Absoluteness, permanentness, and
the eternal unchanging are abstractions.
Not exact matches
and at the time of jesus moses gallileo newton charles darwin, people opposed them but ultimately the same people bowed to their
eternal truth, so norm is man made not natural and it changes from time to time, the only thing which is self reliant and
unchanging is mother nature, so Sikh faith is not a ritualistic dumb faith, indeed it's a lifestyle which tells to «Respect and follow The Laws of Nature and not to destroyy the beauty of nature».
Nobo, to be sure, distinguishes the extensive continuum which in itself is
eternal and
unchanging, from the spatio - temporal continuum which is the extensive continuum as progressively modified by actual occasions occurring in our cosmic epoch (52f).
Plato presented two orders of existence: that which is, i.e., being, which is
unchanging and
eternal and is «always real» (e.g., the Platonic forms), and that which becomes (génesis) «and is never real.»
God's love has [48] been reduced to a stance God takes unswervingly toward the creation and fallen humanity, bereft of passion and particularity, an
eternal and
unchanging love utterly unaffected by the responses of the beloved.
First, he tells us that God's ordering of the
eternal objects is primordial, and that in a sense which clearly means eternally
unchanging.
This aim is primordial and
unchanging, and it determines the primordial ordering of
eternal objects.
Then there are the
unchanging possibilities for realization, the pure possibilities that Whitehead calls
eternal objects.
That can readily be discerned in Plato's notion of the
eternal Forms or Ideas, which come to be varyingly embodied in passing moments but which themselves are
unchanging and unaffected by how the world momentarily incarnates them.
That which was perfect had to be
eternal, immutable,
unchanging, a static view of what is really real.
Unlike much of the inherited tradition where God was conceived as either the retired, uninvolved clockmaker, or as so perfect,
eternal,
unchanging that the world had no impact on Godself, the process God has a receptive side.
Ogden's own view is to look upon God as Process, as a social reality that interacts with human persons in a relational way, and who is temporal and historical because he grows, matures, evolves and becomes, while at the same time being God because he is likewise infinite,
eternal,
unchanging and immutable.
They calmly read an
eternal and
unchanging word: «Their book is never closed, their scroll never rolled up.»
PS... Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is
eternal and
unchanging!
From Plato onwards, philosophers have sought to escape from the anxiety of personal freedom by searching for certainty and objectivity in a supra - human realm, whether it be that of
unchanging Platonic Forms, or in the inexorable unfolding of some grand historical design, or in an
eternal life with an omniscient, loving, supreme Being.
As one would expect, Hartshorne lays special stress on God's life as one of continual change and becoming instead of an
unchanging life of
eternal and static being.
Unlike the Christian god that wouldn't ever change his mind or doctrine... except for cursing the world for eating an apple... except for telling Abraham to sacrifice his son, but then stopping him... and except for killing nearly all life on Earth and then because of the guilt says I'll never to do that ever again - in exactly that way... and except for deciding that 2 of himself (Father and Spirit) weren't enough any more, and creating / fathering / spiriting as Son... and except for forgiving all sin, when «In the beginning» he had cursed the universe for the eating of an apple, by having his creation torture and kill his only begotten Son... and except for having to repeat himself about the
unchanging eternal rules, to Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Saul / Paul, Mohammed, Joseph Smith, Bahá «u «lláh, David Koresh, and a whole host of others... and except for... and except for...
Therefore, the nontemporal element in the process of transmutation is the
eternal (in the sense of «
unchanging») character of God whereby possibilities of growth are relevant to both good and evil events.
Needless to say, the notion that God has a receptive side is a denial of traditional, substantialist views that identify perfection with that which is
eternal, immutable,
unchanging.
The primordial nature refers to the mental pole and is characterized by the fact that God is infinite,
eternal, and
unchanging.
One of the defects in deontological ethics as usually conceived is that it ultimately requires an
unchanging,
eternal deity to deliver the command to obey the moral ought, a fact pointed out by Anscombe to contemporary Kantians who have forgotten that Kant himself would have readily granted this point.
Hartshorne, however, has spent a lifetime criticizing the
unchanging,
eternal deity believed in by classical theists like Kant and Anscombe.
The problem is that while at times Whitehead conceives of God's ordering of the
eternal objects to be eternally
unchanging, at other times «the ordering is such as to specify the initial aim for each new occasion... (it) is extremely difficult to see how one
unchanging order can provide a specific and novel aim to every new occasion.
Griffin & Sherburne, New York: The Free Press, 1978, 343) John Cobb says that Whitehead»... tells us that God's ordering of the
eternal objects is primordial, and that in a sense which clearly means eternally
unchanging.
God is understood as
unchanging in his primordial nature which envisions the
eternal objects and as changing in his creative response to the events of the world.
Temporary meaning in life is insufficient, for our accomplishments die with the death of the universe — there is no ultimate purpose in a universe void of God - What are these
eternal,
unchanging truths that you refer to?
I believe that it is insofar as we remain bound to the dominant Western symbol of the
eternal and
unchanging distance between God and the world.
If each new moment, according to process thought, is open to the infinite range of possibilities contained in the primordial nature of God, then is possibility as such finally grounded in God's purely conceptual and
unchanging envisagement of
eternal objects?
The final objection to identifying God as a living person is that the envisagement of the
eternal objects is a primordial and
unchanging act and not an endless succession of acts.
In our continually fluctuating experience no such absolute identity obtains from moment to moment, but in God's one unfettered envisagement of all possibilities, the absolute identity from moment to moment means that in our normal language it is a single
unchanging and
eternal act.
Thank you again for reminding us that God's Word is
eternal and
unchanging.
But the essence of the Hellenistic idea of God is that deity is by nature all that men by nature can not be: God is uncompounded, absolutely simple, hence static (a state identified with perfection),
unchanging, subject to no variation,
eternal, impassible, unmoved.
God's valuation of possibility, his primordial envisagement of the
eternal objects, is a single,
unchanging act.
There must be an aspect of God which is
eternal being, primordial and underived, an aspect of divinity which is
unchanging and unmoved.
Third, it is noteworthy that in Man's Vision of God Hartshorne distinguishes between God's «purpose as laid down before all the worlds, or rather before each and every world» — which is part of God's
eternal and
unchanging aspect — and «the more and more particular purposes which mark the approach to, and..., the achievements of purpose which mark arrival at, any given point of time» (MVG 237, my italics).
How can you justify logic, which is
eternal,
unchanging, and immaterial with a worldview without God?
There is a strictly asymmetrical, one - way relation: God affects the world, but the world does not affect a God who is
eternal,
unchanging and impassible.
In addition, fundamentalism offers a bonus:
eternal life or salvation in the world to come, to be won by taking refuge in a salvific Christ who needs only to be believed in, or in an
unchanging Torah that needs only to be obeyed.
For instances: «At the hour of death, what will remain of life is a unique vision of an
unchanging altar, an
eternal gesture, a continuous melody.»
The Buddhist's sympathy with the pain of the world, the Hindu's sense of the
unchanging stability of the
Eternal, the Moslem's realization of international comradeship, the Confucian's appreciation of social morality, and... the sacrifices of scientific workers in the quest of truth and human welfare [and today, may we not add the Communist's concern for social justice, the humanist's insistence on the value of right self - realization of man's capacities, and the secularist's recognition of the non-religious goods in human experience?]
Here, if we follow Jesus, the living Lord, lies our hope of reaching that perfect relationship with God which, because God is
unchanging, we call
eternal life.
It has been the task of each age to make intelligible the underlying,
unchanging,
eternal essence of its traditions.
While Champagne seems
eternal and
unchanging, its fame is in fact the product of four founding myths.
Motivations are obvious and
unchanging and largely unexplored, which isn't a problem given the production's interest in the basest of instincts — the
eternal social struggle between freedom and slavery.
''... There is what I call the American idea... This idea demands, as the proximate organization thereof, a democracy, that is, a government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people; of course, a government after the principles of
eternal justice, the
unchanging law of God; for shortness» sake, I will call it the idea of Freedom...»
Aloe: Healing, protection, affection Angelica: Inspiration Arborvitae:
Unchanging friendship Bachelor's button: Single blessedness Basil: Good wishes Bay: Glory Black - eyed Susan: Justice Carnation: Alas for my poor heart Chamomile: Patience Chives: Usefulness Chrysanthemum: Cheerfulness Clover, white: Think of me Coriander: Hidden worth Cumin: Fidelity Crocus, spring: Youthful gladness Daffodil: Regard Daisy: Innocence, hope Dill: Powerful against evil Edelweiss: Courage, devotion Fennel: Flattery Fern: Sincerity Forget - me - not: Forget - me - not Geranium, oak - leaved: True friendship Goldenrod: Encouragement Heliotrope:
Eternal love Holly: Hope Hollyhock: Ambition Honeysuckle: Bonds of love Horehound: Health Hyacinth: Constancy of love, fertility Hyssop: Sacrifice, cleanliness Iris: A message Ivy: Friendship, continuity Jasmine, white: Sweet love Lady's - mantle: Comfort Lavender: Devotion, virtue Lemon balm: Sympathy Lilac: Joy of youth Lily - of - the - valley: Sweetness Marjoram: Joy and happiness Mint: Virtue Morning glory: Affection Myrtle: The emblem of marriage, true love Nasturtium: Patriotism Oak: Strength Oregano: Substance Pansy: Thoughts Parsley: Festivity Pine: Humility Poppy, red: Consolation Rose, red: Love, desire Rosemary: Remembrance Rue: Grace, clear vision Sage: Wisdom, immortality Salvia, blue: I think of you Salvia, red: Forever mine Savory: Spice, interest Sorrel: Affection Southernwood: Constancy, jest Sweet pea: Pleasures Sweet William: Gallantry Sweet woodruff: Humility Tansy: Hostile thoughts Tarragon: Lasting interest Thyme: Courage, strength Tulip, red: Declaration of love Valerian: Readiness Violet: Loyalty, devotion, faithfulness Willow: Sadness Yarrow: Everlasting love Zinnia: Thoughts of absent friends