Sentences with phrase «remains of some of humanity»

Palaeontologists have uncovered the remains of some of humanity's oldest ancestors along the fossil - rich Jurassic Coast in the UK.

Not exact matches

Though my training lies beyond anthropology, the science of humanity remains the basis for how we run our business.

Temkin also says that while the long - term impact of this sale remains to be seen, traffic to the Cards Against Humanity site has been «very healthy this weekend.»

To speak as the White Rose did of humanity per se is to remain at the level of abstraction.

All the rest of humanity, past and present (there ain't no future) will have to remain on Paradise Earth... the new Garden of Eden.

It was a lesson Catherine never forgot: the humanity of the priest might be in the gutter, but Christ remained the pure lily in his priesthood.

Well then, if we contend against the state or social injustice only on the human level, we shall, of course, bring about some apparent changes, but the basis will remain untouched and nothing decisive for humanity will be gained.

A radical Christian would interpret these words as meaning that the glory of the God of the old covenant is abolished, for apart from an abolition of the God of judgment, there remains no possibility of transforming humanity into the likeness or image of the glory of Christ.

So long as Christianity knows the Crucifixion as a vicarious sacrifice for a totally guilty humanity, as the innocent sacrifice of the eternal Son of God to a just but merciful Father, it can never celebrate the definitive victory of the Crucifixion; for such a redeemed humanity remains in bondage to the transcendent Judge, and must continue to be submissive to his distant and alien authority, ever pleading for mercy when it falls away from his absolute command.

The remaining funds went towards two companies aimed at reducing humanity's dependence on fossil fuels and so counteracting the problem of climate change: Tesla Motors ($ 70m), a luxury electric car manufacturer that has since expanded to provide energy to homes and businesses through battery technology; and SolarCity ($ 10m) which seeks to offer a cleaner and more affordable energy solution.

Although, that epistle was addresses specifically to the Thessalonians, there was nothing to indicate whether the meaning behind for those of us who remain meant to just the Thessalonians, or to those who are living now on earth as a whole will be there at Christ's return, or even if he actually referred to those of us remaining to mean those of us who remain of all humanity on Earth in general, which could mean that Paul didn't give any specific time frame as to when Christ will; only that his return will happen.

«We are here to signify that we are not going away, that we are not going to remain quiet while injustice occurs and we are not going to stop working and educating and championing and fighting until we live in a society where the humanity, dignity and the rights of every member of our nation are together recognised.»

To a large extent, the dominant traditions of Judaism and Islam have remained at a plane where the rigor in speaking or thinking of God in terms that may truly reflect the mystery of the divinity, transcending the polarity of God and humanity, is almost lacking.

He is the God - for - us who effects the creation by virtue of the externalization of his breath / thought / spirit expressed in the word kun and also remains the face of SB, the divine essence or mystery that stands facing humanity and the rest of the creation effected by him in all his jamal (beauty).

The Eastern Orthodox delegation asked to be excused from voting on the other reports; but they heartily supported this one, which affirmed that the message of the church to the world must always remain the gospel of Jesus Christ — the gift of a new word from God to this old world of sin and death, being the prophetic call to sinful men to turn to God as the only way by which humanity can escape from those class and race hatreds which devastate society, and fulfill humanity's longing for intellectual sincerity, social justice and spiritual inspiration.

It is, at least, apparent that the debates about humanitarian intervention by military force in the last decade, about the creation of international criminal tribunals in a number of cases, about the idea of a state's «universal jurisdiction» in cases of violations of the Genocide Convention or other «crimes against humanity,» about how far the global war on terror may proceed without violating the rights of states, and most recently, about the United - States - led use of force against the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, have all raised important points of positive and customary international law, and that in every one of these cases the outcome remains unsettled.

Thus Solzhenitsyn believes that to remain intellectually honest, humanity must find some way of understanding its place in history without basing that understanding upon any world - historical absolutes.

Those early years sent Scorsese on a journey, one he's remained on for much of his life: an exploration of the tension between the profane and the sacred as they intersect in humanity.

If the vision of a local Jesus community remains universal towards all humanity, I think that's a good thing.

We hope that there remains no quarrel with the orthodoxy of our central affirmations that «The fathers maintained the sacredness of matter and its share in God's saving plans ``; that the flesh is central to the plan of salvation; that the Incarnation takes place in order to bring about eternal communion between the Godhead and humanity, and thereby the whole of the physical creation which is summed up in Christ.

In the case of man this means that he remains dependent on God in his understanding of himself which is characteristic of his humanity, that he can never integrate God as an element into this understanding.

In preparation for the new millennium Pope John Paul put it thus: «He is not a weak and ineffective Christ but a Christ who has triumphed throughout twenty centuries and who remains the power of God and the wisdom of God... the Christ of the millennium is the man who has entered into the history of nations, has uplifted cultures by His message, transformed the destinies of peoples and who, in revealing God to man, has revealed all humanity to itself».

These doctrines also require a pre-existence logos Christology that remains in tension with the fundamental humanity of Jesus» (p. 329, fn.

The Church, teacher of humanity, never tires of exhorting people, especially the young of whom you are a part, to remain watchful and not to fear choosing «alternative» paths which only Christ can indicate... Jesus calls all his friends to live in sobriety and solidarity, to create sincere and disinterested emotional relationships with others... From you, dear young students, he asks for honest commitment to study, cultivating a mature sense of responsibility and a shared interest in the common good.

Unless, as seems infinitely improbable, we are destined by contact with other thinking planets, across the abysses of space and time, some day to become integrated within an organized complex composed of a number of Noospheres, humanity, having reached maturity, will remain alone, face to face with itself.

For example, a man even after committing the most terrible and atrocious of crimes against humanity remains a man biologically; he is still a «rational animal» — i.e., essentially distinct from an animal — but within the context of society, he does not belong.

In «A Whiteheadian Christology» John Cobb suggests that the classical problem for Christian theology remains «to explain how we can intelligibly affirm the unique presence of God in Jesus in such a way as to avoid detracting from his humanity and yet explain his strange authority» (PPCT 383).

Wars and strife that continue to keep humanity chained to Deaths walls while Death remains very powerful and Creation begins to wax and wane in the mind of humans.

I deny denounce, and abjure any notion that human beings are born broken or remain broken because of their humanity.

When Jesus represented Abraham in Paradise saying to Dives in torment, «Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish,» (Luke 16:25)-- as though such reversal of circumstance, issuing in a permanently divided humanity, some in bliss and some in torture, would be an ethically adequate ending to the human story — he spoke in the traditional manner of Judaism, but the modern conscience remains unconvinced.

However, despite what he saw, he remained optimistic saying: «When you hear these stories of violent war and abuse but also within that you also hear stories of humanity, hope and divine providence.»

Such language makes sense only if we assume that «the original principles in human nature» are seen to be good, that traces of a «common humanity» remain, that humans have genuine free will, and that intentional deviation by individuals from what is natural is culpable.

The image of God in man has been defaced, so that there remains only an awareness of God's power and law, and therefore of condemnation and wrath; but there is not in unregenerate man any power to know, express or share the love which alone can restore him to his true humanity.

Therefore because I doubt the inexistence of God, I remain open instead of closed to the idea that some heavenly Dr. Frankenstein created a beautiful monster called humanity.

According to them seven conditions must coincide to make a war just: the cause fought for must itself be just; the purpose of the warring power must remain just while hostilities go on; war must be truly the last resort, all peaceful means having been exhausted; the methods employed during the war to vanquish the foe must themselves be just; the benefits the war can reasonably be expected to bring for humanity must be greater than the evils provoked by the war itself; victory must be assured; the peace concluded at the end of the war must be just and of such nature as to prevent a new war.

Jansenism (which turned out to be a Catholic version of Calvinism) rejected the concept of sufcient grace which remains inefcacious through our fault on the grounds that it put humanity in debt to God.

Whatever the material properties it presents, which remain that which we ordinarily experience as bread and wine, this object now has the same objective identity as the humanity of Christ - his Body, Blood and Soul, which are inseparable from his Divine Person.

You say you left one church for this one... so you traded out one set of lies for another... kudos for remaining ignorant ad not caring about humanity or facts.

Thus, every person is brought sooner or later to recognize that he or she possesses only one of the two fundamental versions of humanity, and that the other will remain forever inaccessible.

It remains an often brilliant exploration of the ways in which Western humanity has succeeded in creating a world in which all values have become subordinate to the demands of the human will, and in which knowledge and human creativity have become almost entirely confused, conceptually and practically, with the exercise of instrumental reason's mastery over all of reality.

Ambode also emphasized the need for Nigerians to embrace selfless service to humanity, saying that such remained the essence of existence to positively impact others.

«Dealing with the Remains of Conflict: An International Response to Crimes against Humanity, Forensic Recovery, Identification and Repatriation in the Former Yugoslavia».

If any vestige of humanity remains many billions of years from now, and the universe's ciphers remain undecoded, our descendants might have only an all - encompassing abyss to stare into — not just space, but truly, the void.

Such cynicism is now common in sci - fi, a mainstay of writers like William Gibson (Neuromancer) and Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game), but the Strugatskys» worldview remains both uniquely cutting and replete with humanity.

Known to humanity since the dawn of history (and to Europeans since their first voyages to the Southern hemisphere) the Magellanic Clouds have remained an enigma to date.

Due to the politically, ethically, culturally, and religiously sensitive nature of human remains resulting from mass violence, genocide, or crimes against humanity, research access is often limited or non-existent.

What are the scientific and social ramifications of working with human remains from crimes against humanity, genocide, or other mass atrocities?

It remains the fastest growing component of the widening gap between the Ecological Footprint and the planet's biocapacity,» Wackernagel said adding that a global agreement that aims to phase out fossil fuels could have a significant impact in helping curb the consistent growth and even shrink Ecological Footprint, humanity's demand on planet Earth.

Homo Sapiens remains discovered in Morocco have challenged the accepted view of humanity's origins.

On top of the risk of a deadly, engineered virus leaking into public spaces, there are also the environmental dangers of climate change, nuclear war, the potential of an enormous asteroid strike wiping us out, and the problem of humanity's overpopulation of the planet, just to name a few of the biggest challenges when it comes to remaining on Earth.