Not exact matches
As a company founded on the principle
of people protecting
people,
Living Mutual has always been at the core
of our
existence.
At 62, I have already
lived most
of my
life and I don't quite care about heaven or Hell but I do care about the
people with whom I share the earth, my fellow pilgrims, so yes, I would still stick with the Jesus thing as it helps me to remember to be humble, charitable and mindful in my daily walk so that I can contribute positively to the
existence of others.
it's good if it gets more
people to stop following these ridiculous belief systems that have zero grounding in the realities
of life that we now know to be axiomatic to
existence.
People are too conceited to want to believe that when they die, they cease to exist, so viola, in their pea brains God exists to satisfy their own sense
of self importance through an afterlife and continued
existence beyond
life.
On the other hand,
people who categorically deny the
existence of God and
live life in the «nothing matters here on Earth» philosophy, those are the
people who are bitter, often depressed, and find no hapiness in
life.
I don't fear any «invisible man in the sky» who hasn't produced one credible, empirically based instance
of his
existence in over 3,000 years What is needed is for
people to stop
living by the rules
of myth and mysticism and start
living by the realities
of the here and now
If you read the details, despite belonging less to churches and praying less «young adults» beliefs about
life after death and the
existence of heaven, hell and miracles closely resemble the beliefs
of older
people today».
The emphasis has characteristically been on «a theology
of the infinite» — an inquiry into the identity and
existence of divine beings, divine activity in history and nature, the purpose and destiny
of human
life as these are revealed by a being called «God» to others called «
persons.»
What seems apparent to us is that these
people are taught to create their own evidence for God's
existence, just as some
of the folks who believe in reincarnation are taught to interpret the sensation
of déjà vu as evidence
of their past
lives flashing in their memories.
A hallmark
of the Catholic tradition is that God's
existence (though not His Trinitarian nature), the
existence of the incorporeal soul (though not the nature
of the after
life and the beatific vision), the nature
of the human
person (though not the full truth about the indwelling
of grace), and the natural law are all accessible to us without divine Revelation.
If a
person were so utterly opposed to the common good as to attempt to overthrow the very
existence of the state (by insurrection, say), then the proper level
of correction is one that opposes the preferred good
of the insurrectionist by disrupting his
life.
Hebrew thought developed this idea rather than immortality, first, because the Hebrews had a vivid sense
of the goodness
of material bodily
existence; and second, because they understood the necessary unity
of the
person not as a soul - in - body but as a whole
living, feeling, thinking personality.
Every
people has its culture, whether primitive or advanced, and this culture is discerned in the folkways and moral standards, forms
of family
life, economic enterprises, laws and modes
of dealing with lawbreakers, forms
of recreation, religion, art, education, science, and philosophy that constitute the social aspects
of human
existence as contrasted with the bare biological fact
of living.
As an independent
person, man is required by Islam to believe in God, worship Him, and to
live in a manner which assures him a clear conscience; it is incumbent upon him to work for a
living, to control himself and his children, and to realize his interests and maintain his
existence without encroaching upon the
life and welfare
of other
people.
A new quest can not verify the truth
of the kerygma, that this
person actually
lived out
of transcendence and actually makes transcendence available to me in my historical
existence.
We
live in a world in which for some, misery is the only reality
of existence:
people starve to death,
live in abject poverty and know unrelieved distress and isolation all their days.
Acknowledging the historicity
of God's commands to
people in the common associations
of life should discourage every ideological absolutization
of transient structures
of existence.
The law was given not only to outline human
existence by a revealed set
of dos and don'ts, but also to turn the
people Godward in every movement and moment
of their
lives.
Because both
people in society and
people in our churches
live in the public realm, and because
existence in the public realm validates authority and relevance, the absence
of church presence in the public realm
of the media diminishes
people's perception
of the relevance
of faith to their everyday
existence - ie.
I just want to ask those
people how the marriage
of a random couple
living 1000 miles away from them affects their daily
existence?
Even in the memory being erased, the great forming
people and moments
of life, great swaths
of the essence
of the remaining, as you say, formed by suffering, erased from
existence.
Personally, the
existence of the death penalty, which is supported by most «godly»
people leads me to believe that we humans are just one more animal species
living in a godless jungle, although having ruled out the
existence of God, I can't yet rule out the
existence of Satan.
Amid the way
of personal
existence, we identify with and cling to past and future experiences in our own
life - stream, accentuating our own continuity over time, but often at the expense
of also identifying with other
people and the rest
of the world.
If there were any such reason, it would be world - wide news given none exists thus far (despite many
people devoting their
lives to trying to show evidence
of the
existence of a god).
We also may be said to
live after death as church members related to the
person of Jesus and dependent upon the church's unity and prayers for our continued
existence.
Minute by minute, the
existence of Israel mocks the pagan gods, the divine beings who rise out
of the consciousness
of all
peoples but which are gentile gods because they are deifications
of humanity and the forces
of nature rather than the true,
living God
of Abraham.
Of course, for most people, before they can ever believe in Jesus for eternal life, they need to have other beliefs about themselves, the existence and nature of God, and some other biblical truth
Of course, for most
people, before they can ever believe in Jesus for eternal
life, they need to have other beliefs about themselves, the
existence and nature
of God, and some other biblical truth
of God, and some other biblical truths.
The perichoresis
of the trinitarian
persons» meaning their
life in mutual communion» presupposes the
existence of the three
persons.
And what he seems concerned to emphasize in this recent article is that (assuming the truth
of the Christian understanding
of existence) the Christian revelation embodies a view
of life that objectively represents the meaning
of human
existence, so that if a
person is indeed to grasp in a reflective way what the meaning
of life in fact is he or she must understand it precisely in the way represented by the Christian witness.
I just think though that instead
of throwing
people alive into a lake
of fire that God would have compassion and just since no one can
live a sin free
life that he would just instantaneously at our deaths cause our
existence to disappear.
The witness
of both Old and New Testaments makes clear that concern for those forced to
live a marginal
existence is not - an optional activity for the
people of God, nor is it only a minor requirement.
If refusal to face squarely the fact
of death is found so widely in these days, so also is loss
of belief in a continuation
of human
existence, beyond death, in what used to be called the «after -
life» It is indeed true that among conventionally - minded church -
people and many others there is a vague feeling that when the body dies the «soul» goes on.
cit., pp. 103, 105, 53 f.) God's demand that Israel become «a holy
people» means the spontaneous and ever - renewed act whereby the
people dedicate themselves to YHVH with their corporeal national
existence, their legal forms and institutions, their internal and external relationships, the whole factuality
of worldly
life.
To be unaware
of the true dimensions
of life, to be insensitive to the realities beyond your narrow little swath
of existence, to talk to no one save the
people who mirror your own prejudices back to you, to be the victim
of your own narrow insecurity in
life, this is to bear false witness just as surely as if you testified to the truth
of a lie under oath.
If the truth has made us «odd,» if we have not accommodated ourselves out
of all recognition, then it will appear to some
people that we're running away, that we're
living an escapist
existence, that we're outsiders, even outlaws — whereas the truth is that we're the insiders, because we're bearing God's reality, not the world's.
The emptiness
of isolated
existence and the meaningless
of a
life that has no goals besides individual gain opens
people to accept the authority
of those who promise answers in exchange for conformity and obedience.
In Europe, for example, religious
people can no longer ignore the
existence of the millions
of foreigners with different cultures who are now
living there.
Yes, there are some
people who believe in some form
of continued
existence or «after -
life» as you call it, however, you used the words... «Heaven and Hell.»
God's perfect love and goodness is perfectly compatible with those
persons who refuse the gift
of salvation and immortality, but whose ongoing
existence is defined by an ongoing rejection
of the very God
of love in whom they continue to «
live and move and have their being.»
Aware that this line leaves out
of account the potential
of the child for a full human
life, Singer responds that «in a world that is already over-populated, and in which the regulation
of fertility is universally accepted, the argument that we should bring all potential
people into
existence is not persuasive.»
While you may not believe in God, the man named Jesus, or any other deity, there is in fact, historical evidence pointing at least to the possibility
of the
existence of the man named Jesus and that many, many
people were willing to change their
lives, risk their
lives and even be persecuted and executed in the name
of this man named Jesus.
In the sense that
existence precedes essence and
life takes precedence over thought, Judaism exists for the sake
of the Jewish
people rather than the Jewish
people existing for the sake
of Judaism
Clearly this activity will be taking place somewhere, because human
existence is too problematic for
people to stop searching for ideas and ways
of living that will make everyday
life meaningful.
The simple knowledge that the fetus exists alters the
lives of the
people whose
existence it touches.
Resurrection does not abolish death for it does not mean the literal restoration
of a
person to his former conscious
existence, any more than the resurrection
of life from the dying seed means the literal restoration
of the original seed.
The integral
person accords the act
of eating its rightful place in the whole scheme
of life; he does not cheat it
of its fair share
of time,
of its regular place in the ordering
of existence, and
of its portion in the gift
of serenity.
Delusional thinking has the highest probablility
of causing the most damage to the world, all the
people living here, our future
existence on this planet, and to all humanity.
The chief points
of change are, first, that the scene has been transferred from the supernatural world
of the gods to the earthly sphere
of human history; secondly, that It is not a god who experiences the renewal
of life (for the God
of Israel is not himself subject to death and resurrection, but on the contrary initiates and controls these events) but the
people of Israel, who look in hope for restoration when their
existence is threatened; and thirdly, that this hope is expressed as a metaphor describing the historical future, rather than as a myth
of cosmic renewal.
Although the mall, social media and video games feature in her
existence, they don't dominate it; she is unique and interesting, and exactly the sort
of person who, from a reader's perspective, deserves to
live a long
life.
The Valparaiso Project on the Education and Formation
of People in Faith, based at Valparaiso University in Indiana, has been encouraging people to think about and live the communal practices that form Christian exis
People in Faith, based at Valparaiso University in Indiana, has been encouraging
people to think about and live the communal practices that form Christian exis
people to think about and
live the communal practices that form Christian
existence.