Sentences with phrase «man lived in a universe»

Mythical man lived in a universe of sacred meanings and powers.

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Second: The Creation tale is simply a way for early humans to explain mans creation and «fall» from God's predetermined path... The old testament is full of stuff more related to philosophy and health advice then «Gods word» However, this revelation has not made me less of a christian... In Contrast to those stuck in «the old ways» regarding faith (not believing in neanderthals and championing the claim that earth is only 6000 years old), I believe God created the universe on the very principle of physics and evolution (and other sciencey stuff)... Thus the first clash of atoms was the first step in the billionyear long recipe in creating the universe, the galaxies, the stars, the planets, life itself and uIn Contrast to those stuck in «the old ways» regarding faith (not believing in neanderthals and championing the claim that earth is only 6000 years old), I believe God created the universe on the very principle of physics and evolution (and other sciencey stuff)... Thus the first clash of atoms was the first step in the billionyear long recipe in creating the universe, the galaxies, the stars, the planets, life itself and uin «the old ways» regarding faith (not believing in neanderthals and championing the claim that earth is only 6000 years old), I believe God created the universe on the very principle of physics and evolution (and other sciencey stuff)... Thus the first clash of atoms was the first step in the billionyear long recipe in creating the universe, the galaxies, the stars, the planets, life itself and uin neanderthals and championing the claim that earth is only 6000 years old), I believe God created the universe on the very principle of physics and evolution (and other sciencey stuff)... Thus the first clash of atoms was the first step in the billionyear long recipe in creating the universe, the galaxies, the stars, the planets, life itself and uin the billionyear long recipe in creating the universe, the galaxies, the stars, the planets, life itself and uin creating the universe, the galaxies, the stars, the planets, life itself and us.

We all know the ruler of the universe is a man who lives alone (except for his cat which he names «The Lord») in a shack.

It was a religious community and a bunch of loving people who helped Lucas deal with his CP and find meaning and joy in his life, and also helped a man who lost his son get through life in this cold and uncaring universe.

God created the universe and life in it, gave man «Free Will» and revealed right and wrong, it is man that is to be blamed for doing such wrong.

Epicurus taught the idea that pleasure of the individual was the sole good in life, though he also believed in the existence of gods, whom they felt did not create the universe, nor inflict punishment or bestow blessings, but that they were disinterested in what man was doing.

Christianity has nothing to offer a happy man living in a natural, intelligible universe.

The man who is wholly taken up with the demands of everyday living or whose sole interest is in the outward appearances of things seldom gains more than a glimpse, at best, of this second phase in our sense - perceptions, that in which the world, having entered into us, then withdraws from us and bears us away with it: he can have only a very dim awareness of that aureole, thrilling and inundating our being, through which is disclosed to us at every point of contact the unique essence of the universe.

But because the term towards which the earth is moving lies not merely beyond each individual thing but beyond the totality of things; because the world travails, not to bring forth from within itself some supreme reality, but to find its consummation through a union with a pre-existent Being; it follows that man can never reach the blazing centre of the universe simply by living more and more for himself nor even by spending his life in the service of some earthly cause however great.

In the Hebrew - Christian tradition the presupposition is that the universe does contain satisfaction for man's highest desires, that those who hunger and thirst after righteousness are blessed and shall be filled, that there is living bread and water for the spirit, not, in a negative peace of renounced desire but in the positive achievement of triumphant personality, both here and in an eternal kingdom of soulIn the Hebrew - Christian tradition the presupposition is that the universe does contain satisfaction for man's highest desires, that those who hunger and thirst after righteousness are blessed and shall be filled, that there is living bread and water for the spirit, not, in a negative peace of renounced desire but in the positive achievement of triumphant personality, both here and in an eternal kingdom of soulin a negative peace of renounced desire but in the positive achievement of triumphant personality, both here and in an eternal kingdom of soulin the positive achievement of triumphant personality, both here and in an eternal kingdom of soulin an eternal kingdom of souls.

In Buddhism the presupposition is that the universe contains no food for the ultimate feeding of man's many hungers, no living water for his insatiable thirsts, so that restless hunger and thirst are man's worst enemies, to be subdued and at last eliminated, until even the desire for self - conscious existence is gone and Nirvana is attained.

According to Lewis, modern man lives in a tiny windowless universe, his boundaries narrowed to too small a focus.75 Through such play experiences as the reading of stories - when one could experience life «in a sense «for fun,» and with [his] feet on the fender» - Lewis believed that modern man could perhaps recapture a sense of his distant horizons, much as he once had.76 For Lewis, a story was the embodiment of, or mediation of, the «more.»

We must take pains to show that acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord does not carry with it the three - storey universe; that to be a Christian does not imply that one believes that God is the immediate cause of all that happens, however true it may be that he is «first» and «final» cause; and that the findings of modem science as to how God in fact works in the world only illuminate the central truth that in Christ he has worked with a singular intensity and (as we might say) directness to bring to men wholeness of life.

Now those who accept the evolutionary perspective are generally agreed that the universe is one single process and that there are stages in the process: the evolution of matter, next the emergence of the first unicellular organisms, then a process of further evolution of life toward vegetative and animal life, and from this latter phase emerged man.

Please rationally explain why the Earth is the exact distance it must be from the sun to support life, why the moon is the exact distance from the Earth to sustain life, why the bacterial flagella is so genius, why the energy in a universe «moving toward order» is a finite, why we all have a moral intuition and why «relativism» is self - destructive, how something scientifically came from virtually nothing, why love is self - sacrificing, why procreation is enjoyable instead of painful, why man is eternally unsatisfied.

It's a greater fantasy NOT to believe that there is an all powerful invisible god somewhere in the universe who knows everything, can do anything, hears everyone's thoughts, etc, or that someone died and rose from the dead three days later (this same person was born of a virgin), or that someone spoke to god via a burning bush, or that one old man, who lived to be 900 years old, built a boat that held two of every animal on the earth to survive a worldwide flood?

There are four types of evil of which the modern age is particularly aware: the loneliness of modern man before an unfriendly universe and before men whom he associates with but does not meet; the increasing tendency for scientific instruments and techniques to outrun man's ability to integrate those techniques into his life in some meaningful and constructive way; the inner duality of which modern man has become aware through the writings of Dostoievsky and Freud and the development of psychoanalysis; and the deliberate and large - scale degradation of human life within the totalitarian state.

You say that you still find any confident belief in God impossible, but at the same time — partly because of my last letter — you find an atheistic, materialistic explanation of the universe and of man's life in it equally incredible.

In seeking to root out man's claim to a special status in the universe, deep ecologists are pagan pantheists who reject biblical religion, especially the injunction of Genesis 1:28 to «Fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the seas, the birds of the sky, and all the living beings that move on this earth.&raquIn seeking to root out man's claim to a special status in the universe, deep ecologists are pagan pantheists who reject biblical religion, especially the injunction of Genesis 1:28 to «Fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the seas, the birds of the sky, and all the living beings that move on this earth.&raquin the universe, deep ecologists are pagan pantheists who reject biblical religion, especially the injunction of Genesis 1:28 to «Fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the seas, the birds of the sky, and all the living beings that move on this earth.»

In that universe of discourse, belief in God spells trust in life and man, as capable of transcending the potentialities of evil that inhere in his animal heredity, in his social heritage, and in the conditions of his environmenIn that universe of discourse, belief in God spells trust in life and man, as capable of transcending the potentialities of evil that inhere in his animal heredity, in his social heritage, and in the conditions of his environmenin God spells trust in life and man, as capable of transcending the potentialities of evil that inhere in his animal heredity, in his social heritage, and in the conditions of his environmenin life and man, as capable of transcending the potentialities of evil that inhere in his animal heredity, in his social heritage, and in the conditions of his environmenin his animal heredity, in his social heritage, and in the conditions of his environmenin his social heritage, and in the conditions of his environmenin the conditions of his environment.

When we know that the ultimate end of man is in the very life of God, we can view the entire universe and all its laws, from the symmetry of the elements to the Incarnation of Christ, as part of one evolutionary Providence or Divine Wisdom.

This is most evident in how physics and biology have profoundly changed the way in which man thinks about the universe and about life within it.

Some People say «there is no better things in life than being the richest man on earth», I say «gather the wealth of every single living creatures in the whole universe, yet it would fade away from the blissful wealth of sailing in the Ark lead by the Khalifa.»

Instead, they seek to discredit the scientific theory of evolution by amassing evidence that is allegedly consistent with the relatively recent, abrupt appearance of the universe, the earth, living things, and man in substantially the same form as they now have.

However man first became aware of a Spirit behind or within this universe, he has been aware of it, and he has felt that in this Infinite Spirit he lives and that on this Spirit his life and salvation depend.

That this universe is fundamentally a moral order, that there are reason and purpose in it, that what ought to be done can be done, that, as Carlyle cried, «No lie can live forever» — these are religious convictions which undergirdle men to carry on when carrying on is hard.

Thus man is told to define his place in life not in terms of himself, as if the universe had been created for his special benefit, but rather in terms of a long natural process, in which, objectively speaking, he plays but an insignificant part.

Here and there it may be, we can catch a glimpse of the wonderful order in nature, the regularity of the stars, scattered over the wide spaces of the universe yet obedient to one law; the order to be found even in the microscopic world, as also within visible things concerning which science has given such amazing information in recent years; the order in the construction of a flower or of an animal, from the flea to the whale, a noteworthy obedience to law even in the life of man.

That Man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; that his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs, are but the outcome of accidental collocations of atoms; that no fire, no heroism, no intensity of thought and feeling, can preserve an individual life beyond the grave; that all the labours of the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness of human genius, are destined to extinction in the vast death of the solar system, and that the whole temple of Man's achievement must inevitably be buried beneath the debris of a universe in ruins — all these things, if not quite beyond dispute, are yet so nearly certain, that no philosophy which rejects them can hope to stand.

When, however, theism is accepted and the unity of the universe is conceived in terms not of physical cohesion only but of moral purpose also, then the appalling tragedies of man's personal and social life become not merely hardships difficult to bear but an intellectual problem difficult to solve.

We could turn to our own perceptions and understanding, and our own experiences, and deny the unseen hand in this man's crimes based on the fact that none of us has received promptings from an invisible life force that controls the universe.

We today stand in need of a new conception of nature, for this is indispensable to the conception by man of himself and his place in the universe, a conception of fundamental importance to every sphere of man's life and activity.

And no, I don't just disregard science (nor the common consensus in matters of politics, social norms, alternative lifestyles, etc.)-- I understand the importance, but also the shortcomings of relying on man's own inferences about the nature of life, the universe, and the meaning of existence.

That man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; that his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs, are but the outcome of accidental concatenations of atoms; that no force, no heroism, no intensity of thought or feeling, can presume an individual life beyond the grave; that all the labors of the age, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noon - day brightness of human genius, are destined to extinction in the vast death of the solar system, and that the whole temple of Man's achievement must inevitably be buried beneath the debris of a universe in ruin... all these things, if not quite beyond dispute, are yet so nearly certain, that no philosophy which rejects them can hope to staman is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; that his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs, are but the outcome of accidental concatenations of atoms; that no force, no heroism, no intensity of thought or feeling, can presume an individual life beyond the grave; that all the labors of the age, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noon - day brightness of human genius, are destined to extinction in the vast death of the solar system, and that the whole temple of Man's achievement must inevitably be buried beneath the debris of a universe in ruin... all these things, if not quite beyond dispute, are yet so nearly certain, that no philosophy which rejects them can hope to staMan's achievement must inevitably be buried beneath the debris of a universe in ruin... all these things, if not quite beyond dispute, are yet so nearly certain, that no philosophy which rejects them can hope to stand.

I somewhat ponder if this is how G - d shortened man's life span by slowing our movement in the universe down in relation to the speed of light.

Let a man who, by fortunate health and circumstances, escapes the suffering of any great amount of evil in his own person, also close his eyes to it as it exists in the wider universe outside his private experience, and he will be quit of it altogether, and can sail through life happily on a healthy - minded basis.

By faith he is confident that we live in a universe created by God through the Word become flesh in Christ, and that God is pursuing elsewhere as well as on this planet the methods which He has employed with man.

«Man [sic] needs general ideas and convictions that will give a meaning to his life and enable him to find a place for himself in the universe.

By «truth» is meant at least that in the Word, become flesh in a man Who was born and lived in a particular time and in a cultural environment and religious heritage which He reflected, we are given an authentic and sufficient view of the nature and purpose of the universe and are enabled to call God «Father.»

Every single man is bound up with every other man and with all living creatures, and with the entire physical universe in one mighty whole» (29).

The arrogance of man is that they think in their SHORT lifespans time they can understand life and the universe itself.

This story tells the journey of how a young man gains knowledge of the universe he lives in, and becomes a force to be reckoned with.

When Dorothy is seen on an airplane, eavesdropping avidly as Jerry tells a boastful story, she seems resigned to living in another universe from men like this.

Also returning from the first movie this time around are Lance Reddick, Ian McShane and John Leguizamo, who help make up this universe of hired hit man living in an underworld of crime bosses and assassins.

This year Barry Jenkins's Moonlight plunged me into the experiences of a gay, black American man raised in poverty and struggling to find love — a universe away from my lived experience.

Mixing animation and graphics into live action, Super Capers is packed with referential fan universe gags involving everything from X-Men and Star Wars to The Matrix and Men in Black.

As part of its planned Spider - Man spinoff universe, Sony Pictures announced last year that the upcoming Venom and in development Silver & Black and Nightwatch would be joined by a Morbius, the Living Vampire movie, and it seems the studio has been sounding out potential directors.

«Power Rangers Mystic Force»: Volume 2 - Legendary Catastros starts right off with episode - specific exposition and doesn't take anytime explaining to an outsider (like me) why the Power Rangers are now living in a tree, why they are friends with the Sorceress from «He - Man and the Masters of the Universe», and why the whole Power Ranger universe now looks more like Lord of the Rings than Godzilla.

The Ultimates comics are in a separate universe than the regular Marvel characters, and it is possible that even if Ultimate Comics Spider - Man comes to an end, Miles Morales will live on in the regular continuity.

Though their paths have crossed before the landmark series Spider - Men, with Miles now living in Peter's universe — is this town big enough for two Spider - Men?