Without a divinely guaranteed proclaimer of the Gospel, we are left
with individual interpretation and so the living Christ disappears behind a projected image that mirrors only the hearts and minds of fallen human beings.
An abstract sculpture, whether wall - mounted or in the round, can serve as an eye - catching, decorative focal point within an interior or exterior space as well as a stimulating conversation piece
encouraging individual interpretation.
Those who use the method of ijtihad seek the truth
by individual interpretation through discussion, investigation of the evidence, and the use of reason.
Whether the price is set against a matrix or formula, there is generally a degree of
individual interpretation in relation to some of the key inputs (e.g. the chances of success, realistic value and likely stage and level of settlement)
Although there are differences in interpretation between the five schools of law in Islam, it should be noted that Shi`a differs more sharply from the four Sunni schools in the codes it derives from the Qur» an, the Sunnah, the consensus of the religious leaders, and
from individual interpretation.
In the bible, Job explains that we should suffer great pains during childbirth, but what he fails to do is define pain... that is
where individual interpretation comes into play.
Morris describes the relationship between Minimalist sculpture, the size and position of the artwork viewer, and the gallery's proportions — revealing how the interrelatedness of these three elements
impacts individual interpretations of the work.
MORAG BALLARD has evolved her
own individual interpretation of the language of Modernist abstraction: it is her method of understanding -LSB-...]
In syncopated progressions of pictures and words, Magenheimer pushes against the bounds of narrative, charting circuitous storylines through vernacular associations that
invite individual interpretations.
As
for individual interpretations of Shakespeare's plays, James Howe may well say that he finds something of his own Buddhism mirrored in them, though he can hardly maintain that Shakespeare was a hidden Buddhist.
The daily life of Muslims is guided by an elaborate code of laws worked out over the centuries, based first on the Qur» an, then on the traditions concerning the Prophet, then the consensus of the Islamic community, and finally in a limited area
on individual interpretation.
While many prominent Abstract Expressionists titled their paintings with only numbers or dates to focus viewers on the painting itself and to
encourage individual interpretations, artists such as Joan Mitchell took a less oblique approach.
Religion is based on faith and
each individuals interpretation of what they want.
According to Wright, the Puritan emphasis on the right of
individual interpretation of scripture ironically paved the way for eighteenth century rationalism.
Yet you continue to violate every law known to man based on
your individual interpretations of your religious rules throughout human history.
The Dark Ages were the result of a church that allowed
no individual interpretation of the word of God, a church that dictated truth.
Would Noll agree that his narrative implies that Protestant commitment to
individual interpretation of Scripture makes a Protestant biblical Christendom impossible to sustain?
Yet in another sense there is a special authority attaching to writings which we know to come from the apostles themselves and from men who claimed, like Paul, to have gained their approval for
their individual interpretations of the gospel.
It spoke to me about the way to function in the church, where intellectual robustness and
individual interpretation is seen as suspect at best.
While I promote and encourage intellectual robustness and critical thinking,
individual interpretation (just for the sake of being individual — i.e. different) I do not.
Individual interpretation, for the sake of diversity, in this sense, leads to pure chaos and pointless debates.
And there is an important point - belief is up to
individual interpretation, and since God gave us free will and intelligent brains to chose our interpretation, it is up to us whether we take His will to mean that we must love and serve others or to mean that, for example, if you divorce or are homosexual you will burn in enternal anguish in Hell.
Is the Bible basically a collection of
individual interpretations of God's will, or do they together constitute a basic, unified message?
At the same time, the definition of what it means to be «religious» or to have ultimate meaning expands, becoming in the process more a product of
individual interpretation.
What any of these think about cremation depends on the sect and
individual interpretation and traditional beliefs about death and dead bodies and «souls», so it is not too big a stretch for religions to think dead body parts have «magic» in them or a «soul».
And then there's
the individual interpretations of what they think Jesus would DO as if we knew every motivation of a man that may or may not have lived over 2000 years ago of whom we only have these va - gue and ambiguous accounts from other people that were written DECADES after this Jesus guy died.
The notion of
individual interpretation, in fact, is relatively new.
You sin against your imaginary god using imaginary rules that all contradict each other, contradict everything real, and are always open to
individual interpretation, showing that there are no actual morals imbedded in the universe at all.
«A child's development is determined by his personal,
individual interpretation of things; how important to realize that a child always behaves in the circle of his persona mistakes whenever he approaches a new or difficult situation.»
This is labor intensive and subject to
individual interpretation.