Gratitude to God requires that we live not by evading
the real nature of existence, not by denying the violent character of nature and history, but by facing reality as best we can, finally affirming the whole of life in all its sorrow and pain as a great gift.
Not exact matches
Perhaps even worse, they cover up even the
existence of particular children,
real beings in possession
of both the imago Dei and fallen human
nature.
At the same time there are other aspects
of man's
existence which are as
real as his involvement in
nature.
Ockham rejected the
real existence of a human
nature because he had concluded that one can only know particular individuals and that universals that can be applied to multiple individuals, such as human
nature, or the essence
of a dog or a tree, or properties such as white or black, square or round were only names that we create in our mind.
Besides, if we can not validly conclude with Anselm to the
real existence of God even though our idea
of him as perfect being includes
existence, how can we validly conclude with Altizer to the evolutionary
nature of God because our current idea
of him as living includes process and transformation?
The
real question posed by the conflictual
nature of human
existence is, What is the norm by which we judge our use
of violence?
My intent is to confront the viewers with the
real and grotesque
nature of violence, offering a context for reflecting about the vulnerability
of our physical
existences.
Tamara said: «My intention is to confront the viewers with the
real and grotesque
nature of violence, reflecting the vulnerability
of our physical
existences.»
Unless any
of the many, many people who have argued against the conclusion that Jelbring's work is completely wrong and should have never been accepted in the first place wish to keep arguing, perhaps the more polite ones can concede in one last post and we can wrap this up and move on to N&Z, the «
existence»
of a
real, live GHE, and maybe, just maybe, get to where the skeptical arguments on the list are much better informed and less likely to play fast and loose with the laws
of nature or thermodynamics.
The chaotic
nature of turbulence is no
real obstacle to climate modeling, and it does not negate the
existence or attribution
of climate change.
A critical element
of an attorney's role in such a case is to effectively secure the attention
of a court to the
existence of real danger, and to provide the court with admissible evidence describing the
nature of the risk.