Sentences with phrase «very existence as»

First, the IPCC by its very existence as a clearing house of information on climate change provides a single target on which denialists and spinmeisters can focus.

Fry urged that the entire population of Tuvalu lives within 2 meters of sea level, that their very existence as a nation is at stake, and that he isn't trying to embarrass anyone, cause trouble, or make a show, but merely serve the people of Tuvalu and protect their future.

Following their conviction that art should be to be as true to life as possible, they decided to establish their very existence as the subject, object and intent of their work.

For them, their very existence as members of the bourgeoisie was problematic, isolating them not merely from existing social and artistic institutions but creating deeply felt internal dichotomies as well.

Though the latter two products aren't as well implemented, they cost less than even the reduced - price Kindle 2; and their very existence as low - end alternatives challenges Amazon's stranglehold on the e-book market.

We're talking about my very existence as a full - fledged human being in the eyes of the law of the State of New York... and the laws of the United States of America.

This is the cause of sibling rivalry: the older child perceives the younger sibling's very existence as a threat to his or her security.

But there are no referenda of the teams» very existence as we saw with the C's, Clippers, Raptors, Hawks, and Pacers in the first round.

Just as secular art in one sense gives glory to God by virtue of its very existence as it contributes to the manifold wonder and glory of creation — even if the artist does not acknowledge the creator — so also Christian art which intentionally points to God contributes to the beauty of creation and can be perceived as beautiful even to unbelief.

If it fails in this task and claims too much for itself, as many states have done, other institutions may have to check it, but, as Yves R. Simon has correctly emphasized, their very existence as non-state communities is often sufficient for this purpose.

The WCC's very existence as a council of churches is a living hope.

They are what the Church is for; they characterize its very existence as the Church; and they are believed — here we come to the highly significant matter — to be the will and work of the God who was disclosed and whose power of love was released in what took place in Palestine two thousand years ago.

To think of the self relationally is to think of its very existence as affected or constituted by the world external to the body, that is, by other humans, by plants and other animals, by the earth, and by the sky.

One could almost explain the Church's very existence as a place where history meets eternity and the two walk together as one.

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«As Americans continue the struggle to defend justice and equality in our tumultuous and divisive era, we need to know what Grant did when our country's very existence hung in the balance.

The lawsuit put Ovitz in an awkward position as the backer of the very thing that many in his professional circle were trying to sue out of existence.

As recently as last week, Finance Minister Joe Oliver was still denying the existence of the first - half recession. We can certainly debate the depth and longevity of that downturn, but there is no denying that real GDP fell for two consecutive quarters — economists» traditional (and, until now, not very controversial) benchmarAs recently as last week, Finance Minister Joe Oliver was still denying the existence of the first - half recession. We can certainly debate the depth and longevity of that downturn, but there is no denying that real GDP fell for two consecutive quarters — economists» traditional (and, until now, not very controversial) benchmaras last week, Finance Minister Joe Oliver was still denying the existence of the first - half recession. We can certainly debate the depth and longevity of that downturn, but there is no denying that real GDP fell for two consecutive quarters — economists» traditional (and, until now, not very controversial) benchmark.

you really need to do your research on your boy jesus... that story is very old... and like all relgions, manifested... as for the existence of a god... you provide any evidence (and i mean any) then we can have a discussion... until then, your opinion is invalid... WHAT CAN BE ASSERTED WITHOUT PROOF CAN BE DISMISSED WITHOUT PROOF... HITCHENS

The very existence of the Jewish people as a religious community separate from Christianity was regarded as a fundamental affront to the new religious community with whom Cod had now made his permanent covenant.

you sir are practicing a religion one that means so much to you that you use it as your online name also please show me where I call you a fool or is telling someone not to make a fool of themself the same as calling them a fool which would mean you are very religious as far as Colin he said nothing that related to the debate I was in with you... we are talking about Atheism as a religious view not debating the existence of God now look over the definitions I have shown you and please explain how Atheism does not fit into the said definitions And you claim that evolution is true so the burden of proof falls in your lap as it is the base of your religion.

LOL: The Christian perspective is that God does indeed exist, and because of that, all human beings (including the ones who deny His very existence) are still endowed with some of the gifts He's given us — such as some capacity to reason, create, and love, though all imperfectly.

If something has fine - tuned the parameters, that could indicate the existence of an intelligent fine - tuner — but this is pretty much guesswork: it could as easily be that the parameters vary slightly over very large distances, in which case life would be expected to turn up in those regions of the universe that are suited for life.

As the very title of the essay makes clear, his problematic is how to justify the existence of compound individual entities (e.g., organisms) when the ultimate entities are microscopic (cells) or submicroscopic (atoms).

If a person were so utterly opposed to the common good as to attempt to overthrow the very existence of the state (by insurrection, say), then the proper level of correction is one that opposes the preferred good of the insurrectionist by disrupting his life.

God is evolution in His process of will implementation, humanity change in this process but not necesarily aware because our existence is very limited in time.and we are not as individual the ultimate objective, but God himself, Our existence is just part of the process for Him to become Himself in the future.We exist only in our time of existence.From pure Energy which is Him 13.7 billion years ago, to us humans 200,000 years ago, to what we are now today, to super humans in the future, to what He will be in the far Future.THE ULTIMATE HIMSELF Is the objetive, you are just part of the process you IDIOT.

«And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence.»

He will not require not merely that the new knowledge be used as the foundation of the proof, but that the very spirit and atmosphere of the new knowledge enter in such a way into thedemonstration of God's existence, that the complexities and confusions of human thought engendered by the new knowledge shall be resolved in harmonious unity in the postulate of God's existence, nature, and relation to created being.

Thus, just as the very structure of the seed implies the existence of the ground and is intelligible only in relation to the ground, and a fortiori can not even ask the question, «Is there a ground?»

While they are more fun than many other arguments for the immateriality of the mind, they are ultimately not very persuasive because they conflate the world of the intellect with the natural world or, as Aquinas would say, intentional existence with natural existence.

would be tantamount to doubting its very existence, so the fact that I exist at all as a rational being already implies that God exists, as Descartes, for example, saw.

However, unlike the environment of purely material creatures, this relationship of growth to fulfilment is based on freedom of response, because that is the condition of existence as spiritual personality, and it is the very nature of God who is Love.

Or again, just as the very existence of the plant implies its rootedness in the ground such that its very posing of the question, «Is there a ground?»

If it is true, as Holloway argues, that the very foundations of matter and the identity of human nature are aligned upon the coming of the Word made flesh, then a society which is uncertain about the existence of God and whether Man has any meaning or purpose must be subject to crisis, alienation and chaos even more inevitably than CiV is able to show.

without implying the answer, so the very structure of reason, its very meaning and drive toward ultimate truth, implies the existence of God as Absolute Truth, as the very Ground of reason.

For as «forms of definiteness,» «eternal objects» are, by their very mode of existence, «Pure Potentials for the Specific Determination of Fact.»

This is not fall as a primordial and distant event, but as a continual and present process, a process that has become identical with the very actuality of existence itself.

Insofar as one partakes of this deepened mode of modern consciousness, one is made aware of depths and nuances in the complexities of man's existence which at once sober one with the limits of man's reason and perceptive powers, and awaken one to the very dimensions of experience to which the themes of the Christian faith bear witness.

Certainly, similar to secular society the Church, too, rests on certain presuppositions which are not produced by the free decision of her members and their free association as such, but are the very conditions of her existence, namely human nature, the saving will of God, redemption through Jesus Christ, the general call of all men to the Church and the resulting «duty» to belong to her.

A person owes his very existence to his parents, and inherits from them such traits as can be transmitted biologically.

As Craig observes in concurrence with Pamela Huby (K 201), 5 far from establishing the real possibility of actual infinite sets, the very existence of antinomies attaching to Cantorian type sets looms large as a mark against the view that an actual infinite set could be instantiated extra-mentallAs Craig observes in concurrence with Pamela Huby (K 201), 5 far from establishing the real possibility of actual infinite sets, the very existence of antinomies attaching to Cantorian type sets looms large as a mark against the view that an actual infinite set could be instantiated extra-mentallas a mark against the view that an actual infinite set could be instantiated extra-mentally.

In a broken world where the sense of the reality of the whole often discloses itself as a sense of the eclipse of the reality of God, one can still find a fundamental trust in the very meaningfulness of existence itself.

And your comparisons between the existence of God and any very human historical figure are dishonest as even without a belief in God... you can tell the difference in the mindset.

so yes, the very thing you take simply as a given, i see as evidence of the thing you deny: namely, existence itself points beyond itself.

Respect is shown to the corpse, not necessarily because this body will be enlivened again one day to function more or less as it did during the sister's lifetime, but because the sister's bodiliness, concretized in and through this body, remains an inseparable dimension of her very existence.

My point is that we know so very little about our universe that I can say «at the moment nothing we know of is eternal» while at the same time understanding that the universe could be like that electron and wink in and out of existence in some constant renewal, from singularity to singularity and back again, but because we only see a tiny fragment of the process we can only make sloppy assumptions as to the mechanics involved.

One's subjective experience is not something others can observe, and yet it is constantly occurring as the very essence of one's process of existence.

Whitehead's own personal answer to this challenge is to postulate the existence of a very special entity, a nontemporal actual entity, which he calls God and which he provides with a number of very special cosmological roles, such as prehending every other actual entity and being the source of subjective aim for every other actual entity.

But those who live by the labour of others are taught by religion to practise charity while on earth, thus offering them a very cheap way of justifying their entire existence as exploiters and selling them at a moderate price tickets to well - being in heaven.

So the very deepest insights about human existence that came to her, Israel described as the Word of YHWH.

It is not merely something interesting or obscure that is told him about this beginning, but what and only what constitutes the very foundation of his own existence as a life in God's presence.