Sentences with phrase «more than a metaphor»

This reverend is touching on something very important, but doesn't quite define it fully, perhaps neglecting to realize himself that what he speaks of is more than a metaphor.

The existence of Heaven and Hell is nothing more than a Metaphor.

In fact, the description of Greek and Latin as «dead» languages was sometimes felt as more than metaphor.

The morphing of Dean for America into Obama for America was more than a metaphor for a style of politics.

For her, sight is more than a metaphor.

«Weighed down by guilt: Research shows it's more than a metaphor.»

This is something more than metaphor.

But Reisner's book is nothing more than a metaphor that is out of touch with geophysical reality.

As a word of warning, bringing up the stock market as anything more than a metaphor in watching trends is a bit misguided, and puzzling for a statistician to do.

To be sure, a guarantee that in the final analysis rests on little more than a metaphor is not the most solid basis to erect a doctrine upon....

Not exact matches

One is tempted to use laundry duty as a metaphor for the priestly task of cleansing the soiled soul, & c, & c.but it is at the same time more mundane and more exalted than that.

It wasn't the summer that brought an end to my doubt, but it was the summer I encountered a different Jesus, a Jesus who requires more from me than intellectual assent and emotional allegiance; a Jesus who associated with sinners and infuriated the religious; a Jesus who broke the rules and refused to cast the first stone; a Jesus who gravitated toward sick people and crazy people, homeless people and hopeless people; a Jesus who preferred story to exposition and metaphor to syllogism; a Jesus who answered questions with more questions, and demands for proof with demands for faith... a Jesus who healed each person differently and saved each person differently; a Jesus who had no list of beliefs to check off, no doctrinal statements to sign, no surefire way to tell who was «in» and who was «out»; a Jesus who loved after being betrayed, healed after being hurt, and forgave while being nailed to a tree; a Jesus who asked his disciples to do the same...

No metaphor fits in all ways, and some are more nonsense than sense.

It is possible to speculate that if Christianity had begun in a culture less dualistic and antiphysical than that of the first - century Mediterranean world, it might have been willing, given the more holistic anthropology and theology of its Hebraic roots, to extend its body metaphor to God?

The metaphor does come far closer to pantheism than the king - realm model, which verges on deism, but it does not identify God totally with the world any more than we identify ourselves totally with our bodies.

Less ambitious, and for that reason more persuasive if less dramatic, is the statement by A. Wilder that «true metaphor or symbol is more than a sign; it is a bearer of the reality to which it refers» and so the parables are to the disciples»... Jesus» interpretation to them of his own vision by the powers of metaphor» (Amos N. Wilder, Language of the Gospel [New York: Harper & Row, and London: SCM Press (as Early Christian Rhetoric), 1964], pp. 92 f.)

To state a disbelief in true randomness in nature by saying «God deosn't play dice» is just a metaphor and one that caused a whole lot more trouble than it was ever worth.

Metaphor, which serves as a medium that provides insight into Jesus» parabolic language, is a comparison based on everyday objects or experiences.108 In the words of Wilder,»... a true metaphor or symbol is more than a sign, it is a bearer of the reality to which itMetaphor, which serves as a medium that provides insight into Jesus» parabolic language, is a comparison based on everyday objects or experiences.108 In the words of Wilder,»... a true metaphor or symbol is more than a sign, it is a bearer of the reality to which itmetaphor or symbol is more than a sign, it is a bearer of the reality to which it refers.

So, symbolism is metaphor with the primary term suppressed.98 Penn emphasized that the language of Jesus is symbolic and that the Kingdom is more a symbol than a concept.99 There is a unity between the teachings of Jesus regarding the Kingdom of God and the parables» relation to it.100 Differentiating between concepts and symbols, Eliade asserts:

I take it as established that, for Bergson, calculus is more than just a handy metaphor or analogy, but rather, he indeed aimed at framing an approach to the organicist world hypothesis that employs the calculus as its actual method of discovery (i.e., differentiation) and explanation (i.e., integration), and that every discovery is the inverse of an explanation and every explanation the derivative of a discovery.

They are more like a metaphor than a simile, for a metaphor provides «an image with a certain shock to the imagination which directly conveys vision of what is signified.»

Extending this metaphor, we might notice that this renovation will require more than one story (pun intended).

The word «flesh» may be closer to Jesus» original eucharistic words than «body» — more Hebraic, less Greek, a more vivid metaphor, harder to swallow.

These figures of speech are much more than decorative flowers that brighten the garden of language; for the use of a metaphor or image can evoke the power of the world view to make it legitimate or illegitimate.

In this view, the depiction of the congregation is more appropriately Paul's image of the household than his metaphor of an earthen vessel holding separate treasure.

Even taught them that its more about belief in a metaphor than psychological work.

And he is at his usual best here, casting fresh light on biblical truths, engaging readers with the compelling metaphor, turning the arresting phrase, and reminding all that the love of God is more powerful and sweeping than we can imagine.

It is able by metaphor to talk publicly about its serious problems, more able than most churches I have encountered.

What has changed here is more fundamental than the replacement of a hunger metaphor with a thirst metaphor, and even more fundamental than a replacement of an it with a you.

Fully to consider the applicability of the theory of metaphor for this purpose would require more space than is available here.

Dehumanizing metaphors are more than just figures of speech; they affect our thoughts and behavior.

The metaphor of Father and Son can not mean father and son in an identical earthly sense — indeed, that would make the Son secondary to the Father in time, which involves us in more theological problems than we can number.

Metaphor can always be substituted for metaphor and parable for parable; and although one parable or metaphor may be judged more apt or effective than another, none can be thought of as indispMetaphor can always be substituted for metaphor and parable for parable; and although one parable or metaphor may be judged more apt or effective than another, none can be thought of as indispmetaphor and parable for parable; and although one parable or metaphor may be judged more apt or effective than another, none can be thought of as indispmetaphor may be judged more apt or effective than another, none can be thought of as indispensable.

It is possible to speculate that if Christianity had begun in a time less dualistic and antiphysical than was first century Mediterranean culture, it might given the more holistic anthropology and theology of its Hebraic roots, have been willing to extend its body metaphors to God.

For such people metaphor not only promises more than it can deliver, but its promises are too often grounded on false consciousness, so that a loss of faith in it is the beginning of wisdom — perhaps the philosopher Richard Rorty's discovery (bad news for Haeckel and his kind) that out there there is really no «out there.»

Holly has borrowed Lewis» metaphor, saying of the Christian poets she had come to love: «I've stepped into that «beam of light» so that I can look with them, and they can show me more than they could before.»

Nothing could appear more qualitative than the Bergsonian self; nothing could seem more out of place with regard to it than metaphors taken from the calculus.

It won't be because Cleveland sports are a metaphor for the city's general malaise, even if that perception is more than a little tired and outdated.

I was just using it as a metaphor for saying being on Alcohol is more dangerous than being high on weed

This means that organic metaphors such as seed, stalk, bud and flower; or birth childhood, adulthood and old age are more relevant to the biography of schools than mechanical images such as that of an input - output system, a clockwork mechanism or a well - running engine... Read more.

The governor went into a long metaphor about how buying one of his daughters a computer for Christmas had caused tension in his household, but it didn't mean he loved any of his children more than the others.

Zio I always appreciate your cogent and sceptical critiques - including the talent for metaphor - though it tends more to the pessimism of the intellect rather than the optimism of the will.

Using the Metaphor Map of English database, researchers examined more than 5,000 examples from the past millennium in which word meanings from one semantic domain, such as «water,» were extended to another semantic domain, such as «mind.»

This original take on the creation myth is more than just empty metaphor.

The «observatory» part of the project's name is more than just metaphor.

[It's dangerous to] make modern metaphors but if you look at colonial metaphors, when European travelers went to the Americas and to Australia, the gene flow tended to be more into the native groups than the other way around.

The effect of metaphor was about twice that of political ideology: Republicans were only 8 % more likely than Democrats to propose tough solutions — something you might savor next time a politician feeds you a line.

The results convincingly show that feeling the chill of loneliness is more than just a metaphor, says Ozlem Ayduk, a research psychologist at the University of California, Berkeley.

Newton was even more secretive than Boyle, disguising his alchemical investigations (he wrote more than a million unpublished words on the subject) with codes, obscure symbols for chemicals, and colorful metaphors.

One of the most influential neuroscientists of our day, Ramachandran's groundbreaking work in phantom limbs, human vision, mirror neurons, synesthesia and conceptual metaphors has taught humanity more about that organ in our heads than anyone else.