Sentences with phrase «thinking about the evil»

Too bad you know NOTHING about the ancient Hebrews, what and how they thought about evil.

But when I think about Evil in terms that you frame it then I see that perhaps the Church's job is to fight a battle that is being commanded by King Jesus.

What did you think about The Evil Within?

This is the reason that I can't stop thinking about The Evil Within 2.

Not exact matches

think about this: if God were to remove all evil from this world, he would have to remove free will.

I was answering the specific claim made, which was about: «Let me explain why religious people think Atheists are evil:»

Why do you insist on living in a dream world where you think all people were evil and did wrong before they heard about Jesus?

My deconversion was a long process, and it had almost nothing to do with what I now believe to be the evil of religion — it was about what I thought to be true, and what there seemed to be evidence for.

its a curse you should have though about it after what you did to the Midianites Yahweh is an evil war god bent only on destruction he thought he could get away with attacking Asherah and Baal, then steal the land on which their bound to.

I think my question to those of you who couple evil atheism with evolution, the big bang, and climate change is: how can we as scientists even start trying to inform you about the details of what you are arguing against if you automatically presume everything we say is a blasphemous lie?

I don't think most people fully grasp how many people have been killed, tortured, and persecuted by people who just decided with no evidence that something about those people was evidence of evil.

help my ocd makes me feel to blasphemy and also i'm sure i have about the spirit even as far as thinking evil of it i went too far thinking the being was evil he's not

That was a very interesting read many comments caught my attention I've recently been diagnosed with Bipolar I have hallucinations and hear voices in my ear's when I hallucinate it's likes they are trying to get me thousands of them I can only describe them as dark shadows and they are trying to get me just as they are about to get me a brilliant white light surrounds me and there's three entities humanly shaped but like this brilliant white light they are also glowing this brilliant whiteness I can't understand what they are saying the only way I can explain it is emotions comfort joy love is what I feel emanating from these entities the voices I hear aren't evil telling me to do bad things to people when I get put into a mode of fear I live in a rough area of Scotland and everytime I've got into a fight something possesses me I know this for a fact as I can't control myself I'm an observer watching my family / Friends say I change they say my eyes change and I look evil I personally do think possibly through my own personal experience I» am possessed as I act out of character I've lost interest in many things I've recently I decided it's time for change I've lost my faith I've been trying to connect with God and feel his love which I used to feel the presence of the holy spirit everytime I try connect I get a feeling of abandonment I just think if I am possessed could these entities stop me connecting with «God» I can say from my heart of hearts «JESUS CHRIST HAS COME IN THE FLESH» I think it's more to do with the persons own personal fears which I have noticed my fears have changed if I had to be truthfully with myself I fear God which I know I'm not supposed to just I can't explain it I guess if you ever need a test subject I'm up for the challenge like I said I'm on journey to find myself and my travels have brought me hear I'm going to hang around for a wee while there's lots of good information to be plundered loll

... Enough said... Think about that one... We are not Perfect beings therefore Religion is far from being perfect... We can see this throughout History and even into the 21st century Religion is A Controlled Evil... Biggest Controlled Beauracracy Hoax over Man's Self yet - is Religion... Brilliantly orchestrated I must say though... Only the Weak Minded can be controlled by Religion... Blessed Be... 696969

These are some of the principles on which the schools of thought based their decisions: all things are fundamentally allowable, unless specifically prohibited; toleration and the lifting of restrictions should be the aim of legislation; eradication of mischief is the aim of administration; necessity permits benefiting by things not otherwise allowable; necessity is given due appreciation; preventing mischief has priority over bringing about welfare; commit the lesser of two evils; mischief is not removed by mischief; one should suffer private damage to avert general disaster.

I do hear your points that you think I have not seen the need for warning of danger, that you believe I think of it as «unChristian» to talk about such things, and that you may even believe that my comments are akin to protecting evil deeds and harming the innocent, using the bible as a proof texting weapon to that end and contributing to a problem of church becoming fake and shallow while claiming to be deep and pious.

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

Forgive me if I'm wrong about the origins but don't you think that a «monkey» is implied due to the original use of «hear no evil, speak no evil» even if she isn't drawn as one?

I think the voodoo maven cast an evil spell on my neighbor, you think he suffered through imaginative autosuggestion when he learned about the doll with its pin.

If it is the latter, then maybe you should think about painting a picture of a local church as you see it with its current evil influences, then explain why you think these influences are of the enemy.

But this way of thinking about the normal patterns and tensions of family life makes it seems like the evils of «the world» have invaded «the Christian home.»

When we think about modern culture, we might naturally gravitate towards some of its «evils» (more on this in a moment), but there is so much good to point out.

As a result, most of those who think and write about this problem do so from the standpoint of a choice between that attitude which sees good and evil as part of a higher unity and that which sees them as irreconcilable opposites.

Thus, it would be crucial to get the bereaved person to talk about how he or she thinks about God and the problem of evil.

Doubts about the religious adequacy of Whitehead's treatment of evil were raised very early by critics of process thought.

I know it sounds crazy but all I could think about was that whenever anything good came into my mind, I thought about how they called it evil and I was afraid that because of that, that I was doing it....

I think that the references to hell are talking about the practice that was once used of sacrificing humans by burning them, and if we were evil we might suffer the same fate as those human sacrifices

Is it possible and after reading about it i kept on thinking «i will sell to my soul for 20 carats get out shut up i will never ever sell my soul to you oh god please help me and this is continuing for a few days i am afraid that i have sold my sold to the devil have i please help and still i think god's way of allowing others to hate him us much worse even you know and can easily think think about much better punishments like rebirth after being punished for all the sins in life and i am feeling put on the sin of those who committed the unforgiviable sin (the early 0th century priests) imagine them burning in hell fire till now for 2000 years hopelessly screaming to god for help i can't belive the mercy of god are they forgiven even though commiting this sin keans going to hell for entinity thank you and congralutions i think the 7 year tribulation periodvis over in 18th century the great commect shooting and in 19th century the sun became dark for a day and moon was not visible on the earth but now satun has the domination over me those who don't belive in jesus crist i used to belive in him but now after knowing a lot in science it is getting harharder to belive in him even though i know that he exsists and i only belived in him not that he died for me in the cross and also not for eternal life and i still sin as much as i used to before but only a little reduced and i didn't accept satan as my master but what can i do because those who knowingly sin a lot and don't belive in jesus christ has to accept satan as their master because he only teaches us that even though he is evil he gives us complete freedom but thr followers of jesus and god only have freedom because they can sin only with in a limit and no more but recive their reward after their life in heaven but the followers of satun have to go to hell butbi don't want to go to hell and be ruled by the cruel tryant but still why didn't god destroy satun long way before and i think it was also Adam and eve's fault also they could have blamed satan and could have also get their punishment reduced but they didn't and today we are seeing the result

We return to foundations through an analysis of our situation from the perspectives of Cartesian, Darwinian (including both Darwinian conservatism and Marilynne's Robinson authentically neo-Puritanical criticism of our Darwinism), and Lockean science, and we think about dismissing foundations (including Rorty's allegedly antifoundational Christianity without Christ) through a consideration of Nietzsche's BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL.

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....

I love my country, and as an American citizen I will do what I can to educate my friends about the wrong direction (I think evil direction) that our President and some in congress are trying to take our country.

Jeremy am not sure about it, but I believe Cain's heart was evil before his sacrifice I think there was something there in his heart against his brother before his sacrifice.

But the insinuation that John Paul does not engage in «serious thought about good and evil» falls by its own weight.

I do not think it silly to point out that, whatever their differences, Yoder and Niebuhr do share a belief that the life and work of Jesus Christ teaches us that there is something evil about all acts of force, regardless of the goals or intentions of those acts.

You think that it is possible to talk meaningfully about «good and evil» «right and wrong» when criticizing the sins of Christians while simultaneously subscribing to the notion that neither sin nor good and evil exist as ultimate categories but only as personal and social constructs.

We can and should debate theology and doctrine, but we must never think that we are the infallible interpreters of Scripture and determiners of people's destiny, and should also remember that doctrine, as important as it is, becomes evil when debates and discussions about theology keep us from living out the loving gospel in tangible ways to a hurting and dying world.

«My impression is that so much of the literature that has really dominated our thinking about the church derives from generalized abstractions about what the church ought to be or about what the evils of the church are by theologians who are at best uncomfortable in trying to apply that to particular congregations.

Think about this verse: For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

I think Jesus gives people power to overcome sin (evil) but He does not make us perfect in this life so we won't be self righteous judgmental jerks about it.

This sort of language, and the rigidity of the oratory, led many to think that the revival of talk about evil must be derived from a revival of religion.

I find the mix of dark and comedic elements in the book of Esther and in the celebration of Purim fascinating, for I think they teach us something important about the nature of power and of evil, something about what it means to relate to forces that seem beyond our control.

So once again... if you deny that you engage in this basic human practice of accusing, condemning, and scapegoating others... if you think that the people you call «monsters» and «heretics» truly are guilty of everything you accuse them of... if you think that some people truly deserve to burn in hell for all eternity... if you think that war is righteous and good and we need to bomb some groups of evil people off the face of the planet... then you are calling God a liar, and you have not understood the first thing about God and what He taught through Jesus (cf. 1 John 4:7 - 11).

This I can not square away — however, I look at the gay issue much differently than most — I think it's much to complicated and we are jumping the gun by saying we just accept gay marriage — or it's an evil sin — what about the science that says testosterone starts forming around the babies brain when they are only 8 weeks into the womb?

Cherry - picking is understandable, but in the end it is proof of the evils you studiously avoid seeing and thinking about.

The problem of evil represented to them not merely something to be thought about but something to be done.

i thought about it but doing the other thing would make me no different the the evil Christians whose filth plagues this world.

If you really think about it, ANYTHING can be considered «good» or «evil», from specific points - of - view.

The first time I ever thought about this area was when a friend of mine years ago brought up Isaiah 45:7 about the Lord creating both good and evil.

I think that just about everyone would agree that these explanations fall short whenever we personally encounter the Problem of Evil in our lives and in the lives of our fellow human beings.

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.