Sentences with phrase «from human pain»

I've never known God to run away from human pain, but toward it.

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We all do things, big and small, that hurt our fellow human beings; and we are all in need of a savior to heal the brokenness from which this pain flows.

Such rootlessness protects its subject from human demands even as it exposes him to the pains of homelessness.

Humor, on the other hand, is born from an altogether higher recognition: that tragic contradiction is not absolute, that finitude is not only pain and folly, and that the absurdity of our human contradictions can even be a cause for joy.

So we're at the place where we can say a couple - four things from the existential side of the problem of evil: [1] from the perspective that pain exists, and we perceive it, we as human beings (you could say «people») have an urge to do something about it when we see it.

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?

It is the same Revelation that the OT narrative of Abraham, who was not yet evolved enough to grasp the FULL Revelation, «I desire mercy not sacrifice,» got when God stayed his hand from human sacrifice: the cycle of pain and cruelty stops here!

I do not believe there is any theme more central to Lewis's vision of human life in relation to God, and I think there are very few indeed who have managed as well as he to invoke simultaneously in readers both an appreciation for and delight in our created life, and a sense of the pain and anguish that come when that life is fully redirected to the One from whom it comes.

[12] 4) The basic root of violence is the turn of the human soul away from God in an attempt to control the process of creation and lessen the pain of anxiety.

69 The biblical interpretation of human history rejects the pathetic (the pain caused by unthinking natural evil) and the tragic (a conscious choice of evil for the sake of good) for the ironic (evil resulting from man's wrong use of his unique capacities).

(CNN)- Valentine's Day can conjure up the whole spectrum of human emotion, from the ecstasy of new love to the intense pain of loneliness.

The human community need not suffer in resigned impotence from the pains of social disorder and inequity.

The road led Adam and Eve from a fairy tale existence into the world of real life, where they had to toil hard just to exist, watch one of their sons murder his brother, and experience the terrible pain of what it means to be human.

The doubts, the hesitations, come only when human knowledge is suffering from growing pains, when we have not yet sorted out our ideas and integrated, for the hundredth time, our world picture.

He encouraged the pilgrims to «learn from her how to live with the clear conscience of those who do not bend to human compromises,» to be inspired by «her example of strength in the moments of greatest pain,» and to «imitate the solidity of faith of those who trust in God.»

Apart from religion, Whitehead was to write, «human life is a flash of occasional enjoyments lighting up a mass of pain and misery, a bagatelle of transient experience.»

Because, before him he sees fifty years of life ahead, and all the drama and achievement, and all the sorrow and pain of human life, from springtime to the grave.

In particular, they do not resolve the conflict between two powerful sentiments: a wish to preserve human life from its first moments of existence and a desire not willingly to impose upon a child a short life of pain and misery.

(1) There is the (partial) estrangement of humankind from the world (or nature), evidenced by (a) enmity between serpent and woman; (b) partial alienation of man from the earth, upon which he must now toil for his food; and (c) pain of childbirth, implying conflict even within the (female) human body.

Christianity «was founded in an act of expiatory pain, has regarded human suffering as not only inseparable from the nature of life on earth, as a matter of observable fact, but also as a necessary condition in spiritual formation.»

Having lived in solitude for so many years, the ascetic has touched the pains and joys of being human and is humbly aware that no one is excluded from frailty, weakness and sin.

In the ethical version of the argument from cruelty, animal activists argue that humans have no more right to inflict suffering or pain on a sentient being, such as a raccoon, than they would have a right to inflict pain on a mentally retarded child.

[37] In the ethical version of the argument from cruelty, animal activists argue that humans have no more right to inflict suffering or pain on a sentient being, such as a raccoon, than they would have a right to inflict pain on a mentally retarded child.

[38] Animal Welfare Institute, Aims (Animal Welfare Institute, 2007, accessed April 14 2007); available from http://www.awionline.org/aims.htm. Their mission is ``... to reduce the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans.»

Always, however, resentment is a flight from life, an evasion of the human condition, an assault upon all life and movement as the way to the dissolution of pain.

Katz has identified four major functions served by attitudes within the human personality: (1) the utilitarian function, by which certain attitudes enable maximization of rewards and avoidance of pain in adjusting to one's environment; (2) the ego - defensive function, by which specific attitudes protect the ego; (3) the value - expressive function, by which particular attitudes provide satisfaction from personal values and self - concept; and (4) the knowledge function, by which certain attitudes satisfy the need to structure and understand one's universe.

Apart from the religious vision, he added, «human life is a flash of occasional enjoyments lighting up a mass of pain and misery, a bagatelle of transient experience.»

Due to genuine human freedom, God can not stop all the pain and sorrow that comes from our bad choices, but He does do what He can to protect us from it.

well i get where you come from but i wouldnt call it less passionate but more practical, i just do nt like to be butthurt ^ ^ i am fan of arsenal to enjoy the time i spend on football but if it ends in failures i try to get over its and be constructive about it, and i am not a fan of people who cant control their anger pains and have to project their frustrations onto the people who could be held responsible but not in this scale, in my opinion of the society humans should be able to control their emotions a bit and never stoop as low as to be abusive and i do think that a lot of comments on justarsenal were abusive and sorry but i do nt think of it as passionate an extreme example would be ultras you could call them muuuuch more passionate than me but in my opinion they are just scum of football, but of course i do nt want to compare the JA - commenters to ultras xD i just tried to illustrate my opinion ^ ^

It's the normal human reaction, an emotional defensive to save us from more pain.

A lot of effort has gone into establishing the marvellous health benefits of human milk over the past half century, but that doesn't help those many women who are unable to transfer the milk from their breasts into their babies without pain.

The team also tested human milk samples from subjects with mastitis, an infection of the breast tissue that causes pain and inflammation.

She has also guided countless human beings to heal from emotional pain, inner stress and trauma, and reclaim their joyfulness, calm and overall sense of well - being.

To find out, the team looked at several hundred human mu opiate genes, lumping together their own studies of several dozen volunteers from pain or opiate addiction clinics with studies from other labs.

«Human observers just aren't very good at telling real from faked expressions of pain.»

Neanderthals apparently suffered from less lower back pain — and if you've got a lot of it, you might have more in common with chimpanzees than your fellow humans.

There, a powerful robot has been hitting people over and over again in a bid to induce anything from mild to unbearable pain — in apparent defiance of the late sci - fi sage's famed first law of robotics, which states that «a robot may not injure a human being».

Dr Kristensen recommends that an inter-disciplinary approach be taken to address this, «by combining epidemiological data from human studies with more experimental research on models, such as rodents, it may be possible to firmly establish this link and determine how it happens, so that pregnant women in pain can be successfully treated, without risk to their unborn children.»

Recent results obtained by researchers from Turku PET Centre and Aalto University have revealed how the human brain's opioid system modulates responses to other people's pain.

In the fish treated with venom and acid, Sneddon detected firing patterns from 22 different neurons that were «identical to those found in humans when they experience pain.»

A Children's - led research team has turned the tables on Schistosoma haematobium, a parasitic worm that freeloads in humans, by using a protein derived from the parasite as a therapeutic molecule to reduce bleeding and pain associated with chemotherapy - induced hemorrhagic cystitis.

These bizarre creatures could help us tackle all sorts of human maladies, from cancer and stroke to pain relief and ageing.

Jonathan Balcombe not only discusses the pleasure that humans derive from admiring beautifully formed and coloured insects such as this ladybird (known as a ladybug in North America — Coccinellidae family), but explores the possibility that insects and invertebrates also experience pleasure, as well as pain.

«Following on the work of TSRI Professor Ardem Patapoutian, who has identified many of the genes that endow these neurons with selective responses to temperature, pain and pressure, we have found a way to produce induced sensory neurons from humans where these genes can be expressed in their «normal» cellular environment,» said Associate Professor Kristin K. Baldwin, an investigator in TSRI's Dorris Neuroscience Center.

In humans, a similar method could be applied to block pain neurons from releasing microRNA - 21 in particles, which would prevent neuropathic pain from ocurring.

But ever since cerebral organoids were first created from stem cells in 2013, they have ignited an intense ethical debate, including about whether they can suffer, feel pain, or be conscious — and whether they have human rights.

'' This paper reports a controlled prospective unselected real - time comparison of human and computer - aided diagnosis in a series of 304 patients suffering from abdominal pain of acute onset.

Research has found that tart cherry juice powder can reduce the inflammation in lab rats» blood vessels by up to 50 %; in humans, it helps athletes recover faster from intense workouts and decreases post-exertion muscle pain.

Remember that human beings are wired to seek pleasure and run from pain, so you're probably not going to be excited to do any of these things.

Yogic philosophy teaches us that the further we disconnect from our essential human nature, the more pain and suffering we cause ourselves and those around us.