It means God is not
dependent on a nature other than himself, because he is identical with his own nature.
Even in classical theism, the question of whether God is «above the law» is deeply complex and quite possibly aporetic, since if God has a nature, it seems to follow that God is
dependent on that nature.
For it begins with God, not with human reasoning, and how we conceive of God is
dependent on the nature of the reality that is presented to us — in the language of the Bible, that which is seen.
Marine science and oceanography are so
dependent on the nature of the world's oceans that many tropical and temperate scientists are also commonly found studying antarctic systems.
In cases of secondary hypertension, the long - term outlook is very
dependent on the nature and severity of the disease that has caused the high blood pressure.
Wind and solar are obviously
dependent on nature.
Are we not back to the basic problem that renewables are inherently unreliable, being highly
dependent on nature.
With that being said, settlements can vary significantly and are
dependent on the nature of the injuries, the severity of the injuries suffered, and the kinds of damages that resulted.
Choosing the policy type here is usually
dependent on the nature of the business, the business model, and how the company is already structured and laid out by law.
The company is avoiding discussing Thread's overall range, since it's so
dependent on the nature of your home: that includes how many walls and floors you have, what they're made of, and if there are things like glass mirrors in - between.
The medium to be used is
dependent on the nature of your sample template.
We tailor our services to your personal situation, offering a wide variety of mediation packages that are
dependent on the nature and extent of the issues to be decided upon and the personalities of the parties.
Furthermore, the utilization of different beliefs might be
dependent on the nature and quality of the romantic relationship involved.
The intricacy of the parenting plan is very much
dependent on the nature of that child's needs.
Whether, and if so how, the Real Estate Services Act (RESA) applies to the management of these rentals is
dependent on the nature of the use.
Not exact matches
Big biotech and pharma companies are absolutely
dependent on being able to successfully innovate by partnering with and acquiring disruptive startups because of the
nature of the patent cliff in pharmaceuticals.
Business is
dependent on the forces (and whimsy) of Mother
Nature.
If matter is a perfection of God, then God is
dependent on matter only in the sense that he is
dependent on his own
nature, and the world he creates out of his
nature is
dependent on him, not the other way around.
Rex like you i am saved and that is not
dependent on whether i read the bible or tithe or go to church or fellowship i do those things because i love the Lord not because i have to.That is what the Lord meant when he said that the sabbath was for man not man for the sabbath.I agree that to live a christian life the old
nature must be crucified with Christ and to live it we must die to it daily by submitting all our hearts to God and be lead by his holy spirit.brentnz
That is,
nature is just so much indeterminate «stuff out there»
dependent for its determination
on the exercise of man's will.
Thus it conceives the world of
nature as something derived from and
dependent upon something logical prior to itself, a world of immaterial ideas; but this is not a mental world or a world of mental activities or of things depending
on mental activity although it is an intelligible world or a world in which mind, when mind comes into existence, finds itself completely at home.
I once cite «Realism and Idealism,» the passage about objective idealism in which Collingwood clearly states his conception of the world of
nature: «Thus it conceives the world of
nature as something derived from and
dependent upon something logical prior to itself, a world of immaterial ideas; but this is not a mental world or a world of mental activities or of things depending
on mental activity although it is an intelligible world or a world in which mind, when mind comes into existence, finds itself completely at home.
In the final analysis, the choice of the goals of religious education is
dependent on one's views of the
nature of man and of religious truth.
It involves studying the holy truths and meditating
on the impurity of the passions: in meditating
on friendliness — in order to destroy hate; in meditating
on dependent origination — to disperse error; and, finally, in studying all the teachings concerned with the
nature of things.
This suggests that the idea of god is not really a primary religious concept, but is
dependent on the particular
nature of religious experiences.
So who they are is
dependent, in large part,
on when they live in History or how far they live away from
nature.
While it would be foolish to give up the meteorological explanation for the theological one, it should be said that there may be important aspects of the storm, such as its relation to the powers of
nature on which life is
dependent and the sense of awe inspired by it, which are present in the latter interpretation but wholly lacking in the former.
Feuerbach agreed with his theological teacher, Schleiermacher, that «[t] he basis of religion is the feeling of dependency», but went
on to assert that «that upon which human beings are fully
dependent is originally, nothing other than
Nature.
Even so, the power of good is always seen as the prior and absolute power, not
dependent on human
nature but always working directly.
I feel that most people don't fully understand how fickle mother
nature can be and how utterly
dependent we are for our day - to - day supplies
on a network of human cooperation that could easily break down in the face of catastrophe.
While Barth freely makes use of Kantian epistemological concepts, he is never
dependent on them for his own theological epistemology, which is rooted not in secular axioms regarding human reason but in theological claims regarding the
nature of God and divine action.
Subsequently a gradual general alteration of the perception of reality takes place, in the sense of an increasing mechanization of the explanation of
nature which is, as Piaget surmised, internally
dependent on the initial correct understanding of machines (CPE 263f.).
Third, man's agency is
dependent on sufficient continuity in the order of
nature so that he can make inductions
on the probable course of
nature and then act with some confidence that a consequence remote in time will occur.
In so doing he circumscribes the
nature and role of the imagination, especially its synthesizing power, making it
dependent on the understanding» (CJ 95).
Thus he was «a substance whose whole essence or
nature consists only in thinking, and which, that it may exist, has need of no place, nor is
dependent on any material thing» (3:27).
In the case of Mrs. R., these include an understanding of the
nature of alcoholism (as it eventually became clear that Mr. R. is an alcoholic), the futility of her attempts to coerce him to stop drinking, and the importance of her changing her assumption that any improvement in the family situation is totally
dependent on his sobriety.
Each particular part is defined by and
dependent on the total context».42 In this ecological view of a
nature which includes human beings, nothing is wholly self - subsistent.
And for that to happen the Catholic school needs to take
on board Benedict XVI's reminder to Catholic educators in the USA in 2008 that there is much more to Catholic education than the
nature of the curriculum: «Catholic identity,» he said, «is not
dependent upon statistics.
He holds that in our cosmic epoch, prehension of the physical poles of other occasions seems to be
dependent on contiguity, but that prehensions of the mental poles of other occasions may not be
dependent on contiguity.37 By this principle we could explain our prehension of God's primordial
nature and God's prehension of our mental poles quite apart from any spatial relations.
Healthy dependence is based
on the recognition that one is not God, and that one is, in fact,
dependent on other people,
nature, and God for life itself.
A club that is or has been wholly
dependent on the largesse of billionaire owners, which by its
nature can not be sustained, is what is known as an unsustainable model — or, more popularly, financial doping.
Muttart Conservatory is a wonderful place for a taste of
nature that's not
dependent on the weather, and it's a safe place to let your toddler «off - leash» to wander (within arm's reach, of course!)
If one considers the «Party Political House» that is excluding Crossbenchers and Bishops, and takes into account the lagging
nature of the Lords (new positions and party political strength are
dependent on a prime minister post-election), the House of Lords composition is closer to votes cast at a general election than the Commons and has been since hereditary peers were (almost all) turfed out in 1999.
The exciting discovery that the plant provides the fungus with this essential lipid helps explain the fungus» mysterious obligate
nature, meaning it is completely
dependent on its host for survival and reproduction.
The characteristics of the inhibitory effect were
dependent on the type of adenylyl cyclase and the
nature of the activator of the enzyme.
Nature itself is like that orchid — unique, fragile, locked in a relationship with a transient being
on which it is utterly
dependent: ourselves.
The ability for
nature to restore the fisheries is also
dependent on whether the ecosystems are still in a state to allow fish numbers to build again.
+ / - 62 %: rural population directly
dependent on wild
nature and its services for survival (the most of any continent)
He lowered that risk by making the E. coli
dependent on a nutrient not found in
nature.
Corollary studies focused
on the mechanisms that regulate brain endocannabinoid signaling have provided critical in vivo evidence of an «
on demand,» activity -
dependent nature of endocannabinoid influence.