Sentences with phrase «claim upon human beings»

This recognition of the intrinsic value of the nonhuman world, and of its claim upon human beings, involves a deep shift for the Western psyche, raising a whole range of questions to which we are not accustomed.

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Just as the Virgin Birth, and the physical Resurrection of Christ are and were requirements of his literal Divinity and uniqueness upon the human scene, so also this type of development to which we appeal can not take place, except in a Church which claims the infallible magisterium on earth of the same Jesus in the name of his Divinity, and can manifest a line of consistent and coherent, definition because she has done so.

Her rationale for such a view seems to rest upon (1) a highly questionable interpretation of one text in Process an Reality and the claims (2) that only such a view is compatible with human freedom and (3) that only such a view is compatible with human faith.

When I reflect on the infinite pains to which the human mind and heart will go in order to protect itself from the full impact of reality, when I recall the mordant analyses of religious belief which stem from the works of Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud and, furthermore, recognize the truth of so much of what these critics of religion have had to say, when I engage in a philosophical critique of the language of theology and am constrained to admit that it is a continual attempt to say what can not properly be said and am thereby led to wonder whether its claim to cognition can possibly be valid — when I ask these questions of myself and others like them (as I can not help asking and, what is more, feel obliged to ask), is not the conclusion forced upon me that my faith is a delusion?

This situation is witnessed to by the fact that the only metaphysical issue where there is a virtual consensus among mainstream twentieth century Catholic thinkers, apart from the reality of human subjectivity mentioned above, is the claim that the discoveries of modern science should not have a significant influence upon metaphysics.

We must expect today, when we all know that a new era has begun in the history of human civilisation, that if the religion of Christ is true, and is founded upon the only claim which makes Christianity the hope of mankind - upon the Divinity personal and unambiguous of Jesus Christ - that we will find within the bosom of the Church's doctrine all that we need to fire the world anew, and to restore all things in Christ.

This forgiving, reconciling initiative enables us to meet the intrinsic claim that others — the good and the wicked — have upon us — the claim as God's creatures, to be re-accepted into the human community.

In this sense, Aquinas is properly called the «first Whig» because his ethics and his politics did lay claims upon the future, did inspire, down the ages, a search for political institutions worthy of the rational, consensual dignity of humans.

but i am a human, i lie, cheat, steal, gamble... i think the appearence of humanity in ones savior is so frowned upon because of the claim of divinity — yet the morals in the bible are that of men....

How can we continue claiming that the love of God is revealed in the cross of Jesus and yet ignore the unbearable anomalies that exist between the demands that love makes upon human parents and the terrible way the Father, in order to make peace with his enemies, presides over the death of his very son?

Calling upon Aristotle and theological tradition, Brother William argues that if Jesus was fully human, as the creed claims, then surely he laughed (and joked?).

For the dogs contentedly sleeping on our beds and the cats curled up on our laps, claiming they don't belong there and our love for them is inherently exploitative is a position born of misanthropy, one that is blind to all the benefits human bestow upon dogs and cats as well as the human potential for empathy, compassion and moral evolution.

Some of the arguments against climate change policies based upon scientific uncertainty should and can be responded to on scientific grounds especially in light of the fact that many claims about scientific uncertainty about human - induced warming are great distortions of mainstream climate change science.

Eleanor played a significant role, through legal research, and drafting, in respect of responding to an application for permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal in Seddon v Oldham Council [2015] EWHC 2609 (Fam): a Human Rights Act claim in which Mr Justice Peter Jackson declared that family life between a birth mother and an adopted child is terminated upon the making of an adoption order.

Background checks have the potential to give rise to claims for breach of human rights and privacy legislation, where an employer receives and is alleged to have acted upon information contained in the disclosure that is not directly related to the position at issue.

Finally, respect for human rights obligations, especially the right of indigenous communities «to practice and revitalise their cultural traditions and customs» [74] and to equality before the law, including in the enjoyment of the right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other organs administering justice [75], calls for the development of principles which address the unique evidentiary issues involved in native title litigation, including the reality of claims based substantially upon orally - transmitted traditions, the lack of written records of indigenous laws and customs, the «unsceptical» receipt of uncorroborated historical evidence incapable of being tested under cross-examination, and the epistemological, ideological and cultural limitations of historical assessments of traditional laws and customs by non-indigenous commentators.