Sentences with phrase «idea of being»

I think you lack something, namely how to measure the idea of being normal.

We understand that the idea of being the «chosen people» is that we are / were chosen for a very difficult, dangerous task of bring the idea of monotheism to the world.

The idea of being «erased» ontologically is terrifying to many of us.

But, (1), we can form no consistent idea of a being (or event) whose intrinsic nature it is to be the last; and (2) if something else destroyed the being, then that something else would itself, still exist.

Not surprisingly, where he does speak of the religious basis of his thought, he is usually content to do so in terms of the rather abstract idea of a being «worthy of worship.

I don't like the idea of being resurrected with the same decrepit body I shall be leaving... no great reward!

When the different Church councils met and fleshed out a theology that balanced the idea of his being both fully God and fully man, I don't think they were suggesting he was fully God while on earth in the same way as God the Father.

One such catch cry I have noticed in songs and church ministries is the idea of being «desperate for God.»

The idea of being sons of God recalls the ancient Semitic idiom used in the Old Testament to indicate belonging to a particular species or group of any kind (Ps 8:4; 90:3).

In fact, for several years now, I cringe at the idea of being called a conservative or a Christian.

The idea of being tolerant is linked to the idea of subjective morality (do whatever you FEEL is right).

The fact that Christians actually engage in completely selfish motives, even to the idea of being saved in order to avoid their god's eternal wrath, and grow perverse as masochists at best.

Having recently returned to her native Canada after a year in Scotland, Deborah is in love with the idea of being a student forever and a life - long explorer and traveller.

For Scorsese, another key aspect of Christianity found in the relationships of Rodrigues and Kichijiro, and Jesus and Judas, is the idea of being «your brother's keeper.»

Just think about your idea of being «involved with your own life» — getting up in the morning, doing better at your job etc...

I think there is a lot of development of this idea, but it does fit with the idea of being the «second - first» the second Adam.

The biblical concept of holiness is equivalent to the idea of being whole, and so should our understanding of ways we can participate in God's work of justice, both in our local communities and in the global community.

To make a success of the idea of being «trapped within history» we would need to be medieval - style nominalists who project an ontology of concreta alone, denying the conceptualists» idea that universals (abstracta) can be manifested in such concreta in a way that enables them to reach into the realm of the general.

No God, no idea of being «children of God» is needed.

You will not have some special consciousness, and you have no reason to believe you will other than the idea of being truly dead with no afterlife whatsoever is very, very scary.

Let's assume it true that I don't believe in god because I don't like the idea of being under someone else's control.

In Matthew 25:1 - 13, we come to the idea of being prepared for his return, even when it seems a long way off.

You hate the idea of being watched constantly and despise the notion that someone more powerful, more intelligent, and more wise is in control of everything.

When it comes to dating and more importantly, marriage, I am fully behind the idea of being «equally yoked» (2 Corinthians 6:14) with another Christian.

I reject the idea of it being «just a plant.»

The culture of hot takes and instant Facebook statuses isn't exactly conducive to the idea of being «slow to speak and slow to become angry,» but it does provide an opportunity to show grace, humility and kindness.

I quiet like the idea of being compost, maybe that is what a sabbatical is supposed to be like.

I also believe that the idea of evolution or development is an essential key to a nonscholastic doctrine of analogy, if only because it is the modern understanding of organic and historical evolution that brought to an end the scholastic idea of Being (as is so brilliantly demonstrated by Arthur O. Lovejoy in The Great Chain of Being).

Related to this, the idea of being born (Gk., gennaō) in John's letter is the way he is describing the new life which all believers share with God and through which we come to know Him more intimately.

What is your idea of being responsible?

From Veronica: Dana, how do you deal with the idea of being «unequally yoked» and the criticism you must get for that?

So this idea of it being central to my citizenship just seems like a misnomer to me.

Tiggy said, on December 16th, 2009 at 1:21 pm I don't think the modern idea of being a father was around when the New Testament was written.

With the widespread loss of belief in God as law - giver, the idea of being morally bound or obliged — as if this or that verdict on your action hangs in the balance — loses its basic meaning, however much it might retain its compelling psychological effect.

I don't think the modern idea of being a father was around when the New Testament was written.

He rejected the idea of being rich.

It carries the idea of being «of the gods.»

Jesus» original disciples likely never thought of him as anything more than a great rabbi, and some might have thought him a good rallying point for a revolt, they could have even whispered that he was anointed by God, but the idea of his being divine only seems to enter into the gospels around the time many Greek educated folks had converted, bringing their own views of what a «son of God» means into the faith.

The idea of being kind to your fellow man as you would wish him to be to you is found all over the world, and does not require the additional belief in all the hootenanny of organized religion.

I like the idea of it being strengthening just as a mother stops feeding a child on milk, being ready for something else.

In fact they kind of get off on the idea of being sheep and a mythical being watching over them.

The whole idea of it being possible would keep it in the realm of discussion.

What do you think of the idea of being able to essentially download someone's consciousness and upload it digitally.

This idea of being inherently evil and never ever good enough and needing external forces to fix things has held me down for quite a while.

Some people just don't like the idea of being told what they don't know.

The whole idea of being treated like «children» was looked down on.

Here is what Dan Donofrio, a New York - based IT executive in the publishing industry, had to say about his plans to use the iPad to create graphics, «In my work, I draw a lot of workflow charts and I like the idea of being able to sit in a meeting and draw.»

«Mark liked the idea of being CEO, but the day - to - day reality bored him,» says one Mt. Gox insider, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The minister who took an axe to the CBC this week, cutting its funding by 10 per cent, unapologetically clung to the idea of being a champion of the arts on Thursday, touting a budget that slashed his own department's operations while shielding the Canada Council for the Arts, national museums and others from funding cuts.

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