Sentences with phrase «only measure of truth»

If the spirit is the only measure of truth, Christianity is degraded into subjectivity.

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That biblical vision helped form the bedrock convictions of the American idea: that government stood under the judgment of divine and natural law; that government was limited in its reach into human affairs, especially the realm of conscience; that national greatness was measured by fidelity to the moral truths taught by revelation and inscribed in the world by a demanding yet merciful God; that only a virtuous people could be truly free.

Lewis» confidence in human nature, with its capacity for reason and susceptibility to myth, gave him a measure of patience with those who did not see the truth or saw it only dimly.

Strength of conviction is not only a poor measure of truth but it leads to violence and war in the name of the «truth».

The reason is that without a belief in Yahweh, acceptance that Jesus Christ is the only «way» to a relationship with the Creator, and measuring results in terms of Biblical truths, there would be little universal help to Christians, Jews, Moslems, atheists, and others at all.

About the only major force trying to uncover truth and speak it in power is the loose networks of NGOs13 that operate locally, regionally, and, by increasing measure, globally.

He gives new life and imparts some measure of his truth to our minds only when we are open to receive it and willing to pay the cost of clear thinking and devoted living.

Both questions lead in the same direction, toward the possibility of a provisional and qualified answer: if the character of happening only once is held to belong to the truth and measure of all things in their very reality, then there is indeed an essence which more than any other satisfies this truth - criterion, and this is the pure essence of time: time taken in itself, or pure movement — movement irrespective of any possible differentiation into the different kinds of movement.

Thus the believers will only accept a certain measure of the truth, meaning the percentage of the truth that can still be seen when being located at a distance from it.

I LOVE and appreciate this story beyond measure and (of course) it is perfect timing!!!! Thank you for the reminder that the comparison of ourselves to others not only creates pain but blocks to our own truth... who we are, how we feel, what we desire.

He really went out of his way to obscure the truth, that the SOI only measures fluctuations not the complete warming, which is what his paper seemed to imply.

And as a true skeptic, the result is not important, what is important is that we learn the truth about UHI what ever it is, and I think the approach of comparing satellite data with ground data for land can only make us learn more about UHI and other measuring problems.

If you're really interested in truth, the exact truth, every measured product should not only state the exact number of units (cup, foot, ounce, etc.) but the definition or at least the exact name of the unit.