To those on the outside, the
great majority of the human race, what he calls theology will appear at best the confession of the faith of one community among others.
Both Pelagius and Augustine had agreed that the
great majority of the human race were damned; they differed only on the question of the basis of that damnation.
If only those who are exposed to the gospel and express explicit faith in Jesus Christ receive salvation, I reasoned, then that would mean
the majority of the human race is damned to hell simply for being born at the wrong place and the wrong time.
In its contemporary form, it forces
the majority of the human race into strategies for abject survival, denying tens of millions of people even the right to live.
A few years ago, demographers announced that for the first time in recorded history
the majority of the human race lives in cities.
Jesus is going to torture
the majority of the human race for the rest of eternity in his lake of fire, for not obeying.
There is an ancient saying that «outside the Church, there is no Salvation»; that is the kind of saying which needs re-interpretation because, as it stands, it seems to remove
the majority of the human race — if you consider human history in its duration — from the possibility of eternal life.
Thus they are not deviant, although they are different from the vast
majority of the human race.
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey (Putnam, 5/7) Aliens quickly and mercilessly destroy
the majority of the human race in attacks called «Waves.»
While this definition of the term «by - products» sounds anything but appealing to
the majority of the human race, it likely has our canine counterparts drooling and actually affords them an excellent source of protein.
Coal and oil are an existential threat to
the majority of the human race, fission is not.
The vast
majority of the human race (for various reasons) is unwilling or unable to show any concern for the bigger picture.
For instance, how to get people in the Uninterested - Unorthodox category (which includes the vast
majority of the human race) to change their lifestyles, is a major concern of those in the Interested - Orthodox category.