Sentence examples for god defense from inspiring English sources

"People believe in him because the mission of Agriprocessors was to provide an important means for Jews to become closer to their connection to God," defense lawyers wrote in court papers.

Consequently, the Court determined that under Minnesota law the defendant's "Act of God" defense precluded any liability.

But some writings do accuse the deities of causing human misery, while others give theodicies in the gods' defense.

Outside the courtroom, Gilbert thanked God, his defense attorneys and the jury for being able to "see what wasn't the truth" and for the "second chance".

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney evoked God and defense of gun ownership.

I'm not certain exactly how I functioned, and I think that is a God-given defense mechanism for those who are hurting.

"And God help the defense on first-and-10," Kelley said, "because we can literally do anything".

So, while Nyāya thinkers like Jayanta characteristically held that authorship of the Vedas is to be attributed to īśvara, "God," Kumārila's defense of the eternality of language involves critiques of theism that are, indeed, very much like some characteristically Buddhist critiques of theism.

Trinity Church may be there to serve God, but the defense of their real estate portfolio seems to come before their pretensions at social justice.

Writing blogs for the Huffington Post's Religion section -- in which I often attempt to present a nuanced, personal understanding of God, and a defense of the inherent goodness in the impulse toward religion -- has been a challenging experience.

As for the author-as-deity meme, there was never any shortage of critics who accused Mailer of comparing himself to God (in their defense, Mailer did write a first-person novel, The Gospel According to the Son, from the point of view of Jesus).