Sentence examples for viewed as sinful from inspiring English sources

Making money out of money was viewed as sinful by the medieval and Renaissance church, and many of Florence's largest artistic projects were financed by the city's bankers, who on the one hand wished to project an image of worldly magnificence and on the other to leave behind them religious works that might go some way to saving their souls beyond the grave.

Many years ago, when the shah was still in power--and prostitution was legal--radical religious groups attacked stores that sold alcohol and cinemas that played movies they viewed as sinful.

The Little Sisters of the Poor and a smattering of religious nonprofits from across the country argue that it does -- that, in fact, it essentially makes them complicit in providing coverage for services they view as sinful.

But to allow religious objectors not to participate in "plans" that enable the government to pay for things they view as sinful is tantamount to allowing religious objectors to object to government itself.

Will chocolate be as intensely craved and taste as richly luscious if it is no longer viewed as a sinful treat, but, quite the contrary, a health food?

Mr. Scorsese was a Catholic altar boy in Little Italy for whom movies became a second religion, and Mr. Schrader grew up in a Dutch Calvinist denomination that viewed movies as sinful.

Americans are free to do things that Santorum — and Winthrop — would view as deeply sinful.

This is exemplified when the glorification of the state is viewed as a form of sinful idolatry.

Sinful acts are viewed as a defiance of God's commandments, and sin itself is regarded as an attitude of defiance or hatred of God.

A majority of Islamic scholars view homosexuality as sinful.

PiS has already halted state funding for IVF, which the Catholic church views as sinful, reversing the previous centrist government's policy.