The other is the answer to
knowledge of existence of gods, with the answer «I don't know».
A knowledge of the existence of something we can not penetrate, our perceptions of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty, which only in their most primitive forms are accessible to our minds: it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute true religiosity.
A knowledge of the existence of something we can not penetrate, our perceptions of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty, which our minds seem to reach only in their most elementary forms; — it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute the truly religious attitude.
Knowledge of the existence of a vital third (organic) tradition — the others being Aristotelianism and mechanism — in the seventeenth century, of its early success in promoting scientific discoveries, and of the dubious reasons for its defeat, may help embolden some theologians to revive this tradition, in purified form, in a way that would be beneficial both to the religious life of humanity and its «scientific» understanding of the reality in which it finds itself (p. 41)
Balthasar was influenced by Gottlieb Söhngen, the Munich theologian and teacher of Joseph Ratzinger, who disputed with Karl Barth about the question of natural, metaphysical
knowledge of the existence of God (the so - called analogia entis).
For me,
the knowledge of the existence of the 4th Trimester was enough to help me feel like we could get through the tough newborn months.
He equally denied
knowledge of the existence of any similar correspondence between Obasanjo and then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair.
Green had denied
any knowledge of the existence of the material, but has now admitted that his denial was misleading.
``... we're dealing with several different groups of characters, some of which have
no knowledge of the existence of the other.
Even more importantly, the villain is the one common thread linking all of our heroes from different corners of the universe, «some of which have
no knowledge of the existence of the other,» Anthony said.
Each independent Branch is separate from the others, «leaks»
no knowledge of the existence of other Branches (unless of course, you want it to), and can operate under it own unique URL.
The Karamay's tourism bureau has denied
all knowledge of the existence of the Kapoor work, stating any similarities were coincidental.
Mosher's
knowledge of the existence of the dossier arose accidentally through his association with Charles Rotter, who was a moderator at WUWT.
Perhaps to get rid of the Medieval Warm Period, because
knowledge of the existence of higher temperatures during the MWP makes it much more difficult for most rational people to believe the planet «s current level of warmth is due to its high atmospheric CO2 concentration.
The Crown will always have constructive
knowledge of the existence of treaty rights.
All licensed marriage and family therapists are charged with having
knowledge of the existence of 262 CMR and are required to practice marriage and family therapy in accordance with them.
This does not obviate the possibility of acknowledging formal
knowledge of the existence of Indigenous legal and political systems at a constitutional level or at the common law, as in the case of Mabo The functional approach advocated by the ALRC enables both the recognition of the continuing existence of Aboriginal law and custom and sufficient flexibility for Aboriginal people to be self - determining in the definition of customary law.
Where the brokerage does not have
knowledge of the existence of the stigma and an inquiry is made by the buyer the seller may, as with other inquiries, choose to:
Not exact matches
At bear market bottoms, the
existence of a recession is taken as common
knowledge.
«Ideologies are substitutes for true
knowledge, and ideologues are always dangerous when they come to power, because a simple - minded I - know - it - all approach is no match for the complexity
of existence.
That god can be power, money, lust,
knowledge etc. any
of which is fundamental to the purpose
of your
existence.
The good news is that there are other kinds
of knowledge beyond scientific
knowledge... and there are long philosophical tracts dealing with the
existence of God (both pro and con).
I n S h o r t: The vital substances in this vast pharmacy
of the universe, which are measured on the scales
of Divine Determining and Decree
of the All-Wise and Pre-Eternal One, can only come into
existence through a boundless wisdom, infinite
knowledge and all - encompassing will.
It is tempting to define the categories philosophically, rather than historically, around the recognition that
knowledge depends upon the
existence of God.
Aristotle originally describes
knowledge as a grasp
of cause and essence: to know a thing, we must know the four causes
of its
existence and the essential genus and difference
of its species.
You can be an agnotic theist (I don't have the
knowledge of god's
existence or non-
existence, but I believe there is a god) or an agnostic atheist (I don't have the
knowledge of god's
existence or non-
existence, and I believe there is no god).
Just by hinting at the
existence of moral
knowledge, Dawkins gives us reason to doubt that we actually do live in a world ruled by gangster genes.
I suppose you could be just agnotic (I don't have the
knowledge of god's
existence / non-
existence, and have no belief).
Descartes and, especially, Kant deduced that god was outside
of the realm
of knowledge (meaning there is no possibility
of «evidence» for god's
existence).
Why not show yourself by giving all humans perfect
knowledge of your
existence (like angels) if it's so important to be praised by us?
He could give us all perfect
knowledge of His
existence with a snap
of the fingers.
Atheists and theists alike share this expectation, with atheists eager to show that their moral
knowledge and action are uncompromised by disbelief in God's
existence, and theists eager to establish the rational credentials
of their moral convictions and protect themselves against charges
of fideism.
I am agnostic with respect to having clear or certain
knowledge about the
existence or non-
existence of a god or gods but reject the unsubstantiated claims
of theists.
Should the
existence of all
of these pitfalls frighten us into pulling back and retarding the advance
of scientific
knowledge?
which was the primal seed
of mind, Seers searching for
knowledge in their heart found
existence in non-
existence.
Basically, Kev, you're saying that current
knowledge does not preclude the
existence of some sort
of god or larger guiding principle behind the universe.
I was «a person who held that the
existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature
of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human
knowledge is limited to experience.»
This is why there will never be a satisfactory «proof»
of God's
existence, because the
knowledge of God faces forward, to see potentialities that are not as if they were.
Although, according to Keen, we can not claim any sure
knowledge of God, theology can nevertheless use the word God to serve an indispensable function 36 We need to remain hopeful if we are to maintain our sanity, Keen asserts.37 Thus the idea
of God can function to unify our needful affirmations about this unknown source - affirmations
of «the trustworthiness
of the mystery which surrounds [our]
existence.»
The sayings in Mark 13:9 - 13 all reflect detailed
knowledge of events that took place — or ideas that were current — after Jesus» death: trial and persecution
of Jesus» followers, the call to preach the gospel to all nations, advice to offer spontaneous testimony, and the prediction that families would turn against one another are features
of later Christian
existence, not
of events in Galilee or Jerusalem during Jesus» lifetime.
But we don't conclude that the frontier
of knowledge must be ceded to a realm
of existence that has no basis.
When so many syntheses
of thought have been shown to be too small a garment to fit a growing world
of knowledge, when so many preconceptions have had to be revised in every field
of knowledge, the modern man is in no sympathetic mood to listen to proofs for the
existence of a personal God unless the very
knowledge he has so recently acquired can be geared to the demonstration
of such an Absolute.
People have rejected theism because they held untenable the idea
of a mind not subject to change or to interaction with other beings, or a mind omnipotent in the sense that its power was all the power in
existence, or a mind having precise
knowledge of details
of the future (or
of all times from the standpoint
of eternity), or a mind creating a first state
of the cosmos at a finite time in the past, or knowing all suffering although it did not itself suffer, or an all - embracing mind which in no sense could be identified with the universe, or one which could in every sense be identified with it.
He will not require not merely that the new
knowledge be used as the foundation
of the proof, but that the very spirit and atmosphere
of the new
knowledge enter in such a way into thedemonstration
of God's
existence, that the complexities and confusions
of human thought engendered by the new
knowledge shall be resolved in harmonious unity in the postulate
of God's
existence, nature, and relation to created being.
The
existence of something doesn't equal the
knowledge of that
existence.
In its place he must put the vital, living
knowledge that «the fundamental fact
of human
existence is man with man.»
To «know all that exists» is, in one sense, to have perfect
knowledge, it is literal omniscience (provided possibilities are also known as such, as a special class
of existences or, at least,
of realities).
All that we can say with confidence, however, is that our earliest
knowledge of humankind takes us back only to the point where humans were already scattered into groups, living a tribal
existence, each with its own language and culture.
``... the future
of Christian philosophy will therefore depend on the
existence or absence
of theologians equipped with scientific training, no doubt limited but genuine and, within its own limits, sufficient for them to follow with understanding such lofty dialogues not only in mathematics and physics but also in biology and wherever the
knowledge of nature reaches the level
of demonstration.»
Through his dialogue with process philosophy, Clarke opened an innovative philosophy
of divine
knowledge, as well as proposing some significant revisions in the Aristotelian and Thomistic metaphysics
of both
existence and relations.