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Spanish: enfrentarse

English translation: without going against the will of God







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Spanish term or phrase:enfrentarse
English translation:without going against the will of God
Entered by:Edward Tully
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Social Sciences - Philosophy
Spanish term or phrase: enfrentarse
This is from an academic paper on the active vs. passive euthanasia debate.

Casi todas las religiones consideran que la vida es un Don de Dios, es sagrada y contra ella no se puede atentar so pena de enfrentarse a Dios.

What I have so far is:

Almost all religions consider life to be a gift from God, something sacred, and attempts against it cannot be carried out on pain of clashing with God.

This does not sound good at all to me...your comments/ideas are welcome!

TIA
Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
Spain
without going against the will of God
Explanation:
another option!
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Edward Tully
Spain
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3without going against the will of God
Edward Tully
3 +2without facing the wrath of GodLorraine B
5as this would constitute wrangling with God
Deborah Lockett
4so pena de enfrentarse a Dios => without having to answer to God
Carol Gullidge
4be punished after death
MarinaM
4be confronted with God
Alfonso Berron


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
be confronted with God

Explanation:
o, tal vez, face to face with God

Alfonso Berron
Mexico
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
without facing the wrath of God

Explanation:
Perhaps a more common phrase, if a little chiché

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Note added at 32 mins (2008-04-17 06:46:53 GMT)
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but, thinking about it, probably appropriate in philosophy

Lorraine B
Spain
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Sandra Holt: I think Lorraine's option fits in best with your translation.
47 mins
agree MJ Barber
3 hrs
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
without going against the will of God

Explanation:
another option!

Edward Tully
Spain
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Ross Parker
44 mins
  -> thank you Ross! ;-)
agree John Rawlins
2 hrs
  -> thank you John! ;-)
agree Sandra Rodriguez
3 days19 hrs
  -> thank you Sandra! ;-)
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
as this would constitute wrangling with God

Explanation:
I agree with you that "clashing" seems severe, but "wrangling" is more gentle, it means "arguing" with him, or not accepting what he does:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrangle

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Note added at 6 hrs (2008-04-17 12:23:05 GMT)
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another alternative:

"attempts against it cannot be carried out without setting oneself against God".

Deborah Lockett
Spain
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
be punished after death

Explanation:
'enfentarse a Dios' se utiliza metafóricamente para referirse al momento en que debamos 'rendir cuentas' a Dios sobre nuestros pecados en la vida terrenal.
Enfrentarse, en este caso, toma su sentido etimológico de 'estar frente a frente'

MarinaM
Argentina
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1 day15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
so pena de enfrentarse a Dios => without having to answer to God

Explanation:
or

without being answerable to God

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contravening God's will: ...life is a gift from God and therefore sacred, any attempt on which is thus a contravention of His will

incurring the wrath of God

Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
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