Sentences with phrase «god as a special case»

Not exact matches

But if everything must have a cause then their god must have a cause as well, but of course they resort to special pleading in that case and say, «no, my god is an exception and has always existed.»

In this case, God decided, as a result of His friendship with Moses, to bless Moses with a special revelation of Himself.

If we are to evaluate the adequacy of Cobb's concept of the differences accounting for God's varying and unique presence in individual persons generally and his unparalleled presence in Jesus more specifically, however, we must examine more carefully his understanding of the manner in which persons are able to minimize and / or maximize God's influence upon them and determine how this applies to Jesus as a special case.

In any case, from the moment the people of Israel saw themselves as God's people, adopted by Yahweh not only for special favors but also for great demands, it made a difference that stamped their whole history.

So, God's process does not fit in the usual model of change, nor in the usual model of becoming.25 Whitehead preferably considers the process in God in terms of growth, which, to be sure, may be viewed as a form of internal supersession, that is, as a succession in which the previous phases are retained without loss, however in this special case as a succession of satisfaction - phases.

As part of this conversation, I'd like to invite you to participate in a special discussion group here on the blog around Matthew Vines» book, God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same - Sex Relationships.

In the case of Legion, the eye - popping special f / x outweigh the frequently corny dialogue to yield an old - fashioned B - screamer that's an amusing enough diversion to be worthwhile, so long as you don't mind faith - based fare where Messengers of God might not ultimately prevail.