Sentences with phrase «because of human actions»

Yet, it is clear that the climate is changing, primarily because of human actions, and in ways that are costly and deadly.»

It is estimated that species extinction rates are a hundred to a thousand times greater now than in the past because of human actions.

In fact, there is no scientific proof of the projections of global warming, much less that it is occurring because of human action and not because of natural phenomena.

Not exact matches

Make it abundantly clear through words and actions that you are devoted to the community, and most likely you'll be amazed at the rash of new clients that will be willing to work with you because not only are they interested in your product, they like and respect you as a human being.

This is part of what it means to think politically, because politics is about action in a realm of uncertainty; politics is about human choice, but these choices are not infinite.

To describe a work as an autobiography merely because of the first - person pronoun effaces what distinguishes autobiography: the belief in the existence of a stable self and the meaningfulness of human action.

Yet God covers our actions in His own blood, so that every time God looks like a lying, murderous, baby - killing, woman - raping bastard, it is because God has taken the burden of human sin upon His shoulders, and borne it away upon His body into death.

When we talk about the actions of Jesus we need to be careful because He has two natures — He is fully divine and fully human — even though He is only one, divine Person — God the Son, the second Person of the Trinity.

More important and more basic than that, it is because God's own purpose of self - expression does not there expect and provide for such adequacy as was achieved by him once for all in human regard, when by his prevenient preparation, his concomitant grace, and his effectual action he was «made flesh» in the person of Jesus Christ.

I have emphasized this historical responsibility as the framework of pluralism because it posits humanization and the questions related to the meaning of being human as the central theme of common concern in dialogue and action, for all those who are encountering the common historical responsibility.

On the contrary, because he is present, we may eat in remembrance of him, Although the anamnesis (recollection) occurs in relation to God's activity, it is altogether a human action.

Yes, for all you Muslim lovers out there, for all you Islamists that would die for your religion, for all you weak lillly livered Muslims that flee your own country to live in ours and swear to its destruction, for all you hipocrites that claim to be in a religion of tolerance and peace but live by your actions of murder and unspeakable horrors, you Iranians, you Afghans, you Pakistanis, you Iragis, you misfits and abhorents of any god, this story of a simple Christian, who is now denied his life because of stupid and educaied cowards in Iran, cowards and murderers who covet children and lust hiding behind a demonic religion, let this man be your true martyr because you are not human and can not touch him.

God does not erase the distinction between good and evil in history because of the moral ambiguity of all human actions.

People do wrong things regardless of faith... it mostly because greediness, power and so on... very few among the mankind fear Lord The Almighty which includes Muslims as well... and which is why today we see these actions are being done by human in everywhere... as a matter of fact its been there since the beginning of mankind... now we have been blessed with media and anything happens, next minute we can see it and sometimes we see what the media wants us to see...

Turning away from orthodox Christianity because of the emotional excesses of frontier evangelism, he found it easier as a young man to accept what was called the Doctrine of Necessity, which he defined as the belief â $ ˜that the human mind is impelled to action, or held in rest by some power, over which the mind itself has no control.â $ ™ Later, he frequently quoted to his partner, William H. Herndon, the lines for Hamlet: â $ ˜Thereâ $ ™ s a divinity that shapes our ends, rough â $ «hew them how he will.â $ ™ â $ œFrom Lincolnâ $ ™ s fatalism derived some of his most lovable traits: his compassion, his tolerance, his willingness to overlook mistakes.

Kaplan has not time for what he calls mysticism (he mentioned Heschel and Buber by name in his reproach), because to him it is inimical to an ultimate reality which is constantly becoming, constantly encountered in the midst of responsible human action.

In a recent interview with the Washington Post (part of their ominously titled «Voices of Power» series), Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius discussed Archbishop Joseph Naumann's request that she not present herself for communion because of her public support for legalised abortion: «Well, it was one of the most painful things I have ever experienced in my life, and I am a firm believer in the separation of church and state, and I feel that my actions as a parishioner are different than my actions as a public official and that the people who elected me in Kansas had a right to expect me to uphold their rights and their beliefs even if they did not have the same religious beliefs that I had.

But the idea that every human law is imperfect, and therefore unjust to some extent, does indeed make sense, because we can imagine a perfectly just judge who administers perfect justice» who assesses a person's talents, motives, opportunities, weaknesses, ideals, history, and everything else about him, and then judges all his actions against the standard of what he is able to do.

Rightly understood, faith and justice are in principle different because, while faith is a matter of human existence, of authentic self - understanding in trust and loyalty in response to God's love, justice is a matter of human action, whether right action toward all others (its generally moral sense), or right structures of social and cultural order (its specifically political sense).

Significantly, the witness of the Church over the centuries has denied the possibility that God is indifferent to what human beings do to themselves and to the life that has been entrusted to them, because every human being must one day account for their actions before their Creator.

The problems in Hasker's account begin with his claim that, because of this rejection,» [b] oth views agree» that «the primary responsibility for [the morally wrong actions of human beings] lies with their human perpetrators and not with God.»

Oord takes Wesley's concept of God as Spirit and explains how God as provider of initial aims is not responsible for the evil that results from human action because God does not have the control that humans have over human bodies.

This message is the most important one because it counterbalances those very human moments when I am not the most patient mom, they know how I really feel so that when I apologise for being angry or disappointing them or for making very human mistakes they believe it because they have seen through my words and most of my actions that I mean it.

Jonathan condemned the action of some politicians who he accused of sending their own children abroad, only to recruit children of other people as thugs to fight and die during elections because of their unquenchable ambition, stressing that such acts were against human dignity.

Because the species has been reported in Washington state, just 70 miles from the Canadian border, the researchers speculate that the species was brought into Canada as a result of human actions.

They argue that the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance is similar to that posed by climate change because it is a natural process exacerbated by human activity and the actions of one country can have global ramifications.

Because of the robot's cognitive algorithms, the robot and human can jointly seek victims and determine their actions in order to save human lives.

It is important because understanding the cause - and - effect cascade of changes to ecosystems is key to anticipating impacts of human actions and minimizing damage to natural systems that undergird our planet's ability to support human life.

TNF inhibitors — known as biologic drugs, because they're derived from substances that occur naturally in humans and animals — work by blocking the action of TNF, an important immune - system molecule.

Though the film does a better job of capturing the spirit of the «Hitman» franchise with violent, stealth - based action sequences, it's bogged down by a cheesy and predictable script that shackles its titular character to Hannah Ware's human MacGuffin for no other reason than because Agent 47 would be an emotionally detached bore on his own.

Such questions are tied to the creation of curriculum around bullying, because they involve recognizing levels of human connectivity, the consequences of words and actions, and the ways that culture shapes who we are and what we do.

This suggests such highly stylised modern forms as the detective story and the cowboy film where, because of a withdrawal of human interest which leaves the action naked, we witness death and pain lightheartedly....

A finely developed sense of discretionary price action trading will beat a computer every time, because there are a lot of subtle «clues» that only the human eye and mind can pick up on.

I arrived at the Austrian School of economics after eight years as an investor, and I did so precisely because it provided a theoretical framework to what I was seeing every day in the market, namely, human action.

«Because of the internet and social media, stories involving the human - animal bond now reach well beyond state and even national boundaries and have the potential to prompt action on a global scale,» Dr. Falk said.

Borrowing that «Radioactive» track from a trailer featuring a certain assassin (which is fine, because it's a good track) the video shows off the Human and Irathient Ark Hunters in action, giving us a look at some of the locations we'll be visiting, a taster of the sort of vehicles we'll be able to drive around, and finishes with a Arkfall featuring a Hellbug of colossal proportions... and yes, you will fight that thing in - game.

It's a very large, stand - alone expansion pack for Human Revolution that has no impact on the world and offers no reward for your time invested beyond the fun you can have punching NPCs in the face at the end of a side mission just because they dared to question your actions.

Or you come to school one morning and the principal wants to see you because a parent of one of your students has accused you of political bias because you taught what scientists agree about: that the Earth is getting warmer, and human actions have had an important role in this warming.

Without some new kinds of policies and human - driven action, humankind could soon come face to face with daunting, human - caused challenges, over which human beings appear to have at least a modicum of control because the increase of conspicious per capita consumption, seemingly endless production, and skyrocketing propagation by the human species has evidently brought certain global challenges into being.

I point this out because the proposed bet (of a «let's see what happens» sort) should not be seen as an approach that we (humans) should adopt when it comes to taking wise action to address global warming.

A) Those who think that governments around the world should take action to reduce CO2 emissions because data collected in the last 30 years indicates that recent changes in climate can be traced to CO2 emissions from the burning of fossil fuels during various human activities.

* There is too much conflicting evidence about climate change to know whether it is actually happening * Current climate change is part of a pattern that has been going on for millions of years * Climate change is just a natural fluctuation in Earth's temperatures * Even if we do experience some consequences from climate change, we will be able to cope with them * The effects of climate change are likely to be catastrophic * The evidence for climate change is unreliable * There are a lot of very different theories about climate change and little agreement about which is right * Scientists have in the past changed their results to make climate change appear worse than it is * Scientists have hidden research that shows climate change is not serious * Climate change is a scam * Social / behavioural scepticism measures * Climate change is so complicated, that there is very little politicians can do about it * There is no point in me doing anything about climate change because no - one else is * The actions of a single person doesn't make any difference in tackling climate change * People are too selfish to do anything about climate change * Not much will be done about climate change, because it is not in human nature to respond to problems that won't happen for many years * It is already too late to do anything about climate change * The media is often too alarmist about climate change * Environmentalists do their best to emphasise the worst possible effects of climate change * Climate change has now become a bit of an outdated issue * Whether it is important or not, on a day - to - day basis I am bored of hearing about climate change

That's bad news for the climate, because the ocean is responsible for absorbing at least one quarter of the CO2 that humans load into the air through fossil fuel burning and other activities — and it is the action of foraminifera and other tiny shell - building animals, along with plants like algae that lock it away safely for millennia.

We're not offering a «counter-claim» about the science, because our position is that even the concrete, incontrovertible, unassailable fact of human influence on global warming and climate change does not, by itself, make a case for action.

But the conditions that make the earth habitable and relatively comfortable for humans are jeopardized because of our actions.

This strategy is why climate contrarians are sometimes referred to as «delayers», because they argue that we should delay action until we can be more certain of the human - caused global warming outcome.

Such an action would definitely cut down on human caused CO2 emisions but it would have no real effect on climate because the climate sensivity of CO2 is zero.

In a sharp change from its cautious approach in the past, the National Academy of Sciences on Wednesday called for taxes on carbon emissions, a cap - and - trade program for such emissions or some other strong action to curb runaway global warming.Such actions, which would increase the cost of using coal and petroleum — at least in the immediate future — are necessary because «climate change is occurring, the Earth is warming... concentrations of carbon dioxide are increasing, and there are very clear fingerprints that link [those effects] to humans,» said Pamela A. Matson of Stanford University, who chaired one of five panels organized by the academy at the request of Congress to look at the science of climate change and how the nation should respond.

And because humans depend on mountaintop ecosystems for elements essential to our survival, swift, decisive action on global warming is for our own sake as well as for the sake of other species that share our earth.

Because there is a real difference between environmental concern — where consequences matter — and environmentalism — where signalling adherence to the appropriate markers of concern (based on human action being presumptively destructive) matter.