Religion seems to hijack
that natural human feeling and use it to further itself.
Not exact matches
There are so many moments lately when it
feels like the world is torn: there are
natural disasters, political crises, major
human rights violations, and more.
I don't mean this literally: The «from» line might still be your company's name, but the content should
feel as if it comes from a
human being, speaking in the first person (using «I» or «we» and addressing the recipient as «you»), with
natural - sounding language.
The homosexual person may initially recoil at the perspective presented here, but that is because he easily confuses
human nature with what «
feels natural» or what «comes naturally» - in his case, the powerful desire to engage in sexual activity with another male.
He
felt that Whitehead had yielded to the
natural human tendency to conceive of God in terms which offered a merely pleasant
feeling about religion without demanding the kind of ultimate commitment to the creative process itself which Wieman
felt was urgently needed.
The two
natural modes of
human thought, according to Bruner, are paradigmatic thought (logico - scientific thinking that rests on description, explanation and verification) and narrative thought that weaves together action and consciousness (NPM) 3 Consciousness is the thinking,
feeling and willing of the
human person.
Among the dualisms they most strongly oppose are those of mind and matter, spirit and body, thinking and
feeling,
human and
natural.
The tension we
feel when we get online isn't a program or an app, but rather the
natural condition of the
human heart.
Later, in Reflections on America, Maritain wrote: «The Founding Fathers were neither metaphysicians nor theologians, but their philosophy of life, and their political philosophy, their notion of
natural law and of
human rights, were permeated with concepts worked out by Christian reason and backed up by an unshakeable religious
feeling.»
First, the question wasn't whether or not
humans have
natural feelings of «morality».
Force, in any of its various forms, is decidedly anti-social, for Whitehead.7 Thus rooted in
human emotional and instinctive experience,
human social relations are not principally rational or artificially instituted, but instead are founded on
natural feelings of accommodation and mutual beneficence.
Of course, it is possible to reply that the alleged stumbling block occurs every day according to Christian teaching, because what here in the case of the first
human being is
felt to be contrary to the fundamental conceptions of metaphysics and the methodological basis of
natural science, happens continually at the origin of every individual
human soul, at the genesis of every single
human being, for such souls equally with those of the first
human beings, are created by God directly out of nothing.
But religious love is only man's
natural emotion of love directed to a religious object; religious fear is only the ordinary fear of commerce, so to speak, the common quaking of the
human breast, in so far as the notion of divine retribution may arouse it; religious awe is the same organic thrill which we
feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge; only this time it comes over us at the thought of our supernatural relations; and similarly of all the various sentiments which may be called into play in the lives of religious persons.
The former — religious experience — need not be highly articulated nor even highly conscious of God as God; it may be vague, diffused, and unformed, yet also a deliverance of what it
feels like to be dependent upon a reality greater than anything
human or
natural.
Its suggestion that our biosphere is merely so much waste matter and the
human body, at best, a rather unsatisfactory ship in which the intellect has to sail, expresses an unrealistic, mindless exaltation of that intellect — narrowly conceived as searching for facts — and a corresponding contempt for
natural feeling....
Jeremy good message and quite relevant for today God is still looking at our hearts and motives for serving him or are we serving our own agenda as Jonah was.He did nt
feel compassionate towards his enemies and who could blame him they had cruelly killed many Jews it was a question of life or death to his own people.The Jewish nation was no more deserving of Gods grace than the other nations that is revealed by sending Jonah to preach a message of hope and life.Ultimately God calls all by faith in him and is willing to be merciful to all nations and peoples that do not not deserve it just like us it is by grace that we all are forgiven.I am pleased that God is sovereign and knows whats best he is merciful to us.Our
human nature is that it is better to kill our enemies before they can kill us and that is essentially Jonahs message that is why he struggled to be obedient to Gods will.Gods message is to forgive those that trespass against us and show mercy.Its complicated and it is
natural to protect ourselves and our families from those who would seek to destroy them but ultimately its about trusting God with everything easier said than done.If it comes to a choice we will have to trust God and ask for his strength because we cant do it in ours.As Christ laid down his life for us are we ready to lay our lives and the lives of our families as a sacrifice for him.To me that is where the story of Jonah is leading to we have the choice to fight our enemies or to love them as God loves them.brentnz
Thirdly, in the world setting in which the protection of
natural environment and organic processes of production and reproduction of life have become crucial for the continuation of
human life itself, there is the
felt need for a revival of the spirit of reverence for nature which you had preserved in your culture for ages.
All
natural entities are seen as subjects with some degree of self - determination or freedom and with some degree of sentience or
feeling, though the meaning of these words is very different at the level of the
human as compared to that of a DNA molecule or an electron.
In his tentative and incomplete fashion, he was
feeling his way towards acceptance of a kind of
natural law and an affirmation of universal
human nature.
The humanist movement in its turn gave him a confidence in
human culture, a love of the classics and a connatural
feeling for language, for beauty in the form of words, and for words in their
natural setting of everyday language that eventually flowered in the German Bible, a whole language coming both to birth and to a first apotheosis — a miracle of the sixteenth century to set beside the achievement of Shakespeare in England at the end of the century.
It's
natural to shake our heads and thank our lucky stars that we live in countries that attempt to prevent these types of
human rights abuses, but we must not let those initial
feelings of pity mixed with personal relief assuage our guilt or distract us from our complicity in the system.
In the pre-modern ages
human consciousness was dominated by a
feeling of helplessness in the face of all
natural and supernatural forces, causing people to acknowledge their absolute dependence on divine help, whereas the modem age has been marked by a high degree of
human self - confidence and the belief that
humans can at last master the forces of nature, justifying an optimistic hope for the
human earthly future.
Aduna's Cacao Powder contains a powerful mix of beneficial
natural compounds, including: serotonin, endorphins, phenylethylamine (a compound
humans have been shown to produce when in love), tryptophan and anandamide, all of which have been shown to enhance mood and create
feelings of euphoria.
Yes it is a
natural part of our
human existence, but that doesn't mean it will
feel natural from the get go.
All
humans (except very new newborns) have a
natural circadian rhythm that guides their brains and bodies to get tired and fall asleep at night, and
feel awake and alert during the day.
The Attachment Parenting approach can be regarded as parenting guided by nature's lead — being attuned to our own
feelings and instincts as well as our child's needs, such as following our
natural instincts to breastfeed, respond to a crying baby and provide ample physical contact to a developing
human baby.
When our kids don't act in ways we think they should, it's
natural to
feel anxious and responsible: we're only
human.
Waldorf Education has as its ideal a person who is knowledgeable about the world and
human history and culture, who has many varied practical and artistic abilities, who
feels a deep reverence for and communion with the
natural world, and who can act with initiative and in freedom in the face of economic and political pressures.
Because it
feels good, and it's
natural for even the tiniest
human beings to explore and discover their body.
Her inspiration had come from the work of a Russian, Dr Igor Charkovsky, who in the 1970's had organised dolphin - assisted births in the Black Sea and
felt that the common evolutionary origins of
humans and dolphins in water explained a
natural affinity.
It's the first time I
felt like I was treated as a
human being instead of a disease during pregnancy and I
felt assured my pregnancy and home birth was a
natural process and not something to be feared or a disease.
Some
natural mothers
felt less than
human during the pregnancy and surrender experience, and may have
felt they were regarded as subhuman by society.
The
natural brand is specifically designed to mimic the
feel of a
human nipple.
«The prospect of «artificially» gaining novel species through
human activities is unlikely to elicit the
feeling that it can offset losses of «
natural» species.
Training to become a geneticist was a
natural progression of that curiosity, and I
feel very fortunate that I have had the opportunity to continue to enhance my understanding of and curiosity about
human genetics in my professional career.
He said that while it's possible
human - driven global warming could have played a role in the region, the study's modeling efforts didn't convincingly replicate certain patterns and that he
felt more confident that
natural circulation patterns played a more likely role in pushing temperatures up across the region since 1900.
Though as I said, I chose to avoid animal consumption, I still
feel this is an extreme form of diet because I think as
humans our
natural food choices have always been opportunistic, hence our overwhelming «success» on this planet!
Dieters can
feel that they are doing a good or «healthy» thing for their bodies by ingesting a product derived from
natural sources such as seaweed because it also which contains vitamins and minerals the
human body needs on a daily basis.
The simple fact is that a great many bodybuilders actually prefer to use
human growth hormone rather than anabolic steroids, because they
feel that
human growth hormone creates more
natural looking muscles and has a more
natural effect upon the body.
«It
felt so
natural to be outside, glass in hand as the sun came out sharing stories about this lovely pair of
humans, surrounded by their favourite people in the world!»
I
felt the need of bringing the concept of «work» to a more
human, ethical and sustainable dimension; my wish was to give back to the concept of work its
natural noble meaning.
But all of the pain and problem - solving here
feel human and
natural, never forced or contrived.
A defining voice in American independent cinema ever since his 1995 debut with Kicking and Screaming, Noah Baumbach has a
natural knack for
human observation and crafting sharp dialogue that
feels entirely true.
Co-op in a game like this
feels incredibly
natural, given the genre's roots in tabletop gaming; the addition of communication with another
human being makes gameplay a slower - paced but altogether more joyful experience.
I'll admit that the latter makes the characters a lot more
human and relatable, but none of it
feels natural.
You may not want your heavy thoughts and
feelings, just as you may not want to lug valises on a voyage, but you need to welcome them as a
natural part of being
human, make room for them, and willingly bring them along on your journey.
Though
feelings of anger are
natural, okay and part of being
human, when anger takes control of the mind, it can make us react in ways we may regret.
As a woman I
feel proud and grateful to be the part of this world with humble lessons and experiences learned from my personal life as well as from knowledgeable personalities directly and indirectly which reflects to practice and preach for a constructive healthier
natural life style within the family as well as for the society, to be followed by the
human of all genders to maintain and balance the integrity, peace and purpose of the divine life and
natural way of living with all its simplicity, values and strength.
«We wanted to convey a sinister
feel and a dangerous
natural environment, while following the current trend to include
human figures.
While you can move the headset exactly the way you would move your head in real life, the controller still
feels very much like a video game controller, with the limitations that technology can sometimes place upon more
natural human movements.