Sentences with phrase «challenged humanity with»

Instead, I believe in the existence of the God who created the world and has challenged humanity with a moral standard that we need help to attain.

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«Climate change is a problem with serious implications for the global environment, social, economic, distribution [systems] and policies and constitutes one of the main challenges for humanity.
Only then can it connect with the Gospel which will both affirm what is godly in a particular culture but also critique and challenge what denies God's purpose for humanity or for the world which he has created.
Gods will is for us humans today to evolved to a level of conciousness that will prepare us for the challenges of our future survival, Scientists now predicts of hardships in the future due to over population and changes to the natural environment.and that is happening now with activists through out the world are reminding us of protecting nature.That is why we need a phsychological revolution to hasten the evolution of consciousness that will address the problems.Ideological and philosophical enlightenment had the past great minds to develop ideas and belief because God sent them to reality in their times.Abraham, Jesus, Mohammad, Buddha, and many other religious leaders to teach humanity the doctrines that God willed to be appropriate and applicable in those periods of their existence, Also great philosophers in another dimension of social involvement were born to interprete and connect philosophically as the second element of our conscience, Kant, Marx and countless of them also were born.To complete the triangular structure or dimension of our conscience is knowledge.
It includes a challenge to the listeners to give themselves, to the best of their ability, to the discipleship which is service of God among humanity — to «do the works of love», with as much of the self's devotion as can be managed.
However, the traditional Western - Christian paradigm of nature is being challenged by new ecological models and theoretical explanations of the interconnectedness of humanity with nature developing within the natural sciences.2 Recent Christian theological discussion, most notably process theology, also focuses on these same scientific models in recognition of the inadequacies of traditional Christian and secular views of nature.3 Of course, there are a number of Western versions of this emerging ecological paradigm; no two of them are exactly alike in their technical details or explanatory categories.
Similarly, near the start of this century, Berry had challenged the left with his essay «The Failure of War,» offering stirring words about the humanity of an unborn «baby» — whom he called «an innocent fellow human,» not «an enemy - in - the - womb.»
At i - Angel, we believe that a baby born into this world is humanity's beauty, hope, & love manifest; but also, that to hold & to cherish in our modern everyday often comes with challenges where we all could use a helping hand.
Finally, those properties with the greatest rehab challenges will be tackled by Habitat for Humanity, ensuring that local homeowners will benefit from their investments.»
The Wellcome Genome Campus is home to some of the world's foremost Institutes and organisations in genomics and computational biology, committed to delivering life - changing science with the reach, scale and imagination to solve some of humanity's greatest challenges: www.wellcomegenomecampus.org
The challenge of the message lies with the task of relating information to a life form with no shared culture or experiences with humanity.
We work with groups across the UK supporting migrants to establish their right to remain with dignity, safety and humanity, and to challenge the unjust asylum / immigration system Frequency - about 1 post per week Since - Oct 2009
The biggest challenge for humanity in the years ahead just might be coming to grips with the idea that we are all in this together — we are living in a world that's more interconnected than ever and more competitive than ever.
Outdoor education provides the only opportunity in the education of young people to reconnect with the natural world, ensuring students learn to feel comfortable in nature both day and night, develop an understanding of natural history and systems, and are challenged to consider the role and place of humanity in the natural order of things.
For this they will need versatility i.e. breadth as a hedge against rapidly changing conditions, an increased capability i.e. depth to engage with complex challenges, along with a diverse set of competencies such as adaptability, increased collaboration between cultures, etc. towards the goal of a sustainable humanity via fulfilled individuals.
«The mission of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is to provide students with a challenging learning environment focused on math, science, and technology, to inspire joy at the prospect of discovery, and to foster a culture of innovation based on ethical behavior and the shared interests of humanity
British futurist Bruce Lloyd says, ``... Renesch challenges us with authority, humanity, energy and optimism, to address the key issues facing society today, both globally and personally... full of valuable insights, as well as being a call to action.»
With it's eye - opening humanity and revolutionary zeal, this ambitious epic is well worth the considerable challenge.
Aven Colony puts you in charge of humanity's first extrasolar settlement, where you build and expand your small colonies into massive, sprawling cities while dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.
Perhaps the best tower defense game on the iPad, TowerMadness challenges you with humanity's most important task during the alien invasion: to save the sheep.
Still, the challenge to find humanity's new home doesn't bear down the open - world exploration with a dreadfully dour tone.
Her fresh renditions for «The River is Within Us» continue to challenge our perception of similarities and differences between cultures, with the ultimate emphasis on the absolute interconnection of humanity.
If there is a probability that humanity could soon be confronted with a huge challenge, one that takes its astounding shape from overconsumption, overproduction and overpopulation activities of the human species, then would reason and common sense not suggest that the human community could move forward by limiting increases in certain global activities, the ones now overspreading the surface of Earth.
Even though China's «one child per family» policy is implemented in ways that are incompatible with my personal values and, I believe, with universal human values, I do believe this policy can be implemented in humane and voluntary ways that provide a remarkably robust response to the human - induced global challenges which loom ominously before humanity.
Humanity could soon be confronted with a huge challenge that takes its astounding shape from continuously skyrocketing absolute global human population numbers as well as from economic globalization and per - capita consumption of limited resources by the human species.
It appears to me that the family of humanity is beginning to come face to face with a myriad of growing global challenges — air pollution, sea and land contamination, global warming, peak oil, diminishing global supplies of grain, overfishing, the dissipation of Earth's scarce resources, desertification, deforestation, urban sprawl and autoban congestion are examples — the sum of which could soon become unsustainable, given a finite planet with the relatively small size and make - up of Earth.
Somehow, sooner rather than later, we have simply got to find reasonable and sensible ways to communicate openly with one another about real challenges that are ominously looming before humanity, visible even now on the far horizon.
And Bill McKibben, the author and activist who's been exploring humanity's two - way relationship with climate in parallel with me since the 1980s, has different ways of characterizing the climate challenge than I do, and has chosen a different path toward achieving a sustainable human relationship with the climate.
The family of humanity has huge global challenges to address and our leaders appear to contented with arguing about which country will take the first step forward.
This year's film, «Curaçao's Coral Challenge — Reviving the Rain Forests of the Sea,» will be the third to explore humanity's evolving relationship with the oceans (along with our sea turtle and shrimp farming films).
From my humble perspective, humanity could soon to come face to face with formidable global challenges; but, humanity's greatest challenge (the proverbial «mother» of all potential global confrontations) is itself.
From my humble perspective, humanity could soon to come face to face with formidable, human - induced global challenges, but humanity's greatest challenge, (the proverbial «mother» of all potential global challenges), is the one posed to the human family by the unregulated growth of the human species on Earth.
The multilateral system must be reformed to cope with the defining challenges of our time, namely transforming humanity's relationship with the planet and rebuilding trust between people and nations.
One common challenge for all humanity in the 21st century is managing our threefold relationship with the Earth, as a resource, a victim, and a threat.
Global Green USA and Green Cross International are combating three of the greatest challenges facing humanity: weapons of mass destruction, lack of clean water, and global warming — with targeted community projects, smart policy solutions, and public education.
Climate change is a global problem with serious environmental, social, economic, distribution and policy implications, and make up one of the main current challenges for humanity.
Given the large scale and increasing number of human - induced global challenges being presented to humanity in 2008 with a mere 6.6 billion people on Earth, what do you suppose our young people can expect to confront in 2050 when 2 1/2 billion more people are added to our current numbers?
Given humanity's focus on the near and now, the greatest challenge posed by global warming is figuring out how to spur meaningful changes in energy norms based on a risk with this time scale.
Such crazy climates would not doom humanity, but they could pose the most momentous physical challenge we have ever faced, with widespread crop failures and social disruption.
By force purely of heavily promoted modern conception, warming is now, contrary to historical wisdom, regarded with foreboding, but conversely the conventional, and obvious, challenge to humanity presented by major cooling is virtually a taboo topic.
I believe humanity's greatest climate challenge will be in dealing with the next glacial period that appears to be very likely based on past evidence.
An ethics professor thinks corporations that challenge climate dogma should be charged with a new kind of crime against humanity.
«It is clear that humanity has a huge challenge to deal with here,» Betts said.
We are confronted, he said, «with a choice which can not be ignored: either to improve or to destroy the environment,» adding that «climate change is a global problem» that represents «one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day.»
The Community Resilience Reader combines a fresh look at the challenges humanity faces in the 21st century, the essential tools of resilience science, and the wisdom of activists, scholars, and analysts working with community issues on the ground.
As demotivating as this may seem to some, I think that climate scientists have to get used to the idea that the «inadequacies of the current science» (i.e. the many great uncertainties associated with the mainstream position that AGW represents a serious threat to humanity) underscore that AGW is not the greatest challenge facing mankind today, as some would have us believe.
They are also the subjects of portraits by Venezuelan photographer / biologist Antonio Briceño celebrating successes and highlighting continuing challenges in the country that hosted this year's World Environment Day.In line with the WED theme focusing on «the central importance to humanity of the globe's wealth of species and ecosystems,» the nonprofit group Art Works for Change brought Briceño to Rwanda to photograph the land and the people, which the artist paired in diptychs showing individuals and the ecosystems they rely on.
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