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of our future destiny does not entirely fit with either traditional Christian nor Hindu teaching, but draws on insights from both — and from other religions.
Not exact matches
He later accused the ratings agencies
of «seeking to shape our
destiny and determine the
future of our children.»
«If a man faces up to the [unknown] and takes the dare
of the
future, he can have some control over his
destiny.»
Whether you are in charge
of a growing company or just your own
future, you owe it to those affected to put some structure to your
destiny.
Their view does not accentuate a «submission» to fate or
destiny, whereas fatalists stress an acceptance
of future events as inevitable.
The determinist view does not accentuate a «submission» to fate or
destiny, whereas fatalists stress an acceptance
of future events as inevitable.
We can not move toward global salvation without hopeful images
of the
future, and no image is hopeful which does not picture all groups as able to shape their own
destinies.
In the New Testament, beginning with Jesus himself, the projection
of personal
destinies into the
future world plainly accentuated the importance
of the individual and made souls the objects
of solicitude and the subjects
of salvation.
This bread, in which you have planted the seed
of all that is to develop in the
future, I recognize as containing the source and the secret
of that
destiny you have chosen for me.
While at first the individual was pictured as returning to join the undying and triumphant nation on the earth, still the door, once opened to personal hope, could not be closed and the
future world involved promise
of individual, heavenly
destinies.
In literature, scenarios
of the
future are typified by Orwell's 1984 and Huxley's Brave New World — both outlining horrifying prospects as the
destiny of technological civilization.
Whereas Marx defined transcendence as the human beings» possibility to move towards the
future with freedom and choice, so that they could shape their own
destiny, Bonhoeffer gave a this - worldly interpretation
of transcendence in which the experience
of transcendence is Jesus «being there for others».
Human temporality therefore tries to divine what the
future may bring; it takes the whole
of itself (past, present and its
future) and puts its whole
destiny in an Absolute (ideology, deity, even the self) in the hope and belief that it may be reborn to a new space - time dimension, the eschatological, and thus possess the fullness
of time.
There are also eschatological beliefs about the
future of society and the final
destiny of the human race.
Which is more likely — that the Anglo - American people will respond to a world that satisfies no one by becoming Niebuhrian realists, or that some leader in the not too distant
future will mobilize Anglo - American power and sense
of religious mission by promising to eliminate once and for all the unsatisfactory realities that oppose the special
destiny of the dynamic, liberal and capitalist world?
This wanting and seeking
of our kingdom come, our thousand - year Reich, our
future, not God's — this
destiny we make for ourselves is hell.
[27] It was the conviction
of Edward Holloway that the
future demonstration
of the credibility
of the Christian faith will depend upon this idea
of a Divine Environing
of human
destiny and its gradual unfolding in a messianic faith.
Whereas Marx defined transcendence as mans possibility to move towards the
future with freedom and choice, so that he could shape his own
destiny, Bonhoeffer gave a this - worldly interpretation
of transcendence in which the experience
of transcendence is Jesus being there for others.»
So by faith in the power and the goodness
of God as God has come to us in Christ, we can know that our world and our
destiny are in God's hands and face the
future with hope and anticipation.
I believe that this vision stands in the tradition
of biblical religion with its
future - orientation toward a perfected community, an ideal
destiny which never fully comes to pass but which stands as a powerful lure generating faith, love, and hope.
In speculating on the earthly
destiny of Man we are accustomed to say that in the ultimate
future nothing is certain, except that a day must come when our planet will be uninhabitable.
The revelation
of a great promise is what gives the people
of God their sense
of origin, identity, and
future destiny.
Tiny and isolated though it is, it bears clinging to its flanks the
destiny and
future of the Universe.
... Heaven, in the Bible is not a
future destiny but the other, hidden dimension
of our ordinary life - God's dimension, if you like.
Furthermore, in the New Testament generally, this Jewish insistence on keeping the body, however rarefied and spiritualized, as part
of the
future hope, was associated with the Jewish apocalyptic drama — the sudden arrival
of the Messiah on the clouds
of heaven and the resurrection to eternal
destinies.
(Jürgen Moltmann, Theology
of Hope, 23) From Auguste Comte to Karl Marx, philosophers have made repeated efforts to eliminate any profound uncertainty about the
future by placing it within some scheme
of inevitability or determinism that might calm our vexation about its
destiny.
In the
future, in the words
of Princeton geneticist Lee Silver, «Parents can gain complete control over their
destiny, with the ability to guide and enhance the characteristics
of their children, and their children's children as well.»
With the best
of intentions they say that they also sense that this pain will pass and the church will move into its
destiny of a great and wonderful
future.
The GOP is following the Whigs (whose brilliant beginnings are now forgotten since they sold out against their conscience on the issues
of slavery and manifest
destiny) into the dilapidated dustbin
of history, and will be commemorated in
future history textbooks as the party whose decline began when they sold out to ignorance and religious extremism.
When one couples with this the strong faith that the God
of Israel would never willingly abandon his people, the developing interest in the
destiny of the individual, and the shattering experience
of oppression, persecution and martyrdom, we have ample reasons for the spontaneous development
of this confident hope in a
future resurrection from death.
Denver initially looked like a place
of refuge more than a
future championship
destiny.
You are in control
of your
destiny and
future.
This tool is intended for expectant parents who are racking their melons trying to come up with a name worthy
of their
future child's
destiny.
Indiscriminate violence against minorities as well as other Muslims by extremists groups who abuse the Islamic faith negates every visionary word Jinnah had uttered about the
future secular and peaceful
destiny of the country on the eve
of its creation.
It is one where we aim to be masters
of our own
destiny, where we mobilise our own resources for the
future, breaking the shackles
of the «Guggisberg» colonial economy and freeing ourselves from a mind - set
of aid, dependence, charity and handouts.
«We have always been told that the youth are the
future of Nigeria, and the only way to secure this
future is to get involved in electoral process; get our PVCs and take our
destinies into our hands.
Let us look forward, look forward to that bright
future, which is our lot as Ghanaians, and fulfill our
destiny as the Black Star
of Africa.»
Set in the not - too - distant
future, without overt preaching or much scientific exposition, Gattaca uses the youthful dreams
of Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) to tell an affectingly human story about the consequences
of putting too much faith into DNA, genetic
destiny, and stereotypes.
Their answers may reveal the
future of our planet and even the
destiny of the universe.
Jonathan Losos, biology professor at Harvard and curator
of herpetology at the university's Museum
of Comparative Zoology, talks about his latest book, Improbable
Destinies: Fate, Chance and the
Future of Evolution.
In Yoga, the process
of dying is considered very important from the standpoint
of one's spiritual evolution and
future destiny.
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The blending
of the game modes will be something that other developers strive for in the
future and
Destiny will remain a must - play title for years to come.
The time travel comedy from creators Ariel Shaffir and Kyle Hunter
of Sausage Party fame followed the hapless janitor, Josh Futturman (Josh Hutcherson), as he attempted to fulfull his
destiny as the savior
of the
future in a surprisingly complex mission that involves changing the past.
With her help, Theseus assembles a small band
of followers and embraces his
destiny in a final desperate battle for the
future of humanity.
Synopsis: In the
future, a young destitute human woman gets targeted for assassination by the Queen
of the Universe, and begins her
destiny to finish the Queen's reign (IMDb).
Since the release
of SoulCalibur: Broken
Destiny in 2009, Namco Bandai has remained tight - lipped about the
future of its weapon - based beat -»em - up.
Growing up as a peasant in a forgotten village on the edge
of the map, Xifeng longs to fulfill the
destiny promised to her by her cruel aunt, the witch Guma, who has read the cards and seen glimmers
of Xifeng's majestic
future.
Bungie announced there would be a few DLC packs in
Destiny 2's near
future and lo and behold, the Curse
of Osiris is almost upon us.
And those blunt parallels to real life military and political uprisings from the not - so distant past and the film's near -
future destiny is the greatest strength
of the film.