Sentences with phrase «violent past in»

From a risk management perspective, it is difficult to digest the chain of events that led to putting a person with a documented violent past in direct contact with defenseless elders.

A devastating present calls him back... Nao hides from his violent past in the Japanese mob by opening a teahouse in Japan's cultural center, Kyoto.

In her second novel written in English, Elif Shafak confronts her country's violent past in a vivid and colorful tale set in both Turkey and the United States.

big difference between Christianity and Islam - Christian behavior has evolved from violent past in the name of Christianity (Crusades, inquisitions, etc).

Not exact matches

Netflix description: «During the Great Depression, a stranger with a violent past poses as a preacher and rallies farmers to mount a strike in a rural Iowa community.»

There is in fact an Abrahamic religion that has a very violent past, one ridden with; war, slavery, colonialism and intrusive missionaries - it is not Islam.

This conclusion is especially poignant in light of the past century, when violent suffering has taken on the proportion of two world wars, the Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Sudan, Congo, Hiroshima, the partition of India, the massacres of 1965 in Indonesia, Stalin's Russia, Armenia, Timor - Leste, Bosnia, and the global practice of abortion.

Dr Williams, who is Chairman of Christian Aid which is providing humanitarian assistance in South Sudan, said: «The recent escalation of violent conflict in Juba since July 7 has caused yet more appalling suffering for the people of South Sudan who have over the past two and a half years endured the terrible consequences of a return to war and the bitter disappointment of hopes denied or deferred.

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As for your seriously off base torture comparison, if we saw a drastic increase in violent crimes, and there was a public outcry for harsher punishments to try and serve as a deterrent, and the Bill was drafted, made open to the public, and the solid majority of the population didn't turn against it with protests, signatures, and contacting their representatives; maybe a torture law could make it (though it would never get past the Supreme Court as the Consttution is now, but we'll let that slide as a hypothetical).

In the past few years, violent men have taken innocent lives in places including a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, the apartment of a Muslim family in North Carolina, a black church in Charleston, and just last week, a gay nightclub in FloridIn the past few years, violent men have taken innocent lives in places including a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, the apartment of a Muslim family in North Carolina, a black church in Charleston, and just last week, a gay nightclub in Floridin places including a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, the apartment of a Muslim family in North Carolina, a black church in Charleston, and just last week, a gay nightclub in Floridin Wisconsin, the apartment of a Muslim family in North Carolina, a black church in Charleston, and just last week, a gay nightclub in Floridin North Carolina, a black church in Charleston, and just last week, a gay nightclub in Floridin Charleston, and just last week, a gay nightclub in Floridin Florida.

This very question has caused severe wrestling in my faith this past year... I have to say that this is a fascinating explanation of God's «violent tendencies» in the Old Testament.

One in three teens says he or she watched a «particularly violent TV program in the past month.»

Thus, all violent and merciful judgement (past, present and future) MUST and will culminate in proclaiming to creation Jehovah's Love...

Due to his view of progressive revelation, he frequently mentions that since people of the past did not have the full revelation that we have today, God had no choice but to occasionally accommodate their violent tendencies by engaging in some violence Himself.

And there's lots to praise and blame in the South's honorable and violent past.

It was assumed by many white people that blacks were less intelligent and more violent and that was used against them in the past as well.

The Lord revealed that the problem was with my heart it is so wicked and deceptive i still believed that i was a good person i did nt drink or take drugs smoke or swear i wasnt violent i had some hangups but kept them to myself but this wicked thought was the reason why i couldnt get free.That was enough for the enemy to bring guilt and condemnation upon me.So when i confessed that my heart was indeed wicked and that i needed a new heart.I was instantly delivered and set free from the past and have not looked back though i am sometimes reminded by others for what i did wrong.It no longer has power over me.I believe we all struggle with two areas as christians we must confess our sin and we must confess our pride for without him we can do nothing.May the Lord show you what it is that is blocking you from receiving his love and forgiveness the issue will be found in your heart ask the Lord to reveal it for what it is.We do nt like to see the truth its ugly and i am sorry if this offends you it wasnt my intention.May he set you free as he has done for me.regards brentnz

I have been reading, teaching, and writing A LOT these past several years on the violence of God in the Bible, and this book also provides the beginning place for understanding these violent, bloody texts in Scripture.

But as he urged them then to get down to more concrete work in support of various efforts of appropriate technology research and development, their comments and questions kept skimming past this first priority to the practical pros and cons, the alleged sins of the oil companies, his attitude toward women's liberation, the possibility and desirability of violent revolution.

In an interview with BBC Radio 4 broadcast on Saturday, Mr. Rushdie spoke of the parallels between the anger at his novel and the past week's violent protests by fundamentalist Muslims offended at the trailer for a crude film mocking the prophet.

The fear I most witness in the believer / atheist debate is on the side of those who do not wish to have their god's existence questioned (see violent acts against «heresy» in the past and in current muslim behavior).

I mean no one in the past 1400 years has ever paraphrased the verses you put up to show how violent Islam is.

A few seconds past 2:30 p.m. this Monday afternoon in Crosley Field in Cincinnati a young man — named Fowler, perhaps, or Nuxhall, or maybe Valentine or Baczewski or Podbielan — dressed in cleated shoes, flannel knickers, a peaked cap and a shirt bearing a scarlet letter «C» over the left breast, will stand for a moment on a low, hard - packed mound of dirt in the middle of a green square of grass, take a deep breath and then, with a violent twisting of his body, throw a baseball.

This past weekend, the MInnesota State High School League took an unprecedented step of changing the rules mid-season, by stiffening the penalties on three of the most violent and dangerous infractions in hockey: checking from behind, boarding and contact to the head will now result in an automatic five - minute «major» against the offending player resulting in ejection and forcing his team to play short - handed for five minutes, regardless of how many times it is scored upon during the ensuing power play.

In fact, the new legislation may actually help some vulnerable mothers: in the past, a violent or otherwise seriously problematic unmarried father could simply be «left off» the birth certificate, no questions askeIn fact, the new legislation may actually help some vulnerable mothers: in the past, a violent or otherwise seriously problematic unmarried father could simply be «left off» the birth certificate, no questions askein the past, a violent or otherwise seriously problematic unmarried father could simply be «left off» the birth certificate, no questions asked.

A lot of parents have real concerns about the appropriateness of Halloween costumes, which are more sexualized and violent than in the past.

If parents in the past had invested a little more thought into their childrearing, maybe the world wouldn't be the violent trashcan it is today.

But, in contrast to past historical events, such as the military coup that inaugurated the 1964 - 1985 dictatorship, mass media have been, in general, less partisan, less violent and more ambiguous.

You are advised to be prudent and avoid large crowds and public gatherings, as some have turned violent in the past.

«Even as crime has declined significantly in the city over the past several years, large capacity ammunition magazines are still being used by violent street gangs,» the LAPD chief said.

Speaker after speaker demanded the breakaway Dems return to the fold, arguing it's important that the party claim control of the state Senate in light of the Loeb statement, the violent hate rally this past weekend in Charlottesville, Va., and the Trump administration overall.

The British Crime Survey (BCS), which has been measuring people's experiences of crime for the past 25 years, finds serious violence is down seven per cent on the year, although violent crimes not resulting in injury have risen by 15 per cent.

Law enforcement officials in Kingston, Jamaica have been pursuing Coke for the past four days, in violent assaults that left 74 people dead so far.

«In the past, Oyo was a violent state but that has disappeared and we will not go back to the dark days.

The NPP has within the past few months, faced a number violent actions which seems to have further deepened the cracks in the party.

«We therefore view any attempt to compare the Islamic Movement, which has been in existence for the past four decades, with Boko Haram as a subtle but malicious attempt to tarnish our image and pave way for further violent suppression against us.

«Past research has found a link between violent crimes and performance on tests, but researchers haven't been able to say why crime affects academic performance,» explains Jennifer A. Heissel, a PhD graduate in human development and sociology at Northwestern University, who led the study.

«These crimes are often preventable if family members are more informed about the potential danger from having someone who is severely mentally ill in the home and who may have shown violent tendencies in the past,» Hanlon said.

In Hungary, «there have been many violent crimes against Roma and acts of anti-Semitism in the past few years», she sayIn Hungary, «there have been many violent crimes against Roma and acts of anti-Semitism in the past few years», she sayin the past few years», she says.

Research in the past has suggested that the greater the realism of the game the more primed players are by violent concepts, leading to antisocial effects in the real world.

«To find any parallel in the earth's history you would have to look to a sudden violent shock to the system far in the geologic past.»

The research team performed detailed data analysis and found that NGC 6240 has experienced violent starbursts at least three times in the past and each starburst drove an energetic superwind.

In the past couple of years, they have managed to dampen — though not eliminate — the violent immune response that transplanted pig organs normally provoke in monkeyIn the past couple of years, they have managed to dampen — though not eliminate — the violent immune response that transplanted pig organs normally provoke in monkeyin monkeys.

«Along with archaeology and nomadic forager research, this [study] shoots holes in the view that the human past and human nature are shockingly violent,» Fry says.

The paper comes out a month after another article similarly denounced Pinker's claims that modern society is less violent than in the past.

The comparison to the Milky Way revealed substantial differences suggesting that Andromeda has had a more violent accretion history in the recent past.

MAUNA KEA, HI — A detailed study of the motions of different stellar populations in Andromeda galaxy by UC Santa Cruz scientists using W. M. Keck Observatory data has found striking differences from our own Milky Way, suggesting a more violent history of mergers with smaller galaxies in Andromeda's recent past.

However, elliptical galaxies may be passively evolving when we observe them, but they had violent interactions with other galaxies in their past.

Though formed in the searing heat of a violent impact, such deposits might provide a delicate window into the possibility of past life on the Red Planet.