Sentences with phrase «been close to the truth in»

Marxism may have been close to the truth in sensationalizing property as commodities.

Not exact matches

«I think the way in which he acts, especially his corrosive effect on norms — truth - telling being the most important of them — has that staining effect on institutions and people who are close to them.

There is «no truth» to a report that Target and Kroger are in merger talks, a source close to the matter told CNBC on Friday.

But the truth is that the bull market in the 10 - year treasury is closer to the end than the beginning.

For all I know, Christianity may be the wrong story; Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc. may be closer to the truth» translate into «but that's exactly what you are doing in claiming you have a better avenue to «the truth.»»?

Augustine points out how difficult it is even for the wisest and most detached humans to discover the truth among lies — and how even husbands and wives in the closest of human bonds misunderstand each other so often.

in truth the «accountability» consists of sauna's with one of my vicar friends and a couple of others, a monthly trip to the pub to discuss life, the universe and everything, a few close christian relationships which are open and honest.

It is important for us to go back constantly to the basics, to the raw truth of things, and through a close reading of the original realities to recover or gain a genuine appreciation of those things in all their uniqueness.

Did u watch the muslin version just to criticize it was that your one hundred prescient why, I'm possitive that each in one of u have a.10 % doubt in Christianity and that lead u to watching the Muslim version because u love hearing the truth and know it makes sence but choses to close ur hearts and follow.

In truth it is impossible to keep one's gaze constantly fixed on the vast horizons opened out to us by science without feeling the stirrings of an obscure desire to see men drawn closer and closer together by an ever - increasing knowledge and sympathy until finally, in obedience to some divine attraction, there remains but one heart and one soul on the face of the eartIn truth it is impossible to keep one's gaze constantly fixed on the vast horizons opened out to us by science without feeling the stirrings of an obscure desire to see men drawn closer and closer together by an ever - increasing knowledge and sympathy until finally, in obedience to some divine attraction, there remains but one heart and one soul on the face of the eartin obedience to some divine attraction, there remains but one heart and one soul on the face of the earth.

With its concern for historical truth and invocation of the need to facilitate the cultivation of the human person and society, «Mapping» at this point comes tantalizingly close to this vision only to fall back into statements that «the fundamental sources of value in a culture are neither necessary nor universal.»

Its close connection to costliness and truth in the description of Jesus, however, also reminds us that this grace should not be an excuse for indulgence or presumption.

Thomas Aquinas thought that knowledge is in and of itself always good, since any act of knowing «feeds» truth to the intellect, which brings the intellect, and hence the soul, ever closer to perfection.

I don't always come out on the side of the author but I always come closer to God — even if it's just to realize that I'm struggling with a particular truth Funny thing is, God always encourages me and loves me in my honesty.

They may even incorporate some of the truths discovered in other governments into their own... to not do so would be closed - minded and shallow.

Elie Wiesel's comment that «all the victims were Jews, and all the perpetrators Christians» is not factually precise in either clause, but the truth is much too close to deny.

There is some truth in the claim that Filipino culture is much closer to Spanish (and American) culture, than it is to Japanese, Chinese or Indian cultures.

The truth is the truth, regardless of your opinion... if your sons believe in God while you don't, then they are closer to the truth than you... «even the devils believe, and tremble.»

In this sense Whitehead is closer to a mathematical physicist than a pure mathematician (PW 47/43); the metaphysical system must be tested against experience and «depends for its truth upon its empirical verification, and not merely upon its logical criteria» (PW 51/47).

At one point, you did get close when you wrote,» unregenerate unbelievers have no ability to understand, respond, or believe the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ,» but you incorrectly linked this with Satan being in control of the world.

We are closer to the truth, I believe, if we acknowledge that the debates in which we are embroiled are the products of moral, cultural, and political change.

In fact, it may be closer to the truth to say that the refinement and ennoblement of personality and the advancement of civilization are in proportion to the degree of discipline and control of sexual appetitIn fact, it may be closer to the truth to say that the refinement and ennoblement of personality and the advancement of civilization are in proportion to the degree of discipline and control of sexual appetitin proportion to the degree of discipline and control of sexual appetite.

As some Muslim and Christian thinkers come close enough to each other to understand the truths of experience which are enshrined in long - held doctrines, they find themselves grappling with same mysteries.

Barth is the hero of Hauerwas's lectures, and the closing chapter gives a prominent role to Marshall's case for conceiving the Christian God as the truth, though it also suggests that Marshall underestimates the problem of cultural accommodation in modern theology.

Any Christian that disagrees is too close minded, too indoctrination, too dogmatic to understand the very simple reason why... Truth, so far as religion is concerned, is in the eye of the beholder.

I know the truth is mixed in with all these opposing views and I think your series on Calvinism is closer to it than most.

A century later, we are living in the closing years of a pontificate that has, above all, taught Catholics not to be afraid» afraid of those who hate the Church so that we do not honestly contemplate the failings of our own past; afraid of the progress of science so that we needed to be reminded by the Pope «that faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth.»

We are indeed so like the Greeks, «religious» in every way, but blinded by that very fervor to the life and truth that is closer than our next breath.

It was a tragic but in the end richly productive life of a great genius who near the end of his life came fairly close to what I consider the central religious truths.

The truth, the golden rules that you are so keened on keeping close to your heart is Jesus» teachings as in Matthew 7:12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Closest to this word is word Mayhem in English, meaning KARMA or spirit of truth.

The reality of divine revelation is a truth closer to the center of the faith than is the truth that religious freedom is a right of persons that should be recognized in law; but both are true.

From my perspective, we're all in this together and we should help one another move closer to the truth.

From the great diversity of the Old Testament, he chose the prophetic strain as that which is closest to the truth, as that in the light of which all the rest must be interpreted.

Even though theology as a whole has not gone to these Hegelian lengths, from the very beginnings of Christian theology there has been a kind of social contract between philosophy and theology in virtue of their common concern for truth, and a very close association indeed between the Catholic traditions of theology and metaphysics.

In this story we have the making of a tragedy, and tragedy is closer to the truth of the gospel than any morality play.

And the relationships that have meant the most to me, that have brought me closer to the Table, have been those in which we talk to one another like normal people, employing the language of our shared faith tradition when it illuminates the truth, but not when it obscures it.

He speaks of «a weak objectivity that includes the transcendental conditions of establishing truth» (p. 299), which is very close to Bernard Lonergan's discussion in Insight of the contingency of judgments about the material world.

I am no Scholar but, I believe God has the power to change prophecy the way that he did with Hezekiah, his intentions for a perfect people in the beginning changed due to disobedience so who's to say our men or intended leadership has overall been disobedient, and many women have been forced to lead and in that leading women have been more obedient.We all need each other if my husband was a pastor and I'm his help mate if he for some reason can't teach or preach who else other than myself would be the closest to him.I don't believe GOD changes he's always the same but, he does have the power to make changes and he does not need our permission to do so, instead of debating back and forth over our version of the Bible we should be sure we have the Holy Spirit and real relationship with GOD because he will reveal to us his truths but, please know he's not the author of confusion

Yes the Bible is my plumb line of Truth, but as you said it's God's heart to want all cultures and peoples in the world to come close enough to hear His heart.

The scribe in Mark was close to the Kingdom of God because he was close to the truth, not because he was about to be whisked away to a future time and to a far away place.

Nonetheless, never is probably closer to the truth in this instance.

@HeavenSent you are close to the truth, There is a small hint there about the SOCIETY that you mentioned in your response, but if I were to give it away, no one would grow, because it would be something thought and becomes a belief and not the truth.

The one was open to new discoveries in science, believing that more truth was to be disclosed; the other either closed his mind to all discoveries that seemed to contradict the truth that he knew, or sought to keep science and theology wholly separate.

It's a interesting truism that atheists, while professing to be open to data / evidence / truth, nearly universally have so much personally tied up with the belief, that they are in reality the most close minded, faith driven people I've ever come across..

Clearly then it is neither necessary nor possible to interpret the former aspects of feelings as reducible to the latter under the present reading of Hartshorne; in fact, the converse error is closer to the truth, since the latter is simply the former's active availability to the future.

On the other hand, there are those who wrongly interpret this search for the truth, leading them to irrationality and fanaticism; they close themselves up in «their truth», and try to impose it on others.

I think there may very well be some who think they are atheists, but who in truth are closer to the kingdom than many so - called believers (I am crossing my fingers for Arthur Schopenhauer...).

John Updike might seem just another writer clever in his use of words and in his ability to capitalize on sex, but he has faced today's spiritual malaise by exploring what is close at hand — family, tradition, loves — in the hope of uncovering spiritual truth.

So again, when we talk about discipleship and the unbeliever, we can see that no matter what a person believes or doesn't believe about God, Jesus, sin, Scripture, and a whole host of other Christian teachings, there is always room for us to talk with a person about what they believe (or don't believe) and hopefully bring them to a place that is somewhat closer to the truth revealed through Jesus Christ and in the Scriptures.