Sentences with phrase «human fear of death»

If you've seen it, you know that the movie touches on the human fear of death and implies that God, heaven, and hell are lies created to ease these fears.

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The fear of death is so strong in humans that they need to comfort themselves with the idiotic notion of some all powerful being.

Most importantly, note this: I am a Christian, I'm gay, I'm a recovering alcoholic, I believe in Evolution, I believe the universe is 13 billion years old and that the Earth is 4.5 or so billion years old, I believe man evolved from lower primates and that Adam was the first man who God gave a soul and sentience, I do not believe in hell but I do believe in Satan, I do not believe the Bible is a book of rules meant to imprison man or condemn him but that it is rather a «Human Existence for Dummies» guide, I believe Christ was the son of God but I do not believe Christianity is the only «valid» religion, I do not believe atheists will go to hell, while the English Bible says God should be feared, the Hebrew word used for fear, «yara», such as that used in the Book of Job, actually means respect / reverence, not fear as one would fear death or a spider.

[17] He argues that the «mainspring of human behavior» is the fear of death, and he seeks to explain all human culture on this basis.

He who is ready to surrender his hopes, ambitions, and life itself, for the love of God and his fellowmen, no longer fears death and the end of human existence, for that self - centered concern which wants to cling on to life beyond its appointed span, and seeks to bring it back again in some supernatural realm, has already died.

The Christian is still keenly aware of the tragedy of human life, and the limitations in which his mortality involves him, but death no longer holds any fears for him.

Fear, first of all, of the natural environment (viz., Voltaire on the Lisbon earthquake), then fear of the contingencies of physical life and death, and finally fear of other human beings and societFear, first of all, of the natural environment (viz., Voltaire on the Lisbon earthquake), then fear of the contingencies of physical life and death, and finally fear of other human beings and societfear of the contingencies of physical life and death, and finally fear of other human beings and societfear of other human beings and societies.

It can be construed most narrowly as a fear of death, but more richly as a longing for a different vision of life's possibilities — a life that does not end, that remains engaging and fulfilling, and that unites us once and forever with those we love, whether divine or human.

Religion is typically a human response to our innate fear of death.

Walking about freely without the fear of harassment, persecution or death is a basic human right.

Jesus is so thoroughly human that He shares the natural fear of death.

This completely calls the bluff of the lynch death, enabling humans to be less driven by fear and the need to do such things.

Human lives are distorted by a fear of death, and that fear accelerates in the modern world with the atrophying of various illusions about personal immortality.

Imagine the power, serenity and spaciousness of someone who, because he is not driven by fear of death, is able to undergo an absolutely typical lynch death at human hands and to do so deliberately — and by doing so show that rather than death being definitive and powerful, it is no more than a frightening mirage.

That Man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; that his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs, are but the outcome of accidental collocations of atoms; that no fire, no heroism, no intensity of thought and feeling, can preserve an individual life beyond the grave; that all the labours of the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness of human genius, are destined to extinction in the vast death of the solar system, and that the whole temple of Man's achievement must inevitably be buried beneath the debris of a universe in ruins — all these things, if not quite beyond dispute, are yet so nearly certain, that no philosophy which rejects them can hope to stand.

He turns to Him with all His human fear of this great enemy, death.

I, being human, do understand it and know of no reason why I should, except on «faith», which itself can not be understood except that it depends on our more primitive instincts like fear of death.

«Jesus is so thoroughly human that He shares the natural fear of death,» says Cullmann.

Let me tell you how science can put people on the moon but science can do nothing to stop human corruption, evil, fear, and the cycle of ultimate and eventual death - fool!

That man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; that his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs, are but the outcome of accidental concatenations of atoms; that no force, no heroism, no intensity of thought or feeling, can presume an individual life beyond the grave; that all the labors of the age, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noon - day brightness of human genius, are destined to extinction in the vast death of the solar system, and that the whole temple of Man's achievement must inevitably be buried beneath the debris of a universe in ruin... all these things, if not quite beyond dispute, are yet so nearly certain, that no philosophy which rejects them can hope to stand.

Some researchers explain this wanton violence through «terror management theory»: To buffer ourselves from fear of death and reinforce our self - esteem and worldview, humans construct elaborate and sometimes violent defense mechanisms.

Lifshin and his colleagues conducted a series of experiments based on their existing work on terror management theory — the idea that humans» awareness of their own mortality is a strong motivator for behaviors that may help quell the fear of death.

Fear of death is a fundamental part of the human experience — we dread the possibility of pain and suffering and we worry that we'll face the end alone.

Some fears are archetypes; they belong to the human species: fear of darkness, fear of death, and fear of being alone.

DISCUSSION TOPICS - Genocide, ethnic cleansing, human rights, oppression, pacifism, racism, fear, family, superstition, the United Nations, diplomacy, grief, AIDS, terrorism, suicide bombers, guilt, democratic reform, death of a spouse, death of parents, death of siblings, infidelity, corruption, revenge.

LESSON # 1: THE HUMAN CONDITION»S APPROACH TO THE ABSTRACTS OF LOVE, TIME, AND DEATH — Howard pulls primal triggers for his advertising work when he says everyone longs for love, wishes for more time, and fears dDEATH — Howard pulls primal triggers for his advertising work when he says everyone longs for love, wishes for more time, and fears deathdeath.

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The assumption of many is that an external force (the humans for the apes and vice versa) will be the death knell of a civilization, but here we see how that very fear of «the other» sows seeds of suspicion within the society that are ultimately its undoing.

His ideas were marked by a mechanistic materialist foundation, a characterization of human nature based on greed and fear of death, and support for an absolute monarchical form of government.

Recognizing subtle signs early on can slow the rate of decline, but at the end of the day, ageing and death are natural processes and unlike humans, cats do not seem to fear the end.

Recognising subtle signs early on can slow the rate of decline, but at the end of the day, ageing and death are natural processes and unlike humans, cats do not seem to fear the end.

In his new show «El Rio,» Nieves considers death, from the fear and rejection of it in contemporary Western society, to the honor and celebration of human sacrifice among the Aztecs and tribal cultures of New Guinea.

Guided by the Old Masters, Nerdrum's paintings plumb the depths of the human soul, exploring loneliness, fear, brutality, hatred, sexuality, birth death and degradation with unparalleled virtuosity.

The title of the exhibition, conceived to indicate the ability of human beings to manage their fear of death, includes the «™» symbol as a nod to both repetition (TM ™) and branding, or as the artist states «what could be a fictional firm specialized in the management of terror.»

Accompanying Self's insightful and engaging text is an in - depth interview between Hirst and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director of London's Serpentine Gallery, and also an essay by art historian andcurator Rudi Fuchs that considers and explores the significance of «For the Love of God» in relation to Hirst's oeuvre: «After all, Damien Hirst's art is concerned with love and fear, with death, malady, physical decay, medical practice and pharmaceutical illusion... The inevitable proximity of death is the most real thing in human life.

Sometimes humorous and often disturbing, they address a range of universal concerns relating to human experience: life, death, fear, doubt, spirituality and sexuality.

In it he investigates the ideas put forth by Otto Rank, a contemporary of Freud, who believed that fear of death (or, more properly, anxiety about mortality) is the primary motivator for the vast majority of humans.

It is a reflection of human behavior that people are often more willing to talk about money for their own future than to discuss provisions for the family in case of premature death (the «fear motive»).

Thus, terror management theory asserts that almost all human activity is driven by the fear of death.