Sentences with phrase «much life or death»

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I argued that the humanity of the Crucified Jesus as the foretaste and criterion of being truly human, would be a much better and more understandable and acceptable Christian contribution to common inter-religious-ideological search for world community because the movements of renaissance in most religions and rethinking in most secular ideologies were the results of the impact of what we know of the life and death of the historical person of Jesus or of human values from it.

Here are three typical answers: «He is as much a necessity to my spiritual existence as the elements of pure air are to my physical system»; «If I were convinced that there is no God, I fear a sense of loneliness would become intolerable»; «As for any repose, or ability to face life and death with composure, any incentive to be perfect in things hidden from outsiders, any exhilaration in living and trying to do my best — I can not conceive it without the idea of God.»

It has been reckoned that, in addition to the 87 million lives taken in the wars of this century, an additional 80 million were deliberately killed or starved to death in Hitler's death camps, Stalin's labor camps, Mao's cultural revolution and the «killing - fields» of Cambodia.2 So much for the advanced civilization of the twentieth century.

I think most of the Americans are in lost... as most of them do not know who their father is and it is very unfortunate... even if they know who their father is, the mom has children from diff men outside of marriage... and while a child is being raised, watching what his / her parents do to enjoy their life... so things become normal when they grow up... like if you go back early nineteen century, women were not allowed to go to beach without being covered... and now it totally opposite... if you do not have a boyfriend or girlfriend before 15, the parents worries that their teenage has some problem... and lot more can be listed... And then you go to Church, what our children learn from there... they see in front of the Church an old man's statue with long beard standing with extending of both hand... some of the status are blank, white, Spanish and so on... so they are being taught God as an old dude... then you learn from Catholic that you pray to Jesus, Mother Marry, Saints, Death spirit and all these... the poll shows a huge number of young American turns to Atheism or believing there is no God and so on... Its hard to assume where these nations are going with the name of modernization... nothing wrong having scientists discovered the cure of aids or the pics from mars but... we should all think and learn from our previous generations and correct ourselves... also ppl are becoming so much slave of material things...

I suspect that such sentiment accounts for much of the theologically naive approval of Dr. Benke's participation within LCMS circles, but it distracts us from the real issues, from the life or death question which we must finally face: How does a Christian presence distinguish itself from the false gods at such an event?

Beings who will one day vanish from the earth in that ultimate subtraction of sensuality called death, we spend so much of our lives courting it: fomenting wars, watching with sickening horror movies in which maniacs slice and dice their victims, or hurrying to our own deaths in fast cars, cigarette smoking, or suicide.

No one will ever know enough about science, life, death, love, God, or even themselves to fully understand it, much less predict what the future holds.

Gil you have asked some very good questions why does bad things happen in the world i personally do nt know God did nt explain to Job either why he had to suffer.What i do know is that God desires that none of us should perish but that all would have eternal life in him through Jesus Christ.This world will one day pass away and the real world will be reborn so our focus as christians is on whats to come and being a witness in the here and now.Both good and bad happens to either the righteous or the sinner so what are we to make of that.What we do know is that God will set all things right at the appointed time the wicked will be judged and the righteous will be rewarded for there faith isnt that enough reason for us to believe.Free will is only a reality if we can choose between good and bad but our hearts are deceitfully wicked we naturally are inclined toward sin that is another reason whyt we need to be saved from ourselves so what are we to do.For me Christ died and rose again that is a fact witnessed by over 500 people that were alive at the time and was recorded by historians how many other religious leaders do you know that did that or did the miracles that Jesus did.As far as the bible is concerned much of the archelogical evidence has proven to be correct and many of prophetic words spoken many hundreds of years ago have come to pass including both the birth and the death of Jesus.Interested in what philosophy you are believing in if other than a faith in Jesus Christ so how does that philosophy give you the assurance that you are saved.Its really simple with christianity we just have to believe in Jesus Christ.brentnz

Death can come unexpectantly murder, accidents, heart attacks or natural disasters so we should live our life to the fullest letting our loved ones know how much they mean to us and serve God to the best of our ability to make the world a better place while we are still alive and be ready to meet our Maker at any time.

For my daughter, her medicine was very much so considered life or death.

Those who know me know that if I've asked for something, it's pretty much a life - or - death emergency and they should rush to my side.

Prior to this discovery, in most western industrialized countries SIDS rates ranged between approximately 1.5 to 4 infants per 1000 live births (compared to industrialized counties in Asia, such as Japan, which has the lowest SIDS rates in the world,.05 infants per 1000 live births21) with enormous increases amongst minorities, especially impoverished indigenous peoples such as the Maori of New Zealand, the Cree of Northern Canada, and the Aborigines of Australia.19, 22,23 Native peoples in the United States demonstrated similar exponentially increased SIDS (or SUDI rates, see below), as much as two to seven the times the rates found amongst white Americans.13, 19 Despite significant declines among almost all cultural and / or ethnic groups, SIDS rates still remain the leading cause of death for infants between one month and one year of life in the United States and elsewhere.13

While clomiphene is a first - line treatment used to induce ovulation in women with PCOS, it has downsides — namely that in a significant number of women it does not lead to improved ovulation or live births, and if it does induce ovulation, it frequently results in pregnancies with multiples who face much higher negative outcomes including death.

As the two programs work in much the same way, to compress stored data and so double the effective capacity of a computer's disc drives, the lawsuit against DOS 6 was a matter or life or death for Stac.

Much of the technology still lacks the level of strength, quality and precision needed to make gears or devices that can reliably work inside complicated, expensive machines or devices with possible life - or - death consequences.

At a time when most hospital shows revolve around the life - or - death procedures and diagnoses, Red Band Society is about the patients and provides much - needed emotional catharsis to its audience.

This was helpful for our ancestors in life - or - death scenarios, but in today's society our bodies react in the same way to much less important, non-life threatening situations.

The Plantastic Life team passionately promotes a Whole Food Plant Based (WFPB) diet as the best way to prevent and / or reverse the chronic diseases that cause so much unnecessary suffering and premature death in America.

We all find ourselves in periodic high - stress life situations such as the illness or death of a loved one, sudden job loss, etc.; but, generally speaking much of our stress is the «imagined» kind — in other words, it is self - inflicted, or at the very least self - sustained.

And preventing death or living longer is probably a misnomer, maybe better stated — living healthy for as much time as is allotted.

The movie runs out of steam before it's over, and the dagger's magic powers remove much of the life - or - death tension in the story.

But while Darcy and his henchmen think the band will be easy to get rid of, The Ain't Rights prove themselves much more cunning and capable than anyone expected, turning the tables on their unsuspecting captors and setting the stage for the ultimate life - or - death showdown.»

So, one of the broad challenges of this film was creating a really quiet environment where the logic has to work and every sound that you hear can't be too much because it's life or death for the characters.»

The Hunger Games films veer off into a different direction with Mockingjay, Part 1, as we no longer have a highly televised arena featuring combatants battling to the death so much as a battle for the people of Panem in terms of whether they want to stay with the oppressive regime led by the Capitol and President Snow (Sutherland, Horrible Bosses), or whether they're going to join the revolution and fight for a new way of life.

Annihilation isn't always as consistently well - executed or involving as it might have been, and it's told in a manner that robs the story of some much needed life - or - death suspense, but overall it's a bold undertaking that doesn't play it safe and features some strong performances.

It's a theory that the other underwritten members of the expedition, including Anya, Dr. Ventress (Jennifer Jason Leigh), de facto team leader and psychologist, Josie Radek (Tessa Thompson), a surveyor, and Cass Sheppard (Tuva Novotny), an anthropologist, don't necessarily reject as much as ignore given the life - or - death struggle they face from the Shimmer's predatory inhabitants.

Like Happy Death Day, many of the year's highlights, which toyed with or injected life into often - tired subgenres, came in smaller packages, such as the home - invasion thrillers Better Watch Out, The Babysitter (another Netflix original), and Jackals; the clever zombie - in - the - desert flick It Stains the Sands Red (much better than the silly cannibal - in - the - desert - flick The Bad Batch); the flesh - eating family drama Raw; the blood - sucking confused - teen drama The Transfiguration; the sci - fi / fantasy / horror hybrids The Void, The Untamed, and The Lure, which also had elements of the musical; and the ultra-disturbing tale of youth Super Dark Times, about the unraveling of a group of friends after the accidental killing of a classmate, which offers a significantly more satisfying experience than It.

One understands why he wants to resist the hypostatizing of one identity: yet for much of the world the religious or racial or ethnic identity is overwhelming, and becomes a matter of life and death.

The biggest need I found was folks wanting a whole life policy just enough to cover funeral expenses because they didn't think they would live the 10 years or so it took to pay in as much as the policy would pay out at death.

Life insurance death benefits do not go through probate (unless you name your estate or a minor child as your beneficiary — don't do this) so your beneficiaries will receive the funds much quicker.

North American's Universal Life policy doesn't accrue value or offer dividends to their owners, which means that you don't have much opportunity to increase your policy's death benefit.

ii) I tend not to focus so much on self - selection, adverse - selection, incremental longevity factors etc. — they remind me everybody thinks they live in Lake Woebegon, and they're all above average... That's a luxury we all might enjoy when we're 70, or even 80 — but when you're hitting 90 & 95, that exceptionalism & your options tend to rapidly diminish in the face of insistent Death, even if you have a pretty nurse bending over every hour to adjust your oxygen tank...

Whether you are the sole breadwinner, one half of a joint - income couple, or a stay - at - home - parent, a term life insurance death benefit (the funds that your beneficiaries will receive upon your passing) can do much more than add a temporary boost to family finances and pay for funeral and burial expenses.

Deciding how much your dog needs without consulting with your veterinarian first can be a life or death decision for your dog.

Yet despite the abundance of benefits dogs offer, they also come with a notable drawback: Their life spans are much shorter than ours, forcing us to deal with the sadness of their deaths every 15 years or so.

Jessica Podmore, Clinical Director and vet at The Vet Nottingham explained: «The end of a pet's life is never easy as pets give their owners so much unconditional love and devotion, and nothing can completely prepare anyone for the death of a beloved companion animal whether it comes as a slow decline, is sudden or where euthanasia is involved.

People are much more the problem than the poor mishandled dogs who have a life time of suffering, abuse and usually death in the back room of a shelter or in the fighting ring.

Death doesn't scare me as much as making a life or death decision for a living creature, but I have to remember that it's not abouDeath doesn't scare me as much as making a life or death decision for a living creature, but I have to remember that it's not aboudeath decision for a living creature, but I have to remember that it's not about me.

Instead, much of the game deals with Death's attempts to reach the Tree of Life and / or the Well of Souls, powerful places that are said to be capable of bringing all of humanity back to life — the blame for that action currently lies at War's feet, after Life and / or the Well of Souls, powerful places that are said to be capable of bringing all of humanity back to life — the blame for that action currently lies at War's feet, after life — the blame for that action currently lies at War's feet, after all.

I am sure some of these games will be amazing (and I have my # 40 saved for Borderlands 2 already), but if it really, truly is the end of life, the universe and my games consoles, then is it too much to ask to play something new before we're all burned, drowned, stabbed or frozen to death (depending on which mood Emmerich is in) instead of say, another instalment of Call of Duty or, hypothetically, taking an isometric political espionage strategy game from 1993 and turning it into yet another First Person Shooter?

Where most designers gingerly lead the player while explaining every rule and backstory nugget in wearying detail, Miyazaki constantly withholds information, thereby provoking a much keener interest — which is then compounded by the fact that every enemy encounter is a life or death battle.

Whether ironic, as with Neo Rauch, painstakingly literal, as with photography since Bernd and Hilla Becher, or a matter of life and death, as with so much Neo-Expressionism, we have ways of making you look!

I can never remember if white is supposed to be the color of life or death, but standing inside Marilyn Minter's cavernous bright white studio, walls close to bare due to the fact that much of Minter's recent work is on exhibit now at Salon 94 and much of Minter's entire oeuvre is included in her major career retrospective, which opens today at the Brooklyn Museum, feels not unlike being in a womb.

It says nothing about people rushing to stoke the engine with more and more coal, or how much actual coal is added (thus the actual range of speeds to expect), or the possibility of a precipice with bridge out up ahead (runaway GW), how dangerous that might be at various speeds, entailing greater or less number of deaths, or how far or close that precipice is, which we don't know either (except we have some fossil evidence of train wrecks in which 90 % of life died, so we know it could be bad).

When you've got clean drinking water, you don't really think to much about it, but when you don't have access to potable water, however, it can be a life or death issue.

A violent highway collision pitting a conventional car, truck or motorcycle against a much larger commercial vehicle, such as a milk truck, agricultural hauler, a semi trailer or 18 - wheeler, often results in life - changing injuries or wrongful death for motorists and passengers.

Since then I've been given the opportunity to help a number of individuals and families to rebuild their lives as much as possible following serious injury or the death of a loved one, and am keen to specialise in this area going forward.

These policies are much more flexible than Whole life because they allow you to adjust your premiums, death benefits or coverage.

Getting approved for life insurance with a drug felony on your record typically isn't going to be easy, but knowing which carrier to choose so that you have a chance at being approved is much better than the alternative, which is1) either going without coverage or 2) moving forward with an Accidental Death Policy (ADD) or 3) Choosing final expense life insurance.

A good life insurance policy can help ease the hardships of death and loss; purchasing coverage so that your loved ones will not have to face financial ruin or even temporary hardship is one way to show them how much you love them.