Until then, I just assume that all these religious ideas are
the creation of men who want power over others in the natural world - and every day I am more convinced this is the case.
Not least of contrasts is that this place of faith and worship was the artistic
creation of a man who did not share the same faith and worship.
Not exact matches
Thanks to this thorough and detailed account, we can better understand not just the talent and dedication
of the Mad
Men - era professionals
who sold the Moon to a global public, but also the larger transformation
of statecraft into stagecraft, and the enduring and irreversible transformation
of the public sphere into an enterprise
of image
creation, and manipulation.»
Do you know the mathematical impossibility that even one
of these could randomly come into existance?Let alone all
of the building blocks required for just a single simple cell to come together to form any type
of living thing?There sure should be some blobs
of fossilized transitions if evolution could happen.You people are real smart why don't you quit bashing Christians and quit believing the garbage you have been fed, and look up the evidence put forth by the
Creation Research people.They have in fact proven creation down to a cellular level.Unlike evolution scientists who have no answers, but cleverly devised fables.Evolution is not even a very good fairy tale.Even if I didn't believe in God, Evolution is such a fools explanation of the origin of man that it takes just that to even consider it true.I understand though that you athiests will believe anything that allows you to love your sin and hatred of the one t
Creation Research people.They have in fact proven
creation down to a cellular level.Unlike evolution scientists who have no answers, but cleverly devised fables.Evolution is not even a very good fairy tale.Even if I didn't believe in God, Evolution is such a fools explanation of the origin of man that it takes just that to even consider it true.I understand though that you athiests will believe anything that allows you to love your sin and hatred of the one t
creation down to a cellular level.Unlike evolution scientists
who have no answers, but cleverly devised fables.Evolution is not even a very good fairy tale.Even if I didn't believe in God, Evolution is such a fools explanation
of the origin
of man that it takes just that to even consider it true.I understand though that you athiests will believe anything that allows you to love your sin and hatred
of the one true God.
Against those
who hold humanity in contempt, I, too, want to declare myself a humanist and join in the most elevated and elevating tradition
of a culture that celebrates
man as «the crown
of creation.»
The love
Of God
who poured Himself out into His own
creation as a
man Jesus.
20 For the invisible things
of him since the
creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse: 21 because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory
of the incorruptible God for the likeness
of an image
of corruptible
man, and
of birds, and four - footed beasts, and creeping things.24 Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts
of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves: 25 for that they exchanged the truth
of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator,
who is blessed for ever.
Unlike Superman whose
creation can actually be traced back to a couple
of young Jewish
men in 1938 for the purpose
of providing a sellable fictional story line to Detective Comics, there is no such evidence in regards to religious belief; especially since in this case being that this is about a God
who does not want to be made known but
who would rather have us develop our faith.
For some it may mean that «there is an orphaned state required for the sake
of the kingdom
of heaven, in which a
man who like all others is the child
of his parents must symbolize with his being and action the present but hidden
creation which is not a mere prolongation
of the old, but the new
creation in relation to which the old has already passed away...» This is, therefore, the first word that must be spoken:
of discontinuity between the kingdom
of God and any earthly order, even one as significant as the family.
At Bryan College — a school named for a
man who is best known for opposing evolution — some members
of the faculty objected to a statement
of faith that outlined a literal view
of creation.
Adam at his
creation was undoubtedly the most handsome
man who has ever lived, and Eve the most beautiful woman, for they were the direct product
of God's handiwork.
The Son
of God became
man in order to restore all
creation, in one supreme act
of praise, to the One
who made it from nothing.
The
man who chooses to live in our destiny can neither know the reality
of God's presence nor understand the world as his
creation; or, at least, he can no longer respond — either interiorly or cognitively — to the classical Christian images
of the Creator and the
creation.
[22] Once that image
of love was desecrated by sin, it had to be recast in the furnace
of divine love.The Incarnation marks the moment when the image
of the invisible God became
man, renewing
man's image in a new
creation so that
men might become in Him
who they were forever intended to be in God's eyes, the image
of the God
who is love (Eph.
The claim that all
creation comes from, through and for Christ has profound implications for Christians, especially for those
who study the wonders
of men and the world.
The Incarnation marks the moment when the image ofthe invisible God became
man, renewing
man's image in a new
creation so that
men might become in Him
who they were forever intended to be in God's eyes, the image
of the God
who is love (Eph.
Christ is both Icon
of the Father (
who is thus revealed as being far more than a merely rational super-being) and true
Man, the real peak and summit of all creation, and exemplar of man, who will one day gather up all the diverse workings of the Holy Spirit and present them as a glorious symphony in the presence of Our Father in heav
Man, the real peak and summit
of all
creation, and exemplar
of man, who will one day gather up all the diverse workings of the Holy Spirit and present them as a glorious symphony in the presence of Our Father in heav
man,
who will one day gather up all the diverse workings
of the Holy Spirit and present them as a glorious symphony in the presence
of Our Father in heaven.
However, Whitehead rejects the mythical sense
of creation in which God is an eternal Being
who suddenly starts the time - clocks by an act
of creating the material universe, including
man.
I will create this angel named Lucifer,
who I know in advance will turn against me, and
who I know in advance will lead astray my future
creation of man... Oh, there he went and made me angry, so now I have cast Lucifer out
of Heaven.
GOD is ALL
CREATION and God refers to the Gods
of GOD while god refers to us
men who figth the establishing Menageries
of ongoing Manmade churches that are but Holoistic damnations wherein our Bodies are the True Churches
of the Gods and Goddesses!
Those that he describes as «wise» are
men / women captured by the hypostatization
of the immanent pole
of the tension
of existence,
who, because
of the willful and prideful self - alienation (allotriosis) exist outside this reveled knowledge and consequently are unidentifiable as God's
creations, that is they exist in a state
of sin.
(this ad is supported by a believer
who is not a religious «crazy»,
who does not go to church every Sunday, but also does not believe in «non-belief» and is also not a scientific physicist or whatever kind
of scientist
who dreams
of mimicking
creation of man someday).
Who knows how long a day was then, what the space
of time lead up to the actual
creation of man as we know today.
It could still be argued that these roles impose strain on womanly nature; that they are not what women are made for; that they show a certain lack
of respect for God's work
of creation; that in fulfilling them a woman is likely to treat
men maternally, which will impose undue strain on masculine nature; and that the woman's womanly dignity and worth are to some extent at risk while she does these jobs; but it could not be maintained that she and those
who gave her her role have sinned by disobeying God's command.
They will find it harder to overlook the fact that the
man who denounces Freddie Mac to the point
of suggesting that those in Congress
who aided and abetted it be imprisoned, took $ 30,000 a month from that very same parasitic federal
creation.
It is also the temptation
of those
who speak
of the incompleteness
of creation and
of the task
of man to complete and develop it by his own means.
He
who through whom all things were made (cf. Jn 1, 2), and in whom all things are sustained, began to draw his last and dearest
creation -
man - into the very life
of the godhead.
«Christ, the Son
who is
of one being with the Father, is therefore the one
who reveals God's plan for all
creation and for
man in particular.
And in addition, you can't tell me definitively that the yellow, black, and white striped 1000 year old, and 100 foot tall polka dotted vampire lady in black stockings isn't alive and doesn't exist, speaking perfect English even though she has never visited our planet, on the dark side
of the moon, and has never been seen by the golden crown
of creation, god's highest achievement,
man,
who dwelleths at the very epi - center
of the universe, surrounded on all four sides by the heavenly spheres and angels, and overseen by god in heaven bless her extensive gold threaded wardrobe.
There is little sense
of the Pauline assertion that the whole
creation groaneth and travaileth awaiting redemption; rather it is
man who groans and travails awaiting redemption from the world.»
Paul clearly states that we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities in high places; He is suppose to be setting a principal and he is in fact destroying the thing that God stand for, serving the flesh and the
creation more than the creator
who is blessed forever;
Man will always have a battle between flesh and spirit; he is more flesh than spirit ever in his dress muscles and tight shirts; which has no place in the spirit;» dealing with matters
of the holy ghost «he can speck it but he can «t live it; which is the trouble with a lot
of modern day Christians; do as i say not as i do... old fashion parents had the same concept, its not just Eddie he got caught, he was just falling weak to the flesh and his own desires; only thing is, he is responsible for the souls
of those under his leadership; He must answer and atone to God for those actions, you think for a moment we are being hard on him; God has a way
of letting us know when we are wrong that lets us know we need to change.
RD.. How path - et - ic to see your hate and fear driving you to death...!?!
Man pull your self together and have the courage to face the returns
of your deeds... Wars were always there in life whether were religious or not so stop doing it on your self... Beside learn to wish people well whether you agree or disagree with might you succeed in life rather than being a loser... by being a cowered... My posts were meant for the friendly people I had known for some time, whom I found they were full
of compassion and not for black hearted one's like you
who hate all God
creations...
The most complex
of these creatures is
man, a self - conscious spirit
who has added to the achievements
of natural evolution the wide range
of developing cultural
creations.
A jewel beyond compare crowns the making
of man: the Incarnation
of God as the Christ, the Holy One
who is the summit
of the Unity - Law in person, in the continuity
of one unbroken, coherent economy
of creation.
God alone,
who created all things through His Word,
who planned to enter and fulfil His
creation through the Incarnation
of His Word, is both the Mind that directs and the spiritual environment where
Man finds his home.
We are thus especially grateful to those, writing in this and forthcoming issues,
who have responded to our request to discuss the identity
of God made
Man - and more specifically our belief, described in our editorial article, that the key to re-evangelisation is to work through the understanding
of Jesus» humanity, and thus his personality, as the fulfilment
of creation.
Verily, in the
creation of the heavens and the earth and in the alternation
of night and day, and in the ships which sail in the sea with that which profits
men, and in the water which Allah sends down from the sky and quickens therewith the earth after its death and scatters therein all kinds
of beasts, and in the change
of the winds, and the clouds pressed into service between the heaven and the earth — are indeed Signs for the people
who understand.
Paul's whole conception
of man — his
creation in God's own image with the law
of God written in his heart, his losing battle with a demonic enemy, the shameful captivity in which he is now held and the doom
of death which awaits him — this whole conception, as well as the despair
of one
who awakes to the realities for which the conception stands, is expressed in the words with which Paul ends what we know as the seventh chapter
of Romans:
Resurrection is a positive assertion: the whole
man,
who has really died, is recalled to life by a new act
of creation by God.
Another effect that gives cause for alarm is that a
man who grows accustomed to the use
of contraceptive methods mayforget the reverence due to a woman, and, disregarding her physical and emotional equilibrium, reduce her to being a mere instrument for the satisfaction
of his own desires, no longer considering her as his partner whom he should surround with care and affection... [So] In preserving intact the whole moral law
of marriage, the Church is convinced that she is contributing to the
creation of a truly human civilisation» (HV 17 - 18).
The failure to connect Christ,
man and
creation in a single, coherent and orthodox vision, for the age
of science, is a vital missinglink in the Church's efforts to preach «the Word
who is Life» to our post-Christian world.
When God wills that, for the perfection
of the work
of creation and the salvation
of mankind, he should take upon himself a created nature, he wills that T shall be a
man, so that the human nature
of God lives through the Divine 1», through the DivinePerson
of the Word,
who subsists in the Essence
of God.
Give them the full vision
of the majesty
of Christ, King
of all wisdom and truth in
creation, together with the full, demanding heritage
of the ascetic and spiritual life
of the Christian
man, and you will be surprised at the readiness with which they come: «everyone
who belongs to truth, will listen to my voice».
It is a form
of explanation which made use
of the ancient concept
of God's Wisdom, pictured almost as a distinct personal entity, God's agent in the
creation of the world and his intermediary towards his rational creatures,
who enters into the souls
of men and makes them the friends
of God.
Hence
man is made to realize that they exist, and there is somebody in charge
who knows better to take care
of HIS
creation.
All the armies that ever marched, all the navies that ever sailed, all the parliaments that ever sat, and all the kings that ever reigned have not affected the life
of man on the earth as much as that ONE SOLITARY LIFE
of JESUS CHRIST,
who is the Lord
of all
creation and our coming King.
the arts may provide the day - by - day confirmation
of Creation's finger still at work in the lives and affairs
of men... the church., if it wants to keep in touch with the Creator, must provide a home for all that is and all
who are created, lest the church itself wither and drift into irrelevance.
Bernal says that «genetics furnishes us with another quite independent means
of modifying life through selective breeding and by the
creation of mutations»; if individuals could be fashioned to specifications,
who is to decide the formula for prefabricated
man?
Polkinghorne's discussion
of the resurrection focuses, in contrast, on general philosophical arguments to the effect that «in order to confirm... the claim that the integrity
of personal experience itself, based as it is in the significance and value
of individual
men and women and the ultimate and total intelligibility
of the universe, requires that there be an eternal ground
of hope
who is the giver and preserver
of human individuality and the eternally faithful Carer for
creation.»
But Luther joins to this special doctrine (and it is not clear just
who he considers «real» Christians), his more general view that God has made provision for all
men in the orders
of creation: