Sentences with phrase «as the myths of»

The chief points of change are, first, that the scene has been transferred from the supernatural world of the gods to the earthly sphere of human history; secondly, that It is not a god who experiences the renewal of life (for the God of Israel is not himself subject to death and resurrection, but on the contrary initiates and controls these events) but the people of Israel, who look in hope for restoration when their existence is threatened; and thirdly, that this hope is expressed as a metaphor describing the historical future, rather than as a myth of cosmic renewal.

The suggestion of anything beyond the reach of his neuroscience» the soul, for instance» is derisively dismissed as the myth of «the Ghost in the machine,» a myth abandoned by all but «the religious right.»

The modern political myths which we see nightly on TV are just as powerful as the myths of any century.

For just as the myth of the creation of the world is significant in its existential confrontation of man with his dependence and with the equal dependence of the world, so the talk about the last things is essentially a matter of existential import, if I may be permitted that odd combination of words.

By the end of Exodus, Pharaoh has been as mean, brutal and ugly as he knows how to be — and as the myth of scarcity tends to be.

It's not that he's lying, it's that the raw data doesn't really matter as long as his myth of himself holds: That he was the No. 1 wrestler in the world until his first wife divorced him and he had to leave the circuit for a bit.

We have taken the liberty of mentioning five of top facts as well as the myths of online dating in order for you to make an informed decision.

When failed concert promoter Uncle Sweetheart (John Goodman) asks down - on - his - luck folk singer Jack Fate (Dylan) about the importance of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin to American rock - and - lore, the inanity of the answer (and the evasiveness of Dylan's demeanour — «Well, it matters to someone, I guess») isn't mysterious so much as inane and disingenuous; even the evocation of social phenomena as important and galvanizing to roots rock and the inner city as the myth of Stagger Lee is tossed off with a wry flick of the hand.

As a myth of national purpose and as a program for individual conduct, the simple life has been a perennial dream and a rhetorical challenge, displaying an indestructible vitality even in the face of repeated defeats.

Formed in Toronto in 1969 by AA Bronson, Felix Partz and Jorge Zontal, General Idea is internationally recognized for work that tackled such subjects as the myth of the artist, the role of mass media, the relationship between the body and the identity, issues of gender and sexual repression, and famously HIV / AIDS activism at a time when talking about the disease was a taboo.

Covering the breadth and scope of Warhol's prolific career, ANDY WARHOL: TALKING POP explores the legendary Pop Art icon's artistic ingenuity and importance - from his early commercial illustrations of the 1950s such as Love is a Pink Cake and Tattooed Woman Holding a Rose to his iconic portfolios such as Myths of the 1980s.

Beneath Monk's playful take on art making, however, is a serious scrutiny of the very idea of art, as well as the myth of artistic genius.

This drive to cover every possible angle reflects what Bryan Garner refers to as the Myth of Precision.

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But, as is the case with all forms of birth control, there are many mixed - up, outdated, or just flat - out wrong myths about IUDs that persist.

According to the myth of the «student athlete,» the highly trained athletes performing for mammoth, lucrative TV audiences are the same as the student field hockey players whose extracurricular athletic activities are just part of a balanced education.

Not only that, they fly in the face of some massively overhyped myths that masquerade as common wisdom, these days, especially among the entrepreneurial crowd:

It's usually a knee - jerk reaction to some uncomfortable modern issue or in defense of one of the many historical myths children in the mainland are taught as unshakeable facts about the world.

Not because Azure was a bad service, but because the last thing growing startups can afford (regardless of the «learn as you go» myths) is on - the - job training.

The very culture of start - ups and the myth of killer customer service breeds a «can do» attitude that treats the everyday business as a constant emergency and a fire drill.

Not to mention ditching myths about the role of customers and employees — and even your own exalted status as idea czar.

Some of these myths are usually misplaced; one such myth being that retailers or ecommerce websites can not benefit from them as they are a costly affair.

However, there is increasing evidence that the STEM shortage is a myth and, as Fareed Zakaria points out in his book, In Defense of a Liberal Education, what we most need to improve is communication skills.

They do not in fact bury their heads in the sand as the old wives» tale tells it, but the fact that most of us believe that myth to be true only makes a stronger point: if the move you choose is to burrow in deeper to protect the current nest on which you rest, the odds are high that you're leaving yourself a sitting duck (or ostrich, as it were).

(Autonomy is a myth as an entrepreneur because your entire life gets consumed with your startup, and your clients, users, team and investors all become your new bosses sucking up all of that «freedom» you've been dreaming of.)

Fran Hauser is a long - time media executive, startup investor and author of The Myth of the Nice Girl.Best known for her role building PEOPLE.com — one of the biggest media brands online — Hauser made the leap to early stage investing in 2014, funding and advising consumer - focused companies such as HelloGiggles, Mogul, The Wing and Gem & Bolt.

Harper - economics lead to a Harper - recession and now to a Harper - deficit Louis - Philippe Rochon Associate Professor, Laurentian University Co-Editor, Review of Keynesian Economics Confirmation federal government finances have fallen back into deficit raises more questions about Harperâ $ ™ s image, now more myth than reality, as a sound economic manager.

Publishing a commentary about Bitcoin by an institutional economics professor is as responsible as letting a village witch doctor give lectures on the merits of proton radiation therapy to treat cancer («The Bitcoin myth,» March 3).

In fact, I understand that some in the crypto community view the necessity of cashing out itself as a type of myth.

And stocks were positive 6 out of the past 9 times in the year leading up to the start of a recession, dispelling the myth that the stock market always acts as a leading indicator of economic activity.

One of the myths about older workers that may need to be dispelled is that they don't seek work flexibility as much as their younger counterparts — a concept that research has increasingly debunked.

Paired with the myth of freelancing as a temporary pit stop is the assumption that most people who freelance are younger, since they don't have to worry as much about financial responsibility.

The problem is Keynesian stimulus, and central bankers are as guilty as anyone of propagating the myth that this can work.

The myth is fed by the public's perception of groundbreaking companies as having come out of nowhere to rock the world.

«That was an insane number driven by crazy credit and should be viewed the same as gods of ancient Greece and other fables or myths.»

The shareholders perpetuate the myth of Buffett as a small - town investor who does things the «right way.»

As part of this interesting proposal, he talks about the «Austrian cryptocurrency myth» that tokens created in the operation of a double permissionless shared ledger could compete with fiat currencies in everyday use and concludes that for reasons relating to both technology and governance they could not.

What most of us think of today as modern medicine is heavily dependent on an understanding of genetics, but certainly the term «modern» is relative and those who still think a book of myths beats science might consider pasteurization and basic sanitation the height of modernity.

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You really should read some of their myths as well to get a better perspective on Christianity as a religion

I would suggest that your sources of information, particularly Michael Fumento's The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS, are hopelessly out of date and inappropriate to a discussion of the AIDS epidemic as it is developing in the 1990s.

NORTHERN I think you do not know the meaning of myth as used on some Bible stories.

As any student of Comparative Mythology knows, the Garden myth in Genesis was taken from the Sumerian Chaos myths, and was a HUMAN attempt to explain «disorder».

There are those who believe the myth of America as a «christian nation», whose citizens ALL do have a Ticket to Heaven.

The reality is that as our knowledge has grown it has become ever more evident that the bible is a collection of ancient myths and legends.

Some unfortunately will be continually recycled as «mythicians» doomed for all eternity wallowing in the myths of fortune telling, angels, global floods, magic trees, resurrections and ascensions!!!

The best you can come up with is a fleeting reference to the House of David, which leaves events that supposedly happened before that in the same realm as other ancient myths.

Though in the case of the flood myth the material from the two sources isn't as clearly separated, but is, instead, intermixed.

I agree with your post, Mr. Stephens — insofar as I believe that a cobbled - together patchwork of Bronze Age myths that sanction slavery, genocide, human sacrifice, and child murder should not be arbitrarily invoked as the sole determinate for notions of morality in the modern world.

I respect and admire almost all of the Mormons I've met, I just can't wrap my mind around the founding myths — something about magic stones named Throbbing and Vermin... but then again that isn't half as crazy as some of the Old Testament stuff.

These myths are as follows: that narcissism is «really high» self - esteem; that underneath the facade, narcissists are insecure; that narcissists really are better looking or smarter; that some degree of narcissism is healthy; and that narcissism is nothing more than a bit of physical vanity.