Sentences with phrase «very evils against»

This is in effect selling indulgences — a return to the very evils against which the Protestant Reformation rebelled some four centuries ago.

Not exact matches

Similarly, Kekes (a nonbeliever) claims, religious theories that posit the goodness of creation run aground: The «very existence of evil... constitutes a reason against believing in a morally good order.»

There are but two methods of providing against this evil: the one by creating a will in the community independent of the majority, that is, of the society itself; the other, by comprehending in the society so many separate descriptions of citizens as will render an unjust combination of a majority of the whole very improbable, if not impracticable.»

It's very important to realize that we're up against an evil, insidious, hostile universe, a hostile force.

Just as when armies crash against each other, the victory is that of superior power, so also the victory of love and grace against the very real force of evil, is a victory of a real superior force.

The atheist father raises a very valid objection against God's existence, namely the problem of evil.

While very few Jews, I imagine, would hold that the Decalogue's prohibition against murder is an arbitrary decree which God might have ordained otherwise, nonetheless the admission of an inherent good or evil in the very nature of certain actions can be deeply problematic for Jewish theology.

For all its power, however, Voltaire's poem is a very feeble thing compared to the case for «rebellion» against «the will of God» in human suffering placed in the mouth of Ivan Karamazov by that fervently Christian novelist Dostoevsky; for, while the evils Ivan recounts to his brother Alexey are acts not of impersonal nature but of men, Dostoevsky's treatment of innocent suffering possesses a profundity of which Voltaire was never even remotely capable.

But, I'm very grateful for those in the church who are speaking out and taking a clear stand against evil.

However, against Calvin, Reinders questions whether the very idea of God's justice is undermined if everything that happens, including evil and suffering, is described as part of God's direct plan.

Rather than divide the world into camps — Muslim versus Christian, East versus West, good versus evil — Kathleen studied Islam in college, andafter 9/11 she read about the oil trade, the Afghan fight against Sovietoccupation in the 1980s, the roots of Osama bin Laden's terrorist organization.After Don died, his children talked about the Crusades and colonialism, and, Kathleen says, «very early on it became clear that — you know what?

«We are involved in a long, wide and deep struggle against very evil people.

That question lies at the heart of «Avengers: Infinity War,» the at - once dark, maddeningly open - ended yet fiercely entertaining new chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), which pits the titular global do - gooders - still scattered hither and yon after their 2016 falling - out with one another in «Captain America: Civil War» - against a cosmic villain who has been coyly signaling his evil intentions ever since the very first «Avengers» movie, in 2012.

That question lies at the heart of «Avengers: Infinity War,» the at - once dark, maddeningly open - ended yet fiercely entertaining new chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), which pits the titular global do - gooders — still scattered hither and yon after their 2016 falling - out with one another in «Captain America: Civil War» — against a cosmic villain who has been coyly signaling his evil intentions since the very first «Avengers» movie, in 2012.

In 1955, Howard Hawks made a very good epic spectacle called Land ofthe Pharaohs that depicted a slave uprising against an evil pharaoh.William Faulkner wrote the screenplay, but later expressed hisdisappointment about the project because he «didn't know how ancientEgyptians talked.»

It's a jolly piece of self - serving tripe that seriously misrepresents both the issue at hand and Amazon's response to the issue, while being very well crafted at riling up the Kindle loyalists against the evil, monopolistic publishers.

With the help of his friends, and a magic sword of course, Dick will take up the fight against the evil political mastermind who threatens the very existence of the status quo.

Tons of new armour has also been added to ensure your slayer looks suitably ridiculous and is very well protected against those evil Oni.

Very effective at closing the gap against enemies that excel from mid-range like the Evil Hulks you will run into in Egypt.

While it is generally thought of as very rude sign, it also has magical properties as an emblem of fertility and protection against the evil eye.

DDT plays a part in the fight against malaria, but it's one drop in a very big puddle» and «Carson's point wasn't that DDT was evil, It was that if you put all your eggs in one basket, that basket's going to break.»

«When you come against evil like that and you have children at home that are about that age, it's very close to my heart.