Sentences with phrase «too human a book»

The bible is just too human a book for me to use it as the basis of any kind of belief.

Not exact matches

So, too, fallen human beings can not read the book of nature and learn about God without the assistance of the spectacles of scripture.

I refer to the latter's shape - shifting ability to make the familiar seem startlingly strange, books of the Holy Bible acquiring human (all too human) authors, ghostwriters, copy editors, places and dates of publication — everything, in short, but an ISBN number.But poststructuralism's powers of redescription exceed even those of historical criticism.

She's clearly too divorced from reality to make any educated psychological evaluation, much less use human psychology to hammer her square religious beliefs into a round book review.

However, a Bible written by human authors in their socio - cultural contexts all too easily becomes a human and cultural book instead of the inerrant Word of God.

One of the biggest disasters ever to befall the human race is that too many of us continue to give credence to that book of trash here in the 21st century.

I've traveled through different theologies, read countless books and commentaries, and have reached a point in my own personal journey where I honestly feel that way too many «serious» committed Christians put far too much emphasis on theological principles than they do basic human decency.

It's not too early to show them a cloth baby book, which will probably feature black - and - white simple line drawings of human faces and geometric patterns.

«These estimates are political numbers, intended to persuade people, one way or another: either that too many humans are already on Earth or that there is no problem with continuing rapid population growth,» Cohen wrote in his book How Many People Can the Earth Support?

And by the way, it was a good year for science because that was also the year that Vesalius publishes his influential book on human anatomy, correcting some of the mistakes of the ancient Greek thinkers, which actually is what Copernicus was doing, too.

Ernest Becker has voiced in his book Denial of Death that the human condition needs to believe in some sort of immorality formula too help us get through this life and into the next!

The book is something more - close to perfect, I would say - but since both incarnations emphasize the importance of tolerating human fallibility, I won't make too much of the discrepancy.

Crystal is struck by a jingle bell from above and shortly after discovers a book (apparently there are human residents at the South Pole too) and learns all about Santa Claus.

The Aura H20 has expandable storage via microSD, too, supporting cards with up to 32 GB of space, in case you ever wanted to carry around more books on your device than any human being could ever possibly hope to read in their lifetime, even if all they were doing was reading continuously without pausing for sleep, food or basic human interaction.

... Children from dominant social groups have always found their mirrors in books but they, too, have suffered from the lack of availability of books about others... They need books that will help them understand the multicultural nature of the world they live in, and their place as a member of just one group, as well as their connections to all other humans.

He took me out of school with the intention of educating me himself, and instead of letting me finger - paint he read me the letters Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo right before he cut off his ear, and also passages from the book Human, All Too Human so that together we could «rescue Nietzsche from the Nazis.»

A tour de force, this book gives intellectual dilemmas a human face, while restoring grandeur and mystery to a universe still too richly intricate to fit within a computer protocol.

The book's strongest moments come when the author's newsroom instincts take us inside the private quarters and public halls where a godless soviet dictator showed his all - too - human face to American businessmen, entertainers, politicians, and Average Joes.

But how come there are Notes and highlights on books which aren't yet available on the kindle (e.g. George Stephanopoulos's All too Human — which I've been waiting to have on the Kindle for ages...)

There are also do - it - yourself author mills that push out thousands of «books» a day without any human intervention, and those presses are in a different category, too.

If... you are looking for a large dose of truth with some all too human foibles and faults and long nights of coffee drenched brains and frequent trips to the bathroom then this book is for you.

And I speak as a writer, too, not just a reader — since so many time - strapped people these days want to enjoy books while commuting or exercising but don't need human narration.

The book «The Paradox of Choice» outlined human behavior when confronted with too much choice... often no choice at all is made.

The idea of stealing another writer's words or trying to discredit them or falsifying reviews or trying to have people write fake reviews of my work sounds crazy to me, but I am guilty of highlighting the parts of the PW review that I liked most about my most recent book; it was a mixed review bc the reviewer thought the novel had too many coincidences / was too neatly wrapped up at the end, but that's one of my signatures, I think, now that I've written three books, two published, and one in the works, so I'm actually proud of the strange kismet, sometimes magical occurrences that happen in my work because they also happen in my life, and that's what this whole post is about: about being true to oneself, which includes a moral code, a writers and human code of ethics.

Investors can read everything they can lay their hands on, but most are chasing a holy grail they'll never find in books: How to properly assess a stock in real - time — in all its original & imperfect glory, and as its story evolves — accompanied by the usual all - too - human blood, sweat, tears, fear & greed.

In this book Karen talks about positive reinforcement training not only for dogs but in our daily human relationships too.

In all, the prolific Dr. Fine has authored too many books on human / animal interactions to mention.

It is all so easy to book your Cairns accommodation on the internet without any human interaction and it is a great way to do it if you are only travelling with yourself and you already know the region or you are not too fussed on the services or facilities of the hotel.

The problem with measuring global climate is (as M&E say in their book) that it is on a scale too large to comprehend from a human perspective.