Sentences with phrase «on human weakness»

And there is another thing: I think it's presuming on human weakness to suppose that the metaphysician will just operate and forget about science.

Not exact matches

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.

«But I sincerely believe that Jesus wants a Church attentive to the goodness which the Holy Spirit sows in the midst of human weakness, a Mother who, while clearly expressing her objective teaching, «always does what good she can, even if in the process, her shoes get soiled by the mud on the street.

If someone sees a weakness in your design that you honestly overlooked, it doesn't reflect on your design skill — it means you're human!

Bonhoeffer says that the one who «puts a halo on his own head for being a zealot for the truth can take no account of human weaknesses.

In a time in which the human body seemed to lose any iconic significance, in the weakness of his failing body, John Paul participated, as Cardinal Lustiger noted, in the suffering of his Redeemer, for the «mystery of salvation happens when Christ is on the cross and can not do or decide anything other than to accept the will of the Father.»

«The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends,» Einstein wrote in German in a 1954 letter that will be auctioned on eBay later this month.

There can be no doubt that this dependence on others for a rich doctrine of human beings was a weakness of process theology.

Religious people speak of God when human knowledge (perhaps simply because they are too lazy to think) come to an end, or when human resources fall — in fact it is always the deus ex machina that they bring on to the scene, either for the apparent solution of insoluble problems, or as strength in human failure — always, that is to say, exploiting human weakness or human boundaries.11

Only if it is a practical or moral weakness for a human economic system to be based on selfishness.

And if the suffering and despairing Jesus on the cross is accepted in one's heart and soul as a virtuous human being» if we can still, staring into our own abyss, wistfully hope to have his fortitude and compassion despite our enduring weaknesses» then is salvation really that far off?

In the words of an ancient prayer, it is the visible expression of «that wonderful and sacred mystery» which speaks to us and works on us, through the very imperfection, weakness, error, and even the sin of the empirical institution, to manifest in the world of time and space the abiding reality of God's operation in the event of Christ for human wholeness.

In the chapter on politics, she analyzes the weaknesses of political theologies that seek to make the inner life of the Trinity a paradigm for human communal life, pointing out that such approaches lead to bad theology and vague political recommendations.

Viewed in light of its aftermath, the Easter event, the cross stands as a signpost on the path to understanding God's true power not in crushing evil but in surmounting its finality in what appears to human wisdom as foolishness and weakness.

We human beings generally comprehend power as a reality that is on a continuum between abject weakness and invincibility.

After all in your world Human Kind is far more advanced than a God would be... And yet you still try to blame these weaknesses on people that believe in God....

Just as Jesus took on human flesh with all its weaknesses and limitations, so also God, in the Old Testament «incarnated» Himself into the affairs of humanity with all of our weaknesses and limitations.

But St. Paul's use of that term (II Corinthians 4:7) is in reference to human weakness brought on by a Christian confrontation with opposing forces of the sin of the world, not of himself.

The love of Christ should be recognised as the wise expression of God's plan in the Incarnation, not just some unanimated affirmation of human weakness as a sort of afterthought on God's part.

We read up on our squad, learn the strengths and weakness of the teams in our pool, and even watch a human interest story or two on an American footballer.

I am struck with the observation that perhaps the reason Mark ended his Gospel on this strange note of fear was «to emphasize human inadequacy, lack of understanding, and weakness in the presence of supreme divine action and its meaning.»

The publication discusses the weakness of institutional support for nurturing existing knowledge and exchange in organic agriculture, support that could further enhance organic agriculture's positive impact on the natural and human environments.

He won a lot of his battles on the outside because A) He is a large human being and B) Oklahoma's and Mayfield's quick passing schemes hid his weaknesses.

much like when a country can't divulge highly classified information publicly for obvious economic and military reasons, a professional soccer organization must keep certain things in - house so they don't devalue a player, expose a weakness, provide info that could give an opposing club leverage in future negotiations and / or give them vital intel regarding a future match, but when dishonesty becomes the norm the relationship between cub and fan will surely deteriorate... in our particular case, our club has done an absolutely atrocious job when it comes to cultivating a healthy and honest relationship with the media or their fans, which has contributed greatly to our lack of success in the transfer market... along with poor decisions involving weekly wages, we can't ever seem to get true market value for most of our outgoing players and other teams seem to squeeze every last cent out of us when we are looking to buy; why wouldn't they, when you go to the table with such a openly desperate and dysfunctional team like ours, you have all the leverage; made even worse by the fact that who wouldn't want to see our incredibly arrogant and thrifty manager squirm during the process... the real issue at this club is respect, a word that appears to be entirely lost on those within our hierarchy... this is the starting point from which all great relationships between club and supporters form... this doesn't mean that a team can't make mistakes along the way, that's just human nature, it's about how they chose to deal with these situations that will determine if this relationship flourishes or devolves..

The Key POD premise is based on the conviction that all forms of human and artificial intelligence have strengths and weaknesses.

She says the bill reveals a big weakness of Britain's unwritten constitution: parliamentarians need to work out which areas the other House has, like on human rights, for example.

Being human, you definitely have your soft spots and for that matter weaknesses but placed on a weighing scale, your positive side will far outweigh your negative part thus signifying a self actualized man with respect for human dignity.

«We must put pressure on the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to do everything within their power to make the codes of practice statutory, fight for their role so that it is not further reduced and we should continue to expose this Coalition Government's weakness in tackling prejudice and discrimination and their blatant lack of care for vulnerable groups.»

«These viral dependencies on human proteins represent weaknesses that could potentially be used to prevent or stop infection,» said Brass.

Buck Institute for Research on Aging professor Gordon Lithgow analysed the strengths and weaknesses of the traditional clinical research pipeline running through simple invertebrates to model mammals and ultimately human trials.

«A fundamental weakness inherent in this approach is that one makes assumptions concerning the relevance of the phenotypes and the mechanisms underlying them to the actual disease process going on in a human patient,» Gusella said.

Rosamund Pike is brilliantly brittle as Brigitte Kuhlmann, resolutely reminding herself of her revolutionary credentials, determined not to let human weakness get in the way of the job at hand, but still on the verge of fracturing at any moment.

And while «High - Rise» doesn't give Tom many chances to tug on the audience's heartstrings — the film is far too hip and postmodern to concern itself with such petty human weakness — «I Saw the Light» is a different prospect.

2, the character of Bill gets into a huge speech on how Superman looks at the weakness of the human race to base his alter ego of Clark Kent on.

Part historical thriller, part romance, part mystery, The Sorrow of Nurses takes the reader on an emotional journey that will leave the question: is any human weakness really what it first appears to be?

Silvey's elegant prose touches on racism, adultry, truth and lies, human weakness, falling in love, trust, small - town boredom, cricket, coming of age, love of literature, hope and despair and long - kept secrets.

«The Children's Hospital, a sprawling and impassioned morality tale in which a catastrophe of biblical scale wipes out nearly all life, human and otherwise, on Earth... despite its weaknesses, The Children's Hospital establishes Chris Adrian as a remarkable American fabulist in the tradition of Melvin Jules Bukiet and Tony Kushner, writers who define and confront the terrifying moral choices of a new century.»

Laura doesn't give the Great Danes full credit for bringing two humans together — but maybe, on some level, the relationship between the two big white dogs represents a lesson to be learned: Having someone in your life you can turn to, and depend on, and whose strengths can compliment your weaknesses, has its advantages.

The freemium model has exploited this human weakness, but not all games are created equal and NimbleBit are back on the scene with their latest title, Pocket Planes.

This joins a trend for historical quotation — from Huyghe's and Althamer's witty takes on modernist sculpture to the Chapman Brothers» vapid faux - gothic Madonna and Child installation «The Milk of Human Weakness II» at White Cube — so prevalent that it looks desperate.

For example, all estimates of government revenue and outgo depend on some sort of economic model, which superficially have the same weaknesses as climate models: validation issues, adjustable parameters, some key processes (convection, precipitation, human behavior) can't be reliably modeled.

And it represents a major weakness relating to the level of confidence of the» attribution of a human influence on temperature change during the latter half of the 20th century».

That's the denialists» weakness, and since we're in a fight for the survival of human civilization we should go on the offensive, and hit»em where it hurts»em the most.

The Jomati report makes a very important point, ``... because the weakness of the bots... [in] «making decisions that are based on human factors,» strategic and creative thinking will become increasingly valuable assets.»

Most notably, earning my Human Performance Technology Master's level certificate afforded me the opportunity to conduct a strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat analysis on the Coast Guard's International Training Division.

The Council on Contemporary Families, based at the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Miami, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of family researchers and practitioners that seeks to further a national understanding of how America's families are changing and what is known about the strengths and weaknesses of different family forms and various family interventions.