Not exact matches
I leave it to one of the greatest minds of all time who wrote... Quote: «The word God is for me nothing
more than the
expression and product of
human weakness, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still purely primitive, legends which are nevertheless pretty childish.»
As Albert Einstein wrote: «God is nothing
more than the
expression and product of
human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish.»
He did however, say this: «The word God is for me nothing
more than the
expression and product of
human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish.
«The word God is for me nothing
more than the
expression and product of
human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends,» Einstein wrote in German in a 1954 letter that will be auctioned on eBay later this month.
This means not only that we are approaching the texts as fully
human productions — I point out that statements of divine inspiration are statements concerning ultimate origin and authority, not method of composition - but even
more that we take seriously that aspect of literature of most interest to cultural anthropologists: how it gives symbolic
expression to
human experience.
More important and more basic than that, it is because God's own purpose of self - expression does not there expect and provide for such adequacy as was achieved by him once for all in human regard, when by his prevenient preparation, his concomitant grace, and his effectual action he was «made flesh» in the person of Jesus Chr
More important and
more basic than that, it is because God's own purpose of self - expression does not there expect and provide for such adequacy as was achieved by him once for all in human regard, when by his prevenient preparation, his concomitant grace, and his effectual action he was «made flesh» in the person of Jesus Chr
more basic than that, it is because God's own purpose of self -
expression does not there expect and provide for such adequacy as was achieved by him once for all in
human regard, when by his prevenient preparation, his concomitant grace, and his effectual action he was «made flesh» in the person of Jesus Christ.
There may be no words to describe such a timeless state, but that proves no
more than that its reality is beyond present
human expression.
But if one day it becomes clear that this a priori does not exist at all, but was a historically conditioned and transient form of
human self -
expression, and if therefore man becomes radically religionless and I think that is already
more or less the case (else how is it, for example, that this war, in contrast to all previous ones, is not calling forth any «religious» reaction?)
More important, as I have written, «In trying to reach a consensus of the faithful, the key to bringing persons together is in sharing opinions, ideas, dreams, hopes, doubts, feelings of despair or joy, and those normal
human expressions that make us who we are.»
This is because they are seen as the results of the continued efforts by
human beings to find
more relevant intellectual
expressions of God's revelation to them.
«Work,» the authors write, «is much
more than just a need to keep busy or bring home a paycheck... [It] is a fundamental dimension of
human existence, an
expression of our very nature.»
The word religion or god is nothing
more than an
expression or product of
human fear and weaknesses or imagination in some cases.
The capacity to speak, symbolized by the physical tongue, is the primary way through which we
human beings express ourselves, and nothing reveals
more deeply the biblical insight into the sinfulness and brokenness of
human life than our verbal means of self -
expression.
Just for you, Tarver... «The Word of God is for me nothing
more than the
expression and product of
human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish» — Albert Einstein
We may prepare for our next section, then, by affirming that, for Christian faith, by the prevenient Action of God a
human life was taken and made into the instrument for the gracious divine operation; in
more traditional idiom, the eternal Word, Self -
Expression of very God, was clothed with a true humanity, crowning the rest of God's work in and for God's
human children.
«The word God is for me nothing
more than the
expression and product of
human weakness, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still purely primitive, legends which are nevertheless pretty childish.
Crucially important to Meland's enterprise is a recognition of myth as the felt
expression of the depths of
human culture, In his view, religious faith, and
more particularly Christian faith, finds embodiment and
expression not only in religious institutions and individual religious experience, but in the midst of secular cultures as well, The Judeo - Christian mythos underlies and is formative of the cultural sensibilities of Western men.
Christ was doing
more than form the mind and heart of John to know Him and love Him: He was forming a mind and a love in John that would be the very closest
expression in a disciple of Christ's own manner of knowing, speaking and loving in His, Christ's, own
human psyche.
Some Jewish thinkers became so Hellenised that they came to regard the heavenly bliss of a spiritual soul as a much
more worthy
expression of
human destiny than the thought of an endless life in a material body.
With two possible sources of confusion removed we can state our thesis: It is possible for
human beings, in response to the power and goodness of God, to begin to will His Kingdom above all other things and to grow toward a
more mature
expression of that will.
Although he does not put it this way, and would likely object to my putting it so bluntly, Greeley's contention is that «the Catholic imagination» enables Catholics to be
more human, or at least to give freer and fuller
expression to their humanity.
Most of them were composed for use in the cult, although there are hymns which seem to be the
more or less spontaneous
expression of the individual
human spirit.
This is the context for understanding some of document's most humble of
expressions, such as: «Christian revelation contributes greatly [subsidium affert magnum] to the promotion of this communion between persons,... a world becoming
more unified every day» (23) and, the Church «contributes toward making the family of man and its history fully
human [humaniorem reddendam]» (40).
If CCM is nothing
more than a marketing tool for Christianity, then it will never allow for the full cultural
expressions of
human failure that true artistry demands.
I propose that the
more helpful understanding of the relationship between the arts and religion is in the suggestion that religion, understood etymologically, is that form of
human expression that seeks to tie all things together and to provide an environment of meaning to the otherwise randomness of events.
New Testament theology is thus disqualified from playing a constructive role in the forming of a theological method which shall take seriously the problem of faith and history, and particularly this faith, rooted as no other religious faith is, in the very concreteness of history, and becomes nothing
more than»... the first permanent
expression of the distinctively Christian consciousness, and begs the question of the external history of that consciousness» (Ibid., 57, 58) «thus leaving... theology with nothing to discussion except the
human need for self - understanding in general.»
Human sociality is entirely an outgrowth and expression of these unavoidable relationships, which are no more «agreed upon» by some hypothetical caucus of Australopithecenes than is human existence it
Human sociality is entirely an outgrowth and
expression of these unavoidable relationships, which are no
more «agreed upon» by some hypothetical caucus of Australopithecenes than is
human existence it
human existence itself.
how come their is still no talk about Russia Orthodox church attacking freedom of
expression by p4ss7 riot,... oh that's right because anything Christians do that's evil is left out of the MSM meanwhile their letting
more Christians strip
human right from people, your just going to let that country and their Christians get away with it,..
Sometimes there are songs and prayers addressed to a score or
more of divine beings; but they do seem to be the authentic, prayerful
expression of the
human spirit in varying moods.
So likewise is the family
more than a temporary
expression of the maternal (and possibly paternal) instincts for the feeding and protection of the young; it is also the matrix within which the highest
human qualities of love and tenderness are experienced and nourished.
... Quote: «The word God is for me nothing
more than the
expression and product of
human weakness, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still purely primitive, legends which are nevertheless pretty childish»
But, as we should by now expect, the vitality inherent in the Gospel found
expression in ways which, if mankind be viewed as a whole, made Christ
more influential in the
human scene than He or any other born of woman had ever been.
Albert Einstein: God is a Product of
Human Weakness The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty chil
Human Weakness The word god is for me nothing
more than the
expression and product of
human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty chil
human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish.
Neuroscientists have over the past decade uncovered evidence, both in rodent and
human studies, that parental caregiving, especially in moments of stress, affects children's development not only on the level of hormones and brain chemicals, but even
more deeply, on the level of gene
expression.
Our conference for 2018 is packed full of fascinating topics such as the antibacterial properties of
human milk carbohydrates, breastmilk as a communication and gene
expression tool, management of chronic breast pain, the physiology of the milk ejection reflex, collaboration in high conflict settings, and so much
more!
He has
more facial
expressions available to him than the average
human, but none which offer any hope for his political future.
The first is that free economic activity is both a fundamental
expression of
human freedom and,
more powerfully, a fundamental mechanism for self - realization.
To
more accurately reflect the mechanisms driving oligodendrogliomas, the researchers used RNA sequencing to study directly, on a single - cell level, gene
expression in samples from six early - stage
human tumors.
Those equine
expressions are far richer and
more complex than previously believed, and some are surprisingly similar to those of
humans, the researchers say.
Robots already exist that bear a striking likeness to
humans, with hyper - realistic skin, hair and facial
expressions, while companies are racing to develop ever
more natural voice generation software — two elements that researchers argue are necessary if people are ever to fall in love with bots.
For all our deliberate parsing of our fellow
humans» speech, our careful guesswork in decoding intents from
expressions, we may be
more bound (or repelled) by chemistry than we appreciated.
In the course of cataloging
more than 10,000
human expressions, he has taught himself to flex each of his 43 facial muscles individually.
«This is by far the largest twin study of gene
expression ever published, enabling us to make a roadmap of genes versus environment,» Sullivan says, adding that the study measured relationships with disease
more precisely than had been previously possible, and uncovered important connections to recent
human evolution and genetic influence in disease.
Previous research has shown that HIV - 1 integrates
more frequently into
human genes that are transcribed into RNA (the first step in gene
expression), but the biological significance of this targeting has been unclear.
Co-lead author Professor Karen McComb said: «It was previously thought that, in terms of other species, the further away an animal was from
humans, the
more rudimentary their use of facial
expressions would be.
The researchers said
human facial
expressions are very similar to other species on the whole,
more so than
human language, which is unique to
humans, but these findings suggest that even though they look the same, they may be produced in different contexts.
We now know dogs make
more facial
expressions when the
human is paying attention.»
This potentially makes
humans more empathetic towards the dog who uses the
expression, or because it makes the dog's eyes appear bigger and
more infant - like — potentially tapping into
humans» preference for child - like characteristics.
But in the brain, the team detected much
more gene
expression in
humans than in chimps, whereas gene
expression in the brains of chimps and the other primates was about the same.
Dogs produce
more facial
expressions when
humans are looking at them, according to new research from the University of Portsmouth.