Sentences with phrase «purposes of human understanding»

If «soon» is that different to God, and according to the Bible it is, then the statement is rendered essentially meaningless for purposes of human understanding.

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Think of how elephants are now understood to be stupendous creatures made for purposes beyond human entertainment.

You will run into trouble whenever you parcel out God's Word, rather than understanding the Bible as a progression of revelations and solution to the human condition, with the common thread and purpose of Jesus Christ running throughout from beginning to end, to further the glory of God.

But though I will argue for this teleological view of nature and human nature from empirical premises and from reason, my purpose here is not to debate or attempt to prove this point, but rather to illustrate how some teleological understanding of nature and human nature is a necessary premise for the idea of environmental stewardship.

New exciting possibilities appear as men begin to understand that the purpose of God's descent to the human level is to enable them to rise and live as sons of God.

First, human beings are understood, for purposes of economics, to aim at the acquisition of the goods and services they desire for as little labor as requisite.

Theology will continually look for new syntheses to incorporate the truth that we discover in the sciences and in other human studies into our understanding of all things, our understanding of God and his world and his purposes fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

the purpose why God allowed multiple religions to evolve and exist in the distant and even today is because our minds intellectual capacity has increased tremendously after we became civilized about 10,000 years go.Earlier when we were hunter gatherers our priorities was just to find food to survive, Then we became more knowlegible and our concern includes the intelle tual need to understand the meaning and purpose of our existence, so God allowed the founding and establishment of many religions by humans to conform with their intellectual, social and educational development, Since this is not static, it contiually diversify and change to conform with their times of existince, History showed that this is continuesly improving, so the future expects changes towards Panthrotheism in accordance to His will.

That insight had such significance for John Paul that he would return to it fourteen years later in Fides et Ratio, writing that the chief purpose of theology «is seen to be the understanding of God's kenosis, a grand and mysterious truth for the human mind, which finds it inconceivable that suffering and death can express a love which gives itself and seeks nothing in return.»

One of these is the human psyche as that is understood for purposes of psychotherapy.

Aristotle considered (prime) matter to be unintelligible andnon - being» Fourth, developments in genetic engineering will pose a challenge both ethically and metaphysically in the way man deals with attempts to manipulate life (and change it) via cloning, hybrids, and the integration of human (organic) and machine technology (via nano - technology); issues of conscience, soul, purpose, intelligence, memory and morality will require the Church to articulate competently its understanding of the human person in order to provide an ethical voice.

Gustafson's Christology may not satisfy many creeds and churches, but one suspects that important things remain to be said about his understanding of the narrative pattern of Jesus Christ and how it discloses God's purposes as well as the contours of human life in appropriate relation to God.

The real purpose of myth (e.g. the creation stories) is not to give an account of what actually happened in the past, or what may happen in the future (e.g. another ice age), but to convey a particular understanding of human life.

You are welcome to not believe in a greater cosmos than human experience if you like, but belittling those who understand the purpose of community and cosmos is irrational, ignorant, and hateful.

The corrective is to be found in the New Testament experience; what emerged in the first century world was a profoundly revolutionary community, rooted in a new understanding of history and of human purpose.

Both the teaching of Jesus and the young church's teaching about him established the framework for our understanding of time, of history, and of human destiny in the purposes of God.

If God is really actively engaged with and in the world, adapting the divine intention to it, taking into the divine life what occurs there, and hence seriously affected by it quite as much as sustaining it creatively and working within it to accomplish an enduring purpose, then indeed God must be understood in a fashion that is most suitably symbolized by what we know of relationship at the human level — granted, of course, that we say this with an O altitudo, to use Sir Thomas Browne's phrase.

The purpose throughout will be to arrive at some understanding of what human becoming and belonging signify.

In biblical times to know about history was to interpret human events in relation to our purpose: to see the building of the Tower as idolatry was to understand an historical event.

It would make more sense if Jesus, a compassionate human being, offered himself to the blood - thursty God as a self - sacrifice for the benefit of all mankind, but the Christian understanding of the mission God sent his son on, and its purpose, is just wonky.

Except for the prudent correction of an imminent danger, I will neither treat any patient nor carry out any research on any human being without the valid informed consent of the subject or the appropriate legal protector thereof, understanding that research must have as its purpose the furtherance of the health of that individual.

Given the fact that innovation, especially in the area of human affairs, usually brings much immediate suffering even when its purpose is to eliminate suffering in the long run, it is easy to understand and even sympathize with the effort to associate God only with cosmic and ethical order.

What he opposes most stridently in this book is not religious doubt itself or attempts to understand religion as a human construct or a biological phenomenon, but rather what he sees as a very artificial and incomplete view of human nature and its purpose: the very presumption that religion can be explained away as unnecessary and that such materialistic perspectives could be definitive or anywhere near ultimately satisfactory for beings who are obviously designed to crave so much more than mere birth, death, and extinction.

He concluded that it did, that the true purpose of myth here was to give expression to human self - understanding.

The purpose of the New York meetings, if I understand it aright, is not merely to seek a superficial reconciliation between the diverse forms of Faith which divide the human spirit and make it at odds with itself, but to find what they have fundamentally in common.

With such an understanding we can see and experience nature as alive and all living things as having their own purposes and claims and values independently of human interests.

This requires an understanding of the human person's nature and purpose of existence.

The building of the Church as a community with complex organizational structure, with manifold functions and leaders, with various responsibilities to the society around it, can easily degenerate into the building of religious clubs, of sororities and fraternities and of national associations for the promotion of good causes, if the understanding of the Church's purpose, of its responsibility to God, of the nature and action of God, of man and his history, of the meaning of the Church's work in all the complex of human activity and of the interrelation of the various aspects of its work are lost to view.

Whitehead concludes that «for the purpose of understanding social institutions, this crude threefold division of human nature is required: Instinct, Intelligence, Wisdom» (AI 59).

«The whole purpose is to study the responses of human and animal bodies to infection from influenza, Ebola, SARS and MERS, and to understand how they occur,» Kawaoka explains.

The Dalai Lama has received this year's $ 1.7 million prize from the John Templeton Foundation, a Pennsylvania - based charity that supports research in the sciences, philosophy, and theology aimed at understanding «big questions of human purpose and ultimate reality.»

Its purpose is to bring together clinical and research experts from across the U.S. to solve the most challenging medical mysteries for patients and their families, and to contribute to our understanding of how the human body works.

It is very saddening that many men like yourself do not understand the purpose of human emotions or the longings of the human «heart».

This is the purpose of yoga - to provide a life - long journey of growth and understanding of our human nature along with the health benefits of energetic balance and full body control.

Concepts of energy flow, chakra scanning, effects on the human body and mind are discussed so that healers can understand the underlying purpose on how to channel universal energy for healing.

People who are regular readers of this blog understand my purpose - to share and support the concept of the human - animal bond and all that it does for us.

I understand that the Greeks were all about the human body but to take this nudity into a game that we all know is going to be played on TV's across the globe, I just don't see the purpose of this.

The purpose of NASA's Earth science program is to develop a scientific understanding of Earth's system and its response to natural or human - induced changes and to improve prediction of climate, weather, and natural hazards.

Science believes in randomness as the basis of existence, and so with humans doing non-random things, and having a meaning and purpose we perceive to our lives, and taking actions that we understand will lead to desired outcomes, then they have rebelled against humanity for the sake of their randomist meaninglessness ideology.

The definition of employment must be approached consistently with the generous, aspirational purposes set out in s. 3 of the Code and understood in light of the protective nature of human rights legislation, which is «often the final refuge of the disadvantaged and the disenfranchised» and of «the most vulnerable members of society».

The purpose of Anatomy and Physiology II (A&PII) is to provide the student with an understanding of the structure and function of the human body.

Having community involvement but also having parent involvement is essential too because it helps to get a clear understanding of what's going on in children's lives beyond the early childhood setting, but also it helps to create a common purpose and get everyone to see the human side of each other as well.

The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter, Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such, Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind, Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust, Reaffirming that indigenous peoples, in the exercise of their rights, should be free from discrimination of any kind, Concerned that indigenous peoples have suffered from historic injustices as a result of, inter alia, their colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories and resources, thus preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right to development in accordance with their own needs and interests, Recognizing the urgent need to respect and promote the inherent rights of indigenous peoples which derive from their political, economic and social structures and from their cultures, spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies, especially their rights to their lands, territories and resources, Recognizing also the urgent need to respect and promote the rights of indigenous peoples affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements with States, Welcoming the fact that indigenous peoples are organizing themselves for political, economic, social and cultural enhancement and in order to bring to an end all forms of discrimination and oppression wherever they occur, Convinced that control by indigenous peoples over developments affecting them and their lands, territories and resources will enable them to maintain and strengthen their institutions, cultures and traditions, and to promote their development in accordance with their aspirations and needs, Recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment, Emphasizing the contribution of the demilitarization of the lands and territories of indigenous peoples to peace, economic and social progress and development, understanding and friendly relations among nations and peoples of the world, Recognizing in particular the right of indigenous families and communities to retain shared responsibility for the upbringing, training, education and well - being of their children, consistent with the rights of the child, Considering that the rights affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples are, in some situations, matters of international concern, interest, responsibility and character, Considering also that treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements, and the relationship they represent, are the basis for a strengthened partnership between indigenous peoples and States, Acknowledging that the Charter of the United Nations, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, (3) affirm the fundamental importance of the right to self - determination of all peoples, by virtue of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, Bearing in mind that nothing in this Declaration may be used to deny any peoples their right to self - determination, exercised in conformity with international law, Convinced that the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in this Declaration will enhance harmonious and cooperative relations between the State and indigenous peoples, based on principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights, non-discrimination and good faith, Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all their obligations as they apply to indigenous peoples under international instruments, in particular those related to human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoples concerned,

Additionally, he brings to bear on his counseling practice not only a well - developed theoretical understanding of the psychological roots of sex addiction, but also an extensive and carefully articulated base of knowledge, drawn from both philosophy and Christian teaching, of the fundamental meaning and purpose of human sexuality.