He captures the game's mood and also sets the tone for a game that makes players
think about violence by presenting them with nothing but.
But it also plays upon those thriller conventions to force the audience to
think about violence and revenge and terrorism and war.
Let's see what
you think about violence then.
If you don't like to
think about the violence in the biblical text, you might want to ask yourself why...
The big fight sequence also got
me thinking about the violence, which is topnotch.
Furthermore, students are asked to compare contrasting accounts in the Bible and evaluate whether or not Jesus was a absolute pacifist and if not, what he really
thought about violence.
Not exact matches
«I moved to Canada at a time when there was a lot of
violence and insecurity in Colombia, and whenever I
thought about the conflict, the trouble always seemed to stem from the inequality between the rich and the poor,» she says.
Their
thoughts need to be
about meaningful policy changes that could prevent another murder, another death, another heartbreaking act of
violence.
People were really maxing out credit cards trying to really help these children and these brands are willing to give so much to them, and I
think that is because — at the center of it — we're talking
about gun
violence.
Think about the language we use; the things we look at and so on... and to sign up to the White Ribbon Pledge, which is never to commit, condone or remain silent
about violence against women.»
Anjum Anwar was speaking after the documentary, called «What British Muslims Really
Think», surveyed 1000 British Muslims and explored their beliefs
about various social issues including national identity,
violence, sexuality and gender relations.
There's a ton of energy right now behind
thinking about what Jesus has to say
about things like economics,
about violence.
I
think rather that what he is saying is this: Revolutionary
violence is to such a degree the only possible expression of the Christian faith that, if I suspect that my faith is leading me to become less violent, I am mistaken
about the content of the faith and must abandon it; because, having decided for
violence, I am sure that I am in the true Christian succession.
The reviewer not only demands that his readers
think seriously
about violence; he clearly approves of Fanon's proclamations, not realizing how terribly superficial and incantatory they are.
I've heard
about loving people through beatings and muggings - but there is something so dignity shredding
about sexual
violence, that the
thought of it makes me want to forget I ever read the sermon on the mount.
If one of the common themes in this God meme is
about God's
violence in the Bible, doesn't this imply that people are
thinking about it?
As he summarized some of what he taught in that sermon back in July, I
thought to myself, «Hmmm... this sounds surprisingly similar to what I have been writing
about in my recent series on how to understand the
violence of God in the Old Testament and especially in relation to what Jesus did on the cross.»
But you still get dimwits who buy Saint's Row and
think it's
about Christian morals despite the fact it says «Excessive
violence, gore, partial nu.di.ty, overt se.xua.l themes, and language» and then have the audacity to go after the video game industry for creating adult themed games.
I
think people joke
about it because deep down, they feel the
violence of the game presents problems, and rather than deal with those problems, they turn to humor.
I would find it laughable if it weren't so disgusting that so many so - called «Christians» go out of their way to demonize gays, and incite
violence and discrimination against gays, and yet when someone turns around and calls them bigots or explains why they
think the «Christian» position is wrong, then they moan
about how horribly they are being oppressed and discriminated against.
We can use these stories as evidence for our need for God: a bigger picture way of
thinking about them, which allows us not to get too hung up on the swearing and
violence they might contain.
i remember now seeing this one movie with mid-east people drama in it — don't remember to much
about the movie except this one scene of men in mid-east dress advancing in protest in mass upon these soldier guards over something these people in mass
thought was rightfully theirs (a freedom from
violence was one of these things they
thought was rightfully theirs).
I guess I would have to
think, not
about how much
violence I can get away with (or, even, «Is this violent?»)
Angelology — The study of
violence has led into deep reading and
thinking about the dominions, powers, and authorities of this world, and how these things are related to the destroyer, satan, and demons, and
violence in general.
If you can get past that, this book will challenge everything you
think you know
about the
violence in Scripture, the role of the church in the world, and how you view your enemies.
Lets not forget the Crusades, the Nazi regime or the Boxer rebellion... next time you say atheist are promoting «
violence»,
think about all the
violence actually caused by religious beliefs...
I've had a few ideas
about the OT
violence of God - but I
think I may have a better one (I'll be sure to credit you - lol).
What do you
think about the statement that sin is not necessarily breaking God's commandments, but
about engaging in
violence and the things that lead to
violence?
I was
thinking a bit more
about the
violence of God and the source of evil today (as these topics are consuming my
thoughts recently), and I remembered a paper I wrote back in 1999 while at Denver Seminary for a class I had with Douglas Groothuis.
Another
thought to throw in the mix: a friend of mine is an OT prof, and having chatted with him
about God and
violence in the OT, he said it could be because if God wasn't authorizing warfare, then Israel would have rejected Him because it was preposterous for a god to NOT be like that in their culture.
Do I
think that we should have a national conversation
about increasing
violence in our cities and schools?
I must confess that although I am currently up to my eyeballs in studying and
thinking about all the violent passages in Scripture, it is quite another thing to see some of them on the screen, especially when, right in the midst of the
violence, many of the people committing the
violence scream something like «In the name of God!»
«It's unimaginable to
think about the cruelty and
violence the city has suffered.
And if you
think about all the child abuse, the neglect, the
violence + psychological damage that happens all too often.
I
think Jesus would be mortified at what his preaching's have turned into today, so instead of reacting with
violence and ignorance at a non believer take a second to
think about your own relationship with god and the universe, blind faith is a terrible sin
I attended the ReKnew conference because I have been writing and teaching a lot
about how to understand the
violence in Scripture, and I
thought this would be a good conference to attend.
Whatever one
thinks about its legality, abortion has nothing to do with advancing human «health,» and a large number of Americans regard it as a gravely wrong act of
violence, not only against unborn children but also against women.
I wrote the original draft of this post, a fluttery collection of
thoughts about chocolate and Summer baking and these glorious blackberry chocolate cupcakes, shortly before we flew down to Santa Barbara last week, and a few days before the horrific
violence in Orlando during the early hours of Sunday morning.
Young people are in relationships, and with data like that, I
think that you do need to have conversations
about dating and
violence.
We were the only two people around the table who didn't drink alcohol and I remarked
about that and he came back and said «thank you, I hadn't wanted to say it but I endorse that policy, how can we say that alcohol that causes untold harm — just look at domestic
violence etc — if we
think alcohol is that bad why don't we ban it?
From another angle, we are beginning to
think systematically
about pedagogy of
violence.
Whether it is the point of sale issue or the social determinates of
violence or access to mental health care,
thinking about the gun culture we have and how it is embedded in our culture.
Trust between Kenyans has fallen as a result of the post-election
violence of 2007 and the election controversy of 2013, but President Uhuru Kenyatta still has a real opportunity to change the way that Kenyans
think about each other.
«I want to use this platform to make a terse statement from the European Union
about the recent clashes which we saw in Accra and we condemn these.We
think that there is no place for
violence in this election process»
Both were asked
about their latest
thoughts about the gun
violence debate, including whether new legislation banning more powerful firearms is in order.
Adegboruwa said, «I
think that we need to find a balance between Chapter 4 of the 1999 Constitution on the right of citizens to move
about in any part of the country, including herdsmen and then the issue of imposition of
violence on innocent citizens in their farmlands and houses.
I
think gun owners are concerned as anybody, and perhaps more so,
about gun
violence.
«We had more
violence and more death last night, and I
think, in some ways, the cruelest situation is when you can predict the
violence and you can predict the death, and you still can't do anything
about it, and I hope this is a wake - up call,» Cuomo said.
Men whose image of themselves falls short of the traditional masculine gender norms, and who feel that others
think this
about them too, may be more prone to
violence than men who feel comfortable in their own skin, suggests research published online in the journal Injury Prevention.
If you only
think of the possibility to resort to online dating, you certainly would deal Resources for parents to help guide conversations with their teens
about dating
violence and digital abuse.