Sentences with phrase «violence as a means»

If so, please point out where Jesus recommends war or violence as a means to solve problems.

And so far as it accords with the trend of history, violence as means must be condoned.

The problem, however, is when people use violence as the means by which they attempt to protect the weak and advance freedom and justice.

i simply want to know how the «newer» muslim phrophet (don't even know his name) taught his followers how to change the concept of violence as a means for jihad and / or self - defense into something that isn't violent (if that is what he did — i do not know except for this conversation).

It seems to me that as a set - apart people, Christians should be wary of cheering on violence as a means to defeating evil, when we know good and well that no amount of killing will ever make evil go away.

The growth of independent churches is noteworthy because they reject sanctions and violence as a means to change South Africa.

For example, writing as he did in the midst of the depression (1935), Calhoun discusses the problem of revolutionary violence as a means to correction of economic injustices.

The glorification of violence as a means to solve conflict is everywhere in our culture and I was that lame person that couldn't stand mixed - martial - arts battles and railed against video games and movies that depicted war or crime as an adventure, even arguing we are «a generation of virtual sociopaths.»

It just so happens this groups also supports violence as a means to an end.

Using this form of violence as a means to an end may cause children to use violence to get what they want not only at home, but also at school.

What's more, fascism regards violence as a moral imperative; which is distinct from other ideologies which accept the use of violence as a means to an end, but do not promote violence in itself as morally good.

Husain who expressed displeasure over what he described as «politics of acrimony» said he was disappointed that some loyalists of the opposition parties had chosen violence as means to scuttle the election process.

«We find this mischievous because as cultured, thoroughbred northerners we have never anywhere and at any time, under whatever circumstances, called anybody to violence as a means of conflict resolution.

In strict observance of that tradition we never employ violence as a means of pursuing our interest and at every opportunity, we opt for peaceful engagements and implore people to eschew violence in all its ramifications,» it said.

It's in the mould of thrillers like Misery and The Fan, where a symbiotic relationship begins between a media personality and an obsessive stalker, though any veers towards violence as a means of conflict resolution in A Patch of Fog come only after a considerably lengthy bout of mind games first.

The Final Girls engages 1980s horror tropes at their most retrograde — homophobia, horny teenagers, misogyny, violence as a means of censure for youthful indiscretions — and gives it all the obvious and ironic perpetuation it deserves.

EYE IN THE SKY, a film about war, ethics, and using violence as a means to an end.

Hi sister might translate her own emotional life imperfectly — reading anger as sadness, for example, or configuring her frustration with the world as a form of depression and self - loathing — but she is unlikely to choose actual violence as a means of self - expression.

Children who witness violence are more likely than those who have not to exhibit frequent aggressive and antisocial behavior, increased fearfulness, higher levels of depression and anxiety, and have a greater acceptance of violence as a means of resolving conflict

For example, bullies tend to lack empathy, and they use violence as a means of persuasion or communication.

It eliminates violence as a means for raising children, and ultimately helps to prevent violence in society as a whole.

He clearly has an anger issue and uses violence as a means to control his partner and solve issues, on his terms.

As intimate - partner violence (IPV) generally occurs within a pattern of power and control, people who are motivated to control their partners are especially apt to use violence as a means of control, regardless of the batterer's gender (Archer, 2013).

Not exact matches

As a result, some top Chinese leaders have urged party officials «not to hesitate to show their sword» — a phrase that, in Chinese, means using violence against one's opponent.

It is one thing to be driven penitently to violence as the only possible means to end injustice.

As a man who would be encountered with another man holding a knife to his wifes throat and him aiming and shooting the perpetrator dead - the violence was only a means to justice.

Presented in a conversational format, in which Shane and Tony essentially talk through what it means to be «red letter Christians,» touching on everything from violence, to community, to Islam, to sexuality, to liturgy, to saints, the book is highly practical and, as always, incredibly challenging.

I don't mean just being a safe haven to run to when their churches and homes are destroyed by violence, but whether we as a nation are pursuing the policies and diplomacy that give them the greatest chance of surviving and flourishing where they are — so they don't have to flee their homeland.

This self love is sin.God never forced chaos on us.we gave in to satan's lies about evil being an inherent necessity.Jesus said he was the way, the truth and life.He was the life (love) that everyone craves for, he is the truth which meant that his love was our only need and he exposed the lies of satan that we could attain bliss on subordinating people to our cravings.Sinning people don't accept a God who requires us to renounce ourselves because they are not convinced of God's love being enough for them and they are afraid to destroy their identity and live for the Glory of God.So, upon death, these souls realize that the physical world was just a shadow of God's love (the nature, food etc) and their own lies (violence, self love etc) and realize that love is their only need.They pursue it from other soul beings but are hurt that there's only hate and self love.They are afraid to approach the light because they don't want to renounce their identity as they have not recognized God's love before.

Domenach writes that violence must be condoned as a means of combating social injustice or of coping with the violence of others — provided, however, that it be used for the benefit of others, not for that of its practitioner.

In so far as I firmly believe that faith in Jesus Christ requires action of a specific, unique, singular kind, I must admit that the counsels on violence issuing from the faith are addressed to faith, therefore can have no meaning for those who do not believe that Jesus Christ is Lord.

All this amounts to an acknowledgment of violence as necessity And indeed violence is not only the means the poor use to claim their rights; it is also the sole means available to those in places of power.

-- This institution will make every effort to battle such reprehensible fundamentalist violence to ensure that such horrors are not repeated anywhere (even if that means Muslims volunteering — NOT protesting — to be ethnically profiled, as terrible as that would normally be in times of peace, at airports, to help catch the murderers).

And, mind, this means all kinds and ways of violence: psychological manipulation, doctrinal terrorism, economic imperialism, the venomous warfare of free competition, is well as torture, guerrilla movements, police action.

I mean really... The Bible has just as much violence.

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.

They exploit violence, as a means of attracting their audiences, to make up for a lack of time, skill, money or insight.

It is certainly not the only way, and should not by any means be our first response to all situations; however I can not agree with Wink's conclusion, as summarized by Jeremy, that «history has proven time and time again that violence will never put an end to violence,» or that violence itself is always an evil action (Wink concludes the latter much more firmly than Jeremy.

When war's violence was forced upon Israel, war became a sacral, not a sacred, matter — meaning that the decisive power and guidance was seen as divine.

But when people wield the Bible in such a way so as to justify violence, they do so in opposition to the meaning of Scripture.

This rational relationship between the means of violence and the ends of foreign policy has been destroyed by the availability of nuclear power as a means to these ends.

Muslims can not be counted as worshiping «the only true God», for they fail to use his personal name, Jehovah, but use the Aramaic word Allah, meaning «the God» and are as mixed with the «world» and violence as are the churches of Christendom and Jews, not having» beaten their swords into plowshares and spears into pruning shears» whereby «nation will not lift sword against nation, neither will they learn war anymore».

War and violence are considered as answers when they are used as instruments for justice, self - defense, or for defending innocent lives and preventing enormous damage to material means.

Sometimes the Bible and tenets of the faith are forgotten as a means of peacemaking and reinvented as instruments of violence.

If God did this and if he is all knowing, would this not be enough to put the blame on God for all the violence, or simple does it not just mean he created evil to exist and then everything is exactly as is written?

Soon after there appeared on the scene another group of Christians who took a stand for violence — not, like the Anabaptists, as a means of relieving the oppressed and improving society, but as a political tool.

It also could provide a means whereby other influential factors could be investigated and addressed, such as differences in the social and economic purposes of broadcasting, the social sources of violence and how media portrayals interact with those causes, how the restraints and traditions of media production cause the media to pick up particular cultural images while ignoring others, and how particular audiences respond to and use media images.

Persecution charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide say an estimated 170,000 people in Benue state have been displaced internally as a result of herder militia violence, meaning this attack on St Ignatius isn't a one - off event but just the latest horrific incident of the same nature.

And war, he clearly claims, entails the use of means that are evil» such means as coercion, force, and violence.

Teilhard's belief in totalization without coercion may have been naïve, but his understanding of the bankruptcy of violence (as a means of personalization) made him, in this respect, wiser than all the Marxists.