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Bewilderment at how Shmuel and his generation -- like the official settler leadership today -- can act surprised that, after raising their children and grandchildren on a toxic diet of ideological extremism, self-righteousness, intolerance, and a sense of god-given entitlement that trumps any law or moral imperative, these children and grandchildren today respect neither Israel's laws nor God's own commandments.

Lara Friedman: The Belated Awakening to Settler Extremism Lara Friedman 2011

Bewilderment at how Shmuel and his generation -- like the official settler leadership today -- can act surprised that, after raising their children and grandchildren on a toxic diet of ideological extremism, self-righteousness, intolerance, and a sense of god-given entitlement that trumps any law or moral imperative, these children and grandchildren today respect neither Israel's laws nor God's own commandments.

Lara Friedman: The Belated Awakening to Settler Extremism Lara Friedman 2011

She also realized that, though everything had its god-given place, conflict came with occupying all the god-given places.

All God's Creatures Oliver Hunt 2011

Imperial Britain was always strident about its god-given right to defend its "imperial lifeline."

Eric Margolis: Will China Rule the Waves Eric Margolis 2011

Even the bedbugs, she may have figured, had a god-given place and purpose.

All God's Creatures Oliver Hunt 2011

Sure, they may be "god-given" and "innate" and "inalienable" and all those other tasty ideological adjectives we apply to them.

Influential evangelical backs Grayson in Kentucky 2010

Perseus sets off on a perilous journey deep into forbidden worlds, leading a daring band of warriors, including Draco (Mads Mikkelsen), an experienced soldier who encourages the defiant Perseus to make use of his god-given abilities.

41 High Resolution Photos from Clash of the Titans | /Film 2010

I realized I had turned eighteen and didn't exercise my god-given right to do so.

Smoking Erin Zulkoski 2011

It occurs to me, when reading about the militias and tea partiers defending their ‘god-given liberties’ that they characterize our very hard won freedoms this way to avoid acknowledging just how those liberties were attained.

Think Progress » Extreme Tea Parties now making AFP nervous; group distances itself from Oklahoma militia effort. 2010

There is nothing in the Constitution, and nothing in our history since World War II, that suggests there is anything god-given or ordained about that disparity.

Paul Abrams: Eric Cantor's Know-Nothing Wealth Disparity Speech: "Every Man a Billionaire" Paul Abrams 2011