Sentences with phrase «than alive for»

If any of us is better dead than alive for the state, it becomes our duty to be eliminated or to eliminate ourselves even before the state has to bother itself with that unpleasant necessity.

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But UPS» affinity for them is helping keep the planes alive, even if they are a tiny portion of Boeing's order book of more than 5,800 planes.

However, client feedback is more than a necessity for offering better services and products, it is the proof that a business is alive and clients take their role seriously in maintaining a healthy business.

Knowing that people that «think» (and I use the term very loosely) like you do, frighten me more than a shark arm wrestling a bear for the right to devour me alive.

Other than the sights of «god» on a piece of toast or otherwise, while it'd be great for something when life ends, there just isn't, other than the hope while one is living, because once dead, you never knew you were alive...

At Advent, it begins again: the cycle by which God breaks through the clutter of our lives to announce to us that the Presence is very near, irrupting into our midst, hauling us out of our myths, our half - truths and the ways we have settled for what is religious rather than what is holy, alive and real.

Such a view would be more appropriate for proponents of ancient gnostic theories, come alive again in our day, than for those who profess a biblical basis for their religion.

I don't like what Romney stands for any more than you do, but to imply that middle aged people are less alive or wothy than the young is a dangerous road to take.

Though it is not really better for any of us to be dead than alive, it may be better for the world and for God.

1) We're highly evolved primates 2) We have overactive imaginations 3) Our greatest evolutionary asset, our large and highly-folded brains, are also responsible for an insatiable curiosity 4) As a species, and a survival tactic, we make things up to comfort ourselves in difficult times 5) As a complex societal species, we create commonalities and «traditions» with others in our clan / tribe / community 6) These «traditions» result in security, trust, and strong relationships that make the collective more able to survive than the individual 7) These common beliefs also act as a means of numbing the brain to questions and concerns without legitimate or tangible answers 8) Religion is simply a survival mechanism 9) When we die, we simple «are not alive» anymore.

The reply given by the Johannine Jesus appears at first to confirm this by saying, «If a man has faith in me, even though he die, he shall come to life», but then proceeds to add quite a new interpretation of the resurrection power of Christ in the words, «and no one who is alive and has faith shall ever die».13 C. H. Dodd concludes that «the «resurrection» of which Jesus has spoken is something which may take place before bodily death, and has for its result the possession of eternal life here and now... The evangelist agrees with popular Christianity that the believer will enter into eternal life at the general resurrection, but for him this is a truth of less importance than the fact that the believer already enjoys eternal life and the former is a consequence of the latter.»

Now we have this wonderful choice (or free will): We can either believe that these desires we were created with had everything to do with a terribly gruesome human sacrifice a couple thousand years ago and plead for forgiveness through that murdered innocent individual in order that we might be chosen to be forgiven for being born this way; or we can be tortured for a ridiculously longer period of time than we were actually alive in this sinful state (that we were unwillingly, unknowingly, forcefully thrust into).

So I began to think about what it means to be alive and began to really pray for perhaps the first time in my life (other than those prayers at meal time and the «Now I lay me down to sleep» prayer at night).

Never has an Enneagram 3 been more happy to be alive and winning things than when summer finally rolled around and it was Revenge of the Nerds for us book worms.

Change, to keep the church alive in the 21st century (in the UK at least where churchgoing is about as normal as ferret juggling) needs to be far, far more radical than that, and based on an assessment of what real people's real needs are, rather than a thirst for novelty.

The only one who can not is Lucifer because he do not want to, God heart is not made of iron, if there are evil people alive in this world it is only because God want them to repent to, there are most evil people who as a children or teenager was sweet but because of another being became evil, Only God know what it did make them change or their pain but only one things is sure as God he did have the first seat to see all their pain and live, and to my point of view as a Father it is by no means lesser than the pain he did feel for them or them victimes, like a electric chair.

I have participated on these committees for more than ten years and have found them consistently asking certain questions as they interview candidates and listen to recordings of their work: Is this candidate present, alive and available to his or her counselee and to the committee?

Above all else, the edifying philosopher takes responsibility for keeping this conversation alive, not by «finding the proper set of terms into which all the contributions should be translated,» but by being willing «to pick up the jargon of the interlocutor, rather than translating it into one's own.»

Gil you have asked some very good questions why does bad things happen in the world i personally do nt know God did nt explain to Job either why he had to suffer.What i do know is that God desires that none of us should perish but that all would have eternal life in him through Jesus Christ.This world will one day pass away and the real world will be reborn so our focus as christians is on whats to come and being a witness in the here and now.Both good and bad happens to either the righteous or the sinner so what are we to make of that.What we do know is that God will set all things right at the appointed time the wicked will be judged and the righteous will be rewarded for there faith isnt that enough reason for us to believe.Free will is only a reality if we can choose between good and bad but our hearts are deceitfully wicked we naturally are inclined toward sin that is another reason whyt we need to be saved from ourselves so what are we to do.For me Christ died and rose again that is a fact witnessed by over 500 people that were alive at the time and was recorded by historians how many other religious leaders do you know that did that or did the miracles that Jesus did.As far as the bible is concerned much of the archelogical evidence has proven to be correct and many of prophetic words spoken many hundreds of years ago have come to pass including both the birth and the death of Jesus.Interested in what philosophy you are believing in if other than a faith in Jesus Christ so how does that philosophy give you the assurance that you are saved.Its really simple with christianity we just have to believe in Jesus Christ.brentnz

Muslims make up crap that suits them depending on what their stance of the day is, when he was alive 1/2 these nuts were saying he doesn't represent islam, now he's dead and tossed into the sea, he is the poster boy for islam, if they wanted to give him an islamic funeral to their liking they should have caught him and killed him themselves, rather than sheltering and hiding him for a decade.

If it meant no more than existence, everyone who is alive has that anyway; and there is no need for the mission of the Word.

Nonetheless, because I experience God during the divine concrescence with its intensely developed subjectivity; it follows that God is more «alive» to me than is my body (or my own past).41 This presence, however, can be abused and turned into a support for the reality - founding ego.

And you won't know how to explain why, in that moment when the whisper rose out of your mouth like Jesus from the grave, you felt more alive and awake and resurrected than you have in ages because at least it was out, at least it was said, at least it wasn't buried in your chest anymore, clawing for freedom.

Guroian's loving discussions of these stories do more than respect their integrity; they make the stories, and their variously lovable characters, alive again for adults.

Besides, Jesus» blood is of infinite worth, and He shed it for each and every single person alive as if they were the only one He was dying for... quite a bit more than these verses deal with.

Nowhere in the culinary landscape is the spirit of integration and engagement more alive than at the World Food Championships, where the world's most creative food champions face off for pride and culinary glory.

By the end of the day I didn't have much to show for my time, other than I kept my child alive and fed and spent quality time with family.

So while soaked oats and chia seed puddings might not at first scream «romance» to you, think about it this way: what's more romantic than keeping your loved ones alive and healthy for years to come by feeding them foods that promote a healthy heart and prevent disease?

For the record, I added a lot more butter than what's pictured here, and I'm still alive and thriving.

Credited with reviving and keeping street food alive in San Francisco, Off the Grid sets the stage for discovery with public markets in 15 Bay Area locations including over 60 events routinely serving more than 100,000 people weekly.

After one month, we've now hit the point at which more NFL teams are alive for the Super Bowl than college teams are alive for the BCS title.

No fewer than 19 teams are still alive for the BCS bids that go to the champs of the six major conferences

Had Arsenal been in Zambia, we would have kicked Wenger's arse out of our team 7 years ago and I know for sure you lads in London are more brutal than us (you colonized us and many other states before, heeehe) so come on!!!! Wenger is officially one of the most hated men alive today and we keep losing fans each day and recruiting non because of his dumbness.

Robbie might be the presenter and creator of the channel, but the real star is Claude — that grumpy old bloke who is the only man alive capable of moaning at a camera for longer than Paul Scholes.

The city that less than a century ago was a fur - trading post known as Fort Garry was alive and throbbing last week with its birthday offering for Canada, the fifth Pan-American Games, and extraordinary charity was at work all over town.

FLANNERY: My 86 - year - old grandmother has had season tickets to Indiana basketball for longer than I've been alive and she loves Oladipo.

Xhaka, who I like, or at least I like the Xhaka who plays for the Swiss national squad, has shown to be in way over his head in the premiership... of course he showed late in the year that he can stretch the field with the long ball but our squad isn't really set - up for that style of play... most of his long passes are in the air not on the ground and our squad without Giroud, which should have been sold the minute the transfer window officially opened, is one of the smallest in England... we need someone who can pick out the runs of our forwards in the lanes and who is fast enough to come forward into space without conceding his defensive responsibilities... we rarely see him shoot or even be in a position on the field to do so, we rarely, if ever, see him used for set pieces and it appears that the only person at the club who has ever coached him up when it comes to tackling is Coq, which explains his atrocious disciplinary record... maybe it's me but didn't you see him coming in and contributing more from an offensive perspective, with his killer left foot, than a deep - lying midfielder... if that wasn't the case we are the stupidest team alive for taking him over Kante

The cars were capped at 155 mph for obvious reasons, one being the massive concrete wall all the way around the track, but I was more than happy to have reached the top speed and still be alive to write this blog post about it.

Yesterday's concession of two goals to a Southampton team that have struggled for them all season left a lot to be desired of and when Shane Long simply meandered into the box and was more alive to a cross than Mustafi, I'd like to say I couldn't believe we were one down, but I can.

The old competition is worth fighting for, and despite the doubters, the 2 - 1 Arsenal win showed that it is alive and well as a tournament, but the victory for Arsenal was worth more than a... More More than a 5th round victory

Anyone who's been alive for a few decades longer than Chloe, who has actually participated in life, knows that there are dozens of mistakes in Chloe's thinking.

Supporting the Village helps history come alive for more than 250,000 students, families, tourists, and scholars every year.

Before that, all your time is taken up with trying to feed and catch naps and do all those other things that suck up 24 hours but leave you with no memories and no accomplishments other than staying alive for another day.

The benefit of taking the drug, the benefits of breastfeeding far outweigh the risk of the drug and the risk of taking a formula and the consensus in the healthcare community is that and if doctors don't know this, they should know this that you always continue to take your medication for depression, kind of put in simple words, a mother that's alive and breastfeeding is better than a mother to commit suicide and can't breastfeed at all.

In the United States, if you are a woman who works for a company with fewer than 50 employees, it is completely up to your employer whether or not you get paid during maternity leave, and they don't even have to guarantee that your job is safe when you want to return — because pushing a human out of your body and then keeping said newborn human alive for three months with your body is not stressful enough.

I just remember aching like just aching for him and then they brought him back to me like I had a bunch of people talking to me and then, all room just went silent to me just like there's still... her muscle still moving but I didn't want anything other than my baby on my chest, and then actually my husband actually has a picture of the minute he's on my chest and I was just like, just a sieve relief of having him there and just knowing that he was okay and that he was alive and being grateful and then she's so healing to just have him in that position, so I loved that you brought that point because it's so true, it's so true.

When you become a parent, I've found, the stakes suddenly feel really high: You're responsible for keeping a tiny human — one whom you love more than anyone in the world — alive.

It's restrictive, more expensive than my non-Paleo food, and more time consuming, but every time I look at my little family, I feel that it's worth it to me to put in the extra effort to help my body stay alive longer so I can be there for them.

It is highly unfair to perpetuate this fast - track award merely on the assumption that a BA (Hons) from Oxford or Cambridge Universities justifies a complimentary equivalent award, for no reason other than the student in question attended the institution, and has stayed alive for a few years after completing the BA — nothing more is needed for them to be given an MA and so a significant advantage in the jobs market.

Noting that «There is no greater voice against Republican candidates than this Republican candidate,» the filmmaker argues that a carefully considered vote for Romney can «keep this circular firing squad of jerkos alive.»