Sentences with phrase «than god as»

Yes — we are less than God as Father.

Whitehead contrasts the primordial envisagement rather than God as a whole with worldly being, but the result is the same: «Conceptual experience can be infinite, but it belongs to the nature of physical experience that it is finite» (PR 345).

That doesn't make either of them any more real than God as far as the evidence is concerned.

Yet although Muslims speak so much of the Mercy and Compassion of God, Montgomery Watt, a Christian scholar with a deep knowledge of and sympathy for Islam, probably correctly assesses the views of many Christians when he says that they «would claim that God as conceived by Christians is more loving than God as conceived by Muslims.»

If you were God you imply you have a better way and that is the problem you think you know more than God as to what one needs to go through in life to reach the next level.

Not exact matches

However the Wildrose gets everyone fired up thinking «that damn Rachel Notley wants to destroy the family farm» and rather than try to find the facts out people just believe what comes out of the WR as the god given truth.

No less of an investment genuis / god than Warren Buffett has stuffed away nearly $ 100 BN in 1 - year US T - bills as nothing in the M&A world or stock market excites him much.

As for those you referened as being more believeable than God, I will wait for their analysis of what it means to have multi million degree braided magnetic loops on the sun, and all the applied voltages... oh what does that mean anyway... I wonder... what comes nexAs for those you referened as being more believeable than God, I will wait for their analysis of what it means to have multi million degree braided magnetic loops on the sun, and all the applied voltages... oh what does that mean anyway... I wonder... what comes nexas being more believeable than God, I will wait for their analysis of what it means to have multi million degree braided magnetic loops on the sun, and all the applied voltages... oh what does that mean anyway... I wonder... what comes next.

Most people get locked up in a padded room for less than what passes as «ok» when it gets the «god» label attached.

Undoubtedly, Jesus still loves us all more than either of us could ever fathom but the only way you, me, we're going to be able to live fulfilled and victorious lives is by accepting God's truths as they truly are in the bible and by leaning on His grace for empowerment to walk in them in our personal relationships with him.

I am so sorry that you have been told / taught such awful things about Jesus, but whether or not you believe He is fully man and also fully God, there is more than enough proof historically and in present scripture to show that labeling Him as a mysogonist and an advocate for murder is a drastically false account of who He is and what He stood for.

I had in my heart and tongue the Name of Allah when ever I had fears, troubles or depression of any kind but from Jan 05 1995 when had lost my father and second brother in a car accident, it was the time I really felt am alone at age of 33 to face all the challenges my father has left upon me to run and manage among other partners therefore had been investigating the Quran as to understanding every word of it rather than to memorize it, have been did a lot of reciting verses of prayers begging God to look upon me and give me strength... am sure through such difficult times if I had no faith in God I would have perished and lost every thing long ago... Another thing my heart always gave me signs and my mind gave me logic of what to believe although have read many books abroad in my youth of many beliefs out of curiosity but could not belief in other than that God is one and Muhammed is his last prophet in all belief of the Quran he brought upon me / us in all that it says... Should mention at times had experienced dreams seeing signs and warnings long in advance of things going to happen A year or more before losing my father in a car accident I had seen him in my dream good bye wearing white cloth and going to board a tourist ship all crew dressed in white uniform rolling a red carpet on front of him and when was on the top of the stairs weaver smiling good bye... seen in another dream how or wealth will be stolen and what I will hold... so many things like that..

But I believe God is so much bigger than something I may say that is not quite right as I walk out my own personal spiritual journey.

These days, for some people, the book has been turned into an icon for worship as the literal representation of God and rather than use it as intended it is now used as both a bludgeon upon intelligence itself and a blindfold upon those who hold it up as their worldly deity.

As for the way we hear God other than reading the bible, it is in our mind with a clarity not matched by any human person on earth.

For me as a Calvinist, that suggests that rather than spending a lot of time defending the doctrine of total depravity or of election I would do best to share my deeply felt sense of my own unworthiness, and to point people to the way in which I have experienced God's gracious workings in my life.

Other than that, do as you wish, you want to serve a false god, do it, you want to believe in no god, believe it, just everybody shut up about your stupid beliefs, neither side can prove crap.

God is invisible, undetectable, and irrelevant — as far as anyone can determine, which isn't much difference than nonexistence.

What if my goal wasn't to win the game, but to leave people better than I found them — better loved, better experiencing their identity as a child of God, better equipped to love others?

As a non theist, I do not pretend to know what happens after death, I do not pretend to think that God has laid out laws other than the Golden Rule.

By commenting on sexuality as an aspect of our lives in which we can live for God, this seems to imply more than simply refraining from sexual sin.

As Miller observes, it is easier to believe in God than to practice religion.

There are a lot of «accepting» Christians who think, as Christine posted earlier, that eventually we gays will «see God's way for [us]», i.e., eventually we'll see that God has a better way for us than to be practicing gays and lesbians.

Many contemporary people of faith define hell as a psychological state — separation from God, self and others, rather than a space - time place.

sam stone Given we are made in the image of God our core «DNA» (as evidenced by 98 % of the world population) knows there is more to this existence than chemical reaction on organic matter.

But I discovered that there might be more beauty and wisdom in those tricky, ignored Bible passages than I had perhaps thought, when approached as an exploration with God and not a law.

As Samuel would later say to Saul who saw it fit to disobey the command of God — «to obey is better than sacrifice»

This is one of the problems that often hinders dialogue with radical atheists (not sure you are one, but you did answer a question I posed to people who believe God is a fantasy)-- rather than offer a defense they will attack in such a way as to obfuscate the purpose of the original discussion.

It is as if they place their faith in their faith (which is scarier than placing it on our own efforts) and not on God.

I am afraid your god is no more a god than theirs, though not everyone on the right is as you describe them.

Contraception rejects that blessing and sees children as a hinderance rather than a gift from God.

While Muslims believe Jesus was to be revered as a prophet and Apostle of God, they do not believe He was more than this.

I would agree, however, with the underlying religious point, that too much God is painted as a deity of petty rules rather than the awesome Creator.

Talking snakes, talking donkeys, a boat at sea for half a year with a couple million animals, a temple less than 5000sq feet taking 150,000 workers and 7 years to complete, and then sacrificing 14 animals a minute for 7 days straight, a virgin birth story (like there weren't already a few of them before), a zombie invasion that no third party seemed to witness, a dude living in the belly of a fish for a couple days, a guys last words (before become back as a zombie) being «My god, my god, why hast thou forsaken me.»

In fact, most American Catholics disagree with some of the Vatican doctrines (birth control, for example); there are Baptist Churches that don't treat women as less than men in God's eye, etc..

When we give in to this need for self exaltation, and organize others around our cause, then we recognize it as the warped type of social engineering you describe, where the goal is uniformity, not unity — promoting our own agenda, rather than participating in God's mission.

well chutty - oh where to start - if you don't beleive in god, fine... then don't... i don't beleive in mermaids, but i don't espouse my non-belief as «passionate»... nor do i denegrate those who may believe in mermaids with derogatory labels like zionist or evangelist... if you don't believe in god, then your belief in your fellow man should be a little stronger than having to slap labels on them....

Paul Mariani's poem «Solar Ice,» which centers on a Mass, has a «preconciliar» feel, as a «clear demarcation of place and hierarchy exists between the priest, who is titled the equivalent of God rather than his profession, and the lay congregation.»

His prayers were answered last September, less than three years after the fire, when the Macedonia First Church of God in Christ opened the doors to its new worship facility, built on the same site as the previous building.

I'm not saying there is an absolute zero (as in less than.000000000000001) chance there is a god.

God created Adam as a mature man, he did the same with the earth.how old is a mature earth?billions or trillions of years.a science maxim, things go from order to disorder.yet the complexities of man (DNA) and the earth (water) became complex over time.more than doubtful.

I will be the first to admit, as you should, that I do not know all of the answers, but I think the journey of trying to discover them is far more fascinating than saying «well god did it, so thats it».

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.

Money should be spent, if at all, on the starving poor, rather than on anointing the feet of Christ or (as the poet said, and Peggy will quote) «touch [ing] the face of God.»

So, what is my point?To read Paul's polemic, his rhetoric and generally his theology as an end in itself, rather than his attempt to bring others to an experience of the living God is to me, missing the point.It seems that much of the divisiveness between believers on this blog and a few others I visit is just that: I often read... Paul says this... hey, but Jesus says that... no, he wasn't saying that, he was saying this and so on and so on.Am I the only one bored with this «your Mother and my Mother were hanging out clothes» approach.I think we need a little more adverb, as in maybe....

Part of it has to do with our psychology as «followers» and our need to follow something rather than become self - sufficient and independent from other people, (not God.)

The DSM - IV may as well just be called «God's Book of Unclean Lepers,» and it assumes, just like the Bible, that the clinicians are the elite and perfect «normal» ones and that everyone else that looks different than them has the disorder.

As for the one god being more valid than any of the other thousands, that things you attribute to him (technically to Jesus), still haven't been proven in anything outside of the bible, which no one of a scientific mind can accept as convincing prooAs for the one god being more valid than any of the other thousands, that things you attribute to him (technically to Jesus), still haven't been proven in anything outside of the bible, which no one of a scientific mind can accept as convincing prooas convincing proof.

The Satanists have far more respect for the female species than the «just doin» god's work as the little voices in my head tell me to» Christians ever will.

I have to agree with Susan and Sarah although their comments seem to come off as belligerent and perhaps insensitive, given the nature of this article and the congruence of their posts to the word of God they have a much more biblical stance than the chaplain.