To think of God as acting in dynamic relation to His creatures not merely as one actor among many, but as the universal creative power which sustains all things, and without which they could neither be nor act, is true to what
our best knowledge of the world tells us.
It is one aspect of the awakening of the churches generally to
a better knowledge of the world about them.
The book is about the same thickness as the bible, and it is written by someone with a far
better knowledge of the world than bronze age goat herders living in the desert.
LOL here are a few...» Hey dipstick, Trollolololololol, religious babble, written by someone with a far
better knowledge of the world than bronze age goat herders living in the desert, what a moron, hate speech, Christianity is by definition bigotry, you are more likely parroting some nonsensical drivel your pastor spewed forth, supersti tious nonsense, staggeringly arrogant of you, absurd, Your god is a monster.
Not exact matches
«It's about being
better connected with the
knowledge of the
world and democratizing forces,» says John Lagerling, director
of global partnerships for Android.
«It's amazing how books are constantly being flagged as obsolete in the post iPad / Kindle
world, but in reality people have real emotion and attachment to tangible physical books,» McLeod told me, describing those emotions as «both the memories
of where [the owners] were when they experienced them, as
well as the
knowledge contained within.»
There are many
good ideas out there in the
world, but our startup post-mortem founders found that a lack
of passion for a domain and a lack
of knowledge of a domain were key reasons for failure no matter how
good an idea is.
His technical
knowledge and established working relations with the leading players and opinion makers in the governance
world provide an invaluable source for understanding and anticipating the response
of the investor community and crafting the adequate management's message to
better represent the Client's objectives in engaging shareholders.
As a preeminent business school that creates, teaches, and applies life - changing
knowledge, Tuck educates wise leaders to
better the
world of business.
«This partnership recognizes the tremendous growth
of the London region's
knowledge - based economy in recent years, the leadership
of organizations like TechAlliance, as
well as the presence
of world class institutions and research institutes in this community.
To the
best of my
knowledge, I'm not aware
of an island where millionaires grow - up before entering the real
world.
Bitcoin Conference Kiev - a meeting place
of the
best experts
of cryptocurrency industry from around the
world to share experiences and
knowledge about Bitcoin operation and to discuss why this virtual «coin» stands a
good...
People who might have been the
best mentors in the
world are not among us anymore, books carry decades and centuries
of knowledge and wisdom.
Currently in its fourth year, this conference offers a full scope
of insights,
knowledge and commentary from leaders and innovators in the blockchain industry; as
well as regulators, lawyers and several notable names in the
world of tech.
Someday the mental slavery
of all 3 abrahamic faiths will be common
knowledge to all and the entire
world will be
better of for it.
But there's a countervailing force at work as
well, namely that new
knowledge of how the
world works confers survival value
of its own and is commensurately rewarded with, um, survival.
For us to come into this
world to undergo God's test it had to be through Adam and Eve, and that could not have happened if they were in a state
of innocence and had not eaten the fruit
of the Tree
of Knowledge of Good and Evil, and because
of that we are brought into this
world for a limited time as mortals and while as mortals we take the test God has given us to see if we are willing to follow God and not simply made to follow God.
«[We] are only instruments in the Lord's hands; and this
knowledge frees us from the presumption
of thinking that we alone are responsible for building a
better world.
When Adam and Eve misused their wills in the Garden
of Eden by eating fruit from the tree
of the
knowledge of good and evil, sin entered into the
world, and with it came death, decay, and destruction.
No more does it help to suggest that God's value is wholly independent
of his relations to the
world, whether
of knowledge or
of will, for this only means that the particular characters
of the objects
of his
knowledge, or the results
of his willing, are to him totally insignificant, which is psychologically monstrous and is religiously appalling as
well..
Regarding
knowledge of possibility, we can, for present purposes, avoid discussing the
well - known difference between Whitehead and Hartshorne as to whether God has a primordial vision
of all eternal objects (possibility), as Whitehead asserts, or whether God derives eternal objects from the
world, as Hartshorne does.
I tried to rephrase the question in the certain
knowledge that I am among the
world's
best speakers
of broken French....
If God is
good (and the Torah taught us that He is), then it is
good to labor diligently to deepen our
knowledge of His entire created
world, and all things in it.
well just thinking about these wars in the muslim / mid-east
world over religious differences (which may reflect mental states in many ways) in a
world where most realize that living in the present moment is
best way to happiness and being in the moment in non-strife and awareness through the teachings
of masters such as found in the buddhist, taoist, zen, etc., etc., etc. spriritually based practices
of religious like thought and teachings, etc. that to ask these scientifically educated populace whom have access to vast amounts
of knowledges and understandings on the internet, etc. to believe in past beliefs that perhaps gave basis and inspiration to that which followed — but is not the end all
of all times or
knowledges — and is thus — non self - sustaining in a belief that does not encompass growth
of knowledge and understanding
of all truths and being as it is or could be — is to not respect the intelligence and minds and personage
of even themselves — not to be disrespected nor disrespectful in any way — only to point out that perhaps too much is asked to put others into the cloak
of blind faith and adherance to the past that disregards the realities
of the present and the potential
of the future... so you try to live in the past — and destroy your present and your future — where is the intelligence in that — and why do people continually fear monger or allow to be fear — mongered into this destructive vision
of the future based upon the past?
Deny all facts around you, and just admit that you're scared
of what you don't know, while us non-religious folks grow our minds and humanity's body
of knowledge so we can make the
world a
better place.
In my maturing years, as I went out to search for my own
knowledge of good and evil, I visited some
of the historic churches
of the
world; but in the end my visits were really nothing more than visits.
As such, this «representation»
of the
good principle does not have for its effect «to extend our
knowledge beyond the
world of sense but only to make clear for practical use the conception
of what is for us unfathomable» (p. 52).
We have to put the New Testament faith into a context that differs from the New Testament context at two points: the expectation
of a, indefinitely prolonged future and our
better knowledge of the population
of the whole
world.
Here is the sheer miracle
of it: a literature that long antedated our glorious gains in science and the immense scope
of modern
knowledge, which moves in the quiet atmosphere
of the ancient countryside, with camels and flocks and roadside
wells and the joyous shout
of the peasant at vintage or in harvest — this literature, after all that has intervened, is still our great literature, published abroad as no other in the total
of man's writing, translated into the
world's great languages and many minor ones, and cherished and loved and studied so earnestly as to set it in a class apart.
We would hire some
of the
best fishermen from around the
world to come and pass on their
knowledge to the next generation.
These letters try to guide people to paths
of good conduct by discussing such topics as knowing God and knowing one's self, understanding one's situation in this
world and in the life to come, seeking
knowledge devoutly, and behaving devoutly.
The
good news is that He sent His Son Jesus to save the
world from sin, for it is not His will that any, and that means ANY, should perish (be indicted with the judgment
of eternal torment), but His will is that ALL should be saved, AND come to the full
knowledge (by relationship)
of the TRUTH.
We looking outside
world for answer, who can close the eyes and detach themselves from the
world and simply merge in the goodness and love in heart and feel the
best what we have, never worry or argue the different name
of God or argue who is superior or inferior, the people who argues never even know himself or herself and started defying anything which cant be define, We can answer the very question
of God and super power, it is not complicated, close the eyes, breath deeply and start detaching yourself from outside
world and stop controlling your body, your thoughts, your so called worldly
knowledge, ego and just feel the power and light within, you sure will get answer, it wont be Christ, Krishna, Allah, Those names wont matter, You will merge into supreme strength, and peace, we will have answer then, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ANSWER LOOKING INSIDE OUT, WHEN ANSWER IS WITHIN,
Such
knowledge is
good and true so far as it goes, but its very variety and its wide diffusion make it impossible for it to be used as giving a determinative disclosure
of the divine nature and the divine purpose in the
world.
So if we can remove the subjective component from
knowledge altogether, we have a
better chance
of getting in touch with the «real»
world «out there.»
But the consciousness
of the global nature
of poverty and exploitation in the
world today, the
knowledge of the interdependence between nations and the understanding
of the international missionary responsibility
of the Church - all invite, in fact oblige, every church and every Christian to think
of ways and means to share the
Good News with the poor
of today.
He learns, through the revealing conversation with God, that his choice for humanization, wisdom,
knowledge of good and bad, or autonomy really means at the same time also estrangement from the
world, self - division, division
of labor, toil, fearful
knowledge of death, and the institution
of inequality, rule, and subservience.
mweightinwords, I forgot your other question
of how it relates to the topic here,
well the prophesies confirm why these things are occurring, men wanting to marry men, and women marring women, in Jeremiah 50:37, and mayhem in our
world, and other things while we are running to, and fro, with increased
knowledge, Daniel 12:1 - 4.
This is the way followed by some thinkers, for example, A. N. Whitehead in a series
of books, The Principles
of Natural
Knowledge, The Concept
of Nature, and Science and the Modern
World; by Milic Capek in his The Philosophical Impact
of Contemporary Physics; and by C. F. von Weizsäicker in his recent Die Einheit der Natur, as
well as other books
of his — this list is intended as illustrative, not exhaustive.
The real brave people
of the
world though, use
knowledge and actually trying to figure out how the
world works for real.And by doing this they actually saving lives and make life
better for everyone including those who go to church and those who preach ancient fairy tales.
Our
knowledge of the
world gained from science suggests that it is at
best indifferent to human concerns.
Mass surveillance similarly promises a sort
of omniscience, «
knowledge of good and evil,» and with it an opportunity to bring order and peace to the
world.
It's the way the
world is to the
best of our current
knowledge.
Griffin lists the similarities between Open free will theists and process free will theists as agreements that (a) the criteria for judging theological positions are broadly biblically based, rationally consistent, and consistent with the
best knowledge of the contemporary
world, (b) God is the supreme power and is perfect in power, (c) God created our universe, (d) God is active in nature and human history, (e) God is a personal, purposive being involving temporality and response to the
world, (f) God is essentially love rather than power, and (g) there is salvation after death (10 - 14).
In today's
world more and more
of the jobs with
good pay and prestige require some technical
knowledge and some understanding
of theory.
Every variant reading as
well as any basic
knowledge of science and the real
world calls into question all
of the bibles doctrines.
Suffice it to say that the conceptuality which I accept — and accept because it seems to do justice to deep analysis
of human experience and observation, as
well as to the
knowledge we now have
of the way «things go» in the
world — lays stress on the dynamic «event» character
of that
world; on the inter-relationships which exist in what is a societal universe, on the inadequacy
of «substance» thinking to describe such a universe
of «becoming» and «belonging», on the place
of decisions in freedom by the creatures with the consequences which such decisions bring about, and on the central importance
of persuasion rather than coercive force as a clue to the «going»
of things in that universe.
When sin entered the
world, with Adam and Eve, they ate
of the tree
of the
Knowledge of Good and Evil, and we have had that knowledge ev
Knowledge of Good and Evil, and we have had that
knowledge ev
knowledge ever since.
Just as above we made the contrast between the failure to achieve social harmony while people gained
knowledge of natural harmony; we must now go a step further in recognizing that Whitehead's Harmony is an ideal as
well as a factor
of the actual
world, though this contrast is not as sharp in Whitehead as in many philosophers.
why don't you start with why humans invented religion in the first place, the origins
of the books
of the bible, the multiple «christ» (copied) stories throughout the history
of time, fossil evidence
of evolution
of man and all species, all the discrepancies in the bible,
knowledge of all the gods that humans have believed in through recorded history, the political uses
of christianity in the time
of it's origin, the fact that every other religion has followers who believe just as strongly in their own god / book, that fact that if you had been born in another part
of the
world you would be a different religion and going to «hell», and that a
good, kind, omniscient god wouldn't allow all the suffering and evil to happen, and wouldn't need «help» as christians like to tout... and then we'll get to all these ridiculous fools.