Sentences with phrase «as an alien force»

If, as Ellis writes, «The dominant intellectual legacy of the Revolution, enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, stigmatized all concentrated political power and even... depicted any energetic expression of governmental authority as an alien force that all responsible citizens ought to repudiate and, if possible, overthrow» [p. 11], what compromises were made in order to bring a stable national government to fruition?

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To glimpse the depth of love that is at work in this blessed exchange (our mortality becoming his, his immortality becoming ours) we need to discern the depth of humiliation behind it; and for that, we need to understand that mortality and corruption really are alien to his divine nature.Our Lord was not forced to lower himself so far as to share our materiality, flesh, and death.

Perhaps because he was forced to exist for so many centuries as an exile in alien religious worlds, the Jew has been prepared to live in faith in a Godless world, and therein to preserve the name of the Lord, even if that name must now be named as no - thing - ness.

The question of the relation of himself as person to these impersonal forces which constituted him hardly arose, except insofar as he might identify one or the other of these forces as alien to his true humanity.

In the beginnings of history it was the forces of nature which were first so reflected and which in the course of further evolution underwent the most manifold and varied personifications among the various peoples... But it is not long before, side by side with the forces of nature, social forces begin to be active — forces which confront man as equally alien and at first equally inexplicable, dominating him with the same apparent natural necessity as the forces of nature themselves.

The new line is therefore simply to blame «the economy,» as if it were an alien force dropped in from the outside, with no connection to the President's policies.

God can no longer be thought of as «out there,» entering life as an alien and other force.

Others eliminate the force of the difference, but not the difference itself, by making various distinctions, for example, between the historical «accidents» and the eternal «essence» (as in Harnack), or between the familiar present worldview, which is normative, and the strange, alien past one, which is not (as in J. Weiss and Schweitzer), or between what a text «says» and what it «means» (as in Bultmann, whose approach attempts to resolve the tensions involved in the former two enterprises).

And, yes I think there is an actual «end - time scenario» — not exactly sure how these creatures will play it out... but you can bet it will be through a deceitful representation of themselves as either some sort of «aliens here to help» or forcing the world to take a united stand against them — contributing to a volunteer world government.

Sexuality is not intended by God as a mysterious and alien force of nature, but as a power to be integrated into one's personhood and used responsibly in the service of love.

I refer to these unrecognized social forces as «alien gods.»

A young boy thrown into a alien world, forced to improvise to find his way and gain approval: Roald Dahl might as well have been talking about the career of Daniel Miguel Alves Gomes in Russia when he wrote his classic children's novel.

Some uses for them: — Force your child to get attached to one as his security bunny / bear / alien — Attach to the outside of a store - bought baby gift to make it more personalized — Place on a shelf in your house to remind yourself that you can make things besides babies — Give to your mom as a reminder that she is the mommy and you are the child who still wants her approval

Jennie Williams, a primary school teacher from Rhondda Cynon Taf, said: «Children as young as six are being forced to sit down in a totally alien environment for rigid and structured testing that they are not used to.

Located in Nevada, 300 miles from Edwards, Area 51 (officially referred to only as «the operating location near Groom Lake») is an Air Force installation that conspiracy theorists insist holds alien technology recovered from a UFO crash in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947.

By ANDY COGHLAN As if propelled by a mysterious, alien force, wheelchairs for disabled visitors at the new Museum of Tokyo glide automatically through the exhibits.

Sensing us as a threat, NASA warns, the aliens may be forced to attack.

Unleash a fury of powerful weapons as you blast your way through armies of Alien forces hell - bent on Release Date 24 Sep, 2013.

As the movie begins, a wave of violent prawn unrest — not unlike the one that rocked South Africa's real townships only last month — has prompted the good people of Jo» burg to crave even greater distance from their sub-human neighbors, and a forced relocation of all alien residents to a Guantánamo - style tent city known as District 10 has become laAs the movie begins, a wave of violent prawn unrest — not unlike the one that rocked South Africa's real townships only last month — has prompted the good people of Jo» burg to crave even greater distance from their sub-human neighbors, and a forced relocation of all alien residents to a Guantánamo - style tent city known as District 10 has become laas District 10 has become law.

That movie debuted the Predator and starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Weathers as part of a special forces team who ended up in a fight to the death with the alien bounty hunter.

There, she is forced to reveal herself and her powers, setting off a series of adventures as she fights alien and human menaces to her adopted city and planet.

In these films, the world has usually turned against humanity in some way — a zombie apocalypse, an alien invasion, or simply the indomitability of nature itself — and the relative resourcefulness of characters who were previously reliant on now - absent tools or technologies provide the major dramatic beats as outside forces close in, driving these characters into action.

Kane, who perhaps not coincidentally bears the same name as John Hurt's character in «Alien,» then coughs up blood, and is taken away in an ambulance, which is forced off the road by black SUVs, full of men who snatch him, drug Lena and whisk them off to a secret locale deep in the heart of a conspiracy.

Brie Larson stars as Carol Danvers, an Air Force pilot in the 1990s whose DNA fuses with that of an alien, sending her headlong into an intergalactic adventure.

Tragnarion describes the Nogari military forces and aliens that have invaded the company's facilities as «insurmountable» adversaries.

It's Got: An opening song - and - dance extravaganza performed by retreating dolphins; the complete destruction of Earth within the first ten minutes; the mindlessly bureaucratic Vogons beautifully rendered by Henson workshop puppetry; underground aliens that give a good slapping to anyone who has an idea; Bill Nighy at his best as Slartibartfast; the entire crew of the Heart of Gold reduced to knitted wool simulacra by the Improbability Drive; Bill Bailey voicing a whale having its first (and last) encounter with the full force of gravity; and, of course, long queues.

We also have 10 TV spots from Jonathan Liebesman's sci - fi thriller starring Aaron Eckhart as a Marine battling alien forces.

First of all, the atmosphere is similar to a Metroid game as it makes you feel alone with the alien forces right off the bat.

The echoes with the original Star Wars are unmistakable to any fan; there's a bar filled with mercenary alien types (which Abrams creates largely with old - school make - up and masks), an even bigger and badder Death Star, a masked Darth Vader acolyte (Adam Driver as Kylo Ren) who leads the new Imperial army with the help of the dark side of the force, and yes, those plans reveal the weakness in the new planet - killing weapon.

Apparently, neither can Williamson nor Rodriguez, as Janssen's Miss Burke and most of the characters undergo a 180 - degree turn as a mysterious — perhaps alien — force corrupts the school faculty and, before long, the students themselves.

As Cypher (Will) is injured at the craft, Kitai (Jaden) is forced to navigate the alien land to save them both.

After receiving a powerful ring from a dying alien, Jordan is whisked across space to the planet Oa, to learn he has been chosen, like it or not, to become a member of an intergalactic peacekeeping force overseen by a parliament of blue yodas known as the Guardians of the Universe.

The movie follows a group of has - been science - fiction actors as they're forced to assume their old roles after they're abducted by aliens, as said aliens, having viewed broadcasts of their cancelled TV show, believe that the performers will be able to help them defeat a feared enemy called Sarris.

The tiny mechanized robotic creatures, created by the alien force, run all over the ship, as there's a computer - run android - manufacturing workshop operated by larger mechanisms below deck.

Together, they come to an understanding as they face off against assailants both anticipated and unforeseen, everything building to a final confrontation that will leave all sides bloody and bowed, the survivors forced to make sense of a new world that's alien from any that they thought they knew before this trip began.

Then as they seemingly crash into the ocean, it's becomes very clear, very quickly these ain't no meteors but rather an alien force, intent on taking over our planet by using our water to fuel their machines.

As reported by Deadline Hollywood, the original film «starred James Caan as a racist cop who is forced to team with a member of an alien race which came to Earth when a ship carrying 300,000 enslaved aliens crashed, with the newcomers assimilating in Los Angeles.&raquAs reported by Deadline Hollywood, the original film «starred James Caan as a racist cop who is forced to team with a member of an alien race which came to Earth when a ship carrying 300,000 enslaved aliens crashed, with the newcomers assimilating in Los Angeles.&raquas a racist cop who is forced to team with a member of an alien race which came to Earth when a ship carrying 300,000 enslaved aliens crashed, with the newcomers assimilating in Los Angeles.»

With the alien forces not only fully entrenched but also accepted as friendlies amongst the populous, the XCOM team now has to wage a guerilla war in their own backyard to extract the invaders.

Small wonder that The Last Samurai reminds of Lawrence of Arabia, since the plot involves a disgraced military officer sent to contact an alien force (that has just raided a railroad) whom he comes to see as noble even as he views himself as their salvation — although Algren ultimately functions not like T.E. Lawrence, but another of Peter O'Toole's roles: Reginald Johnston, tutor to The Last Emperor.

As previously announced, Larson will play the title character, a.k.a. Carol Danvers, an Air Force pilot who gains superpowers when she finds herself spliced with alien genetics.

Meanwhile, as the kids (and eventually Merrill) get caught up in the alien invasion, Graham is forced to accept the reality of the situation in order to protect his family.

Major William Cage (Cruise) is a cocky, PR flack who has persuaded millions to join the armed forces to fight the aliens who have invaded the planet (they're referred to as «Mimics» without much explanation).

Premise: Twenty years after the War of 1996, the international community recovers and the United Nations creates the Earth Space Defense (ESD), a united global defense program that serves as Earth's early warning system and the main defense force using technology salvaged from remains of the alien forces, with some military forces assembled on the Moon.

... except for «all idiots, imbeciles, feeble - minded persons, epileptics, insane persons; persons who have had one or more attacks of insanity at any time previously; persons of constitutional psychopathic inferiority; persons with chronic alcoholism; paupers; professional beggars; vagrants; persons afflicted with tuberculosis in any form or with a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease; persons not comprehended within any of the foregoing excluded classes who are found to be and are certified by the examining surgeon as being mentally or physically defective, such physical defect being of a nature which may affect the ability of such alien to earn a living; persons who have been convicted of or admit having committed a felony or other crime or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; polygamists, or persons who practice polygamy or believe in or advocate the practice of polygamy; anarchists, or persons who believe in or advocate the overthrow by force or violence of the Government of the United States.»

The alien forces have managed to take over and are posing as Advent, a company offering radical, life - changing gene therepy to people for free in order to exert influence over the population.

For only $ 39.99 (MSRP) you can experience the thrilling journey of Nathan Hale as he fights back the invading alien force known as the Chimera.

«Robotech: The Macross Saga» puts players in the driver's seat as Earth's last defense in an epic intergalactic battle against alien forces.

PC Darkspore will feature dynamic, fast - paced action as players battle across alien worlds to save the galaxy from the mutated forces of Darkspore in a four - player co-operative and full single - player campaign, as well as intense multiplayer battles.

The alien player also has a few single - use devices that make missions more difficult for other specialists to succeed, such as adding mines to the maze or forcing them to complete it in reverse.

Killzone 3, a PS3 exclusive, follows a pair of interplanetary special forces operatives as they attempt to foil an invasion from alien evildoers.