Sentences with phrase «considered good human beings»

And while conversion may not be looked upon as evil to one who is already converted, it is most definitely evil to those who are told they must convert before they are considered good human beings.
I consider him a good human being.

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Considering the sprawling, federated nature of U.S. medicine, experts warn that a combination of government policies and health IT upgrades — as well as prophylactic human measures like changing passwords — will be necessary to keep patients» data safe and health systems functioning.
Well before modern genetic engineering technology was around, humans found ways to tweak the DNA of plants by zapping it with chemicals or radiation — resulting in crops that are not considered GMOs.
So if you're considering opening a medical marijuana dispensary, you'll be dealing with plenty of hurdles: regulatory, compliance, financials, as well as the quandaries any typical business owner faces, including marketing, logistics, and human capital.
The Secret Life of the Grown - Up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle - Aged Mind (Viking) is a roundup of the most recent science on how the human brain ages, as well as a guide to «toning up your brain circuits» to better weather the onset of age — which is itself a relatively new problem for humankind, writes author Barbara Strauch, The New York Times «s deputy science and health and medical science editor, whose earlier book, The Primal Teen, considered the teenage brain.
I consider a good reputation is a great part of the human happiness.
Chris runs the global operations, finance and human resources for the agency, and like a true Kaizen professional considers his most important task to be creating a better work enviroment.
There are too many human sacrifices on campus for good ol' Miskatonic U to be considered.
Ioannidis's argument would be potent even if all scientists were angels motivated by the best of intentions, but when the human element is considered, the picture becomes truly dismal.
It is possible we are here by random chance... and I think the «human lottery» odds are pretty good if you consider the entire universe in the equation.
Unfortunately in my case, I've probably gone to excess the other way... after 43 years of being (in my view) threatened with hellfire for every cotton - picking thing (including the «sinfulness» of being born in the first place because it's a well - known scriptural fact that every human is born sinful and separated from G - d, with a heart that does nothing but desire evil and no way to please G - d even when righteous), threatened with being «left behind» in the rapture (should I fail on some doctrinal (belief) point at the crucial moment)... I refuse to consider ANY possibility of hell at all.
We generally like to be good to those we feel close to, as it protects our livelihoods — Some without reason will attribute this to God, I for one will consider it a wondrous byproduct of human development.
But here let us set aside the exact nature of these powers, how human beings have used them, and how human beings should use them, and consider instead several accounts of how best to understand the species that possesses these powers.
If you were to base your definitions of «good» and «evil» on human society, well, it's easy to see how people would consider God to be evil.
The authors conclude by raising what they consider to be «a broader ethical problem with OAR,» stating that this procedure amounts to nothing more than human cloning with the additional twist of introducing a genetic mutation» ominously concluding that a «combination of wrongs can not make the end result good
It might be well to consider whether this lack of positiveness does not perhaps explain the narrowness of his principles, which were doubtless rooted in a zeal for what is universally human, and in a discipline of self marked by the same divine jealousy as his discipline of others, a zeal and discipline through which he loved the divine.
Without recognition of the Creator, without some apprehension of a good over-all purpose for all human beings in whatever stage of development they may be, to consider all other men as our brothers is no more than a pious phrase.
Subjecting dictation of ALL THAT IS to human rationality (quickly: consider the «status» of humans on earth relative to the rest of the universe) is, well, nutIS to human rationality (quickly: consider the «status» of humans on earth relative to the rest of the universe) is, well, nutis, well, nuts.
If you hold that no human death came before sinfulness, then it depends on what you call human (there is a gradation of forms leading up to the modern human skeleton in the fossil record, as well as the overwhelming genetic evidence that we arose through an evolutionary process) and what you consider sin (i.e. when did we become accountable to God for our actions?).
By human standards, the argument is a reasonable one, but buttressing it with an out of context is something no well - trained exegist would consider.
Perhaps pursuit of the maximal human creativity should be constrained by the following principle of environmental respect: A purpose that reduces natural creativity relative to some alternative for the decision in question is a violation of the maximal divine good unless the purpose is required in order to maximize human creativity in the long run.8 All implications considered, I expect that maximizing human creativity itself includes adherence to this principle.
Since the State considers them human babies as well... it is a human rights issue for the right for the baby to live.
These are bits of the world which may be considered as units for good human purposes, but which do not possess the unitary character of a natural moment since they are composed of such moments in external relations to one another.
On a personal note: I know Bobby Schindler very well and consider him one of the most decent human beings I have ever met.
«We believe that human rights are better defended when they are considered, universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated, as set out in the Vienna Declaration,» said Dion during the speech.
In applied science it is frequently necessary to consider human as well as technical factors — for example, in locating a bridge or highway, or in recommending agricultural methods.
In Chapters 5 and 6 we considered the electronic church preachers who have adopted a «Christ of culture» response which uses the techniques of the world of the technological era, a world of means that values technique («whatever works is good») over human values.
We can dream of a perfectly balanced society, where the difference between individual initiative and solidarity are reduced to a simple state of tension, where human beings are judged because of what they are rather than the added - value they produce, where cultures are considered to be equally valid expressions of being and where scientific and technical progress is oriented towards the well - being of all rather than the enrichment of a few.
His preaching can even be considered conservative in the sense that he dared to return to the notion of good and evil, to invoke the concept of a human nature, and to believe that God in Jesus Christ is the final arbiter of history — concepts long dismissed and derided by secular minds.
Here's a better idea for this so - called «governor» to consider: Take a look at the research done by your alma mater, Texas A&M, on global warming and the effect it will have on Texas (higher temps and greater stress on water through decreased rainfall and increased evaporation)... then stop poopooing the efforts to mitigate the effect humans are having on climate change.
The Saxon prophet summed it up in a piece called The Keys (1530): «We know pretty well that the Romans do not consider us Germans to be human beings, but empty shells and shadows... they think that when a cardinal lets wind, the Germans believe a new article of faith is born.»
When I considered its divisive impact on human affairs, as well as the hypocrisy that flourishes even among the so - called faithful, I felt it wasn't for me.
Also, Nordhaus and Tobin did not consider the question of distribution of income, whereas we judged that this issue is important for any responsible measure of human well - being.
The passage most picked up in news reports is this: «We urge those Catholic officials who choose to depart from Church teaching on the inviolability of human life in their public life to consider the consequences for their own spiritual well being, as well as the scandal they risk by leading others into serious sin....
In considering the blind spots of other generations or cultures from a safe distance, it becomes clear that there is no atrocity, no horror, no injustice which human beings, under some circumstances, will not defend, or even posit as a positive good.
Perhaps I am misunderstanding as well when it seems like all you want to consider is the cold hard facts of matter without accounting properly for the human condition to misunderstand them completely and yet be able to draw out useful meaning though imprecise, anyway, and the impact such actual conditions have on your objective reality, which isn't if you exclude them.
It is for this reason that I consider it the first and primal act of ethical and theological consideration what the well - known theologian of the «phenomenon of man», Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, refers to as the responsibility of «seeing», of being able to «understand» the «phenomenon» and the «facts» of history and human development that are taking place within the wider spectrum of the movement of the human spirit to move beyond where it currently stands into a different and perhaps higher level of its manifestation.
And it means that faithful Catholics who believe in colorblind equality before the law, the dignity and value of every human life at all stages and in all conditions, marriage rightly understood, and an ethic of love that recognizes the truths built into us by the Creator and confirmed by reason will be considered... well, deplorable.
Western culture may be compared to a lake fed by the stream of Hellenism, Christianity, science, and these contributions might offer an extremely valuable way of considering the conceptions of a life of reason, the principle of an ordered and intelligible world, the ideas of faith, of a personal God, of the absolute value of the human individual, the method of observation and experiment, and the conception of empirical laws, as well as the doctrines of equality and of the brotherhood of man.
Any human who refuses to consider alternatives, no matter how well - supported, well, that by definition is ignorance and closed - mindedness, especially when there is not the slightest shred of evidence in support of their own beliefs.
Some of us have to consider health as well as taste (I use a low carb diet to maintain normal blood glucose instead of taking diabetes drugs, while at the same time I focus on foods that have a long tradition of supporting healthy populations, as well as limit processed «fake food» ingredients which are novel to the human diet).
Like the convict workforce who made up the bulk of the human cargo on the First Fleet, the livestock, purchased mainly at the Cape of Good Hope, were considered necessary to transplant a British society and economy in Antipodean soil.
Any effort on the part of parents to teach environmental responsibility to their children can therefore be considered strictly remedial; the best thing they could have done for Mother Earth would have been not to add another human to her burden in the first place.
The park's hours, immunization requirements, village licensing, as well as human and pet age restrictions still are being considered, Leno said.
So, it is considered as the best exercise for the human being.
Two: Someone who considers that a woman who decides to «sacrifice» a career for the good of little ones who need her help to grow into self contained human beings is a terrific person, a stand up for what she believes in, a helper with the creation of the future world, sooooo stressed looking after baby and helping Junior with potty training, and a total martyr to the cause of saintly motherhood.
Considered the norm throughout most of human history and still the norm in many cultures, giving birth at home is a well - practiced tradition.
The disruption of prenatal cellular activity in zebra fish, which share 80 percent of their genes with humans and are considered a good model for studying human brain development, seemed to result in hyperactivity, according to the Canadian study, which was published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Vitamins, scientists learned, existed not only in meat, grains, and dairy products, foods they had always considered vital to nourishment and growth, but also in fruits and vegetables, which had previously been regarded as benign at best and as suspicious by many, although several nineteenth - century groups did espouse the virtues of a vegetarian diet.43 The promotion of fruits and vegetables as vital to human growth and nourishment grew during the Great War.
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