Religions are not needed
for modern humanity any more.
1For a lengthier treatment of this topic, see my An Introduction to the Process Understanding of Science, Society, and the Self: A Philosophy
for Modern Humanity (Lewiston / Queenston: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1988), 75 - 78.
Not exact matches
Modern humanity does not perceive the world as worth God's dying
for.
You cut through the
modern politics and hand waving and what you have is that
for at LEAST 200 years and probably more (longer than we've been around as a country) Christians were «held in contempt» to the point that
for about 10 of those years several emperors pursued active policies of extermination (that's what the «actually persecuting» statement refers to - think holocaust type policies) that included some of the worst type of tortures known to
humanity.
He said the pessimist in him mocked his receipt of a degree in law when «law is ever more a hollow word, resonant but empty, in a world increasingly dominated by force, by violence, by fraud, by injustice, by avarice — in a word, by egoism»; when civil law permits «the progressive and rapid increase of oppressed people who continue being swept toward ghettos, without work, without health, without instruction, without diversion and, not rarely, without God»; when under so - called international law «more than two - thirds of
humanity (exist) in situations of misery, of hunger, of subhuman life»; and when agrarian law or spatial law permits «today's powerful landowners to continue to live at the cost of misery
for unhappy pariahs»; and whereby «
modern technology achieves marvels from the earth with an ever - reduced number of rural workers (while) those not needed in the fields live sublives in depressing slums on the outskirts of nearly all the large cities.»
The categorical imperative to «treat
humanity, whether in thine own person or in that of any other, in every case as an end withal, never as means only» (46) was,
for Kant, the «universal law of nature» (38) and his understanding of it is the most radical conception of natural law in its
modern sense.
Aronofsky must have recognized our
modern moral conundrum: His depiction of
humanity outside the family of Noah is almost entirely negative, so that we feel very little compassion
for them.
to devin, at this point of our existence or civilization, our consciousness has reach a point of complexity that God in His will, wanted us humans now to implement it through our evolved
modern wisdom.that we have to all unite and focus our concern and attention to the greatest challenge of our existence, which is survival, Its not the rituals or praising Him, or outwardly expressing our belief or love
for Him, but our positve contribution to the good of
humanity.
Marxism, according to Solzhenitsyn, blinds
humanity to authentic moral illumination because, like many other
modern aesthetics, it values experience primarily as food
for theory, and it values theory primarily as a means to progress.
Also in the face of the ecological disaster created by the
modern ideas of total separation of humans from nature and of the unlimited technological exploitation of nature, it is proper
for primal vision to demand, not an undifferentiated unity of God,
humanity and nature or to go back to the traditional worship of nature - spirits, but to seek a spiritual framework of unity in which differentiation may go along with a relation of responsible participatory interaction between them, enabling the development of human community in accordance with the Divine purpose and with reverence
for the community of life on earth and in harmony with nature's cycles to sustain and renew all life continuously.
There are also stories in culture that paint a bleak picture of
humanity, and which clearly illustrate the need
for God and his grace; the
modern equivalent perhaps of that Athenian altar.
This confidence of
modern man in the power of intelligence to free
humanity from its ills and
for the fulfillment of its purposes is reflected in the universal commitment to education.
Theology has not given adequate attention to the social idealizations of evil... The new thing in the social gospel is the clearness and insistence with which it sets forth the necessity and the possibility of redeeming the historical life of
humanity from the social wrongs which now pervade it... The social gospel seeks to bring men under repentance
for their collective sins and to create a more sensitive and more
modern conscience.
Humanity Made
for Christ When speaking to
modern audiences, especially young adults, about what distinguishes us from the animals, it is not always a good idea to start with negative distinctions - pointing out,
for example, that animals can not do such and such, but we can.
It is significant that Vatican II (and also the Uppsala Assembly of the World Council of Churches) defines the church as the sacramental sign of the unity of all
humanity, and also speaks of the presence of the Paschal Mystery among all peoples (see Decree on the Church, and the document on the Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the
Modern World) This approach assumes that in Christianity, acknowledgment of Salvation (understood as the transcendent ultimate destiny of human beings) finds expression and witness in the universal struggle
for Humanization (understood as the penultimate human destiny) in world history which is shaped not only by the forces of goodness and life, but also by the forces of evil and death.
Clooney said Dr Catena, and all the Aurora Prize
for Awakening
Humanity finalists, are «
modern day heroes» who have put themselves at risk.
In a world as results - obsessed as
modern football, the appreciation of the beautiful is one of the few avenues left
for a fan to express a simple and innocent
humanity.
The Microbiome Effect explores the way the microbiome, or «good» bacteria, is transferred from mother to baby during childbirth, how
modern medical practices interfere with this process, and the consequences
for a baby's future health - and perhaps
for the future of
humanity itself.
As Martinón - Torres explains,
for a long time the idea was held that this species was a direct ancestor of
modern humanity, and «all the human fossils found in what we call the Far East and in the current islands of Indonesia have been attributed systematically to Homo erectus.
Few
modern Republican politicians favor such environmental effort, or even believe climate change is happening or that
humanity could be primarily responsible
for it.
After a lifetime of ecological research, Zimbabwean ecologist Allan Savory discovered (the hard way) that the quickest and most efficient way
for humanity to re-build topsoil and restore the ecological damage caused by
modern agriculture is to put grazing animals onto broken land.
If you are on the hunt
for new
modern jeans... My favorite premium denim lines are: Rag & Bone (pictured above), Citizens of
Humanity, AG, Mother... And the new kid on the block, Good American!
Gillespie smartly uses the known and builds upon it with context and some style, using «
modern day» Tonya, Jeff and LaVona among others as interview subjects
for a documentary of sorts that frames the film, but also has the characters speak into the camera in non-interview segments to help give Tonya some
humanity, or at least make sure you have a better idea about all of her story and life coming out and you did going in.
Here he grapples with no less than updating the tale of the Christ, making a
modern day fable (well, as
modern as 1941) of one guy sacrificing himself
for the greater whole of
humanity.
Unmasking the angst of
humanity, he sets out a new reality and politically conscious self - identity
for existence in the
modern world.
Ford is characterized among
modern day painters of the Naturalist Illustration Movement, and his paintings are known
for their sharp critique of how
humanity treats nature.
, Light Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Gadgetry and Rites, Yuz Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia 2009 Entrance — Li Hui Solo Exhibition, Beijing Art Now Gallery, Beijing, China Dialects of Void & Substance, Tang Contemporary Art Center, Hong Kong, China Between Dimensions, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan 2008 Shiny Li Hui, A Art Contemporary Space, Taipei, Taiwan Samsara, Bund18 Creative Center, Shanghai, China 2007 Spin, Tang Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2015 Myth / History II: Shanghai Galaxy, Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China Future, Now, SomoS, Berlin, Germany 2014 Outside the Lines, New Work From China, RH Contemporary Art, New York, NY Sharks &
Humanity, Musee Oceanographique de Monaco, Monaco, Monaco Re-View — Opening Exhibition of Long Museum West Bund, Long Museum West Bund, Shanghai, China the 8 Paths, Ufferhallen Berlin, Berlin, Germany MYTH / HISTORY - YUZ COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY ART, YUZ Museum, Shanghai, China Welcome to Parkview Green - Parkview Contemporary Art Collection, Parkview Green Exhibition Hall, Beijing, China Sensorium 360, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, Singapore By Destiny, Arario Museum Tapdong Cinema, Jeju, Korea 2013 @WHAT: Selected Works of Contemporary Chinese Art, Arko Art Center, Seoul, South Korea Artificial Natures, Maubeuge Espace Sculfort, Maubeuge, France Artificial Natures, Maison des Arts de Creteil, Paris, France Artificial Natures, Lille St Sauveur, Lille, France Uneasy Trip in Asia, Star Gallery, Beijing, China 2012 CHIMERA - THE COLLECTORS SHOW, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Licht Linien Light Lines (un) wirklich (un) real, Centre
for International Light Art, Unna, Germany Water Stains on the Wall - The Carrier of Formation, Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou, China I Light Marina Bay 2012, Marina Bay, Singapore Lust and Love of the Young and Liberated, 798 Space, Beijing, China
Modern @ Modeng - Gallery Hotel Art Project, Gallery Hotel, Beijing, China Future Pass, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China Future Pass, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan Open Sky, Changjiang Art Centre, Chongqing, China 2011 Dual Senses and Dynamic Views - Contemporary Art Exhibition across the Taiwan Straits of 2011, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China Dual Senses and Dynamic Views - Contemporary Art Exhibition across the Taiwan Straits of 2011, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan Matière - Lumière Matter - Light, Béthune 2011 Capitale Régionale de la Culture, Béthune, France CAR CULTURE.
These landscapes, whether cityscape or the newly industrialised agricultural landscape — as with Ralston Crawford's featureless work of
modern purity «Buffalo Grain Elevators», 1937 — are
for the most part completely devoid of any human narrative, only later do we end with Edward Hopper's isolated figure, in his 1928 picture «From Williamsburg Bridge»; sitting in the window of an otherwise empty cityscape, framed by an expansive absence of
humanity.
Now the deployment of fossil and coal generation in regions like sub-Saharan Africa is very likely a net positive
for humanity, since a lack of
modern electricity systems is largely what makes those locales most vulnerable to climate and other impacts in the first place.
How has this process been followed
for AGW or, more specifically,
for the premise that the observed warming since the
modern record started has been caused principally by AGW and that this represents a serious potential threat to
humanity and our environment (let's call this the «dangerous AGW» hypothesis or dAGW, which Trenberth would like to see as the «null hypothesis»)?
Modern humanity's appetite
for finite resources is so great that even one of the great wonders of the natural world is not off limits.
These were the foundations of
modern civilization and together were the catalyst
for the splitting of
humanity into two distinct subgroups: 1.
But if that hunger happens to be
for the plastic used to make single - use bottles — something that doesn't generally degrade in nature and is basically the scourge of
modern humanity — I'd say break out the champagne and cigars.
We are so quick as scientists, non experts, the lay public, some ill informed undergrads, ad infinitum, to argue in this blog, however, you as a first hand expert modeling paleoclimate and
modern climate trends and obviously with a handle on chemistry and physics, also have a vested interest in our planet and though you do the modeling
for a living, I do not doubt it has helped you gain inisghts and opened up your eyes to the complexity and current to future detriments and potentialities we all face as
humanity.
What the rematerialing produced by
modern Humanity is doing is opening up the potential
for increased Kinetic Induction to occur within Interactions by such Human materialing with Energy in the surface incident UV spectrum especially.