Religion is flawed because it depends
on flawed human beings.
Not exact matches
After several years of research, in 2011 De Brouwer launched Scanadu, a start - up he believes can be instrumental in solving one of modern health care's major
flaws: that
humans rely too heavily
on the expertise of doctors and not nearly enough
on data.
«I would hope both camps will read this and, I hope, see a deeply
flawed human surrounded by other
flawed humans trying to make decisions with an eye, not
on politics, but
on those higher values.»
Rather than ruminating
on your weaknesses or talking up your strengths, your best bet is probably to be your own good friend and simply accept your
flawed human nature, forgiving yourself your errors.
Those who continue to cling to the fatally
flawed infinite economic growth within a resource finite biosphere won't have much to cling to as we witness the outcome of the laws of basic arithmitic, physics, and chemistry
on this planet overwhelmed by artificially supported
human population and resource exploitation.
Not for the communist atrocities those were caused by attempts to engineer society, based
on a
flawed understanding of innate
human nature and a fallacious belief in
humans beings as blank slates.
It's because we're so
flawed as
human beings that Jesus died
on the cross.
Church does good works but if
flawed on this side of enerty by
human drives and aspirations.
According to the artist, the piece — called «False Idol» — is meant to be commentary
on pop culture's worship of
flawed human celebrities.
P.S.. Another great quote from Pastrix we've been discussing
on the Facebook page is this one: «Grace isn't about God creating
humans as
flawed beings and then acting all hurt when we inevitably fail and then stepping in like the hero to grant us grace — like saying «Oh, it's OK, I'll be a good guy and forgive you.»
Because
humans are
flawed, some more than others, depending
on what has been learned and experienced though out life; also the kinds of sin and wounds we have been exposed to, which determine gateways that give access for evil to dwell in us.
Though most, if not all,
humans are guilty of thinking judgmental and hypocritical thoughts, those making up roughly 60 % 0f the population who are truly ignorant, narrowminded, with lack of a personal identity (easily manipulated by peers) tend to go to the extreme of blowing the horn of self - righteousness by pointing out the
flaws in other groups instead of focusing
on their own
flaws, which is an increased epidemic in this day in age especially in the age groups of 15 to 33.
Tragic natural disasters, the consequences of
human preditory selfishness and injustice will be experienced by both believers and unbelievers; but whether those experiences make us bitter and cynical or empathetic and compassionate will depend a lot
on whether the inevitable suffering that comes to all will depend a lot
on whether we believe our
flawed existence to be essentially good, though disordered or essentially evil in spite of its few «good» moments.
Your belief in
Humans is misplaced since they are inherently
flawed... To take off
on a Geico commercial....
In this explanation of why he is not a Christian, Keith Parsons discusses the role that Christianity has played in perpetuating suffering throughout
human history, the bizarre doctrine of inflicting eternal punishment
on persons for having the wrong beliefs, the composition, inconsistencies, and absurdities of the New Testament Gospels, William Lane Craig's
flawed case for the resurrection of Jesus, the role of legendary development and hallucinations in early Christianity, and C.S. Lewis» weak justifications for the Christian prohibition
on premarital se - x.
Scientific, philosophical, and religious thoughts, are all
flawed with our limited
human perceptions based
on our own
human experiences and the evolution of those thoughts over time.
What about that «
flawed» science that The Cornucopia Institute depended
on when exposing concerns that food - grade carrageenan poses
human health risks as an inflammatory agent and possible carcinogen?
You sold Adebayor exposing a
flaw in your once impenetrable armoury, equipping Manchester city a sleeping panther meditating
on the champions league, waiting to make
human a football God, resigning you to offering downgraded imitation football ecstasy.
As loving caregivers and
flawed mediators — we're
human, we don't always get it right — we've taught our girls that when someone does you wrong, or when you do wrong by someone, it's best to immediately make amends and move
on.
There has always been motive; some of the known voting machine
flaws already furnish plausible methods, (to say nothing of what zero day exploits may exist); the opportunities required might depend
on either the methods, or else
on old - fashioned
human carelessness or corruption.
While their economies are relatively strong, these 12 states have very low state legitimacy (which includes democracy, corruption, political participation, and government effectiveness), fail to protect
human rights and the rule of law (including press freedom, civil liberties, and political freedoms), lack a monopoly
on the legitimate use of force (including internal conflict, military coups, riots, and protests), and have highly factionalized elites (including power struggles,
flawed elections, and defectors).
Freakonomics: the first book to look at the combination of markets, economics and
human behaviour in particular activities, from drug dealing, to the
flaws of rewarding teachers
on pupils» performance.
Marxism's lack of understanding of
human nature, it's morally
flawed call for violence, it's debasement of the individual to be subservient to the Party and to the State, the lack of curtailment
on the state's power, and a host of other issues caused it to be a political failure as precedent to it's economic failures, which are legion.
«While the Lord Chancellor is regularly wheeled out to defend the prime minister or the
flawed Human Rights Act, shouldn't he be concentrating
on getting his own house in order at the Department for Constitutional Affairs, so that it delivers access to justice for all?»
«The governor has put forth
flawed plans that will abandon needed
human services, leave the financial burden
on families and local taxpayers as it further cripples struggling communities, such as Binghamton, Elmira and others across the Southern Tier.»
Books like this are part of a long tradition that winds back to sociobiology, pop ethology and eventually to Genesis — which still owns the copyright
on the idea that
humans are fundamentally
flawed.
Sripa and co-author Pierre Echaubard of the Global Health Asia Institute argue that a
flaw of early campaigns was that they focused exclusively
on the medical relationship between
human host and liver fluke parasite.
And while specific pheromones are known to trigger specific responses in animals from bees to squid, scientists have yet to isolate them in
humans, and according to Smithsonian Magazine, a review of scientific literature
on the study of pheromones «found that most research
on the topic was subject to major design
flaws.»
Not that Miller hasn't inserted a few clues beforehand, or that the message (you can't really help others,
on an individual or group basis, unless you learn to accept yourself first) IS N'T valuable or valid... but Mumble's hero's journey to to convince us
humans to quit depriving them of all the fish necessary for their sustenance is
flawed from a basic storytelling rather than a thematic viewpoint; it has a tendency to zigzag from point A to point Q while skipping Points B through P altogether.
With its intimate focus
on Harding as a difficult personality, this is still an extraordinarily rare sort of portrait of a woman as a
flawed human being full of hypocrisies, strong - willed yet weak, tough to pin down.
What's unusually gripping about Five Days is that its tension isn't derived from depicting the majority of its cast as shifty - eyed suspects, but rather as floundering,
flawed human beings unsure of how to move
on with their lives.
This work can weigh heavy
on a soul, and this depicts this fact as well as shows us the same
flaws in
humans that are exposed when we are pushed to our limits socially and mentally.
Just like the original, it has its good share of
flaws; but also just like the original, there are moments and characters so
human that you can't help but connect with them
on a deeply personal level.
Premises like the one in Kings And Queen usually lead
flawed characters to call
on inner reserves of strength, but Devos and Amalric only reveal deeper shortcomings, which makes them more touching and
human.
From there the Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo turns the film into a dark romantic comedy that focuses
on human relationships and
human flaws.
As the American presence in Pakistan comes to an end, with no indication of inroads made or missions accomplished, the War
on Terror once again becomes a function of
flawed,
human choices, constrained by the fact that our departure isn't «peace with honor.»
Bale is the rare kind of film star who doesn't need a lot of dialogue to create a fully dimensional,
flawed but
human man
on his own course to discovery.
Renee is a character that almost anyone can connect with, because we recognize in her the awful
human tendency to dwell
on real and imagined
flaws and thus limit our lives.
Not that I have anything against DDL or Charlize's magnificent performances... I just have a soft - spot for
human drama that doesn't feel this need to go all out
on the «transforming into the character» stuff... but maybe that's more a
flaw with me (it's certainly not a
flaw with those performances!).
In 2004, Denis Leary and Peter Tolan's seriocomic paean to the fallen firefighters of 9/11 was ablaze with purpose, bracingly cutting through the heroism blindly bestowed
on the uniform to deal with the
flawed humans who wore them.
This is a great actor
on the form of his life pitching a
flawed human being and a monstrous alter - ego and making you connect with both.
Even if the film took a page from No Country For Old Men and went scoreless, the film would still keep you as intensely focused
on it's deeply
human characters with deeply
human flaws and tendencies.
On the flip side, though she was very
human, she also had few
flaws and she never felt quite as real to me as Dennon did.
His work shines a light
on the
human heart and its beauties even when that heart is
flawed and wanting, showing how... Read More
Despite its
flaws, I found Spill Simmer Falter Wither both moving and unforgettable, and recommend it to readers who enjoy literary, quietly paced character studies that focus
on the healing bond between
humans and animals.
His work shines a light
on the
human heart and its beauties even when that heart is
flawed and wanting, showing how that beauty arises from such imperfect conditions.»
I think that the PPTP and its associated measurements suffer from a serious
flaw in that they assume that
human population is a limiting factor
on a shelter's ability to save lives.
So, let's not be sheep and just follow the mob without actually thinking about what really happened and what's really going
on here — and let's not pile all the blame
on one aspect, the
flawed and fallible
human being, while basically ignoring what's really the root cause of the problem.
Augmented with implants to make you a better
human being, there is a
flaw that allows someone of dubious intentions to hijack your implants and send you
on a mission to kill the boss.
Beast mode is a great addition to the series, but does come with one irritating
flaw; a timer counts down
on each round and all
humans must be killed by time it runs down.