Sentences with phrase «lives of all members of our society»

But as a larger vision, the difference between the parties is hard to sustain over the long term, as in fact the actual lives of all members of our society have merged into a generalized drift into nihilistic self - regard.

Not exact matches

On the other hand, members of the middle class take jobs they don't enjoy «because they need the money, and they've been trained in school and conditioned by society to live in a linear thinking world that equates earning money with physical or mental effort.»

The Society of Actuaries reported in 2000 that there is an 81 % chance that one or both members of a 65 - year - old couple will live to age 85, and a 58 % chance that one or both will make it to age 90.

He feared that he wouldn't live up to their intellectual height and yet soon found that he truly was a peer and his life's course had been permanently altered as society now accepted him as an elite member of the professional class.

This is denying a person access to life changing capital and making an otherwise capable member of society dependent on systems that will only hurt their credit and ability to pay further.

Leslie was instrumental in the founding of the Vancouver Friends for Life Society's Diamond Centre for Living and is an honorary Board member of the Centre.

We treat all members of World Club, Platinum Circle, Explorer's Club, Publisher's Roundtable, Lifetime Society and Real Estate Trend Alert who join us at our live events with the perks befitting a VIP.

A down syndrome baby may bring some joy to the lives of the family but it is also a huge burdon and will most likely never be a productive member of society.

The fact is that the issues you speak of are not because the people are members of the LDS church but in fact this is what happens in any society of humans living as close together as we do in large cities.

But Lee and Pennsylvania sex therapist Dr. John Giugliano, both members of the Society for Sexual Advancement - a national nonprofit think tank of licensed sex therapists - worry that therapy can become overly focused on dogma and ignore the patient's real - life issues.

If they live their faith, I bet by and large, they are contributing members of society who place emphasis on good work ethic, honesty, education, family and kindness.

But we are living in a world where this government has promoted an attitude to life which now aspires not simply to referee public behavior but to control the very thoughts we have and to decide on that basis whether we are legitimate members of society or not.

So I'm just going to continue living as I do, as a useful, decent member of society.

A short description of all religions: A fictional narrative intended to help people avoid dealing with some of the harsh realities of life and encourage them to be better citizens and members of the society in which they live.

It's all smoke and mirrors, carefully crafted to make people feel they have answers, don't have to deal with life's harshest realities, and encourage them to be better members of society.

It's been an experience that improved your attitude, your outlook on life, your ability to deal with adversity, probably fostered good friendships with like - minded people and encouraged you to be a better member of society.

Few members of well - functioning traditional societies are willing to exchange their lives for this kind of labor.

The logical extension of applying economic value to human life is euthanasia - killing nonproductive members of society.

Similarly it is reasonable for Kamlah to invite us to emancipate ourselves by an act of self - commitment, because he sees that our empirical life is already a life of self - commitment — we are already members of society, we already receive its benefits and contribute to its maintenance.

The Law society, in other words, has given «guidance» to its members as to how to draft wills in a way which circumvents English legal principles as they have always been accepted: and it envisages that this might even mean taking on the English law in court to see if their wily little legal tricks have been successful: a perfect example of an attempt to make the letter of the law prevail over its spirit: Christians will remember that, according to St Paul (2 Corinthians 3:6), «the letter killeth but the spirit giveth life».

We only presuppose it to be that form of society which grants its members the greatest possible freedom and participation in its life and decisions, in accordance with their intellectual, cultural and social condition.

Our society is not the same as that of first century Palestine, where families were close - knit and stable and elders were respected and those few who lived to a ripe old age could count on living out their years as an honored member of an extended family.

«We are here to signify that we are not going away, that we are not going to remain quiet while injustice occurs and we are not going to stop working and educating and championing and fighting until we live in a society where the humanity, dignity and the rights of every member of our nation are together recognised.»

International chamber of commerce life member World peace prayer society life member USA parliament org economic adviser

To answer this question we need to consult the descriptions of nonsocial nexus which Whitehead gives: «The characteristic of a living society is that a complex structure of inorganic societies is woven together for the production of a non-social nexus characterized by the intense physical feelings of its members» (PR 161).

McDaniel, a member of the Working Area of the Church and Society Sub-unit of WCC, wrote two papers for WCC consultations, one of which was on the conceptual foundations of a life - centered ethic, and the other on a life - centered understanding of God.

What is too often missing is the ability to see the recent church - member and dollar depression from the perspective of broader developments in the society at large and from a longer view of the life of the church in this country.

The home in which they live would suggest that they are among the upper - class members of West Bank society.

for every priest that violated his vows and the trust of his parishioners there will someday be a reckoning... true the head always suffers for his members that go astray... but the Brits don't understand the Catholic church if they think that we are going to accept practicing man and females gays into the priesthood and except the pope to issue condoms for the prevention of AID they got something else coming... If the Brits want to live in a perverse society where every thing goes that their moral problem!!

But the net result is this: All the way from the street gang of juvenile delinquents through the free - and - easy sex life of many adolescents and adults to the income tax evasion of many a «respectable» member of society — to do right is to do what one can get away with; to do wrong is to do what is not safe.

The survival of recognizably Protestant colleges therefore seems to depend on the survival within the larger society of Protestant enclaves whose members believe passionately in a way of life radically different from that of the majority, and who are both willing and able to pay for a brand of higher education that embodies their vision.

On this issue it is possible to experience such contradictory jolts of conscience that one finally doesn't know whether to list oneself as a member of a society of the courageously righteous who are mature enough to face up to life's ambiguity and do the difficult things that freedom requires — or simply a society of moral failures.

According to Montesquieu, in his tripartite scheme of despotism, monarchy, and republic, each type of society has its own principle of social life which provides the spring of action for its members.

Through Christian education the fellowship of believers (the church) seeks to help persons become aware of God's seeking love as shown especially in Jesus Christ and to respond in faith and love to the end that they may develop self - understanding, sell - acceptance, and self - fulfillment under God; increasingly identify themselves as sons of God and members of the Christian community; live as Christian disciples in all relations in human society; and abide in the Christian hope.

There are, for example, highly conservative evangelical or fundamentalist Christians, including one ranking member of Pat Robertson's presidential campaign team, who oppose capital punishment on the grounds that responsibility for life and death belongs only to God, and that society should never cut short any person's opportunity to repent or embrace faith.

My purpose for living is to live the best life that I can, be a productive member of society and to just be a good member of the human race.

We can work for good schools that prepare young people to live as productive members of society capable of appreciating the finer values of our heritage.

Doctrine and Covenants 134:10 10 We believe that all religious societies have a right to deal with their members for disorderly conduct, according to the rules and regulations of such societies; provided that such dealings be for fellowship and good standing; but we do not believe that any religious society has authority to try men on the right of property or life, to take from them this world's goods, or to put them in jeopardy of either life or limb, or to inflict any physical punishment upon them.

But at the same time we are designating certain ways of life, and giving them collective sanction which are entitled to the loyalty of all members of the society regardless of private wishes or convenience.

(2) The church must also make a rigorous analysis of society for its members because most Christians do not know the kind of world they live in.

With some peculiar completeness each member occasion of the living person sums up the past of the society, (PR 244, 531.)

Every institution of human society is wounded and lessened by the disharmony and greeds of sin - that «law within my members» that contradicts the Unity - Law, «the law of God», which being a Law of Life and working only to the fulfilment of life, «delights me according to my inward man» (Life and working only to the fulfilment of life, «delights me according to my inward man» (life, «delights me according to my inward man» (Rom.

Let's turn our attention for a moment to the elephant in the living room, or should I say the «alleged» elephant, since Cardinal Dulles refers to «the alleged increase of homosexual tendencies among younger members in the Society of Jesus as well as in other religious orders and diocesan seminaries.»

Now go get a freaking job, put your lives and families back together and be productive members of society not crazies!

A society of living occasions each of which has such an aim exhibits telic behavior, and the telos of each member is in large measure a function of its participation in the society.

Beguines, as these communities were called, not only secured the lives of members but contributed to society by running hospitals and schools, by spinning and sewing.

All I can do in this life is be happy, be kind to others, enjoy as many moments as possible, raise happy, healthy children that are productive members of society, and live each day to the fullest.

The prophets after the Exile are of a lesser breed, and most of the authors of the period are anonymous members of the community who give expression to a wide range of religious experience as it comes to individuals living within the framework of a religious society.

In the second place, the community of faith is not a separatist closed circle of self - satisfied members living to themselves, but a community which is again and again prepared to lose its own identity, that, like leaven, it may come to influence the whole of human society in which it lives.

As a result, I think a Muslim and a Christian, simply by living and engaging in a pluralistic society like the United States, have the opportunity to get to know more about their respective faiths, just through experiencing life in a society that includes members of that faith.