Sentences with phrase «very human desires»

That very human desire was the trap that the «quest for the historical Jesus» scholars fell into.

The very natural and very human desire to «pray for the departed» might also be fitted into this pattern.

So step back, breathe, and observe your emotional reactions to the threats to your well being, property or status, and the very human desire to be «right» and to punish the «wrong».

Not exact matches

«Human nature desires quick results, there is a particular zest in making money quickly, and remoter gains are discounted by the average man at a very high rate» John Maynard Keynes

Could it be that by this very severity Jesus intended to throw cold water on our human desire for religious flights to God?

Plus IF this God suffered as Human than he would have understood the Reality of it and IF he was so compassionate and even empathetic, he would HAVE FIXED things out of sheer desire to not let anyone suffer so randomly and soemtimes allegedly at his very hands.

One hates to make old arguments, but if this education teaches (as other sections of the report make clear that is must) the familiar doctrines about how very wrong it is to impose any kind of normative standard on the many forms that peoples» desires can take, on what basis does it exclude pornography or the sexualization of young girls as legitimate forms of the varied human sexual appetite?

They recovered the classical experience of reason as the potential infinity of human questions, showing how this dynamic «ratio» as a desire for understanding is healed and transformed by the paschal - metanoetic experience of faith in the Sophia - Cod of compassion and love.4 Aquinas, for example, understood God as «intimately present within everything that exists since God is existence» and that Cod's omnipotence — Aquinas wrote very little about it — regards not actualities but possibilities, and is best manifested in forgiveness and compassionate mercy.5

As in Pilgrim, Dillard's desire for intense experience, her very openness to moths or scorched gods, has made her vulnerable to Julie's anguish and to all human suffering:

Some specific attention was given to the very common human phenomenon of frustration and thwarted desire.

This analogy suggests two things: (1) God, like the mind of a human being, may have specific intentions for part of his body that do not pertain (except very indirectly) to the rest; and (2) God may wish to influence part of the created order by his desires or preferences for it and not be certain of success.

The cultivation of the desire for God, then, is not a human work independent of God; it is an instance of responsive gratitude to the gift of the very possibility of action.

For I remember very well, later... I told you that I had been called by terrors from heaven and that I did not become a monk of my own free will and desire, still less to gain any human satisfaction but that I was walled in by the terror and agony of sudden death and forced by necessity to take the vow.

Added Mr. Brown, «I think there's a latent demand and a latent desire within human beings for this to work... Very few of us want things that are going into animal agriculture to continue... We want a better way to do it.

The desire to be everything your coveted child needs; the desire to have that indelible bond with the human you created; the desire to provide sustenance from your very being.

I think it is very natural that children (especially super smart ones) make their desire to be with other humans known.

Of course there are sleazoids out there, and of course humans are very good at rationalizing actions whose results will be bad for the rest of us, but I honestly believe that the majority of people in the political world are acting out of a reasonably sincere desire to improve things.

This is representative of an age of foolishness in which the sacrifices are made by learners who desire and need to learn, but see no motivation in learning that stems from curiosity and a very human love of learning.

He can't decide whether his own very real desire for love and human contact is going to rescue or destroy him.

Dogs are very astute in judging their human owner's moods and desires and what they can get away with.

Claire Bessant, Chief Executive of International Cat Care said, «It is very depressing to see the life which has been deliberately dealt to some breeds of cats because of a human desire to develop a certain look.

Our commitment to provide quality veterinary care throughout the life of your pet comes from our desire to strengthen the human - animal bond by providing the very best veterinary treatment and care possible.

Due to its high intelligence and its strong desire to please humans, the Labrador Retriever dog is very easy to train.

Humans have created very specialized dogs through emphasizing desired traits and eliminating unwanted ones.

Some dogs may display symptoms that look very like human depression, including the inability to sleep, low energy, lack of appetite and a limited desire for human or dog interaction.

I was very inspired by this metaphor and have created my own version of the Monkey Pot as a symbol for humans who are caught by their own desires.

Perel offers great insight into human desire — for love, sex, connection, space — and how we tend to thwart the very intimacy we crave by applying judgement to our desires.

Differentiation of Self and Attachment Theory both offer a window into how to understand the very human struggle as clients» attempt to balance out a desire to be close and connected to others, yet have an independent and strong self of self.