follow God and not simply made to follow Gfor a limited time as mortals and while as mortals we take the test God has given us to see if we are willing to follow God and not simply made to follow God.

If you were a real Christian you would know Christs words speak for themselves and the fact that he didn't take the sword away and turn it into a pruning shear right then and there does not mean he was saying «I mean all this stuff is for later after I come back and kill all the evil people and those who haven't accepted me as their savior so you won't have to fear anyone so you can finally give up your guns and weapons of war...» You disgust me chad.

Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

When will we learn that evil can take many forms even one that would make you think that only Republicans are pro-life and that is the only reason to vote for them.

Take a look at the non-religious practices, evil creeps in, that leads to evil acts, you wonder why a man would keep 3 women locked up for 10 years in a basement, was it religion or atheism, which served the lauching pad that ended in this heinous result?

For example, for those who choose to follow the ways of God (despite the evil temptations they feel each day) then God will save you and will take you to heavFor example, for those who choose to follow the ways of God (despite the evil temptations they feel each day) then God will save you and will take you to heavfor those who choose to follow the ways of God (despite the evil temptations they feel each day) then God will save you and will take you to heaven.

This always happens when we legalize the commandment, when we isolate it, when we try to obey it to the letter, or conversely when we dismiss it easily by saying that it is outmoded, when we make a summary of it (an ethics), when we bring it into our own circuit of good and evil, when we use it in our own lives to justify ourselves (before God) or to condemn ourselves (in God's place), when we harden it into a reality that has been declared once and for all, when we measure it by our own standards, or when we take possession of it in exposition, discussion, or dissection.

God is not the author of chaos but he always takes whatever what was intended for evil and uses it for good.

In one sense, Jesus» ethic was so demanding as to break the hearts of all who would follow him: Sell all you have and give to the poor, resist not one who is evil, love your enemy, take no heed for the morrow.

Fortunately, the supermen at the Pentagon do not seem inclined to take on the really dangerous member of the axis of evil, North Korea — at least not for now.

I necessarily had to take a step back and defend my overall worldview, but not for the sake of apologetics, but to explain why I hold to the theology of human evil that I do.

«To speak of God's Kingdom,» says Wright, «is thus to invoke God as the sovereign one who has the right, the duty, and the power to deal appropriately with evil in the world, in Israel, and in human beings, and thereupon to remake the world, Israel, and human beings... When full allowance is made for the striking differences of genre and emphasis within scripture, we may propose that Israel's sacred writings were the place where, and the means by which, Israel discovered again and again who the true God was, and how his Kingdom - purposes were being taken forward... Through scripture, God was equipping his people to serve his purposes.»

It takes formidable faith and devotion to resist the evils of one's age, and it is to the history of Christian asceticism — especially, perhaps, the apophthegms of the Desert Fathers — that all Christians, whether married or not, should turn for guidance.

They are very aware, for example, of the active forms that evil takes.

Whoever therefore rejects the forces of evil and believes in God, he has taken hold of a support most unfailing, which shall never give way, for God is All Hearing and Knowing.

But for good people to do evil things, it takes religion.

When we take the bait and repay evil with evil, eye for eye, dollar for dollar, insult for insult, when we demand our DUE, we not only lose in the end, but we becomeour «enemy,» for we are guilty of the same offenses, tactics, and attitudes.

This is more than a verbal difference, for the one takes the world's evil as its base line, the other takes God's goodness as it has been made manifest in Jesus.

And all the Christians haters of whom think that because people take a stand against what THEY think is right you are not better then they for calling them «haters, evil etc.» because they do not agree with your position.

Should not man take a stand for civil rights and liberty wherever evil threatens to take them away — a home and abroad.

Not sure i am convinced because how do you explain the verse an eye for an eye in the old testament there have always been consequences for wrong doing and stiill are for sin.If we believe the word then that word is from God not satan.As far as satan is concerned he uses violence as his tools of trade he works on our fears and is limited to robbing stealing and destroying he does nt have anything else.Violence confirms to us that there is a spiritual battle going on both on the earthly plane and in the heavenlys and the battle is over souls.The verse the kingdon of heaven is expanding and violent people take it by force is referring to that spiritual battle and as satan uses violence to expand his dominion so does God use violence to counter him.So what does he mean by that term for me i think it is saying that the the force of evil that satan uses or violence is overcome by a greater violence or force a more powerful one that being the Love of Christ.Through the cross we see that clearly portrayed and in our lives that very same battle is still happening right now for dominion be clear if we walk in the flkesh satan will have dominion over us but if we walk according to the spirit and abide in Christ we have freedom from our old nature.and satan.He can oppose us but he wont be able to influence us if we are in Christ.

Jesus told us in Mark 7:14 - 23 what will defile the man, not things that you take into the body, but the things that come from within, out of the heart, evil things such as hate for others around us, prejudice, unforgiveness, meanness, pride, lying, wanting to have what belongs to others, all those unloving things that come from out of the heart.

For example, take verse 16 — «In addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.»

Prepare your selves for the worse coming now others will try to copycat him... shame really that human is over taken by the evil forces whether he is Religious or non religious... killing is evil.evil.evil..

Churches can not, however, start preparing people for resistance only at the point when evil takes the stage.

then there is no need of hell and heavens, no need of good and evil... every one will be a good one... but because of free will we have human doing wrong things to others in terms of preaching them to take them away from worshipping one God and so on... and also no will be accountable for others... its like you are on your own on that day and no counselor / helper... the only helper will be your good deeds that you have done in this earthly life...