If a being has the sort of infinite power and wisdom that the Christian god has — why does he need to
show human characteristics?
Not exact matches
Accordingly, the inevitable historicity of all
human proceedings does nothing to
show that various beliefs and behaviors can not be more than the
characteristic possession of a transient and temporary era in the history of a particular culture.
Added to the reasons already given to
show how homosexual acts violate the nuptial meaning of the body and the unity of the
human person as a bodily being, respect for the health and life of homosexual males ought to make one realize that anal sex, the
characteristic kind of homosexual male behavior, is morally bad.
There is not time here for any elaborate analysis, but I think it can be
shown that a man's subjectivity is the most distinctive
characteristic of the
human level of existence.
What I set out to
show, and hope to have
shown, is that, viewed from a certain angle, the internal stir of the Cosmos no longer appears disorderly: it takes a given direction following a major axis of movement at the completion of which the
human phenomenon becomes detached as the most advanced form of the largest and most
characteristic of cosmic processes, that of in - folding.
I'll save you some time and summarize the two - hour presentation in two sentences: The fossil, (discovered in the Messel Shale Pit in Germany), appears to be a transitional species that
shows characteristics from both the non-
human and
human evolutionary lines.
The legend of the tower of Babel is effectively used to
show that whereas language may be man's most distinctive
characteristic, his own self - centered designs to make a god of himself result in a complete breakdown in that verbal communication upon which all
human culture and healthy society depend.
There can be a communalism (and I stress the last three letters of the word to
show it to be a perversion of genuine community) that makes nonsense of personal and national
characteristics: there can be an individualism with its turning of
human life into a battle for supremacy, where the less powerful are beaten down, oppressed, and denied opportunity to express their selfhood while the more powerful secure the place of advantage.
Alongside its soon - to - be — unveiled physical map, CEPH - Genethon is also leading the world with its efforts to build
human «genetic maps» — maps which
show the relative positions of thousands of genes, culled from careful genealogical work on the way
characteristics are passed on in
human families.
In a statement put on the Web this morning, NIH reported that all 64 lines «
show characteristics of stem cell morphology» and have undergone several population doublings, and most of them have demonstrated all the protein markers «known to be associated with
human embryonic stem cells.»
The nano - hydrogels have
shown very good
characteristics of biocompatibility with the
human organism, due to their physical properties, which make them resemble living tissues, especially by its high water content, its soft and elastic consistency, and its low interfacial tension which prevents them from absorbing proteins from body fluids.
Stem cells obtained in mice also
show totipotent
characteristics never generated in a laboratory, equivalent to those present in
human embryos at the 72 - hour stage of development, when they are composed of just 16 cells.
Even identical twins (natural
human clones)
show different physical and mental
characteristics to some degree.
The RPE cells generated by Takahashi's team
show the
characteristic structure and gene expression pattern of authentic
human RPE cells.
This image of the lab - grown brain is labeled to
show identifiable structures: the cerebral hemisphere, the optic stalk and the cephalic flexure, a bend in the mid-brain region, all
characteristic of the
human fetal brain.
A. sediba «s «face, teeth, pelvis and legs
show more
human characteristics, and those indicate that this is the most
human - like australopithecine yet discovered», says Chris Stringer of the Natural History Museum in London, who was not involved in the study.
Human epidermis was shown to persist for at least three months, i.e. three full renewal cycles, displaying normal human skin characteris
Human epidermis was
shown to persist for at least three months, i.e. three full renewal cycles, displaying normal
human skin characteris
human skin
characteristics.
Their findings
showed the teeth are fused in a way that is
characteristic of early
humans, including Ardipithecus and Australopithecus, the latter of which the famous Lucy fossil belongs to.
Like
human primary hepatocytes, Cellartis enhanced hiPS - HEP cells
show important
characteristics of mature hepatocytes such as expression of HNF4α, ASGPR1, and α1AT; albumin and urea secretion; and principal features of functional glucose and lipid regulation.
And a third clue emerged from their studies: One strain of the knockout mice
showed sensitivity to sunlight — a
characteristic of
human lupus patients that produce antibodies against the Ro protein.
The local environment can sometimes affect
characteristics like this — for example,
human athletes can actually
show different types of bone growth depending on what sports they play.
Here we
show that senescent
human fibroblasts display molecular markers
characteristic of cells bearing DNA double - strand breaks.
There is unfortunately no
characteristic sign such as a red ring that appears in
humans showing that the tick transmitted Lyme to the dog.
Unlike
humans, dogs don't
show obvious signs of pregnancy until just before the puppies are born, and the physical
characteristics of mini schnauzers can further obscure some common signs of pregnancy.
The roster is surely multigenerational; Claude Viallat, born in France in 1936
shows a 1970 work
characteristic of his signature painters on fabric; the wall piece by Dena Yago, born in 1988 in the US, lends the exhibition its name «
Human Applause,» also the title of a 1800 poem by Friedrich Hölderlin that «addresses a poet artist subjectivity and market valuation explicitly» written at the turn of the 20th Century.
Also seen the same day, down the block from Pace Gallery, in the
show at Lennon - Weinberg Gallery, «H.C. Westermann: The
Human Condition, Selected Works, 1961 - 1973,» some early drawings by H.C Westermann (1922 - 1981), done (as I overheard the gallerist explaining) when the artist was in the hospital being treated for testicular cancer — which he survived: his wife had brought him some crayons and paper, and he worked on a group of small drawings, some in the artist's
characteristic graphic, cartoon - related style, some in a more abstract and less over-determined mode — after he recovered, these were packed away and never
shown until now.
[UPDATE, 8/13/09: Fresh analysis
shows, once again, the challenges involved in discerning if the changes in hurricane frequency and
characteristics in recent years are anomalous and linked to
human - caused global warming.]
The video, featuring the science writer Joe Hanson, explores a vital body of empirical studies on
human risk misperception,
showing how a rational view of long - term or diffuse threats is obscured by «status quo bias,» our «finite pool of worry,» our tendency to value tribal connections over reality through what researchers call «cultural cognition,» and other
characteristics of what I call our «inconvenient mind.»
In fact, they state that the data «clearly
show» that «strong natural variability has been
characteristic of the Arctic at all time scales considered,» and they reiterate that the data suggest «that the
human influence on rate and size of climate change thus far does not stand out strongly from other causes of climate change.»»