Sentences with phrase «rather than the earth»

He did it simply by recognizing that the Sun rather than the Earth was the Center of our galaxy.

The word eretz is used more than 2,500 times in the Old Testament with 80 % of the time being translated land rather than earth.

«We need to understand what made a planet go down the Venus path rather than the Earth path,» says astrobiologist David Grinspoon of the Planetary Science Institute, who is based in Washington, D.C.

Nonetheless, his conception of the sun (rather than the Earth) at the center of the solar system is considered among the most important landmarks in the history of science.

Kepler - 186f can be thought of as an Earth - cousin rather than an Earth - twin.

THE VERDICT: Gently engrossing rather than earth - shattering, Jungle is — like Greg McLean's Wolf Creek — a decent advert for staying the hell home, but no more.

Their view is most succinctly articulated in this line from a Spacenews.com commentary on Oct. 19: «NASA should be focused primarily on deep space activities rather than Earth - centric work that is better handled by other agencies.»

Not exact matches

Local explorer Northern Minerals plans to build a test pilot plant at its Browns Range project near Halls Creek at a cost of about $ US18 million ($ A25 million), rather than proceeding with full - scale development in light of the depressed rare earths market.

«Together we thought: What would the world look like in which doing something better for the [earth] was 30 or 40 percent less expensive, rather than 30 or 40 percent more expensive?»

For millions of years we lived by the earth's natural rhythms rather than the rigid schedule of the clock.

But it turns out to be surprisingly friendly and down to earth — stylish in a funky rather than fashion - obsessed way, with bookers, models, and clients all mingling.

Rather than dig into the Earth Bitcoin Miners invest resources into large scale computer operations to solve math problems that provide ROI when they are first to solve a math problem and receive a Bitcoin reward.

I choose to live life to the fullest through joy of discovering His «art» like fractals, birth, consciousness, seasons, animals, the «mighty deep» thanks to a Creator rather than accidental and inconsequential life, while hanging in the perfect orbit between burning up and freezing, complete with the earth's own washing machine, the ocean, which cycles on accidental moon power.

They will tell you Galileo was never arrested, tried, and imprisonedf for verifying earlier theories that the earth revolved around the sun rather than, as religion claimed, being the center of the universe itself.

Rather than looking at corporate work as the evil scourge of the earth (though you certainly want to make sure your personal values align with an organization's corporate values), riding the elevator to the 11th floor every day may be exactly where God needs you to develop your spiritual character, your gifts and to reach those who are broken, empty and living without knowing their Savior.

I heard a wise man once say that he would rather live his life in peace knowing God on earth, only to find out there is no God, than to live a life of not believing, only to find out that He is and they are condemned forever.

Their goal is the establishment of God's kingdom on earth, and they hold that Jesus who is believed to be God's first creation rather than one person in a trinity is God's agent in this plan.

Sure you could prove a jospeh of nazereth walked the earth, but joseph is a popular name in judaism (hel.l my name is joseph) but the jesus presented in the bible could be an amaglamation of many different stories coming together and being attributed to one person rather than many.

In order to right the balance and place proper emphasis upon the importance of life here on earth, they have focused attention on the second rather than the first commandment.

Some think that the bible tells them that the earth has to be less than 10,000 years old rather than the better explanation, that writing did not come into being until close to 6,000 years ago and our oral collective memory couldnt reach too much further back SO it makes sense that the old testament would appear to only reach back 10,000 years.

Reflect on this a little: Many of the inspirations of the threefold system of political economy derive from evangelical inspirations such as personal creativity, personal responsibility, freedom, the love for community through association and mutual cooperation, the aim of bettering the condition of every person on earth, the cultivation of the rule of law, respect for the natural rights of others, the preference for persuasion by reason rather than by coercion, and a powerful sense of sin.

All people, and not the powerful alone, must be availed of such goods; all people, not the powerful alone, must do so in a way that preserves rather than despoils the earth and other forms of life.

Copernicus's posthumous fame, of course, arose from his 30 - year project published soon before his death, De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium - a revolution indeed, in which he explained his calculations that proved that the earth and planets orbit the sun, rather than the sun and planets orbitthe earth.

Citing this text is my way of saying to people who use standards to oppress rather than to enhance: the abused, exploited and denied people of earth will be vindicated.

I'm as keen as anyone for a discussion about old earth / young earth (i'm a young earther for the record — at least I think I am But rather than all this constant intellectual bollix, let's sort out some of these basic issues first.

Maybe our children would be able to hear honest faith rather than vacant words in our prayer that God's kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.

Yet it is surely a sign of the impoverishment of common culture and the common good — and an index of the degree to which liberal order has succeeded in establishing itself as both — that we are virtually required to equate love of country with devotion to the animating philosophy of the regime rather than to, say, the tales of our youth, the lay of the land and the bend in the road, and «peace and quiet and good tilled earth.»

What I love about Luther, besides his rather curmudgeonly and down to earth personality, is his emphasis on forgiveness rather than perfection in life between now and our complete restoration in the fullness of Eternity.

The focus is always on living a righteous and blameless life on earth, rather than waiting for a future life.

* The Catholic scholastics taught that sin was man turned downward toward the earth rather than upward toward God.

For some theologians this has meant that our knowledge of the one God who created heaven and earth comes to us through revelation rather than philosophy.

He'd rather believe in God while living on earth, being a good and moral person then die and found out there was no God, than to not believe there is a God, do whatever he pleased, to die and find out there is a God.

This may reflect the Christian emphasis on the justice of God being found in the new heavens and earth, rather than in this one.

at the time of the great flood there was no water on the earth a mist came up from the ground and watered the earth and I would rather believe in GOD if he does not exist and lose nothing than to not believe in GOD and him exist and lose everything so please think about that and I will be praying for you

And now we get to watch while Creationists imprison Nye in a tower until he recants his sacreligous talk much in the way Galileo was imprisoned by the Church for supporting the scientific theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun rather than the universe revolving around the Earth.

Care for the Earth has been placed firmly in the context of preserving human life rather than standing alone as an independent value.

Tom, much easier to believe that all races on planet earth came from 8 people rather than eight amoebae, I would think.

It is clearly an analogy to indicate a large number, rather than an actual indication of an infinite number (by the way, the number of stars in the Universe must be infinite) unless Tropher believes there are an infinite number of grains of sand on Earth.....

Science gets better, and what we thought now is not likely to be shown entirely wrong tomorrow... it might be shown wrong, but in a minor way, needing a more intricate correction rather than a total earth shattering removal of what we believe.

Christians hope to bear the image of the heavenly Adam, rather than the Adam who is «of earth, earthy» (1 Corinthians 15).

That a similar one will hit the earth in the future is probable rather than possible; the chance that it will occur in the next century may be slight but it can not be ruled out.

The most «equal» countries on earth are the poorest: Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea... I would rather be poor in American than poor anywhere else, and that is strictly because the free market allows us to help the poor in ways not possible in more «equal» countries.

Studies that increase the power to exploit the earth and other people, that arm one for the struggle for privilege, that prepare one to pursue his advantage more successfully, destroy rather than edify a person.

Rather than getting excessively angry at us and wiping us off the face of the earth, God gave us a second chance.

Luther's insight that * sin * is not «man turned down toward the earth rather than up toward heaven» as the Catholic scholasticss taught; but was «man curved in upon himself» was an insight that has been confirmed by contemporary psychology in its teaching on narcissistic egoism.

Neville there were times when dominionism worked for Israel which were the exceptions rather than the rule but generally it did nt sadly because of the wickedness of peoples hearts.Power tends to corrupt people ie in the case of nebbucanezzar especially when they succeed.Like you i think Gods people have more impact by just letting Christ work through them could be me but i find politics tends to involve power money and compromise.Regardless of what political state we find ourselves Gods sovereign and his will be done on earth as it is in heaven.My focus is real simple just follow Jesus with all my heart mind soul and strength and love others as myself and that is just following Jesus daily and trusting him in everything.regards brentnz

I have since noticed that people on a spiritual path of intention rather than religion pay far more attention to how they manifest in their lives an ethic which affirms life, how they behave in terms of respecting the sacredness of the Earth and others in it.

Markos argues that this Christian humanist vision that God's revelation answers our highest aspirations has suffered since the Puritans portrayed heaven as an escape from earth rather than as the redemption of creation.

The fact that you don't know exactly how the earth was created, so rather than study or wait for answers, you give up and credit god?

Is it because there are things right in front of you that you can see, so you'd rather play with poop than with something that may be hidden to your eyes but has more love for you than anything on this poopy earth?