Sentences with phrase «than against nature»

«Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thoughtless labor; and of looking at plants and animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single product system.»

«Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labor; & of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single - product system.»

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Scientists, for their part, especially those in the scientific community with burdens against religion, need to understand that the nature of scientific evidence, method and hypotheses and the nature of theological evidence, method, and hypothesis have more in common than they might imagine.

Irenaeus championed this understanding explicitly: «The Father of all» [47] is no less than «He who is impassible» (Against Heresies, 2.12.1).30 For Clement of Alexandria, this is true both for the nature of God (Stromata, 2.16) and for the highest achievable good of those who would truly embody the divine image: «Endurance also itself forces its way to the divine likeness, reaping as its fruit impassibility» (2.20).

But if the abstractive nature of speech formation is recognized, then it must be seen also that the abstract term always implies more than itself; it always brings with it the presupposition of the total context from which it is drawn (12:84).6 All speech, in other words, implies a metaphysical background against which it must be interpreted for its significance to be grasped (PR 16 - 20; 12:46).

Whatever their exact number, Christians are leaven in deeply troubled Pakistan whose Muslim majority disallows increasingly the Prophet's teachings about restraint from violence and his injunctions to honor the Ummah (religious community) Internecine Muslim murders are a daily occurrence in Pakistan, and, whatever the discrimination against Christians, it is more social and economic in nature and far less violent than what Muslims do to one another.

It is simple confusion to think otherwise, and Johnson's recent effort (see FT January) to construe presumption - against in terms of worries about the inherent morality of war, or about the nature of prima facie duties, amounts to nothing more than the blowing of thick clouds of smoke.

The puritan conservationists have too readily accepted a 19th century theology that sets history against nature — a theology which is basically western European rather than biblical.

The question is, once this sexual - orientation structure collapses, what will come to replace it: the queer theorists» nihilistic anything - goes ethic, or the classical Christian view from which all of this is a departure, the view that takes the marital - procreative as its end and organizing principle, evaluating passions against nature rather than vice versa?

Jeremy good message and quite relevant for today God is still looking at our hearts and motives for serving him or are we serving our own agenda as Jonah was.He did nt feel compassionate towards his enemies and who could blame him they had cruelly killed many Jews it was a question of life or death to his own people.The Jewish nation was no more deserving of Gods grace than the other nations that is revealed by sending Jonah to preach a message of hope and life.Ultimately God calls all by faith in him and is willing to be merciful to all nations and peoples that do not not deserve it just like us it is by grace that we all are forgiven.I am pleased that God is sovereign and knows whats best he is merciful to us.Our human nature is that it is better to kill our enemies before they can kill us and that is essentially Jonahs message that is why he struggled to be obedient to Gods will.Gods message is to forgive those that trespass against us and show mercy.Its complicated and it is natural to protect ourselves and our families from those who would seek to destroy them but ultimately its about trusting God with everything easier said than done.If it comes to a choice we will have to trust God and ask for his strength because we cant do it in ours.As Christ laid down his life for us are we ready to lay our lives and the lives of our families as a sacrifice for him.To me that is where the story of Jonah is leading to we have the choice to fight our enemies or to love them as God loves them.brentnz

Christ is sinned against, I believe, when anything less than this universal, complete love is made central, either to God's nature and purpose, or to man's nature and destiny.

But few of us would endorse those elements of tradition that baptize patriarchal oppression, endorse violence against women, oppress lesbians and gays, exalt perpetual virginity as the superior state, or declare that heterosexual rape is a lesser sin than masturbation (on the view that the latter act contradicts nature while the former act, while also sinful, is in accordance with nature) The postbiblical tradition, like Scripture itself, does not provide one coherent, consistent sexual ethic.

The singular nature of this moment may be that it provides the opportunity for a less inhibited engagement of Catholic teaching and democratic theory — less inhibited from the Catholic side because of the historical ascendancy of democracy in the framework of the Anglo - American experience, rather than the French revolutionary framework with its powerful animus against religion in general and Catholicism in particular.

Affinities, Brown notes, include «the social or communal stress as a safeguard against individualistic Christianity, the stress on praxis, a methodology arising out of the human situation rather than being imposed on it, a passionate commitment to the dispossessed, and a recognition of the systemic nature of evil» (p. 141).

I have a wider conception of STEM degrees at four - year colleges than Lampkin does, but he's altogether correct when he points out how the progressivist nature of the sciences can corrupt other parts of the campus, especially in its prejudice against the «old.»

This is directed against the Gnostics who claimed that they were in the most intimate possible fellowship with God, fellowship not even possible for the ordinary man, and who yet wallowed in sin, either on the principle that the body is evil and therefore it does not matter what is done with it or in it, or on the principle that in sin the body does no more than fulfil its own nature, and that in either case the spirit is left quite untouched.

Organic practices focus on working with nature, rather than against it.

Joachim Low navigated his German side's safe passage into a semi-final against Brazil, and he sounded delighted with the less - than - exciting nature of their quarter final victory over France:

We have a number two — Fabianski — who is also of the flappable nature and a number three — Mannone — who was called into action and heroically kept us in a game against Fulham but wasn't felt to be ready to play more than a few games.

We are working within the watershed to find cost - effective stormwater solutions, with a focus on Low Impact Development, or LID, which works with nature rather than against it.

Providing these guidelines is far more realistic than Carpenter et al. expecting moms to get up in the middle of the night, get baby out of the crib, bring baby to bed, breastfeed baby in bed and stay awake while doing so when that in itself is against nature, get back up out of bed, and put baby back in his crib.

I want to once again remind readers that self - defense — including defense against tyrannical government — is more than a right guaranteed in the Second Amendment to our Constitution; it is a duty assigned us in Nature by our Creator.

In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said; «As it still appears, the statement made by the Federal Government on the Halliburton and Siemens corruption scandals may not be more than another decoy to shift the attention of Nigerians from the selective nature of President Buhari's fight against corruption.»

Charges of injurious conduct shall not be entertained against a Members unless the precise nature of the charges be submitted in writing to the president of the Association by not fewer than two Members.

Meanwhile, the agriculture minister John Gummer, fresh from refusing compensation to the Liddells for the loss of their home, has promised a «national strategy statement for flood and coastal defence» which will seek to «work with, rather than against, the forces of nature».

'' Gotsch, who was interested in finding new ways to work with, rather than against, nature found himself battling strong winds and drought.

Depending on your nature and the goals you have set, you will run into some of these more readily than others; but sooner or later you will come up against them all.

Her message - that you have the innate ability to heal yourself by embracing the power of nature - reflects her belief in natural medicines that work with, rather than against, your body's own healing processes.

Permaculture holds at its very core a philosophy of working with, rather than against, nature.

He believes in better health through better living by working with nature, rather than against it.

What is the sense in performing poses that go against nature's design, having more to do with linear straight lines than our natural curving shape and bio-tensegrity design?

With the fan expectations, the iconic nature of the original material, and the development hell that lasted more than a decade, the film just had too much going against it.

Willing to face hostility from within their own communities by forging unexpected alliances with longtime enemies, these individuals show a commitment to work with — rather than against — nature.

In other words, Divergent, contrary to its themes, is more about assimilation than in rebelling against the oppressive nature of the status quo.

Unfortunately, the system gets hacked, and the satellites are turned against humanity, creating weather events far more extreme than anything Mother Nature can concoct.

Red herrings abound narratively and literally, Channing Tatum sells a White House Down dig with adorable earnestness and there's a killer Benny Hill sight gag that I seemed to be the only one in my audience to get (it goes by very quick) and things like this allowed me to appreciate 22 Jump Street's «we're the same but we know it» nature more than I pulled against it.

His writing is less successful than his direction: the derivative nature of the plot clangs up against some poorly executed references to other horror films (one reference to The Thing is flat - out terrible), resulting in another example of a genre film - maker trying to appeal through referencing better work than doing good work themselves.

It's a challenging film that goes against convention as most of it relies on man vs nature rather than forced internal struggles to bring about tension within the script.

«If a car of this nature is going to compete against the Nissan GT - R, Porsche 911 and Audi R8, then it's got to do 0 — 60 in, well, less than four seconds.

It is the nature of wishes and their potential fulfillment to travel faster than anything shackled to earth, especially a rowboat straining against a current that all but groaned in its desire to blow into la pared de la muerte.

The grass, greener than a linnet's wing, collected sunlight against the advent of late frost: «nature's rarest alchemy, the golden bell of heaven's fire.»

The thinking behind offering mortgage write - downs make sense when so many homes are worth less than the mortgage amounts against them, but the complex nature of the secondary mortgage market and its rules can sink well - meaning loss mitigation efforts.

True to his working dog heritage, the Komondor is a smart cookie who learns quickly with the right trainer — that is, one who engages his mind and works with his independent nature rather than against it.

In Nature Wars, to be released next week, award - winning journalist Jim Sterba argues that it's time for Americans to reconnect with nature — and what better incentive than a massive lethal control campaign against any number of plants and animals, including feralNature Wars, to be released next week, award - winning journalist Jim Sterba argues that it's time for Americans to reconnect with nature — and what better incentive than a massive lethal control campaign against any number of plants and animals, including feralnature — and what better incentive than a massive lethal control campaign against any number of plants and animals, including feral cats?

Bathed in the eternal Greek sun, this eco-friendly destination offers a unique Mediterranean experience that's set against unspoiled nature, rich cultural values, and a history that spans more than 4500 years.

What made Night Trap so interesting to me and many others two and a half decades ago was the way it used the limitations of the FMV (full - motion video) genre in a clever way, working with the linear nature of video rather than against it.

In DYNASTY WARRIORS 8 Empires, warriors must fight against not only enemies but also the forces of nature as the changing seasons bring new elements to the more than 35 battlefields affected by seasons and the passing of time.

I have gone into the question of the availability of the nude model, a single aspect of the automatic, institutionally - maintained discrimination against women, in such detail simply to demonstrate both the universality of the discrimination against women and its consequences, as well as the institutional rather than individual nature of but one facet of the necessary preparation for achieving mere proficiency, much less greatness, in the realm of art during a long stretch of time.

His slim triangles, pressed tightly against one another, rule out nature in more ways than one.

Memphis styles became firmly rooted in Bas» pre-teenage subconsciousness, attesting to the prevalence of the «Memphis look» on the big and small screen in films like Tim Burton's Beetlejuice or kids» TV show Pee - wee's Playhouse, and through it he explores the idea of the artificial versus the real, the notion of the false being more authentic than actuality (concepts which Bas links to another early influence, Huysmans» Against Nature).