Sentences with phrase «forced upon the human»

This is the question that must be forced upon every human conscience by our increasing awareness of the tide of anthropogenesis on which we are borne.

In each case, data previously ignored have forced themselves upon human consciousness, effecting a conversion to a new paradigm.

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The openhearted observer of Islam in the West can discern the shape of hope in the increasing willingness of people of the two faiths to come together for dialogue and consultation on the mutual problems they face; in the reevaluation of Islam forced upon Muslims by their minority status in many places; and in the development of the concept of international law and universal human rights.

In a blind headlong rush to gain profit by any means these forces have already begun to obliterate animal species, forest cover, fish stocks, water reserves, land and air, and have engaged upon a satanically mindless pilfering of finite resources by vandalism of Mother Earth, and have raised gigantic questions over human survival prospects.

Arminians have no problem with God «forcing his will» upon humans.

For Christians exile has been not only a condition forced upon a small group of people but a state into which everyone was called by God for their human maturation — a place of formation, where attitudes and motivations were molded by a community without earthly roots.

Under the influence of the forces compressing it within a closed vessel, human substance is beginning to «planetize» itself, that is to say, to be interiorized and animated globally upon itself.

When I reflect on the infinite pains to which the human mind and heart will go in order to protect itself from the full impact of reality, when I recall the mordant analyses of religious belief which stem from the works of Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud and, furthermore, recognize the truth of so much of what these critics of religion have had to say, when I engage in a philosophical critique of the language of theology and am constrained to admit that it is a continual attempt to say what can not properly be said and am thereby led to wonder whether its claim to cognition can possibly be valid — when I ask these questions of myself and others like them (as I can not help asking and, what is more, feel obliged to ask), is not the conclusion forced upon me that my faith is a delusion?

Today Christians in India are called upon to translate their Christian insights into secular insights and join forces with all those who work for justice and human dignity.

As though, in any event, there exists any force on earth capable of restraining human thought from following any course upon which it has embarked!

News reports of the last several months freshly impress upon the mind the bright prospects for the human future now that science, greed, and justice have joined forces against the wickedness of the cigarette industry.

In other words it is forced to reflect; and this causes it to reflect a little more upon itself — to turn inward, that is to say, and further develop in itself those qualities which are specifically and in a higher sense human.

Dependent upon these «spiritual forces», the early humans knew they were not free to do whatever they liked on the earth.

To me this appears the most satisfactory interpretation of the present state of Life on the surface of the earth; despite a regrettable recrudescence of racialism and nationalism which, impressive though it may be, and disastrous in its effect upon our private post-war lives, seems to have no scientific importance in the overall process: for the reason that any human tendency to fragmentation, regardless of its extent and origin, is clearly of an order of magnitude inferior to the planetary forces (geographic, demographic, economic and psychic) whose constantly and naturally growing pressure must sooner or later compel us willy - nilly to unite in some form of human whole organized on the basis of human solidarity.

Just as the ancients used the terms «wind» and «breath» metaphorically to refer to the invisible «spiritual» forces that operate in human societies and motivate their cultures, so we may need to draw upon such vague and indefinite terms in order to understand what is happening in this tradition.

We must assume that under the rapidly mounting pressures forcing them upon one another the human molecules will ultimately succeed in finding their way through the critical barrier of mutual repulsion to enter the inner zone of attraction (This is an old idea which I advanced nearly twenty years ago in an unpublished essay entitled, The Spirit of Earth.)

Finally, Hartshorne stresses the ethical and social defectiveness of humanism: if the total universe and even human bodies are essentially loveless machines driven by blind forces, «then it is impossible that the conception of spirit or love should have more than a very fitful hold upon us.

But as long as the world of man remains a place where nature and God, the real and the ideal, meet, human progress will depend upon the judicious use of the forces of nature in the service of the ideal.

so youd want a god that forces himself upon everyone and removes all freewill from human existence?

Rather than view Paul's words as «ancient mythology,» the Christian can use Paul's cosmic language to discuss the considerable «forces» that impinge upon and despoil human community.

«violent force and nonviolent force» must be replaced by a definition that sees violence as «the imposition of one's will upon another» and that recognizes violence as «an inescapable feature of the human condition.»

Congratulations to Diane Lynn Spatz, PhD, clinical coordinator of Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania's Mothers» Milk Bank, upon her recent appointment to the Task Force on Research Specific to Pregnant Women and Lactating Women, which is coordinated by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health.

OPENING THIS WEEK by Kam Williams For movies opening August 17, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Invasion (PG - 13 for violence, terror and disturbing images) Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig co-star in another remake of The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) as the DC MDs depended upon to save the day when a space shuttle crash leads to an epidemic among humans triggered by an extraterrestrial force.

This ecological disaster created by human misdeed forces a grim choice upon the people of the plains during the depths of the Great Depression.

We admire the runners fighting for the high - energy dogs, the nurturers fighting for the bottle babies, the suckers for cute who help socialize puppies and kittens, those who see the wisdom and beauty in the eyes of an older dog, the angels who take in hospice cases, the skilled caretakers who make medical rehabilitation possible, the big hearted fosters consistently serving as the bridge to a new life, the visionaries attacking the problem at its source through spay / neuter services and community outreach, the writers, photographers, videographers, and forces of marketing who make the animals shine, the adoption counselors and matchmakers who help animals and humans find each other, and the every day dog walkers, kennel cleaners, bowl fillers, and paperwork filers who provide the very foundation upon which the rest of us stand.

The preponderance of the evidence shown by these studies indicates that the implementation of training and / or behavior modification protocols predicated upon «dominance theory» and social structures («alpha,» or «leader of pack»), usage of physical or mental force, intimidation, coercion or fear are empirically less effective and often create as a consequence «fallout» behaviors — behaviors which may be dangerous to the human and animal involved.

Easy sections might have relatively generous checkpoints, while harder areas with lengthy text discussions between Moody and the humans won't see checkpoints for 15 - 30 minutes, forcing you to trudge through dull combat scenarios or sit through duller story upon restarting.

In Tokyo Mirage Sessions, platers take on the role of Itsuki Aoi, a young man who upon visiting a music idol audition, is forced to fend off against otherworldly creatures who are kidnapping humans.

Many zombies have already been slain and many survivors have already perished, but now that the undead horde has arrived in full force, the human race must call upon everyone that remains to take up arms.

Andy Goldsworthy, Ana Mendieta, and Dennis Oppenheim examine the relationship between humans and the natural environment by inserting materials into the landscape and forcing the environment to exert itself upon the scenario.

Market forces can not be relied upon to regulate human behavior in hazard mitigation any more than they can be trusted to regulate financial greed, or improve our carbon footprints.

Nature (with hopefully some constructive input from humans) will decide the global warming question based upon climate sensitivity, net radiative forcing, and oceanic storage of heat, not on the type of multi-decadal time scale variability we are discussing here.

Failing to yield the right - of - way when required by law to do so can, sometimes, result in serious impact at speeds sufficient to cause major forces to be placed upon the human body to cause severe bodily harm and even death.

Prosser on Torts, Third Edition, pages 116 - 118, states: «the law has always placed a higher value upon human safety than upon mere rights in property, it is the accepted rule that there is no privilege to use any force calculated to cause death or serious bodily injury to repel the threat to land or chattels, unless there is also such a threat to the defendant's personal safety as to justify a self - defense.

Pages upon pages of results present a daunting task for the human mind as we are effectively forced to sift through hundreds, if not thousands, of «relevant» cases and opinions.

Don't put too much stock in the outcome in Quebec unless the final outcome is based upon pure human - based common - sense and rational reasoning based upon today's realities, and not upon some dictator's ideas (efficient and seemingly workable in their day as they were determined to be by their followers, and current supporters) that were not agreed upon by the masses, but were forced upon them to be adopted and espoused by the same, or else; no wonder they have held sway for so long... there is a very strong element of treasonous thinking directed toward any «outsider type thinking» regarding this hallowed legal code.