"I was so re-traumatized from the unexpectedness of seeing him that I removed myself from training and immediately sought out the assistance from an Army chaplain who told me, among other things, that the rape was God's will and that God was trying to get my attention so that I would go back to church, " she testified.
Blanchard's A Tale of God's Will is some of the most expressive art I have heard from him.
It is always unsettling to hear "God's will" and "wiped out" in the same sentence.
"You have to be willing to bet your soul that law is God's will, " he argues.
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Escriva and the members of Opus Dei are thus convinced that their organization is rooted in God's will.
For her, things were straightforward: since she was doing God's will, her enemies were being manipulated by the devil.
They said they were told that a violation of the most minor norm was a violation of God's will.
But we're telling them that it's God will and that's how life goes.
Mrs Tillman had been very religious and had always attributed her longevity to God's will, according to her family and friends.
"I think God's will has to be done in unifying people and companies to get that gas line built, so pray for that, " she said.
Given standard Christian theology, compulsory transfers of wealth subvert God's will.
Abou El Fadl insists that his usuli tradition naturally leads Islam to an ethical humanism--a set of ideas about justice and beauty that help to achieve God's will.
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Others argued that democracy was a better way to divine God's will, or that a committee of scholars, rather than a single man, would suit the leadership function better.
"What has reached you on Tuesday is just the first drop of rain, and a first phase, for by God's will, after this we will have our revenge, " the statement added.
"I know some people have died from poisoning, but not from my family and even if anything were to happen it would be a sign of God's will, " he tells me.
You might expect the religious to accept death as God's will and, while not hurrying towards it, not to seek to prolong their lives using heroic and often traumatic medical procedures.
There's nothing on God's earth that will stop me doing this.
If so, Wall Street will be doing God's work in a way that will only offend the congenitally socialist in our midst.
But win or lose, Tim Tebow will compete hard and when he's done, he will thank God and remind all of us that it's just a game.
"By God's permission, we will come to you with more things that you have never seen before, " it said.
"We will apply God's law on them, " a masked man said just before the killing.
We ask God to bless him, and we hope - with God's help - our victory will come.
Or you might have to use a hundred people to fill Dr. Falwell's position, but God will still get his message out.
The same applies to Windows: in due course, if a better technology comes along (as, please God, it will), today's standard will be replaced.
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