The newspaper also reported that like other heroes, Morris had never talked much about his military service, «out of respect for the gravity
of taking a human life.»
On the question
of taking a human life, for example, the church has always distinguished between killing and murder, murder being the morally condemned act, and killing the physical act which is not always wrong.
On the surface, the issue of executing drug dealers and forced abortions aren't related, but they both have one element in common: They happen because the government has the power
of taking human life.
Although that embryo may only contain four or five cells, some religious leaders say that destroying it is the equivalent
of taking a human life.
Not exact matches
Elon Musk's far - fetched plan not only to get
humans to Mars, but to inhabit it, has evidently driven interest in the Red Planet: A team
of NASA scientists will talk about the challenges
of living on Earth's neighbor, while Lockheed Martin and NASA will combine to talk about the interplanetary travel systems that will
take us there.
With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step - by - step pathway for
living with fairness, integrity, service, and
human dignity — principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to
take advantage
of the opportunities that change creates.
Let these 20 quotes from Dr. Wayne Dyer motivate you to become more as a
human being, tap into your limitless potential and
take time out
of your busy day to remember a man that transformed millions
of lives in such a profound and powerful way.
The show, which
takes place in a world in which animals are interchangeable with
humans, tells the story
of a talking horse, BoJack, who used to have a sitcom and now
lives a pathetic
life in Los Angeles.
Ten years after «Night
of the
Living Dead,» Romero made «Dawn
of the Dead,» where
human survivors
take refuge from the undead in a mall and then turn on each other as the zombies stumble around the shopping complex.
If
humans have any hope
of living forever, we should probably
take a hint from the dozens
of other animals on Earth that far outpace our measly 71 years.
Human beings have the awesome ability to
take any experience
of their
lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their
lives.»
Anytime one religion interferes with another religion, or the
life of humans, I tend to
take it a little more seriously, not because I believe in their beliefs, but because their beliefs can cause me death.
Now, none other than the controversial academic Stanley Fish claims that doctors and nurses who don't wish to
take human life as part
of their medical work should just get over it.
He Himself would
live a
human life in the person
of Jesus Christ, yet a completely sinless
life, and
take all the wrath
of God upon Himself, dying the death that those who believe in Him and confess Him as Lord and Savior would have had to die.
Even if antebellum Evangelicals did not create the idea
of a
living Constitution, it could be said that by rejecting the continuity
of human moral experience, they
took a first necessary step towards it.
If we are right, then we
lived our
lives to their fullest in intellectual honesty, without the fear
of some tyrant getting their hands on us after we die, and without having
taken some stupid stand against the validity
of sound science, or basic
human rights.
The German nation began as a metaphor
of Schiller's ode to the spirit
of human freedom and concluded with Hitler's spirit
of life taking on a scale
of unparalleled horror.
Richard Dawkins merely states in unvarnished form doctrines that other scientific metaphysicians
take for granted: In the beginning were the particles and the impersonal laws
of physics;
life evolved by a mindless, non-teleological process in which God played no part; and
human beings are just another animal species.
So we Christians do not oppose nuclear weapons because they threaten to destroy «mother earth,» but because the God we serve would not have one
life unjustly
taken even if such a killing would insure the survival
of the
human species.
But if we put that matter aside, and if our main interest lies in protecting the
lives of our people, why do the mavens on national security show no concern for the 1.2 million innocent
human lives taken each year in abortion?
And while I'm grateful believers and unbelievers can agree that the
taking of innocent
human life is wrong, without a basis for this knowledge, this is a position can turn on a dime.
The Church, however, has consistently taught over the centuries that the direct and intentional
taking of innocent
human life, as in abortion, is a grave and intrinsic evil.
Believe it or not, a true Muslim (the one who surrenders to the Will
of his Creator) would rather die but not to keep silent about the disrespect
of God's Words which
take place at a country that had enough
of disrespect to
human life for more than a decade
of aggression and atrocities.
'' wonder what would happen if there was this much moral and global outrage over the needless
taking of human life.»
It is a very helpful guide to the formation
of conscience with respect to questions raised in voting and other political activity if, in fidelity to the Church's teaching, one recognizes the «intrinsic evil»
of taking innocent
human life in abortion.
Instead work hard at your job,
take care
of aging parents, volunteer at a soup kitchen, donate to charities and the poor and continue to follow the proper rules
of living as gracious and good
human beings.
The Catholic Church, to
take one prominent institution devoted to the defense
of human life from conception until natural death, makes no «theological» argument about the nature
of the
life in the womb.
Let's see, a guy named god impregnated a woman with himself so that he could die for himself in a blood ritual so that he could redeem the
human race and make them
live forever because
of a moral stain on the entire
human race because a dirt man and rib woman
took dietary advice from a talking snake.
It is a way
of faith that does not challenge the status quo, for it does not
take the elements
of human life seriously.
Of course the sequencing is not quite right, because the poem was written / inspired (
take your pick) before science did its work.But the intuitive observer could see a clear evolution form plants to animals to
human life, with continuities and differentiations.
These it
takes as the conditions for nurturing «qualities
of mind and character» (ICC 25) that have enabled and should again serve to enable «generations
of men and women to grasp a vision
of the good
life, a
life of responsible citizenship and
human decency» (ICC 6).
He
took into account the audience's ability to perceive in the ultimate sense — by flinging aside his deity and becoming the Word, one
of us,
living in our cramped planet within the limitations
of a
human body.
Should we
take religion to be in some way an innate, instinctive, or otherwise inevitable aspect
of human life?
So we see that a renaissance
of marriage and family
life based on natural law has
taken place once already in Britain, serving the good
of society and upholding the absolute sacredness
of human life from the moment
of conception to natural death.
[4] «cf. Meilaender, Gilbert, The Giving and
Taking of Organs, First Things, March 2008, where he emphasises that
humans are called to
live their bodily
life as a personal gift to others and that «presumed consent... does go a long way toward treating persons as handy repositories
of interchangeable parts to others.»
History is indeed a moral order, in which judgements
of the
living God
take effect; but this view can not be fully verified upon the plane
of history as we know it, since there is an irreducible element
of tragedy in
human affairs.
For a guide I would suggest Benedict XVI, who understood deeply that the quest for the truth
of God which
takes a
living form in monasticism must lie at the foundation
of any social order that is finally
human and any political order that is truly free (See here and here).
The Magi represent forever for all
of us the wisdom that recognizes
human life to be a journey
taken in search
of One who calls us beyond ourselves into faithful service.
24:17] «If anyone
takes the
life of a
human being, he must be put to death»
But it is curious that nowhere does he mention or comment on Genesis 9:5 - 6, in which God Himself states that as part
of the new (Noahide) covenant with humanity,
human beings (and not God) have the responsibility
of taking the
life of a murderer.
It really
takes that miracle
of something more, something outside
of us to transform
human life and give it true depth.
While seemingly innocent at first glance, legalizing PAS will start us on a slippery slope that will not only
take thousands
of lives unnecessarily, but will exploit the poor, abuse the elderly and disabled, and ultimately devalue
human life.
Francis argues that, today, we understand that any
taking of human life is contrary to the dignity
of life, and therefore we can now say that it is contrary to the Gospel.
Dialogue between these competing theological options challenges one to
take a fresh look at the biblical record in the hope
of uncovering new insights concerning the shape God intended
human life to
take.
Faced with the absolute evil
of the Nazi attack, first on Jewish
life and ultimately on
human life per se, Greenberg was tempted to
take Richard Rubenstein's approach and concede that the God
of Israel was indeed dead.
It is rather that in the incarnation
of the Word
of God humanity has been
taken into unity with God;
human life has been sanctified; and a way has been opened for all men in every century and in all circumstances to enter into their right relationship to the Creator (the relationship
of sons to their Father) through God's gracious approach to them in Christ and the response
of trust and obedience which God in Christ evokes from them.
Take your Pills ladies, wear your condoms guys (or have a vasectomy) and save yourself a lot
of money and grief because if you don't, you could be making a very, very difficult decision to end the
life of a growing
human.
But when we miss out on trying new things and
taking risks, we're missing out on what it looks like to
live fully alive as
humans made in the image
of God.
The Resurrection made it possible to look back upon that
human life with fresh insight, so that in later years St. John could write a Gospel in which, though the subject is still the events which
took place in Galilee and Jerusalem, the deeds and words
of Jesus are reinterpreted in the full light
of his risen glory.
In a society founded on the exaltation
of freedom it is understandable that the desire to satisfy one's
human appetites
takes an ever firmer grip on individuals who
live in an environment where they have considerable spending power and great encouragement to spend on pleasures and material goods.