John, Ove also came out with the 150 year timeframe at the Brisbane meeting, which to those of us in the audience with a true geological background was just another example of the lack of understanding of a marine biologist for real
earth history as you rightly point out.
Not exact matches
SpaceX's Falcon 9 making
history as an orbital rocket to land back on
Earth was enough to give the company's CEO Elon Musk heaps of praise.
Many aligned on the left will see both of these
as «making
history,» finally striking a prophetic blow against the tyrannies of heteronormativity, discrimination, and the abuse of mother
earth.
Let me just ask one question: Can we PLEASE start the debate in the country about how «God», «Hell», «Heaven», «Satan», «Muhammad», «Jesus», «Angels» «Ghosts» «Demons» and «Spirits of the Dead and or / Nature / Mother
Earth» do not exist in any rational form
as the way they are presented throughout world
history?
... i know your book says don't believe anything else before or after to protect its place in
history, but just
as you would read greek mythology and have incredulous thoughts about multigods ruling the
earth water and the undergrounds, those who are not stuck on your wavelength, read your mythology and think how anyone in their right minds could ever fall for those idolatric stories... your belief in your creationist god is
as unfathomable
as an adult looking up the chimney and feeling the power of Santa Clause in them... does the power of Santa Clause compel you?
As Karl Barth put it, we «must not blind ourselves to... [the fact] that the kingdom of God has come from heaven to
earth, that it has taken solid shape amongst us, and that it has foreshadowed the end of all human
history and therefore of the child - parent relationship.»
So if you have a triune god who is father, son, and holy ghost but you have a mother of the human manifestation of father / son god — then Mary is arguably the mother of god and in that way could be argued
as the more divine at some point in the
history of the transformation of the triune god in heaven to the triune god on
earth and of course the few days when the triune god on
earth was dead (but not really dead) before rising.
It is definitely true
as we understand each others cultures, and
histories among the many other things, I believe planet
earth has a chance.
(Gen 3:20) And it will depend upon us
as to where we are personally going, be it life in a paradise
earth forever (Rev 21:3 - 5) or return to ground from which we came when we die, having been just a speck in the time line of
history.
So the presence and ministry of Christ
as God on
earth extends and continues
as a fact of
history in the life of Church.
The idea of the Christian fellowship
as a heavenly family housed on
earth has a long
history.
At first sight, beings and their destinies might seem to us to be scattered haphazard or at least in an arbitrary fashion over the face of the
earth; we could very easily suppose that each of us might equally well have been born earlier or later, at this place or that, happier or more ill - starred,
as though the universe from the beginning to end of its
history formed in space - time a sort of vast flower - bed in which the flowers could be changed about at the whim of the gardener.
Some hope for the kingdom of God to come on
earth —
as Jesus taught his disciples to pray - but others expect the denouement of
history in another world.
In
history's ongoing struggle between despotism and self - government, he was prepared to believe that America was
earth's «last best hope» - not
as the world's economic colossus or imperial hegemon but
as an exemplar of what politics, with all its limitations, can accomplish.
As time went on and the concept developed, all kinds of pictures and ideas were associated with it, especially in the apocalyptic literature: the transformation of the
earth, the end of
history, the resurrection of the dead, and many others.
Remarkable and significant
as is the emergence of self - conscious persons by natural processes from the original «hot big bang» from which the universe has expanded over the last 10 - 20 thousand million years, this must not be allowed to obscure another fact about humanity, namely its relatively recent arrival in the universe, even on a time - scale of the
history of the
Earth.
Ninthly, had I existed, do you really think my representation on
Earth would have such a
history of corruption, retardation of science, financial misdeeds, political intrigue, outright criminal behavior and $ exual misconduct, including pedophilia,
as the Vatican does.
The kingdom of God, whether thought of
as that which gradually comes on
earth through a transformed society or
as that which comes only in God's eternal kingdom beyond death and earthly
history, is always a social concept.
The issues of chief difficulty arise at the point of questions
as to whether Jesus expected the Kingdom to come on
earth or only in some realm beyond earthly
history, and in the latter event, whether he expected earthly
history to end very soon by a catastrophic divine intervention when he himself would return in glory to reign over a transfigured world.
If we are going to teach a public ethic of eco-justice, we need public stories of eco-justice — public parables that have the capacity to communicate the meaning of our love for the
earth and for people
as citizens: the reality of the struggle for eco-justice in the ongoing
history of our civic communities.
He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way» is NOT the Holy Spirit through believers hindering him from comming till they be taken away in the «rapture»... It is The Holy Spirit Himself who is restraining satan from comming ahead of God's appointed time for him to come, because satan has done it thru many attempts in past
history, even
as his last of the attempt was through Hitler, desiring to establish his kingdom on
earth.
Christians can draw motivation to be this new type of persons from their faith, in which God is seen
as caring for all, Jesus is a brother to all, the spirit is present universally, the
earth our common mother, and society and
history are where we can meet God in service to others.
As told by Helen Thomas Those group were able to pass on their agenda and propaganda by enforcing the belief that their nation is the only victemized nation on this planet earth and all through history old and new, and she added that they like it this way acting as victimized as it makes it easier for them to cross the boarders, blackmailing all those nation
As told by Helen Thomas Those group were able to pass on their agenda and propaganda by enforcing the belief that their nation is the only victemized nation on this planet
earth and all through
history old and new, and she added that they like it this way acting
as victimized as it makes it easier for them to cross the boarders, blackmailing all those nation
as victimized
as it makes it easier for them to cross the boarders, blackmailing all those nation
as it makes it easier for them to cross the boarders, blackmailing all those nations.
- God, the Absolute - humanity, the human condition in its universal characteristics, - male and female, though different, equal in rights and dignity, - the cosmos, especially the planet
earth available, with its limited resources, for all humanity - the planet's ecology
as common essential source of life and hence of concern for all humans, present and future, - the human conscience guiding each one interiorly would be known only to each one personally, - the each group of humans has a
history and a religio - cultural background of its own is a universal factor that makes for particularity and different contexts for theology, - the realization that the present increasing globalization of relationships, economy and culture impinge on theology and spirituality universally, though differently.
The revealed account of creation mentions only the «dust of the
earth»
as material cause; there is no certain scientific doctrine to the contrary; therefore there is no reason to abandon a «literal» interpretation of Genesis, all the more so
as the
history of the theory of evolution shows that this tends to be regarded in a radically materialistic way
as a complete explanation of man's origin, and so involves theses which are certainly heretical.
However I hold, along wi th the church for most of its
history, that his humanity is very important and that he lived on
earth as a vulnerable human being and not
as some all powerful and all knowing godlike figure.
Even in the
history of Israel, God was acknowledged
as Lord first, then
as creator of heaven and
earth.
«This continually unfolding emergence of new and intricately organised systems and organisms strongly suggests a directionality in the
history of the universe, and in the
history of the
Earth and of life on it... many recent interdisciplinary pundits postulate an overarching finality or teleology - a purposefulness - to the unfolding universe, and to nature itself
as it evolves on
Earth...
A Christian view of time and
history which preserves the truth and rejects the illusion in man's vision of
history can organize and release human energies today
as it did in the days of St. Augustine, and
as it did in the bright days of the nineteenth century when the prospect of a reborn society on
earth seemed to light the way.
In Christian
history this has been generally referred to
as the communion of saints, and a far - reaching piety has been cultivated on the basis of a real linkage between those on
earth (the church militant), those in the interim state (the church suffering), and those in heaven (the church triumphant).
No other man has touched the face and
history of the
earth as much
as Jesus Christ.
I am interested in knowing why a group of nearly naked primates came up with a creation story that has survived to the present day and why it has similarities with what the scientific method has produced
as hypotheses for the
history of
earth and its inhabitants.
Whether this future is conceived
as eternal life for the individual, or a new heaven and a new
earth for mankind, or
as the conquest of evil in or beyond human
history, the trajectory is toward the future, the eschaton.
All the rest of the contents of the text — such
as knowledge of the soul, the sciences of the nature of the heavens and the
earth,
history, prophecy, warnings, and the like — are only means to strengthen the message of the Qur» an, to give it more weight and conviction.
We are,
as it were, given a preview of
history in advance; and the
history which we are allowed in symbol to see is that of the terrible end - time between the two ages, the birth - pangs and the prelude to the new heaven and the new
earth.
For a long time it has been recognized that the phrase «the kingdom of God» (or,
as Matthew always renders it, «the kingdom of heaven») on Jesus» lips designated, not heaven, nor yet the church of
history, but the coming reign of righteousness and peace among men, to which the prophets had looked forward: the time when God's will should be done on
earth as it is done in heaven, when justice and love should hold universal sway in a redeemed humanity, when peace and freedom should cover the
earth as the waters cover the sea.
Jesus is a real historical figure who was born on the
earth just
as any other human being in
history.
As such it is the unluckiest, the most tragic period in
history: «And it shall come to pass that whoever gets safe out of the fire shall be destroyed by famine... for all the
earth shall devour its inhabitants.»
see what you have to understand about living in a real world — a world where god is just a story and not real — its a world based on scientific and physical laws that are proven to exist and their effects are measurable... us
as humans, mere animals, hold no real power or control aside thru ingenuity which allows us to change our environment to suit us... stay with me here... at this point in human
history we ceased to change to suit our environment and started changing it to suit us — thats destruction of the
earth to suit one species — that should go over well...
DO educate yourself on the natural Universe, human
history and the
history of life on
Earth, so
as to be able to properly evaluate claims that a benevolent, mind - reading god is behind the whole thing.
Then Israel will be restored, according to Darby,
as God's primary instrument in
history, the wicked will be destroyed in the final battle of Armageddon, and Christ will begin a 1,000 - year reign on
earth.
Even Professor Leakey's recent extension of possible humanoid remains
as far back
as 2,000,000 B. C. leaves man (if this be man) with but a brief
history compared to
earth time, to say nothing of the general cosmic process.
If it is true,
as I suggest, that salvation lies in the direction of an
Earth organically in-folded upon itself, it is then surely evident that, though a reciprocal mechanism of action and reaction, the vision and prevision of this ultimate end, this outcome of
History and of Life, may be made to play an essential part in the building of the future, if only by creating the atmosphere, the psychic field of attraction, without which it will be impossible for Humanity to continue to converge upon itself.
As a second observation concerning our newly awakening sense of the
Earth, we could say that a new phase in the
history of the madonna figure of Western civilization has begun.
In the doctrine of the Madonna in later Christian
history there are many passages indicating that Mary was to be thought of
as the
Earth in which the True Vine is planted and which had been made fruitful by the Holy Spirit.
As species, man produces the configurations of history, culture, society, technology, politics, economics, the arts and religion which serve as his «life - world» and represent his «dominion over the earth.&raqu
As species, man produces the configurations of
history, culture, society, technology, politics, economics, the arts and religion which serve
as his «life - world» and represent his «dominion over the earth.&raqu
as his «life - world» and represent his «dominion over the
earth.»
Saturn throughout
history has been represented
as a black cube here on
Earth... every notice how the 9/11 memorial is one big black cube seen from the sky?
He illustrated his words with the great examples from Catholic
history of priest - scientists whose work was revolutionary in terms of a scientific understanding of the world, such
as the 16th - century Pole, Copernicus, whose astronomical observations demonstrated that the
earth orbited the sun, and the 20th - century Belgian, Georges Lemaître, who was the first to propose a «Big Bang» startto the universe.
... If there ever was a power on
earth who had an eye for the times, who has confined himself to thepracticable, and has been happy in his anticipations, whose words have been deeds, and whose commands prophecies, such is he in the
history of ages, who sits from generation to generation in the Chair of the Apostles,
as the Vicar of Christ and Doctor of His Church.
Black
Earth: The Holocaust
as History and Warningby timothy snydertim duggan books, 462 pages, $ 30 F aced with the challenge of finding something new to say about the Holocaust, a lesser author will offer a picture of Nazism that resembles his present - day political opponents.