Sentences with phrase «by humankind as»

Admittedly, one could make the same argument about gold, but gold has been widely accepted by humankind as a thing of value for more than two - and - a-half thousand years — compared to less than a decade for bitcoin.»

Admittedly, one could make the same argument about gold, but gold has been widely accepted by humankind as a thing of value for more than two - and - a-half thousand years — compared to less than a decade for bitcoin.

Not exact matches

Just as I was oblivious for much of my life to the problems posed by bearing and rearing children, so humankind was blissfully undisturbed for most of....

Just as I was oblivious for much of my life to the problems posed by bearing and rearing children, so humankind was blissfully undisturbed for most of its history by the conundrums this book addresses.

I think a combination of Christianity (micro: this life time) and Hinduism (Macro-scale) is the best for humankind as both religions, despite their dogmas and some imperfections, by and large are most tolerant.

The creation story in the first chapter of Genesis depicts the creation of humankind as male and female, sexually differentiated and enjoined by God's grace to sustain human life through procreation.

They were regarded as practices of a pagan past from which the Hippocratic tradition, assimilated into and reshaped by Judeo - Christian ethical thought, rescued humankind for two millennia.

Therefore, natural disasters (such as the recent tornado outbreak, the Asian tsunami of 2004, the Japanese earthquake, sickness, cancer, accidents) as well as evil perpetuated by others (the Sandy Hook shootings, the Boston bombings, the Holocaust, 9 - 11) are merely expressions of this god's unending, unquenchable, and unpredictable wrath upon humankind.

Where such a reality (as spelt out in 1) does not exist, either practically or experienced as such by those living in an illusory construction of the present («our inviolable shores» ideology) the talk of peace tends to take on impractical («brotherhood and sisterhood of all humankind») and essentialized («the global village») colours.

It starts by referring to the Vatican II definition of the church as the «sign and sacrament of the unity of all humankind» emphasizing the universalism of the church in Christ.

But when I have seen this, my next task is to let the book's message universalize itself in my mind as God's own teaching or doctrine (to use the word that Calvin loved) now addressed to humankind in general and to me in particular within the frame of reality created by the death, resurrection, and present dominion of Jesus Christ.

Over the centuries Christians have seized on the cross as their central symbol, not by accident but because Christian insight has understood that it is in the one who loved us and gave himself for us that the truth about God and humankind is spoken; and that this loving and giving were consummated on Calvary.

There are four affirmations about Jesus Christ that historically have been stressed in Christian faith: (1) Jesus is truly human, bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh, living a human life under the same human conditions any one of us faces — thus Christology, statement of the significance of Jesus, must start «from below,» as many contemporary theologians are insisting; (2) Jesus is that one in whom God energizes in a supreme degree, with a decisive intensity; in traditional language he has been styled «the Incarnate Word of God»; (3) for our sake, to secure human wholeness of life as it moves onward toward fulfillment, Jesus not only lived among us but also was crucified for us — this is the point of talk about atonement wrought in and by him; (4) death was not the end for him, so it is not as if he never existed at all; in some way he triumphed over death, or was given victory over it, so that now and forever he is a reality in the life of God and effective among humankind.

In a later chapter we shall have occasion to point out that all preaching worthy of the name must be theological, by which I mean that it must be, as the very adjective indicates, «a word about God» and hence about God's decisive action for humankind in the event we name when we say «Jesus Christ.»

As a result, the status of signs set up by humankind is utterly uncertain, gratuitous, and vain.

«What we have described as globalization is remarkably close to Teilhard de Chardin's planetization, in which «[mankind, born on this planet and spread over its entire surface, come [s] gradually to form round its earthly matrix, a single, major, organic unity, enclosed upon itself.4 Thus the globalization of humankind could lead to the formation of a new kind of living entity — a social organism — on the same cosmic principle as that by which atoms join to form molecules, molecules join to form mega-molecules, mega-molecules unite to form living cells, and innumerable cells constitute an organism.

no its not, your God created Humankind... not gays, that's mankind's creation by choice or as he told you....

The crime of genocide, a term which has been bantered about for 30 years, has suddenly become recognized as an act of national policy that is condemned by the common will of humankind.

Sex is to be interpreted as the road to the perfection of humankind, that is, the balancing of the natural by the moral element.

If her training eventually pulls her back into her professional role so that she is able to study her reactions, she may notice that she has been led to picture the story of humankind as being played out solely by males: inventing language, passing it on to the next generation of sons, inventing pottery for use as containers, fashioning needles in order to make better clothing.

The study of these texts, written as they were by pagan, pre-Christian authors, led to such a new appreciation of the creative capabilities of humankind in its unredeemed state that it has been called a revolution of consciousness.

Subjugation of an animal... subjugation of humankind under the shackles of christianity... subjugation of women as prescribed by scripture.

A papal style which reflects this greater love will enable the church to experience the Petrine office as God's gift by showing all of us how we can become signs and sacraments of God's love for humankind.

There is a need for the churches to change their own attitudes and styles of life and let themselves be renewed by the Gospel which is entrusted to them, that they may serve humankind with a true interpretation of what is going on in the many struggles, pointing to Jesus Christ as the one in whom God sums up all things?

Balentine again goes his singular way by finding in God's two «whirlwind» speeches a much more upbeat interpretation than do most scholars, who generally deprecate the speeches as a denial of humankind's right to question God.

Any healthy development of humankind requires that we see ourselves as existing with others, So we go on to say something about cooperation by each of us with our fellows and also notice the contrasts among men and women, each with distinctive qualities that must be appreciated and valued.

At the same time, we would like to express our hope that, by encouraging the autonomy and initiative of each individual, Anthroposophy and Waldorf education may contribute to the evolution of the «whole,» such as family, community, nation, and humankind.

In a hopeful sign for humankind, the U.S. National Science Foundation put up the money and two black holes provided the collision in 2015, as reported in February 2016 in Physical Review Letters and widely celebrated by bloggers.

«As powerful as the cycle is, it is also surprisingly susceptible to environmental changes — and humankind is imposing massive perturbations on Amazonia by both cutting down the trees and heating up the air with greenhouse gases, which reduces large - scale moisture transport and precipitation, and end up affecting even the untouched patches of the forests.&raquAs powerful as the cycle is, it is also surprisingly susceptible to environmental changes — and humankind is imposing massive perturbations on Amazonia by both cutting down the trees and heating up the air with greenhouse gases, which reduces large - scale moisture transport and precipitation, and end up affecting even the untouched patches of the forests.&raquas the cycle is, it is also surprisingly susceptible to environmental changes — and humankind is imposing massive perturbations on Amazonia by both cutting down the trees and heating up the air with greenhouse gases, which reduces large - scale moisture transport and precipitation, and end up affecting even the untouched patches of the forests.»

By PAT SHIPMAN Ever since Plato described humans as «featherless bipeds», we have recognised walking upright on two legs as a defining characteristic of humankind.

Now, as an infinitely multiplying horde of frenzied psychotics flood the Texas plains, a dangerous outlaw named Wray (Freddy Rodriguez), a sexy stripper named Cherry (Rose McGowan), an unscrupulous smuggler named Abby (Naveen Andrews), and the curiously incapacitated Dr. Dakota Block (Marley Shelton) must try and make their way to the helicopter that could provide their only means of escaping to a place untouched by this nightmarish scourge that threatens to wipe out all of humankind.

Now, as the once - quiet community of Gunnison is overrun by Aliens, the only hope for humankind is a fierce hunter from the deepest reaches of space.

They are clearly besotted with their son — played by Thomas Mann — and humankind in general as the events of the film are put into motion by the protagonist's mother urging awkward, invisible, outsider Greg (Mann) to spend time with Rachel (Olivia Cooke) after it's revealed that she's been diagnosed with leukemia.

Miranda Otto appears as the gargoyle queen, caught up in a centuries - old feud with a demon army led by Naberius (Bill Nighy), who pledges to wipe humankind off the earth.

Humankind as a whole is in the process of moving from traditional arrangements of ranked honour to a new vision of human dignity nourished by right relationships.

But to cower in elegant homes behind golden garden gates, fearful lest the breath of warm humankind touch you, unable to indulge in extravagances for fear they might be glimpsed by the embittered oppressed, to oppress and yet lack the courage to show yourself as an oppressor, even to fear the ones you are oppressing, feeling ill at ease in your own wealth and begrudging others their ease, to resort to disagreeable weapons that require neither true audacity nor manly courage, to have money, but only money, without splendor: That's what things look like in our cities at present

Stark is aided by Rocket Raccoon who, once again, has some amazingly sarcastic and memorable dialogue as he continues to insult Stark's intelligence and all of humankind.

The founders of Best Friends believed that by relating with kindness and unconditional love toward the most vulnerable and unfortunate recipients of humankind's irresponsible actions, animals, they were being consistent with their aspirations for society as a whole.

National roads are closely situated, offering easy access to places of interest close by, such as the Ruimsig Athletics Stadium, Lanseria Airport, wedding and conference venues, Coca - Cola Dome, the Cradle of Humankind, Soccer City, and Walter Sisulu National Botanical Gardens.

But to think of dérive as a kind of random stroll dominated by chance encounters would be to miss Debord's essential point: spaces, by virtue of being inhabited or shaped by humankind, possess their own «psychogeographical contours, with constant currents, fixed points and vortexes that strongly discourage entry into or exit from certain zones.»

As the last functional robot on Earth after humankind has been obliterated by aliens, the only thing left for you is revenge.

Sculptures by Louise Bourgeois and Laurie Simmons's Walking House are part of Femmes - Maisons, a section which conceptualizes the female body as the archetypal form of home, since it is humankind's first dwelling place.

Finally, Giacometti's prominence in a landmark 1959 exhibition, «New Images of Man,» organized at the Museum of Modern Art by Peter Selz, completed the codification of the meaning of his work as an emblem of the plight of humankind in extremis.

This system, which has evolved to take the form of a woman named HYPER, endeavors to better humankind but inevitably encounters difficulties when her choices, motivated by technological progress, impact essential questions such as: who gets to be a person, an individual?

Both papers come to the same broad conclusion, summarized in our figure, that unless humankind puts on the brakes very quickly and aggressively (i.e. global reductions of 80 % by 2050), we face a high probability of driving climate beyond a 2 °C threshold taken by both studies as a «danger limit».

The global challenge presented to humankind by this leadership could be every bit as formidable a global challenge as human - induced global warming.

The biosphere consists of animals and vegetation and normally changes relatively slowly; reduced rainfall might take years to alter vegetation cover significantly, although certain components (such as humankind) are capable of inducing quite rapid local changes (by setting oil - fields ablaze, for example).

Tackling climate change by reducing the solar radiation reaching our planet using climate engineering, known also as geoengineering, could result in undesirable effects for the Earth and humankind.

Externalities may be addressed by either a tax / credit or some other public policy, public ownership and management of the commons, or privatization of the commons, or through court actions — each option may have it's own costs — for example, the large - scale privatization of the climate system may be impractical with given technology (analogy with toll roads), and even without that, it has at least an aesthetic cost (nature is supposed to be nature; and psychologically, humans may benifit from some amount of public space) and perhaps scientific (ie nature — in this context, nature as it is with relatively small impacts of humankind — is not nature if it is not being itself) costs; there may be inefficiencies in the court system that could be bypassed for issues that are easily addressed with legislation (unless we had a class - action lawsuit on behalf of all people now until the year).

«Land degradation and desertification may be regarded as the silent crisis of the world, a genuine threat to the future of humankind,» Arnalds said.Although food production has more or less kept pace with population growth by increasing 50 percent between 1980 and 2000, it is unclear whether we'll have enough food to feed the estimated three billion more mouths in 2050.