Sentences with phrase «unless there»

On the other hand, if (as we have just said) our decisions make a difference, if the future is not a «closed future» but is open even for God, then we can see that there are possibilities that can not be realized until and unless there is human consent to that realization.

Unless survival can be with dignity and decency, unless there can be some prospect of a good life in a good society, perhaps it is better that the whole human experiment end soon.

Freedom would be entirely meaningless unless there were some good at which to aim.

First there is an epistemological assumption that we should give our assent to no proposition unless there is adequate experiential (empirical and scientific) evidence for it or unless it is capable of being «comprehended.»

«an atheist will never consider a theory that includes God» That is because there is no theory that can include god unless there is some evidence of such a thing.

Unless there is some purpose to the «scheme of things» it seems doubtful whether the individual can consistently and coherently attribute meaning to his or her own existence either.

Unless there were some selection of possibilities there would be no reason for including the conception of subjective aim.

Unless there is permanence, then, there can be no order or value.

In their mind it is not possible to disagree with them unless there are selfish motives in play, hence we SHOULD be ashamed of ourselves and repent and be cleansed of our haughty / selfish / sinful spirit.

Reality check; The catholic church won't do anything unless there is profit in it.

Why do people have to convince themselves that life is meaningless unless there's a spaceman on a cloud that is pulling the strings for them?

But we could not do this unless there were a clear gap with regard to the new criteria between these intermediaries and humans.

My thesis is that a planetary society is emerging which sets requirements for human fulfillment for the species as a whole that can not be met unless there are profound changes in the ideas, values, and power coalitions that now determine our priorities and shape our politics.

Unless there is unmistakeable evidence to the contrary, your spouse is on your team.

After all, why should Descartes make his declaration unless there are others of whom he is conscious and whom he wishes to persuade?

Unless there really is moral obligation, it will not be a form of natural law, and unless the immediate ground for that obligation is the metaphysical structure that makes a being human, the theory in question will not amount to natural law but an ethics of some other sort, whether divine command, Kantian deontology, utilitarianism, or something else.

The military does not make it easy for people to stand up and will punish those who do, unless there are witnesses.

Even when the words are flowing and the ideas come out in best - selling prose (in my mind, anyway), none of this satisfies unless there is love between my wife and I, and all is well with my daughters.

Doesn't it therefor mean that, unless there is a reason to believe this god exists, there isn't anything of substance to your religion?

And — no matter how generous the food aid — food shortages will continue unless there are investments in farming and agriculture.

Man's sinful nature is such that he will use instruments of power for evil ends unless there is something to instruct him in their beneficent uses.

For Methodism, on the contrary, unless there have been a crisis of this sort, salvation is only offered, not effectively received, and Christ's sacrifice in so far forth is incomplete.

No appropriate ministry of the laity can conceivably be in fundamental opposition to the ordained ministry, unless there is a screw loose on either side of the board.

Unless there is both a place and a planned scheme for instruction of this sort in the parish program a real opportunity will be missed to strengthen the members of our congregation.

1 God would prevent evil unless there was a morally justiable reason serving the greater good 2 Evil exists 3 God has a morally justifiable reason that serves the greater for allowing evil

I think there are a lot of things that we might as well take as certain unless there is something which turns up to really make them doubtful.

Can there be value in a sum of values unless there is a valuation which summates them, which embraces them together in a single good?»

But unless there is great pain connected with this sacrifice on the part of those who order or condone it, the structures that are built on it will continue indefinitely to perpetuate such sacrifice.

This should not really be surprising, nor is there any inherent contradiction between the two thoughts, unless there is a specific denial that Christ would have come apart from sin, and that is rare.

Should believers choose to exit the room and pray, their absence will not stand out as disrepectful or even noteworthy, unless there is work to be done.»

Experiments in learning have shown that unless there is emotional involvement, relatively little is learned and that is readily forgotten.

The origin of some religious rule in some conference somewhere or some other origin of what's going on isn't as important as dealing with what we've got now unless there's something helpful in the unknown information.

The matter of what happened on the night in question in the city of David when there was no room in the inn is not really about anything — unless there is something more to this child than a birth in poverty into an indifferent world.

Unless there is a change of course, they will grow greater and more inclusive.

It is a meaningless phrase unless there really is an activity in the world that transcends that of human beings.

In general, the inference from e1 to e2 is not justified unless there is a «probabilistic dependence» between e1 and e2 «independent» of their deductibility from t (3:166).

I don't forget unless there is reconciliation.

There is no other way in which the world and our lives can have purpose, significance, and meaning — for it is idiotic to talk as if these could be given to finites unless there be something from outside and beyond which values them, appreciates them, appraises them, and thinks them worthwhile.

This produces something of a dilemma: for unless presentational immediacy and causal efficacy overlap in some way, unless there is a common ground between them, there is no assurance that they are giving information about the same entities and the beneficial effects of their complementary relation would be lost.

Unless there is room to say NO there is no room for a genuine YES.

Unless there is a massive shift back to reality, which is liberty / freedom / capitalism and Individualism, we will remain on this course toward mystical destruction like we are on railroad tracks.

It seems impossible also to organize a genuine course of study including the Biblical disciplines, church history, theology, the theory and practice of worship, preaching, and education on other grounds than those of habit and expediency unless there is clarity about the place of these studies and acts in the life of the Church.

Money is a tool of exchange, which can't exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them.

But alas I am not Roman Catholic, never have bee and won't be unless there are changes... I don't live in Bavaria any more, and in any case they probably don't have enough priests any more to provide so many opportunities.

Unless there is a new approach to the role of churches in relation to the family life of members, programs designed for «Christian families» will only reinforce unrealistic expectations about «the Christian home.»

Furthermore, unless there is basic honesty and self - discipline, the whole market system breaks down.

There is a hungry baby, blinking eyes at the light of life and a mama longing to nurse, open mouths and wonder at what you have just done, arms that suddenly don't feel quite attached to our body unless there is that little person in them.

(ENTIRE BOOK) A planetary society is emerging which makes requirements for human fulfillment that can not be met unless there are profound changes in the ideas, values, and power coalitions that now determine our priorities and shape our future.

(However, I don't quite get how they put her in as American President unless there is a major chance to their political rules but whatevs.)

«Unless there is truth that is changeless,» William Ernest Hocking has written in a brilliant essay on the mystical spirit in Protestantism, «religion becomes a branch of anthropology, chiefly of historical interest.»