What does Frankenstein have to say
about humanity as a whole?
Most people I speak with who are not affiliated with a specific religion care more
about humanity as a whole and the future of the species than those who I speak with that claim the world is going to come to an end, and soon.
Not exact matches
Originally written in 1951, Alan W. Watts» thoughts
about how to resolve, once and for all, the twin human epidemic of insecurity and anxiety are particularly relevant
as technology forces
humanity to move faster and faster.
Unlike Elon Musk, Ma is optimistic
about the future of
humanity in an A.I. - filled world
as long
as we prepare the next generation properly by nurturing their souls
as well
as their analytic and computational skills.
Despite this and other authoritative warnings
about the dangers of climate change, Mr. Pruitt persists in pointing to uncertainty
about the precise extent of
humanity's contribution to the problem
as a basis for resisting taking any regulatory action to help solve it.
As billionaire investor Warren Buffett says, «If you're in the luckiest 1 % of
humanity, you owe it to the rest of
humanity to think
about the other 99 %.»
Since 1,700 top scientists issued a dramatic warning 25 years ago
about humanity pushing the Earth beyond its capacity to sustain life
as we know it, we've managed to stabilize one of the things that was worrying them: the depletion of the ozone layer.
In this video, he talks some more
about why it's important to bring your whole
humanity to work
as a leader, including your emotions, and how he tries to dig beneath the surface in job interviews.
Ultimately he believes that
as business owners we need to be intentional
about blending
humanity with profitability.
After reading Genesis again, I arrived at the same conclusion
as you did... he mentions he creates
humanity, then goes on to explain to us how He went
about creating them.
Most I know are humanists; people who care
about the rest of
humanity regardless of their faith and who adhere to a moral code just
as noble
as anyone, just without a deity
as the center of their life.
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humanity.
I get that there are many other dynamics to
humanity and to living, however,
as we lay in our bed dying, I seriously doubt that we're thinking
about murder, disease, hunger, and strife.
You cut through the modern politics and hand waving and what you have is that for at LEAST 200 years and probably more (longer than we've been around
as a country) Christians were «held in contempt» to the point that for
about 10 of those years several emperors pursued active policies of extermination (that's what the «actually persecuting» statement refers to - think holocaust type policies) that included some of the worst type of tortures known to
humanity.
Start with the science that shows the
humanity and individuality of the embryo, and then make philosophical arguments
about the equality of all human beings
as persons possessing inherent dignity.
As a result of the Thomson / Yamanaka breakthroughs, it is, all of a sudden, respectable to speak
about the
humanity not only of fetuses on the verge of becoming babies but of the embryo at the very beginning of life.
That: the cross of Jesus is something that changes
humanity's view of the Divine rather than (
as the older substitutionary theories go) changing the Divine's view
about humanity.
It's all
about organizing
humanity in such a way that we cause
as little damage
as possible.
As I learned more
about the history, the bible, science and
humanity in general, I found I could no longer say I believed the bible was inerrant and stay honest with myself.
As an allegory
about humanity's moral freedom, the Tree of Life would represent the instinctual innocence of the animals and very young children.
Selfies that portray us
as the humanitarian hero with our arm draped around some impoverished victim do a disservice to the dignity of those people — and actually tell a false story
about their
humanity.
Yet,
as you point out, we sing songs
about his blood, the cross and the crucifixion — the shame of all
humanity.
God is not sinful and so does not need redemption in that manner, but
humanity has terrible ideas
about God, and God wants to reveal Himself to us
as He really is; not
as who we think He is.
In the guise of a tiny baby in its mother's arms, obeying the great laws of birth and infancy, you came, Lord Jesus, to dwell in my infant - soul; and then,
as you re-enacted in me — and in so doing extended the range of — your growth through the Church, that same
humanity which once was born and dwelt in Palestine began now to spread out gradually everywhere like an iridescence of unnumbered hues through which, without destroying anything, your presence penetrated — and endued with supervitality — every other presence
about me.
The good news of the Gospel is not just
about the future, but is indeed good news for all
humanity in this present age
as well.
The eternal peace of
humanity with God, received by faith on account of Christ's victory over sin, death, and the power of Satan, is dismissed
as pie in the sky to be exchanged for the various approximations of peace and happiness that in good times this world also knows
about and experiences.
Remarkable and significant
as is the emergence of self - conscious persons by natural processes from the original «hot big bang» from which the universe has expanded over the last 10 - 20 thousand million years, this must not be allowed to obscure another fact
about humanity, namely its relatively recent arrival in the universe, even on a time - scale of the history of the Earth.
Piper is essentially arguing that so long
as he does not have to acknowledge my
humanity, so long
as I keep a safe distance so he is unaware of the pitch of my voice and the presence of my breasts, he can, perhaps, learn something
about the Bible from me.
Eastern theology acknowledges that there's something drastically wrong, even evil,
about human beings (just not in the same sense
as the Western Church), and it's because of Jesus» work
as the «true human'that
humanity may come closer to this vision.
Together they form the account of an ancient, sacred dialogue a giant conversation initiated, inspired and guided by God with and among
humanity about God, his creation and our role in it
as his partners.
He was definitely a nonconformist in a lot of ways (the things he said and taught were pretty radical), though he was also the biggest conformist in all of history if you think
about him being the only person to perfectly abide by the law and conform to the pattern of
humanity as God originally intended.
As a result, more young people are coming into the world with different ideas
about humanity, ideas which are inclusive, not exclusive.
Catherine talks
about Christ
as the bridge between heaven and earth, divinity and
humanity.
I hope I would remember to turn sincerely and expectantly to God for guidance
as to how to do more — intelligently — to meet the immediate human needs of the multitude, but to take practical inspired steps for healing the fears, hates, misunderstanding, and cruelties that bring suffering to
humanity» («Some Questions and Answers
about Christian Science,» Christian Science Sentinel, September 2, 1985, pp. 1508 - 09).
I try to make sure it's a story I vet
as much
as I can, and I take the focus off of is it true or not and more on what does this say
about us
as humanity that we even tell these stories to begin with?
He wrote appreciative statements
about Schleiermacher, he allowed that Schleiermacher might be interpreted
as a theologian of the Holy Spirit, he emphasized the
humanity of God in contrast to the Wholly Other, he called human beings «covenant - partners of God,» and he looked for «parables» of grace and truth in non-Christian religions and ideologies.
«All discussions
about human sexuality need to be handled with care,
as they speak into deep areas of our
humanity and identity,» says Steve Clifford, general director of the Evangelical Alliance.
Eschatology is concerned
about the goal of
humanity and the world; apocalyptic is consumed with the actual end of the planet earth
as it is presently constituted.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Revd Justin Welby has described the work of foreign correspondents and war reporters
as a «God - given calling to inspire others to serve our common
humanity», which helped motivate people to care
about what was going on elsewhere in the world.
When Dorothee Sölle wrote in 1971 of the indivisible salvation of the whole world, she and her readers assumed without reflection that the whole world is the world of human beings.1 But
as the seventies progressed and the environmental crisis forced itself on public attention, more and more Christians became troubled
about the separation of
humanity from the rest of nature.
Republicans should be happy to learn this Truth that has brought America to the state of Light for Obama to pick on it.One thing good
about American Democracy is it is «truly participating» and lasting with lessons for others to follow in modernity to tap blue horizons of life.Those blue horizons just do not end in economics that has many minds to tap the financial barometer of the country self educative in working of its affluent class and ordinary class both domestically and internationally relating to perfection with budgeting of money in economic plans that have been existing and are in the process to move charismatically with a tide over where bipartisan element also comes into play well integrated to test the mettle of the top leader of the country who has to stand over the continuous democratic element evolving of the country both in economic
as well
as inherently in spiritual terms for the good of the people at large mixing with the culture of exchange that has
humanity behind it to survive??
And
as is the case with many vampires, they stop being too concerned
about the
humanity to which they used to belong, and use humans only for selfish reasons and personal gain.
«The Bible talks
about the Church being a body and
humanity as kind of the dead bones,» he continues.
Secular humanism is
about promoting
humanity as a group.
What complex theological and social circumstances brought crucifixion scenes to prominence
as visual statements
about God's love for
humanity?
Consequently we know nothing except that man was created by God
as God's personal partner in a sacred history of salvation and perdition; that concupiscence and death do not belong to man
as God wills him to be, but to man
as a sinner; that the first man was also the first to incur guilt before God and his guilt
as a factor of man's existence historically brought
about by man, belongs intrinsically to the situation in which the whole subsequent history of
humanity unfolds.
Sadly these misunderstandings
about nature and grace distort people's understanding of Christian life, raising questions such
as: Is grace at odds with our
humanity?
But the biblical picture of God and
humanity also includes real interaction: Adam and Eve sin, and God casts them out of the Garden; Abraham argues with God
about the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah» and, in that interaction, God's agency is seen
as distinct from human agency.
In addition, the twelfth - century pope Innocent III's pessimistic appraisal of
humanity is quoted to exemplify medieval gloom, followed by» in the very same chapter» a defense of the contorted portraits by Gorringe's contemporary Francis Bacon
as «help [ing] us see the truth
about human beings.»
This is why Golding's Lord of the Flies is a tale not so much
about the dark nature of
humanity as about the isolation of the masculine from the feminine.