The two words are often used interchangeably, which is problematic; because, when taken literally, Denniss points out that they're
actually polar opposites.
That is
actually the polar opposite of what Christians believe.
Not exact matches
Gunton considers the logic of the dipolar concept «
actually precludes the taking of initiative by God,» since if God is «passive to what happens in the universe» in «one pole of his being,» therefore he must be active in the other pole — for, Gunton apparently assumes, since activity and passivity are
polar opposites, so they must correspond to the abstract / concrete poles of the divine reality when applied to God.
Rogen, Baruchel and Robinson all bring their customary level of comic timing to the fray, but McBride proves to be the ace in the hole as he starts off as the most troublesome and self - centred of the group and
actually becomes progressively worse despite the obvious benefits of him being the
polar opposite.
SW: The reason why the Empathics use ritual and science is because we think of them as
polar opposites, when
actually science, religion and spirituality were deeply tied and developed together as forms, during the Enlightenment and in philosophy traditions, for example.