Sentences with phrase «mere humans seemed»

The discovery in the mid 19th century that there had been ice ages in the distant past proved that climate could change radically over much of the globe, a change vastly beyond anything mere humans seemed able to cause.

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However, it is abundantly clear that the human race is as it is (this is no more than mere tautology), and so we can see that what may originally seem improbable is in fact the best explanation of a given circu.mstance.

The chapter seems to give very obvious examples of predestination and tells us sternly to not question the matter by saying «Who are you, a mere human being, to argue with God?»

It may seem that to emphasize the pervasive operation of the Holy Spirit, as well as to stress the Spirit's focal action in the life of Jesus and its consequences, will in the end reduce men and women to mere automatons used by God with no respect for their freedom, their dignity, and their own responsible decisions, without any personal or social human contribution to the process.

All the reflections seemed to move in unison — but that, I knew, was a mere limitation of human perception; at a young age I had learned of light's finite speed.

The discovery of ice ages in the distant past proved that climate could change radically over the entire globe, which seemed vastly beyond anything mere humans could provoke.

To us humans the gargoyles seem to be mere decorations on old cathedrals, but in fact their dwindling forces are the only thing protecting humanity from the demons.