Clearly, nature itself was pumping much more CO2 into the atmosphere
than evil humans who are constantly vilified by the hysterical global warming alarmists.
Not exact matches
That said: «But god did not foresee — that man would want a companion» = > «It is not good for the man to be alone» are the words used — so God did know and provided «that the snake would talk to the
humans» = > «the serpent was more crafty
than any other animal» - deception required capacity to deceive «that the
humans would choose knowledge (and why else was that tree there)» = > It was not knowledge but knowledge of good and
evil.
«Salvation» began to be taught as an extrinsic juridical transaction rather
than an experiential internal transformation and Law rather
than Grace [Unconditional kenotic Love] became the solution to coping with
human evil in classical Protestantism.
Our first hopeful objectives as
humans is to decide that Good id better
than Evil and that we want to be part of one over the other (while humanity is making strides in this regard through the help of God, we're still not there yet).
They deal with
evil as it needs to be dealt with» from a
human rather
than divine perspective.
(It may be worth noting here that the whole point of real Christianity lies not in interference with the
human power to choose but in producing a willing consent to choose good rather
than evil.)
-- No disrespect intended, but the story of
human evil is far broader
than your 51 years of life, your hurt feelings, your stolen items and your bruised head.
So, JUST from observation, even the «lovely»
human beings constantly do much more
evil than good, or even just act in compliance with
evil systems as opposed to fighting for good.
Because
humans are flawed, some more
than others, depending on what has been learned and experienced though out life; also the kinds of sin and wounds we have been exposed to, which determine gateways that give access for
evil to dwell in us.
If the framers of the Constitution had been more morally courageous in identifying slavery as an
evil, or if the later compensatory amendment had rooted liberty in a common
human nature rather
than on weaker procedural grounds of equality under the law, then perhaps the expansion of protected classes and arbitrary rights would not have advanced so stridently.
Rather
than viewing it as a decision made for the sake of living a life free from the world's demands, Augustine agonized over the «
evils» of sexuality in a doctrinal context that virtually denied the
human capacity for free moral decision.
Crudely put, the Pelagian view denied original sin;
evil was more a case of unrealized
human potential
than some kind of congenital condition.
It is a view that takes authority to be a positive good rather
than a necessary
evil alone and in so doing preserves a truth about
human nature and society that stands in danger of loss.
With this clue we can see that, whatever we may make of particular «miracles», the miracle - stories as a whole are saying precisely this: that where Jesus was, there was some incalculable and unaccountable energy at work for the dispersal of
evil forces and the total renewal of
human life; and that this was nothing less
than the creative energy of the living God.
I am not convinced that this objectification of humanity into victim and executioner does justice to the complexity of the
human individual or to the dynamic of
evil... The web that unites victim and tyrant in the same person is more complex
than the white hat / black hat caricature that seems banal even in its natural habitat, the «grade B» movie.
I know that we are
humans and we are imperfect, no
humans are better
than another one, we all have our share of good and
evil.
Whitehead envisions that in the divine life, far more
than in the
human, there is a redemption of the
evil of the world, a redemption which does not remove its
evil, but which includes it within a whole to which even
human evil can make some positive contribution, however limited.
When your post calls out for atheists to also review the way they see the world, to not think themselves superior because they are comfortable with their current Laws and Theories, and to always concede that the unknown is the unknown, that
human nature, rather
than faith, is what generates
evil and bigotry, then maybe you'd have something.
The biblical answer to the problem of
evil in
human history is a radical answer, precisely because
human evil is recognized as a much more stubborn fact
than is realized in some modern versions of the Christian faith.
I believe that sickness and biological death represent a lesser
evil than those we
human beings bring upon ourselves.
Nothing among the archetypes and iconography of
human evil expresses this mass insanity better
than the crowd baying for the blood of Jesus.
Since sin is located fundamentally in freedom, and freedom is connected with
human self - transcendence, corporate
evil is something less
than sin.
To Ken Margo: I am totally agree with you about this
evil thing going around the earth... this
evil minded people is there everywhere regardless of faith... that was not what i was trying to say... my point was to be able to recognize the One True God who is Unseen and who has no partners as He is not in need of any partners but we the creation is in need of Him... thats all... I wish I could do something to stop all these taking place around the earth... I think we
human fear the fed laws more
than we fear the laws of our Creator, for example not to associate any partner with Him, taking the life of others, drug dealing,
human trafficking, believing in hereafter and so on... I remember a story that I was talking with one of my friends... I was telling him look we all obey the law of the land so much like for example when we drive and no one moves even an inch when there is a school bus stop to pick / drop kids as it is a fed laws but when it comes to the laws of our Creator, we don't care... like having physical relationship outside of marriage and many more... then he said something nice... he said that its because we see the consequence of breaking the law of the land but we do not see the punishment of hereafter even though it is mentioned very details in Quran, it even gives pictures of hereafter....
Jesus wouldn't cut the budget but he would change this whole
evil system that we live in where money has more value
than human life.
Humans are
evil and good enough to more
than account for the acts attributed to either god or the devil.
The only way a person more ethically advanced
than Saddam Hussein can approve of this grotesquely
evil practice is by assuming, as Southern leaders once did about slaves, that there is no
human victim involved.
If, for example,
evil has been defeated from the very outset, and
human history has already been secured by God in election, does this not render history a mere process by which God can effect the inevitable triumph of his grace, with
human beings little more
than the passive beneficiaries of his boundless and irresistible good will and grace?
Isn't Griffin, though, at least justified in contending that FWTs such as Plantinga must do more
than simply preserve logical consistency if they want their considerations to have «any relevance to the problem of
evil as
humans actually grapple with it»?
More something that some
evil, alien warlord might do in a comic book, or some
human despot 100X worse
than Hitler, wouldn't you say?
Human nature comprises
evil as well as good, and that has never been shown to be more obvious
than in this century, when 6 million Jews were killed by the most important, modern nation in the world, the most democratic, and the most intellectually and educationally advanced.
It appeared that humanity could be more brutal
than the beasts, that
human moral progress was a charade, and that
evil and suffering were a fundamental part of
human existence.
This feeling lasted longer in the South, and for reasons far deeper in the
human heart
than the
evil of racism.
More
than a decade after its end, the editors of the New York Times still can not bring themselves to speak simple truth about the
evil of the most murderous movement in
human history, or about those who devoted their lives and betrayed their country in serving that movement.
I share Father Berrigan's repugnance toward those in high intellectual and religious places who apologize for or ignore gross historical
evil, and I have insisted that Auschwitz bears a commandment to Jews also not to destroy their fellow
human beings, that the necessity for Jewish survival, illuminated and commanded by the Holocaust, can not justify the principle that it is better to do
than to suffer injustice — that this goes completely counter to the spirit and teaching of the Jewish religio - ethical tradition.
Though an ancient
evil, it began to receive intellectual defense more recently
than most
evils, for it was only a century ago that Count Gobineau published in French his four - volume Essay on the Inequality of the
Human Races, in which he contended that color of skin determines mental and spiritual differences, and that mixture of blood produces degeneracy and the fall of civilizations.
For much of
human history, it may have been a necessary
evil, but why was it more
evil than necessary?
Affinities, Brown notes, include «the social or communal stress as a safeguard against individualistic Christianity, the stress on praxis, a methodology arising out of the
human situation rather
than being imposed on it, a passionate commitment to the dispossessed, and a recognition of the systemic nature of
evil» (p. 141).
The fact of
evil in the world and in
human experience raises serious questions for any Christian discussion, as much about
human existence as about the reality and activity of God who in Christian faith is affirmed to be nothing other
than «pure unbounded love.»
Still, it is much more difficult
than Hobbes thinks for
humans to be purely
evil in all respects.
If the horrors of the modern age suggest that
human evil is perhaps even more awful in its reach
than he imagined, it is also the case that there is a broadly shared
human revulsion against such
evil.
But for a
human to become intemperate on The Walking Dead is deadly, for intemperance «more
than any other thing renders man unable and unwilling to «take heart» against the wounding power of
evil in the world.»
... Delight in smooth - sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts, desire for popularity and electoral success irrespective of the vital interests of the State, genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation, obvious lack of intellectual vigour in both leaders of the British Coalition Government, marked ignorance of Europe and aversion from its problems in Mr. Baldwin, the strong and violent pacifism which at this time dominated the Labour - Socialist Party, the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality, the failure and worse
than failure of Mr. Lloyd George, the erstwhile great war - time leader, to address himself to the continuity of his work, the whole supported by overwhelming majorities in both Houses of Parliament: all these constituted a picture of British fatuity and fecklessness which, though devoid of guile, was not devoid of guilt, and, though free from wickedness or
evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries which, even so far as they have unfolded, are already beyond comparison in
human experience.
I know folks will want to look at DiCaprio's Calvin Candie as the villain, but in the end he's only as
evil and devious as the times would suggest or allow; he was a slave owner who thought his slaves less
than human.
It's much less easy to ignore corporate greed,
human evil, sex trafficking, child soldiers and blood diamonds
than it used to be.
Certainly it does make Hitler a
human rather
than a simplistic emblem for
evil itself; we see him as a complicated multi-layered man capable of moments of charm and gentleness as well as rage and hate.
At first, thanks to a cleverly deceptive storyline, Black Panther may lead you to believe the big battle will involve defeating the caricature - like
evil white guy, Ulysses Klaue, played by Andy Serkis, appearing in his
human form rather
than through motion capture, with a good dash of Eurotrash.
The 55 - year - old actor had long discussions with director Matt Reeves about how to ensure his portrayal of The Colonel in the rebooted sci - fi franchise was «more
human»
than how
evil characters tend to come across on big - screen productions.
But the big bad bosses of the film are also a disappointment, including the
evil - but - conflicted black - magic witch in a good
human's body, Enchantress, and the superfluous inclusion of her hulking demonic brother at her side, Incubus, whose abilities are thinly defined and whose motivations other
than perhaps family loyalty are not at all dealt with.
What we never hear about is that the perpetrator was, more often
than not, not an
evil person, but a
human being like you or me.
Based on true events, it's more of a tale conducive to
human drama
than in incredible stunt pieces and yin - yang good /
evil confrontations.