A beloved family dog is being credited with saving
the life of her human family when fire broke out inside their home...
Not exact matches
He has accused the state
of breaching two clauses
of the European Convention on
Human Rights, one which prohibits «inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment», and one which guarantees the right
of respect for «private and
family life» and «correspondence».
On many
of the deepest issues
of human life» the meaning
of sex, the dignity
of the
family, the creation
of human beings» Jews and Christians stand together against the secular image
of man.
Sin against God and nature continues to beget misery upon the
human family until we each make a concerted effort to lead
lives worthy
of a
human being made in the image and likeness
of their Creator.
It's about our repeated failure to
live that love, and the love
of God that redeems us and makes us whole as a
human family.
We
humans make God contemptible because
of our prejudice, taught / learned hate, and our desire to make God over into our image (you know, the cool dad who
lives with his perfect
family in the cul de sac and belongs to the same golf club you do, etc, etc.).
«The hard work is to figure out how we
live as a beloved community, as the
human family of God.»
Unfortunately,
humans seem to forget this fact when we find ourselves turning to nature to guide us through difficult choices, such as arguments about whether
life begins at conception, or over the proper structure
of the
family.
I suffered a terrible car accident... during 3 weeks I almost died «many times»... Now I can read a beautiful article like this one and agree with it... Believe me... no matter your faith, your fortune or whatever you may be involved with... on the face
of death if you are
human you will only care about your loved ones... you will remember about the moments you were happy together and dream they happen again... you will remember your childhood like you were 7 again... you will ask forgiveness and try to show your love, no matter how hard you are... In the face
of death we realize that nothing more then our
family matters... For the professor, once his
life of arrogance reaches an end, he will then understand what is the meaning
of family...
As Zmirak writes, Röpke «centered his economics in the dignity
of the
human person, who
lives not alone but as part
of a
family and a community; who thrives or suffers according to the health
of those institutions; and who regulates his own economic activity according toýfinancial and personal incentives that he» and not the State» is best equipped to interpret.»
Religious folks tend to think
humans have some kind
of divine character given to them by God whereas we tend consider ourselves as members
of the ancient primate
family of life.
It is the overarching meta purpose as in the purpose
of human existence as opposed to an individual self created self bestowed purpose
of life (such as caring for ones
family) that I was musing about.
The overarching interpretive rubric within which to understand the spheres
of human life — and, for us here, in particular the
family — is Augustine's statement, in Book I
of The City
of God, that the servants
of God «have no reason to regret even this
life of time, for in it they are schooled for eternity.»
It calls for the identification and development
of resources «which will enable all
families to be ministered to creatively and all persons, regardless
of their
family patterns, to be affirmed and supported in the life of the Church...» Behind such statements lies an emphasis articulated already in 1978 by G. William Sheek, then Director of Family Ministries and Human Sexuality of the National Council of Chu
family patterns, to be affirmed and supported in the
life of the Church...» Behind such statements lies an emphasis articulated already in 1978 by G. William Sheek, then Director
of Family Ministries and Human Sexuality of the National Council of Chu
Family Ministries and
Human Sexuality
of the National Council
of Churches.
So we see that a renaissance
of marriage and
family life based on natural law has taken place once already in Britain, serving the good
of society and upholding the absolute sacredness
of human life from the moment
of conception to natural death.
Every people has its culture, whether primitive or advanced, and this culture is discerned in the folkways and moral standards, forms
of family life, economic enterprises, laws and modes
of dealing with lawbreakers, forms
of recreation, religion, art, education, science, and philosophy that constitute the social aspects
of human existence as contrasted with the bare biological fact
of living.
Regardless
of the broader climate, we can seek with
family and friends to forge a fully
human life — though in an unfriendly political environment it will be especially arduous.
I think the church is an important component
of a Christianâ $ ™ s
life, just like the
family is
of a
human beingâ $ ™ s.
A third, a physician in New York City, praised the Catholic tradition for its emphasis on
human dignity and social justice, but added: «I am troubled by the fact that I find greater acceptance
of myself as a whole person in my professional community as a physician, than I do in the official hierarchy
of the church
of my
family, my childhood, and my
life.»
«In its 4.6 billion years circling the sun, the Earth has harbored an increasing diversity
of life forms: for the last 3.6 billion years, simple cells (prokaryotes); for the last 3.4 billion years, cyanobacteria performing ph - otosynthesis; for the last 2 billion years, complex cells (eukaryotes); for the last 1 billion years, multicellular
life; for the last 600 million years, simple animals; for the last 550 million years, bilaterians, animals with a front and a back; for the last 500 million years, fish and proto - amphibians; for the last 475 million years, land plants; for the last 400 million years, insects and seeds; for the last 360 million years, amphibians; for the last 300 million years, reptiles; for the last 200 million years, mammals; for the last 150 million years, birds; for the last 130 million years, flowers; for the last 60 million years, the primates, for the last 20 million years, the
family H - ominidae (great apes); for the last 2.5 million years, the genus H - omo (
human predecessors); for the last 200,000 years, anatomically modern
humans.»
John Montague came by his mature faith honestly: Sent back to his
family's Ireland from the Brooklyn
of his birth, enduring separation and a simple
life in the complex North, he married in his works the intimately
human and the broadly historical with a seamlessness that few have achieved.
The major contribution
of interpersonal psychology to a comprehensive philosophy
of human nature is that what a person becomes is decisively influenced by his relationships with other persons — chiefly those in his
family in the first few years
of life.
The Church recognises the
family as the building block
of society and for good reason has carefully defended the understanding
of family relationships and
of human sexuality which is so intimately linked to the ordering
of family life and the procreation
of succeeding generations.
The
family is a divine institution that stands at the foundation
of life of the
human person as the prototype
of every social order.»
The same God who created this universe,
life, and
humans, saved Noah's
family and the animals, brought his people out
of slavery in Egypt, parted the red sea, fed them for 40 years in the wilderness, gave them the land he promised, and made them a great people.
In this view, God has placed all
human beings in particular structures
of life such as nationality, race, sexual identity,
family, work, or government that in some form or other are simply givens
of creaturely existence.
, but they have only very hazy ideas about what the Church really says on
human dignity, the value
of each one
of us, the beauty
of human love, the value
of authentic
family life, the mutual companionship
of men and women.
Ultimately and fundamentally it is the divergence
of the
living shoots, operating from the highest level down to the
family and the individuals composing the
family, which has always been the cause
of human conflict.
His attitude was proper, granted his presuppositions, and, without the kind
of legalism his presuppositions represent, the conduct
of human affairs and the regular business
of living in
family or community would rapidly become impossible.
The Divine became a member
of our sinful
human family of frail, short -
lived creatures
of a day.
Jesus» response is not a clear - cut choice
of religious duty over
family obligation but an expression
of the tension
of human living in covenant with God.
I do understand why the sight
of two homosexuals holding hands at a concert might have turned the stomach
of a hardworking, dedicated churchwoman I know who has never in her
life committed an act or espoused a position that her
family, church, and society at large couldn't warmly approve; still, it's hard to forgive a
human revulsion that won't question itself.
The primary biblical foundation for understanding
family living as caring for the generations is in God's call to
human beings in the first chapter
of Genesis «to exercise care over the earth and hold it in its proper place.»
While the major part
of human existence is taken up with the routine affairs
of work and
family life, to be authentically
human something more is needed.
In other words we should walk away from divisive ideologies and abstractions and go back to
living humbly and diversely and happily as one
human family on earth with large tolerance and a divine wealth
of education and
human opportunity and accountability — the politics are as dead as a false god
of convention.
The fact that the
human female does not have limited periods
of sexual desire and availability (although she does have times
of heightened and diminished desire), is probably a major reason for the development
of two - parent
family life in the dim prehistory
of human beings.
as an atheist, and straight person who has nothing against gays, I believe in
family values and the value
of human life.
For all the lectures on
human rights and democracy coming out
of Manila, the brutal fact
of Philippine
life is that millions
of its people are forced to leave their
families to do dirty work elsewhere because they have no way to feed their
families — this in a strategically located land with an educated, English - speaking workforce and bursting with natural resources.
Economics should be just one part
of the good
life; instead, powerful economic forces now create pressures on individuals and
families to pursue material gain at the expense
of other important
human ends.
In this article, I would like to draw inspiration from the theology
of the body to consider
human brokenness in
family life.
John Paul II wrote in the apostolic exhortation Christifideles Laici: «The common outcry, which is justly made on behalf
of human rights — for example, the right to health, to home, to work, to
family, to culture — is false and illusory if the right to
life, the most basic and fundamental right and the condition
of all other personal rights, is notdefended with maximum determination.»
Andrea Fraile is a Sister
of the Gospel
of Life, a Glasgow - based religious community who describe their main apostolate as «the promotion
of the dignity
of the
human being, particularly as regards the role
of the
family, the sanctity
of motherhood, a renewed understanding
of the complementarity
of the sexes and catechesis».
Respecting the sanctity
of human life at every stage
of development and decline, securing the integrity
of marriage and
family life, protecting the disabled and vulnerable, caring for the marginalized and imprisoned» these are among the mandates that are bringing, and must increasingly bring, Evangelicals and Catholics together.
In sum, because it treats belief as an atomistic decision taken piecemeal by individuals rather than a holistic response to
family life, Nietzsche's madman and his offspring, secularization theory, appear to present an incomplete version
of how some considerable portion
of human beings actually come to think and behave about things religious — not one by one and all on their own, but rather mediated through the elemental connections
of husband, wife, child, aunt, great - grandfather, and the rest.
If systematized these would fall into three main types: the beauty, sustenance, and orderliness
of nature on which our
lives depend; social relations in the
family, community, nation, and all our past which have nourished and fashioned us; and, less obviously but essentially, the
human capacity
of thought, feeling, and will by which to
live and act as morally responsible beings.
The majority
of people
living in the developing world are still deeply attached to their cultural traditions and universal
human values which western civilization has deconstructed, such as the
family, male and female complementarity, and the role
of woman as mother and educator.
Thus it has been the bearer
of wisdom about what is good in
human life, about sexuality, about being young and growing old, about work and money, children and
family, duty and sacrifice, about friendship and love, art, literature, and music.
There is one world, one
human family, one interrelated web
of life woven on the spherical skin
of the earth.
Perhaps by demonstrating greater love and care to those around us, particularly those within our own
family and especially those who are unwell or marginalised within society; by reaching out to those who are struggling in
life, in need
of comfort or support — and by valuing them all as
human beings — then we can all indeed be true disciples
of Christ on earth.
It has provided a convenient excuse for childish atheism and shattered many aspects
of human community and
family life.