Sentences with phrase «since humans and nature»

The vignette seems to be set in a time and place where nature and people collide, where people and natural habitat encroach upon each other, and where time has no clear recognition of a particular era — it could be anywhere, almost at any modern time, since humans and nature are always intersecting and at odds with each other.

Not exact matches

The ignorance bred by religion regarding what human beings as containing a ghost in the machine led the way for the misconceptions believed by communists regarding human beings as blank slates, since both religion and communists envisioned human beings in this flawed conceptual manner, denying the evolved components of the brain and the innate nature we are born with due to our genetic make up.

And thus it has been ever since: All of us must «come down to the level adopted by God himself in his Incarnation — the level of poverty, crib, flight...» Yet in lowering ourselves to the lowliness that God himself assumes in taking on a human nature, we remain who we are: Some are intellectually gifted and rich in the world's goods; others are impoverished in various waAnd thus it has been ever since: All of us must «come down to the level adopted by God himself in his Incarnation — the level of poverty, crib, flight...» Yet in lowering ourselves to the lowliness that God himself assumes in taking on a human nature, we remain who we are: Some are intellectually gifted and rich in the world's goods; others are impoverished in various waand rich in the world's goods; others are impoverished in various ways.

Since we come from God and are going to God, we can say that the human person is, of his very nature, a religious being.

First, since process thought concerns itself with the totality of human experience, it must necessarily take very seriously the fact of the religious vision and the claim of countless millions of people of every race and nation and age to have enjoyed some kind of contact with a reality greater than humankind or nature, through which refreshment and companionship have been given.

The importance of the changes that have taken place in economics largely since the Keynesian revolution does not lie principally in the many new practical devices and theoretical discoveries that have been made, but in the picture of human nature implicit in the newer views.

Oh, the Calvinists could make perfect sense of it all with a wave of a hand and a swift, confident explanation about how Zarmina had been born in sin and likely predestined to spend eternity in hell to the glory of an angry God (they called her a «vessel of destruction»); about how I should just be thankful to be spared the same fate since it's what I deserve anyway; about how the Asian tsunami was just another one of God's temper tantrums sent to remind us all of His rage at our sin; about how I need not worry because «there is not one maverick molecule in the universe» so every hurricane, every earthquake, every war, every execution, every transaction in the slave trade, every rape of a child is part of God's sovereign plan, even God's idea; about how my objections to this paradigm represented unrepentant pride and a capitulation to humanism that placed too much inherent value on my fellow human beings; about how my intuitive sense of love and morality and right and wrong is so corrupted by my sin nature I can not trust it.

Since there was a «seed» of this cosmic principle of reason in each and every human being, humans, through the exercise of reason, could understand the nature of reality and seek «the good life.»

In taking this sixth step, Christians affirm that the «tendency toward the human and the humane (toward «Christ») in the ultimate nature of things» which has existed since the beginning of time «has become evident and clear only now in the new order of relationships just coming into view» in the Christian community To be sure, «any community which becomes a vehicle in history of more profoundly humane patterns of life» can be a part of this new order, but the events around Jesus have at least a kind of priority as its first clear manifestation.

Anything made by nature will decay in time, and anything made by man will have faults, since humans are imperfect, and will fail in time as well.

I would note that while «the poor will always be with you», since we acknowledge that the number of people «caught in the bear trap» goes up and down over time with the business cycle, and human nature is largely consistent in aggregate, that human nature alone can not explain why people end up in poverty.

His good creation was not intended to function this way, but since He gave humans, angels, and even animals (to a degree) the freedom to make genuine choices, we sometimes use this freedom in ways that are contrary to the will and desire of God, and when we do this, the forces of nature suffer the consequences, and chaos rages over the face of earth, wreaking havoc, destroying lives, and bringing destruction in its wake.

Conservatives cherry - pick those passages that support their conservative view of God based on their conservative ego, and vice versa, where liberals are concerned... and there is NO way to ascertain which is true, except on a wholly subjective, personal level, thus it will never be proven objectively, since Spirit, by it's very nature, has absolutely nothing at all to do with the flesh and whatever seems to be happening on this earth, because Spirit is completely opposite, and therefore invisible to the naked human eye, being of the mind only, and therefore unprovable.

Since the doctrine of sin is the only element known by some of his critics, a common conclusion is that Niebuhr was too pessimistic about human nature, that he saw only man's sin, and that he offered no proximate or ultimate hope.

In a sense, Christ provides the grand unifying theory long sought by physicists, since creation unfolds within the Word's dynamic and personal assumption of human nature, «the microcosmos».

Ever since the quarrel over artificial birth control in the 1960s, wayward Catholic theologians have led the way in dismissing Catholic sexual morality as mere «physicalism», this [dismissal] being an attitude which ignores the dual character of human nature as a union of body and soul.

Since the nature and function of literature as I saw it was to acquaint us with the «felt» experience of life, to enlarge our sympathies and, quicken our sensibilities, and since the primary commandment of Christianity was to be disciples of Jesus Christ who had loved God and human beings totally, then the appropriate juncture between Christian faith and literature came at the point of living out our faithfulSince the nature and function of literature as I saw it was to acquaint us with the «felt» experience of life, to enlarge our sympathies and, quicken our sensibilities, and since the primary commandment of Christianity was to be disciples of Jesus Christ who had loved God and human beings totally, then the appropriate juncture between Christian faith and literature came at the point of living out our faithfulsince the primary commandment of Christianity was to be disciples of Jesus Christ who had loved God and human beings totally, then the appropriate juncture between Christian faith and literature came at the point of living out our faithfulness.

We need a vision whereby the very identity of Christ, in his human and divine natures, as the physical and spiritual centre and fulfilment of creation, is the basis of his active redemption of us since sin.

Since in the insecurity arising out of its awareness of its finite freedom, the self tends to absolutise itself and puts itself in opposition to its own nature as given by God in Creation and Redemption, self - alienation is an ever - present aspect of human reality.

After writing that article, since I am a philosopher interested in practical reason and, in any case, a student of human nature, I wondered what could have made these invitations seem like a good idea to someone.

«Indeed, the reality of the human being for the entire span of life, both before and after birth, does not allow us to posit either a change in nature or a gradation in moral value, since it possesses full anthropological and ethical status.

Since the incursion of sin it is also necessary that through the same human nature of God in his Divine Person, there should be given the perfect vehicle too of reconciliation and restoration, not only as a fact, but as an ontological work in the real order, in the living order, in its own right» (p. 240)

Unfortunately it thereby undermines the complete human nature which the Son of God assumed, since human nature requires both a human body and a human soul.

Nesteruk sums up: theology and cosmology are correlative, since theology needs human persons embodied in the physical universe, whose nature is explored by cosmology.

If human experience is genuinely a part of nature, and if there be only one type of actual entity within nature (an idea whose truth - value must finally be verified heuristically), then, since it is that part of nature one knows most intimately, it provides the best starting point for finding principles that can be generalized to all actual entities.

But, in the midst of a gentle rain, while these thoughts prevailed, I was suddenly sensible of such sweet and beneficent society in Nature, in the very pattering of the drops, and in every sight and sound around my house, an infinite and unaccountable friendliness all at once, like an atmosphere, sustaining me, as made the fancied advantages of human neighborhood insignificant, and I have never thought of them since.

But the shape of the city should not be determined solely by political and economic concerns, since the nature of metropolitan life, our responsibility to the earth, and the physical and social conditions necessary for human flourishing are deeply theological issues.

Human nature is such that when a strong leader becomes convinced of the supreme importance of one teaching or of one strand, he makes that one the most important; and since such definiteness and such focus as act to differentiate certain believers from others are very dear to human nature, one new sect after another is fouHuman nature is such that when a strong leader becomes convinced of the supreme importance of one teaching or of one strand, he makes that one the most important; and since such definiteness and such focus as act to differentiate certain believers from others are very dear to human nature, one new sect after another is fouhuman nature, one new sect after another is founded.

God intended equality among men; but «private property, slavery, imperialism, the State itself, appear in post-Fall society as regulations of God to preserve nature, which is always being disrupted by sin».26 Justice thus appears as the rough, necessary, coerced order of human societies which is not wholly antithetical to love, since it serves the purpose of God in the creation and history.

Along with dualistic mythology several developments in scientific thought since the seventeenth century have contributed to the exorcism of mind from nature: first, there is the cosmography of classical (Newtonian) physics picturing our world as composed of inanimate, unconscious bits of «matter» needing only the brute laws of inertia to explain their action; second, the Darwinian theory of evolution with its emphasis on chance, waste and the apparent «impersonality» of natural selection; third, the laws of thermodynamics (and particularly the second law) with the allied cosmological interpretation that our universe is running out of energy available to sustain life, evolution and human consciousness; fourth, the geological and astronomical disclosure of enormous tracts of apparently lifeless space and matter in the universe; fifth, the recent suggestions that life may be reducible to an inanimate chemical basis; and, finally, perhaps most shocking of all, the suspicion that mind may be explained exhaustively in terms of mindless brain chemistry.

This will be given in a way that fits in with man's nature and through the Incarnation God shows us how: His Son becomes man and He relates to us through His human nature, and this includes the flesh, since this is an intrinsic part of our ability to relate to others and also to God.

Martin also asks some telling questions about Rahner's remarkably optimistic vision of human nature — an optimism all the more astonishing since, as Martin notes, he spent almost his entire priestly life (1932 — 84) first under Nazi rule and then, after the Second World War, with half of Germany under Soviet Communism.

Again, the insistence on the societal nature of the world, and on man's genuine participation since he himself is organic to that world, illuminates the Christian belief that man belongs to the creation and that the whole natural order, as well as human history and personal experience, is integral to the purpose of God.

... Since man enjoys the capacity for a free personal choice in truth... the right to religious freedom should be viewed as innate to the fundamental dignity of every human person... all people are «impelled by nature and also bound by our moral obligation to seek the truth, especially religious truth» (Second Vatican Council, Dignitatis Humanae, 2)... let me express my sincere hope that your expertise in the fields of law, political science, sociology and economics will converge in these days to bring about fresh insights on this important question andthus bear much fruit now and into the future.

And since the human mind or soul can not be viewed as part of this machine, it belongs to a supernatural sphere not affected by the laws of nature.

And since I, along with some famous philosophers and scientists, believe in freedom (not solely of mature human beings but — in some slight degree — of all individuals in nature, down to the atoms and farther), I hold that even in the fetus the incipient individual is unconsciously making what on higher levels we call «decisions.&raqAnd since I, along with some famous philosophers and scientists, believe in freedom (not solely of mature human beings but — in some slight degree — of all individuals in nature, down to the atoms and farther), I hold that even in the fetus the incipient individual is unconsciously making what on higher levels we call «decisions.&raqand scientists, believe in freedom (not solely of mature human beings but — in some slight degree — of all individuals in nature, down to the atoms and farther), I hold that even in the fetus the incipient individual is unconsciously making what on higher levels we call «decisions.&raqand farther), I hold that even in the fetus the incipient individual is unconsciously making what on higher levels we call «decisions.»

And this is said pejoratively neither of metaphysics nor of science, since the quest for coherent explanation is intrinsic to the nature and dignity of human reason itseAnd this is said pejoratively neither of metaphysics nor of science, since the quest for coherent explanation is intrinsic to the nature and dignity of human reason itseand dignity of human reason itself.

Beets — the colorful root crop native to the Mediterranean region and enjoyed by humans since Roman times — are one of nature's nutritional powerhouses, delivering nutrients that support a healthy circulatory and immune system.

N'allah said, «In view of the controversy that this has generated, my advice is that since we have the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, issues of this nature can be referred to that committee.

Since then he has written eight books on the subject, the most recent being Second Nature: Brain Science and Human Knowledge.

Fruit: we humans think it's the very definition of nature's bounty, and ever since that first forbidden apple fruit has been considered luscious and desirable.

The dream of flight and a yearning to explore have been embedded in human nature since long before the Wright brothers first took wing a hundred years ago.

Humans have influenced nature since as early as the Ice Age, and over the past century our impact has become even greater with our many new technologies and a growing world population.

Using «organic materials as blood, fat, saliva, and so forth was irrational,» he wrote, «since Nature herself does not make the metals beneath the earth from human blood.»

Their method, published ahead of print in the Oct. 17, 2008 online edition of Nature Biotechnology, not only provides a practical and simple alternative for the generation of patient - and disease - specific stem cells, which had been hampered by the low efficiency of the reprogramming process, but also spares patients invasive procedures to collect suitable starting material, since the process only requires a single human hair.

• Addressing the human - specific nature of antibodies is possible using Organ - Chips that recreate the complexity of human biology, since novel antibody targets are not expressed in animals and therefore require alternatives to current preclinical experimental methods.

They didn't have any knowledge of nutrition, they weren't able to eat nutritious, calorie dense food whenever they wanted due to the absence of agriculture, and their immune systems were likely weaker than ours (living together in large numbers placed enormous selective pressure on our early agricultural ancestors to develop strong immune systems, keep in mind that early human civilizations did not have indoor plumbing... so they were sometimes exposed to fecal matter both from fellow humans and from livestock and they didn't have the kinds of disinfectants and anti-biotics we have today,) so for them to have serious health complications makes perfect sense, nature can be very harsh and doesn't care how long its been since your last meal or what your calorie and micro nutrient needs are... a lot of people died at very young ages back then simply because they got sick and didn't have proper medical treatment or due to malnutrition or starvation.

Human Nature is presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen and fullscreen versions on the same side of a dual - layer disc; compositionally, it's a toss - up between the two transfers, since the latter opens up the bottom of the frame whilst cropping the vertical sides.

My, arguably, nonsensical love for animals will surely make me roll my eyes to the snake scene, especially to that, by nature, lame joke and if it comes to them or the wolfs I'm pretty sure I'll be on Team Wolfs, since I don't know personally any of the human characters.

The cohabitation of wild and tame animals may defy a law of nature, but since Ava's rejection of Archie is hardly the stuff of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (Ava thinks Archie lacks machismo), why won't she listen to human reason?