Sentences with phrase «about mythological beings»

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But especially because you obviously have no concept of what «blasphemy» is... The fellow you judged didn't take your Jesus» name in vain, he just used the name as part of his conversation while talking about the mythological figure himself...

First, its premisses concerning society and modern man are pseudoscientific: for example, the affirmation that man has become adult, that he no longer needs a Father, that the Father - God was invented when the human race was in its infancy, etc.; the affirmation that man has become rational and thinks scientifically, and that therefore he must get rid of the religious and mythological notions that were appropriate when his thought processes were primitive; the affirmation that the modern world has been secularized, laicized, and can no longer countenance religious people, but if they still want to preach the kerygma they must do it in laicized terms; the affirmation that the Bible is of value only as a cultural document, not as the channel of Revelation, etc. (I say «affirmation» because these are indeed simply affirmations, unrelated either to fact or to any scientific knowledge about modern man or present - day society.)

He moved beyond a recognition of the validity of much of Bultmann's position, to argue that since something can be known about the historical Jesus, we must concern ourselves with working it Out, if we do not wish ultimately to find ourselves committed to a mythological Lord.

There certainly are for those who regard all language about an act of God or of a decisive, eschatological event as mythological.

Because of God's transcendence it would be mythological to refer to God's action in terms appropriate only to objects available, in principle at least, to ordinary sense perception.13 This especially means that one can not speak of God in terms of the categories of time and space; 14 i.e., whatever is predicated of God can not apply only to some particular time and space, but must apply equally to all times and spaces.15 Thus the implication of Ogden's criterion for non-mythological language about God corresponds to his statement of several years ago, that «there is not the slightest evidence that God has acted in Christ in any way different from the way in which he primordially acts in every other event.

Physics - lite @ CN77 & Andrew Andrew's Quote «It's not all that pointless, see while you would never be convinced that your bronze age mythological beliefs about the creation of the universe are wrong, since I can rebut (with peer reviewed journal articles no less) any claim you make, in rather stunning detail, those who are not so well versed on the subject who read the dialogue could be swayed to the side of science.

Once one has given up as incredible and impossible (save for mythological purposes) the Greek idea of a god who comes down to earth and walks about as a human being, there are two possibilities open for the interpretation of Jesus Christ.

Now it is obvious that we are here in what I have called the realm of mythological discourse, just as much as when there is talk about a «second coming.»

The problem is that of language - games, in which mythological language is contradicted by scientific language about the same world.

Reason would dictate that if a celebration was based upon an occurrence, whether actual or mythological, redefinition of that celebration is logically pointless; a steak knife is a steak knife; has been a steak knife, and will always be a steak knife (at least for about 500 — 750 years); the very same with Christmas.

If, on the other hand, they choose to postulate the existence of God in order to account for these phenomena, as Kant and Hegel did, and as Krüger has recently done, I would contend that it is really God they are talking about, not, however, in the mythological sense, but in the Greek sense of the Arché.

But I can not accept what you say about an organized rebellion against God, for that is undoubtedly mythological.

Here is Bultmann's own answer: «There certainly are for those who regard all language about an act of God or of a decisive eschatological act as mythological.»

One should not in this connection let himself be deceived by the observation that the abstract thinking of the Greeks made it possible for them to understand in its purity the essence of the spiritual, and that therefore mythological, anthropomorphic ideas of God were abandoned by the Greeks, while in Judaism naïve mythological and anthropomorphic expressions about God, although they decrease, do not by any means disappear.

Before eschatology is about the end of things as finis — a concept that must appear mythological to many moderns, and contradictory to Whiteheadians, it is about the end of things as telos.

For what he wishes to do is not to discard the mythological material — mistaken science, talk about the divine in this - world idiom, highly fanciful material about descent and ascent of a supernatural divine being who pre-existed this world, etc., etc. — but to get at what it is really saying.

You said» it is based of two mythological religions» - Let me know the two you are confused about and I am happy to see if they are one of the 4 Wikki lies - Those who know Jesus do not persecute, torture or kill.

There will come a day when the mythological stories are supplanted by some other genre that possibly some young filmmaker is just thinking about discovering for all of us.»

Bultmann regards the pictorial language which the New Testament uses about the cross as a mythological expression of the truth that the believer has been delivered from sin.

The emergence of the new worldview has brought about the dissolution of the mythological framework in which Christian faith had come traditionally to be expressed.

Just like last year, it seems as though United are about to finally reach «the click» — an almost mythological moment in any Van Gaal project, and a confirmed part of his legend as a manager of mindsets as much as anything else.

There is something profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East and southern Africa.

The episode about lifting alone received more than 1.15 million views and 890 comments because this guy is so damn good at slamming every aspect of the bodybuilding stereotype there is — from obsessing with how to surprise your muscles to the mythological powers of different rep ranges.

But «Death Wish,» more than those other movies, foreshadowed the moment we're in now, since it was so much about the mythological trashing of the rule of law.

The show comes from Legendary Pictures and Rene Evevarria, and it's a fantasy - noir show about mythological creatures living together in a futuristic Victorian city in...

What's marvelous about the film is that it isn't elevated into some mythological status.

Since its premiere in 2008, the series, which, it should be noted, was originally a show about vampires, has expanded its ranks of mythological creatures so much that even the original characters seem to be growing weary.

Below is what each actor had to say about their character, and some information Vogt - Roberts gave out on the mythological beings of destruction.

So we are adamant about demystifying the mythological leadership model of the superintendency and bearing down hard on the fundamentals.

This bundle contains 28 ready - to - use Dragon Worksheets that are perfect for students who want to learn more about Dragons who are a much - loved mythological animal that are gigantic, powerful snake or reptile - like creatures.

One of the most interesting conversations I had was with K Marthaler, who was promoting her 8 year old daughter's novel Magic the Crest about girls who battle mythological monsters and shape - shifting animals.

L. Jagi Lamplighter has always been intrigued by mythological creatures, and in a brief BookBrowse interview, she tells readers how she came to learn so much about them and incorporate them into her novels.

Listen up publishing industry who is licking its chops about all the money they'll be able to make from publishing magazines on the mythological Apple iPad that may or may not be appearing next year.

Even if there is evidence that dinosaurs existed, we don't know masses about them, and they have mythological qualities.

Susan Brown writes a mix of YA fantasy (dragons and mythological beings straying into ordinary life) and realistic fiction about the problems real kids deal with.

But that's post apocalyptic not mythological... Complaining about Gods fighting like Gods is dumb and the thought shouldn't be entertained lol.

However, he must have some power because he is able to deny just about any but the most persistent of mythological figures access to the Underworld.

It all plays out in a way that feels inevitable, which may be thematically appropriate for a game about destiny and mythological traditions, but doesn't make for an engaging story after a dozen hours.

The story is about the mythological adventures of titan, Prometheus

It's one of the best - looking video games of the modern era, a Norse epic that weaves an overarching mythological tale together with a smaller - scale, personal story about grief and family.

As you'd expect, about half of his surviving drawings are religious, with another tenth devoted to classical or mythological subjects.

The fuse burned for about 15 minutes after it was lit, creating a dragon - like pattern across the dunes that was indicative of China's imperial and mythological heritage.

I was talking with a Member of the UK's Royal Statistical Society the other day, and our conversation foundered because he'd read and heard about the mythological «statistical problems» with the Hockey Stick analysis.

That said I'll be interested to see what sort of ETS Garnaut can come up with to allay all my concerns about the current mythological creature the «inner - city tertiary educated green voting base» have been worshipping for so long.