Sentences with phrase «ultimate frame of reference»

Since then, when we speak of nature, we ordinarily mean the biophysical universe, with the implicit understanding that its patterns and dynamics are the ultimate frame of reference, the way God wants things to be.

The proper definition of apparent evil, however, is prima facie evil which when judged from an ultimate frame of reference is that in the place of which no other realistically possible occurrence could be better.2 «Apparent» evil is not only a means to perfection, but also a morally necessary and justified means.

It will have this effect because an appeal to the imagination of the natural man in the actual world of 1935 means an appeal to national culture as the ultimate frame of reference.

Because their ultimate frame of reference is not a universal faith but national culture.

He suggested that the justice or injustice of the death penalty depended on the ultimate frame of reference within which it was used and understood.

Not exact matches

In my opening statement, I told the audience that a debate requires a common frame of reference, a core agreement about ultimate values — with the conflict about how to achieve an agreed upon goal.

Because of their vertical frame of reference, religious groups can help satisfy the will - to - relate to the ultimate dimension, the dimension of Spirit.

They integrate the individual's biography by providing an overarching frame of reference that applies to all of life, that locates the individual ultimately in space and time, that specifies an ultimate purpose for the individual's life and thus permits daily activities to be organized around the fulfillment of this purpose.

By taking a sociological frame of reference to one's understanding of the Bible and the creedal formulations of the church, one avoids getting into the divisive and irresolvable difficulties of deciding what is true in some ultimate, uncontaminated, pristine sense.