Sentences with phrase «myths they make sense»

If you stand back and look at the Hebrew Bible's stories and myths as stories and myths they make sense.

At face value, this marriage myth makes sense: it seems logical that if we depend on our spouse to meet all of our needs, we will likely be disappointed.

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Make more sense to not believe any of the jesus myth.

but his brain keeps telling him the bible makes no sense and is just another book of myth.

You get together and try to make sense of the Christian bible, as if it were a guidebook for living instead of a motley collection of old myths, political writing, poetry, and history.

Ogden stated in Christ Without Myth (1961) that he intended to express the «objective» reality of the event Jesus Christ more adequately than Bultmann had succeeded in doing, but that this would have to come in a later work.17 His fullest treatment of the problem thus far appeared in 1963 in his essay, «What Sense Does it Make to Say, «God Acts in History»»?

The grittiness of Lent, and the «intransigent historical claims» without which Easter makes no sense at all, should remind us that Christianity does not rest on myths or «narratives,» but on radically changed human lives whose effect on their times are historical fact.

I find your interest in pareidolia, matching nonsense myth with whatever sense we can make of real events, non-intentionally humorous.

Science, in other words, tells stories that make sense, just as ancient myths did.

Believing in a myth and imagined beings doesn't make sense to me and it stops or slows down real human development.

Forgetting the idiosyncratic, unspeakably diverse crowds of strangers, we become drawn through television to the familiar faces, myths and visions of the American Way of Life, thereby putting ourselves in touch with a shared vision of the human order — a vision that engages our loyalties and makes sense of our world.

Not what u see on CNN, not what your mum said nor your pastor or priest said and not what u see some Muslims neighbors of yours do... noooo nay,,, what have u searched your self... i dare u do... find the true, i swear nothing makes any sense as Islam does, those guys know the whole truth... even if it will hurt, just like Santa - clause when u 12 year or the rats that gives money to the de toothing kid in our Ugandan myth, u deserve to know the truth... and if no scientist has come out and disproved the divine origin of this universe logically then there must be a mighty some one behind it and that Creator or whatever it is, HE has a way, a straight path to Him and we are obliged to know it... so my adverse to u is look hard for the true coz it is clear from false, even if u may hate it!!

With this as a key, the constantly recurring fear that these goods are «fictions,» «fables» or «myths» begins to make sense, as does Stevens» decision to «still I pray to what I can not see.»

Would it not make sense to assume that God was whispering to them as well, and that some of their legends, myths, and religious writings are based on what God was whispering to them?

To say that we are calling Christmas a myth just makes me lose a sense of trusted legitimacy towards the publisher and editor of this story.

The same dualistic myths that have made us feel exceptional have also led to our sense of alienation from nature and purpose.

The importance of the first two chapters of Genesis (which are quite contradictory) is that they are the creation myths of a prescientific people who were attempting to make sense of the world based on their knowledge, which included the Sun going around the Earth and required supernatural beings as explanations for natural phenomena.

When faced with undeniable evidence, when shown that there was no historical Jesus, when proven that the myth is nothing more than a compilation of a number of older deities, Christians refuse to accept the obvious and come back with some goofy retort that makes no sense.

Whether formulated by Durkheim (a system of beliefs and practices related to sacred things), by Weber (that which finally makes events meaningful), or by Tillich (whatever is of ultimate concern) religion in its «classical» sense refers not so much to labels on a church building as to the imagery (myth, theology, and so forth) by which people make sense of their lives — their «moral architecture,» if you will.6 That human beings differ in their sensitivity to and success in this matter of «establishing meaning» there can be no doubt.

Furthermore, Eastern religions, despite that wealth of fantasy, myth and legend which make them quite unacceptable to modern minds with an historic sense, possess a keen perception of the spiritual as opposed to the material.

De Waal Malefijt maintains that myth and ritual are intimately associated, not because either is derived from the other, but because both are based on particular beliefs about the cosmic order.27 A ritual presupposes a world - view, a set of assumptions within which the ritual makes sense.

your comment makes no sense... I have an IQ of 130 and I definitely don't believe in ancient bronze age myths and parables.

He made three broad observations: (1)»... competition is not a myth in the sense that Australia has achieved a great deal since 1974...»; (2) «while much has been achieved, more needs to be done» (in this he agreed with recent comments made by Fred Hilmer) and (3) «where competition is clearly a myth, especially in the areas of infrastructure provision where there are monopoly providers, economic regulation is the complement to competition.

Perhaps it makes sense to tackle the biggest underlying myth first: the one that says land is a very scarce resource and that we are living on a densely populated island.

The Story of Creation It wasn't until 2007, when Boyd was studying the Huichol myth of creation, that it all made total sense.

This is a myth, I can understand that peanuts may be problematic for some, as they are potentially highly allergenic and are moldy at times, but to take almonds and Brazil nuts for example out of the diet of a person with psoriasis just doesn't make any sense!

Instead, we debunk diet myths and make sense of breaking nutrition news so that readers will learn the essence of healthy eating.

To dispel some myths and shed light on the evolving world of cleansing, I decided to call in a panel of pros to make sense of what is happening now, why people are cleansing and what type of cleanse works best.

Sure, it may seem as though bisexuality offers more potential lovers because one would be open to both genders, however given the complexities of the gender binary, the stigma of homophobia and biphobia and the many myths and stereotypes that shroud bisexuality into a crowd of mystery and awe, it can be difficult for bisexual people to make sense of it all AND also find the perfect mate among all the smoke and mirrors.

His indispensable new book, Language at the Speed of Sight, lays out in clear, readable English much of what we have learned over the past several decades about reading; he labors to «cheerfully destroy a few myths» about how we process and make sense of the printed word, but Seidenberg is no happy warrior.

Otherwise, the Vice President for Ohio policy and advocacy for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute — a strong supporter of value added — is quoted as saying that «it makes sense to review the measurement... There are a lot of myths and misconceptions out there, and the more people know, the more people will understand the important role looking at student growth plays in the accountability system.»

- Neil Gaiman, from Reflections on Myth It is through fantasy that we have always sought to make sense of the world, not through reason... It is through the fictive projections of our imaginations based on personal experience that we have sought to grasp, explain, alter, and comment on reality.

The myth that novices are somehow shut out isn't based in any reality that makes rational sense in a capitalistic system.

Move past the myths and take a closer look at what might make the most sense for you.

The 2 % rule is essentially a myth that got perpetuated around the trading world because it seems to make sense and is easy to understand, but just because a bunch of people are talking about something, doesn't mean it is correct or useful for every situation, in fact, often the opposite is true.

Personally, I consider «the property ladder» to be something between myth and scam; the whole concept of «starter house» makes sense only in a housing bubble.

If you want to buy the book, you can buy it here: Making Sense of the Dollar: Exposing Dangerous Myths about Trade and Foreign Exchange

I've written a lot about dogs and dominance and my take on this topic hasn't changed at all, namely, dogs display dominance but dominance should not be used in training / teaching dogs to coexist with us or with other dogs [please see «Social Dominance is not a Myth,» «Dominance and Pseudoscience: Making Sense of Nonsense,» renowned primatologist Dr. Dario Maestripieri's outstanding essay called «Social Dominance Explained: Part I» (in which he mildly takes me to task for trying to accommodate the deniers), and many links therein.]

Like myths, I think they are often the subtlest and most accurate tools we have to illuminate certain truths and help us make sense of the world.

Such works created a nervous sense of how representation operates in the everyday world — almost subliminally much of the time, tapping into myths and illusions sunk deep in our brains, influencing the way we act, how we dress, behave in public, occupy space, choose and attract sexual partners, spend money, make friends and enemies.

If we were to state what drives policy - making, — he said, — it would make more sense to refer to: accidents, appearances, popular myths & momentary moods *.

Granted, both «forcings» and «feedbacks» are myths, but you need to understand the theory behind the modelling philosophy if you want to be able to make any sense of the «science».

Regarding Myth 1 — «The idea that the collective reluctance of a diverse mix of utility engineers, or worse a conspiracy among them, is slowing down the implementation of alternative technology does not make sense.»

Wildly varying prices, questions of accountability, and the carbon neutral myth, TreeHuggers everywhere we can imagine, are trying to make sense of the carbon offset business.

Roosevelt, author of the 2006 book, «The Myth of Judicial Activism: Making Sense of Supreme Court Decisions,» agreed that Souter's replacement should be someone who would bring a different perspective to the court's deliberations.

Which is a myth — what actually happened was that the publishing industry rose up and asked for protection for its business model (granting their request made somewhat more sense back in the days when manually - composed printing presses were the most efficient way to distribute information).

Too many home sellers fall prey to myths about home pricing that seem to make sense at first, but don't jibe with the reality of real estate markets today.