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Psychological Genesis.
.^ The ascription to the Deity of human forms or modes and of human feelings or moods, respectively.
^ There is another similar term called ANTHROPOPATHY. The Oxford English Dictionary says; "Anthropopathy: Ascription of human feelings and passions to the Deity."
^ What term refers to the ascription of human forms or characteristics to the spirits of things, events, of abstractions?- anthropomorphism Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about anthropomorphism 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.encyclopedia.com [Source type: Academic]
.^ Such ascription is as old as religion.
.^ If, as Zeller correctly observes ("Philosophie der Griechen," 2d ed., iii.
.^ What term refers to the ascription of human forms or characteristics to the spirits of things, events, of abstractions?- anthropomorphism Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about anthropomorphism 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.encyclopedia.com [Source type: Academic]
^ Only the Trinity and the Soul concept are incoherent.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ He is the reason all things exist.- Zoomorphic and Anthropomorphic types 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC essaysbyekowa.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Accordingly, in our search for and discovery of the Author of all things, we attribute to Him the most valuable traits we are aware of; namely, those possessed by ourselves incompletely, in mere segments of a circle, as it were, but possessed by Him in perfect measure, in the completed circle.
^ In philosophy and theology, seemingly anthropomorphic concepts and language are used because it is impossible to think of God without attributing to him some human traits..."
^ This is an error in reasoning due to confusing the knowing of a thing with the knowing of it under all its various names or descriptions.- Fallacies [The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.iep.utm.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ So God created man in his own image, in the image of God He created him.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
^ And God created man in his own image; in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ With regard to primitive religions the well-known epigram is certainly true, that "men created gods in their own image."
.^ Anthropomorphism is, of course, met with among all the peoples of antiquity, not excluding the most advanced.
^ But not all forms of anthropomorphism, of course.- Are We in Anthropodenial? | Animal Intelligence | DISCOVER Magazine 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC discovermagazine.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Of course, not all of what we humans do to exaggerate or enhance the anthropomorphic appearance of companion animals is necessarily harmful, at least from the animals perspective.- Society&Animal Forum - Society & Animals Journal 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.psyeta.org [Source type: Academic]
.^ Even Jahvism, before the great reformation by the Prophets, was not free from Anthropomorphism.
.^ He applied anthropomorphic optimism to human beings.- Less Wrong: Anthropomorphic Optimism 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC lesswrong.com [Source type: Original source]
^ This is its work: not merely to describe life, but to explain it.- K*R*M*B/Empty Space: The Anthropomorphic Fallacy 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.iotacism.com [Source type: Original source]
^ It is unquestionably true that the Biblical expressions of an anthropomorphic nature, such as the hand of God, His arm, foot, mouth, ear, or eye, or His speaking, walking, and laughing, merely describe in naive fashion the activity of God as living and working after the manner of human beings.
.^ But such expressions would never have come into use had there not been a time when people actually had a sensuous conception of Deity.
^ While opposed to the conception of the corporeality of God, as contrary to Scripture, he would nevertheless consider it wrong to reject completely the sensuous concepts of Anthropomorphism—even the fantastic measurements of the physical dimensions of Deity ( )—as there is something in these ideas which fills the human soul with awe of God.
^ If one takes into account, how long the Liberation of black people took (yeah, still ongoing, i know) then I wonder how long the acceptance of robots would take… .- Ecce Robot - Hack a Day 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC hackaday.com [Source type: General]
.^ That this period of naive utterance was not limited to the pre-Jahvistic age is shown by numerous Biblical expressions, such as that He walked in the garden in the cool of the day (Gen.
^ It is unquestionably true that the Biblical expressions of an anthropomorphic nature, such as the hand of God, His arm, foot, mouth, ear, or eye, or His speaking, walking, and laughing, merely describe in naive fashion the activity of God as living and working after the manner of human beings.
^ The few who did question the six days of Genesis 1 held that God created all things instantaneously, not over some long period of time; and this was, again, because they accepted the Biblical chronology and calculated the age of the earth from it.- Biblical Horizons » 9-9: The Anthropomorphic Days of C. John Collins, Part 2 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.biblicalhorizons.com [Source type: Original source]
iii.
.^ He ate with Abraham (Gen.
xviii.
.^ He wrote with His own hand upon the tables of stone (Ex.
^ The third finger, the middle one, with it God wrote the tablets, as is written 'tables of stone, written with the finger of God' (Exod 31:18).- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
xxxi. 18), and the like.
.^ The attitude that human beings are the central element in the universe.- ArtLex's An page 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.artlex.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He applied anthropomorphic optimism to human beings.- Less Wrong: Anthropomorphic Optimism 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC lesswrong.com [Source type: Original source]
^ This higher conception of Deity on the part of the Prophets determined also their attitude toward Anthropomorphism and Anthropopathism.
Stages of Development.
.^ But so does a 'personal' God, in the minds of most who believe in one.- Gresham College | Audio and Video 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.gresham.ac.uk [Source type: Original source]
^ God is a personal sort of being, one you can have a relationship with, one with a name (or many names).- Gresham College | Audio and Video 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.gresham.ac.uk [Source type: Original source]
^ Is God a personal reality with whom we can form a relationship?- Gresham College | Audio and Video 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.gresham.ac.uk [Source type: Original source]
.^ This philosophic mysticism determined also his attitude toward Anthropomorphism.
^ This higher conception of Deity on the part of the Prophets determined also their attitude toward Anthropomorphism and Anthropopathism.
^ But this rather opportunist and indulgent attitude toward Anthropomorphism found, almost during the lifetime of Judah ha-Levi (died about 1150), a determined opponent in the person of Maimonides—the greatest of Jewish philosophers.
.^ Many passages of Hosea, one of the oldest Prophets who committed their prophecies to writing, will serve to illustrate this attitude.
^ To these examples one could add copious evidence from narrative, prophecy, and psalms, many of which are examined in detail in Chapters 2 and 3.- The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel - Cambridge University Press 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.cambridge.org [Source type: Original source]
^ One of the ironies about all this of course is that he then accuses anyone who would base their ontological commitments upon the results of the empirical sciences of “crude reductionism”!- Harman’s Object Disorientation: Anthropomorphism At Large « Frames /sing 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC kvond.wordpress.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ "The work of craftsmen," "the calf of Samaria," are some of the epithets which this prophet applies to the effigies on images of YHWH, held sacred by the people (Hosea, viii.
^ Again, when the people, under the influence of their delusions, deemed it impossible that YHWH should withhold His pity from His people, he proclaimed in the name of YHWH: "But I am God, and not man" (Hosea, xi.
^ Thus YHWH is so exalted above everything earthly that He should not be represented by an effigy or image lest He be dragged down into the sphere of the sensuous.
4, 6; x. 5; xiii. 2).
.^ The distinction between voluntary or determined actions or happenings is complex and we should now start by examining the biblical explanation and the concept of man as the image of God.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
9).
.^ Thus YHWH is so exalted above everything earthly that He should not be represented by an effigy or image lest He be dragged down into the sphere of the sensuous.
^ "The work of craftsmen," "the calf of Samaria," are some of the epithets which this prophet applies to the effigies on images of YHWH, held sacred by the people (Hosea, viii.
.^ Of course, the reality is that Diana had no "specialness" that made her different from the rest of us.- #TL05AB: Anthropomorphism And Related Phenomena 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.buildfreedom.com [Source type: Original source]
^ One man I interviewed addressed the difference between cars that are liked and those that are disliked when he reflected on the one car he had not named: "I wanted to name it, but it had no personality.- Moving Relationships 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.drdriving.org [Source type: Original source]
^ No worse defender of class-privilege than the self made man.And so on ...- K*R*M*B/Empty Space: The Anthropomorphic Fallacy 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.iotacism.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ "A man after his own heart" (1 Sam.
xv. 29).
Beginning of
Anti-anthropomorphism.
Isaiah was more practically successful in his efforts against
the worship of sensuous representations of the Deity.
.^ He induced Hezekiah to destroy the brazen serpent, which may have dated back to the days of Moses (II Kings, xviii.
4).
.^ But before the Prophets, even David, "a man after God's own heart," as well as Laban of old, had teraphim (small household idols in human form, used as domestic oracles) in his house (I Sam.
^ Hegel also maintained that Christianity brought the notion of anthropomorphism to maturity by insisting not only that God assumed a human form, but also that Jesus Christ was both a fully human person as well as fully divine.
^ "In the history of religion, anthropomorphism refers to the depiction of God in a human image, with human bodily form and emotions, such as jealousy, wrath, or love.
xix. 13, 16; Gen. xxxi. 34).
.^ The fundamental spirit or essence as the formulation of the sub-atomic structure alters at no time, and the immaterial nature of the fundamental essence of matter is not altered.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Firstly, Einstein had developed the concept that Time, Space, Mass, Energy, Thought and Gravity were equivalent expressions of a single fundamental essence.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Augustines concept of the unchanging nature of God and His plan are essentially coherent.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ Cease seeing nature as human-made.- #TL05AB: Anthropomorphism And Related Phenomena 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.buildfreedom.com [Source type: Original source]
^ In the jealous gods of antiquity and the animal players of Aesop, humans relate to the world around them through their natural capacity for anthropomorphism.- Anthropomorphism in Technical Presentations - The Jury Expert 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.astcweb.org [Source type: General]
^ Unbidden, our brains immediately begin to relate memories, reasoning and emotion to the words.- Anthropomorphism in Technical Presentations - The Jury Expert 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.astcweb.org [Source type: General]
.^ This section in proverbs relates to Wisdom where at verse 22, "The lord created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old".- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Although there were many early films that experimented with stop motion and other techniques related to animation, Blackton was the first to create "drawings that live"...- ASIFA-Hollywood: The International Animated Film Society: 02/01/2006 - 03/01/2006 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.asifa-hollywood.org [Source type: General]
^ In this book there are all the measurements of the figure of God, and certain mystic formulae that appear on each of the divine parts.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
.^ God is no longer omnipotent.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ No long involved OP because I'm lazy and we're far enough into the series now that I think most people know the deal.- Sam & Max: Rabbity Thing + Anthropomorphic dog = Win! - Games and Technology - Penny Arcade Forums 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC forums.penny-arcade.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Fichte said he couldn't describe God as personal, because 'personality' is essentially finite.- Gresham College | Audio and Video 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.gresham.ac.uk [Source type: Original source]
xvi. 7, 10, xl. 34
et seq.; Lev. ix. 23; Num. xiv.
10, xvi. 19).
.^ We could, for instance, begin with cleaning up our language by no longer calling a bug a bug but by calling it an error.- Dijkstra on analogies and anthropomorphism | Lambda the Ultimate 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC lambda-the-ultimate.org [Source type: Original source]
^ This includes hero names that have been randomized or units that can no longer used.- Tauren - WoWWiki - Your guide to the World of Warcraft 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.wowwiki.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ It was no longer a liberating thrill to hear people call for this, unlike people like my hippie parents who grew up in the Eisenhower Era.- Harman’s Object Disorientation: Anthropomorphism At Large « Frames /sing 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC kvond.wordpress.com [Source type: Original source]
xii. 5, 11; xvi. 2, 6,
11; xxvi. 2); so likewise in the Temple dwells His name (II Kings,
xxiii. 27; II Chron. xx. 9, xxxiii. 7). See Ginsburger,
"Anthropomorphismen," pp. 262
et seq..^ R.B. Thieme acknowledges this problem of inconsistencies and because of his denigration of anthropomorphisms concludes that God does not "love the world."
^ The discussion of God as a 'person' (or not) in Western traditions usually focuses on the problem of anthropomorphism.- Gresham College | Audio and Video 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.gresham.ac.uk [Source type: Original source]
^ That is to say that here is a case where there is a consistence of opinions in regard of the a theological issue in Jewish sources (of two different types), as well as paintings and even Christian sources.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
.^ The concepts here are that, "if the ultimate explanation of any event is thought to be in terms of purpose then there is no problem of free will; for the ultimate cause is the will.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ We know that there is no purpose or design, even if it looks like there is, so any evidence that seems to point that way is simply stuff we haven’t yet found an explanation for.” .- Matthew Yglesias » Mike Pence is Not an Intelligent Man 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC yglesias.thinkprogress.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Any documentation, measuring data and method should be scrupulously documented and possibly photographed so that there will be little if any possibility of misinterpretation and manipulation whether through lack of data or purposely.- Concepts in Human Factors Engineering (1): An Overview of Anthropomorphic Data Gathering - Human Factors expert article by Dennis R Andrews PhD, PSP, CECD 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC expertpages.com [Source type: Academic]
.^ For example, the food calls of chimpanzees are thought to indicate not only the presence of food, but also the location or quality of food (e.g.- Animal Cognition (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC plato.stanford.edu [Source type: Academic]
^ There is none other called God by the scriptures except the Father of all and the Son, and those who possess the adoption.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ For example, in social interactions, do people want an avatar that matches all of their physical characteristics, such as race, or hair and eye color, or is the preference limited to gender?- The Influence of the Avatar on Online Perceptions of Anthropomorphism, Androgyny, Credibility, Homophily, and Attraction 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC jcmc.indiana.edu [Source type: Academic]
.^ It is impossible to determine the precise motivations behind these names, but other similar studies suggest that anthropomorphic naming is often linked with other anthropomorphic practices.- Moving Relationships 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.drdriving.org [Source type: Original source]
^ For the most part, unlike personal anthropomorphic names, the anthropomorphic names corporations give cars are not the names of individual people, but rather a title or a "person within a given group."- Moving Relationships 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.drdriving.org [Source type: Original source]
^ So it might well be anthropomorphic to see God as 'personal'so much the better for our understanding.- Gresham College | Audio and Video 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.gresham.ac.uk [Source type: Original source]
Men of the Great
Synagogue.
.^ This fact is underlined by another prophet when he says, "There were those renowned giants, who from the beginning were men of great stature, experts in war.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Or could it be that the scientific resistance to all anthropomorphism is simply an exercise of hegemonic discourse intent on retaining the order of society it established in the first place?- Ethos » Kris Stewart 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC practicalethics.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Some scholars who have made mention of automobile anthropomorphism have argued that it is usually an attempt to establish dominance over it.- Moving Relationships 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.drdriving.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ It would be more pertinent to ask how differently such syncretic practicesoften in the context of religious rivalrymay have been viewed by the parties involved.- Dialogue - Idolatry, iconoclasm, and aesthetics of the human form:Becoming God�s image in the Mirror of (Self-) Recognition 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.svabhinava.org [Source type: Original source]
^ One is to rework the data and examine the premises of modern science, with a view to bringing it into line with Biblical teaching.- Biblical Horizons » 9-9: The Anthropomorphic Days of C. John Collins, Part 2 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.biblicalhorizons.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Incidentally, I’ve heard it argued that the increasing acidity of the oceans could lead to degradation of coral reefs, and as coral reefs are a carbon sink, their breakdown could lead to more CO2 getting released into the atmosphere.- Matthew Yglesias » Mike Pence is Not an Intelligent Man 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC yglesias.thinkprogress.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ This, at least, is what the old woman seemed to be saying.- Native American Trickster Tales 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC members.cox.net [Source type: Original source]
^ But God does not transcend the idea of 'person' by being non-personal; rather, God remains pure and unconditioned love and identity.- Gresham College | Audio and Video 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.gresham.ac.uk [Source type: Original source]
^ On one hand they accept the thought that God loves, yet on the other they reject the idea that God hates (or can be jealous, have sorrow or grief, or even change His plan).
A
favorite phrase of the ancientBiblical writers is "to behold the
face of God." By means of a slight vowel-change (
yiraeh in
place of
yireh) this became "to appear before God."
This and similar emendations of the Scribes (see Geiger,
"Urschrift," pp.
.^ Anthropos+ morphus another Greek word means: The attribution of uniquely human characteristics and qualities to nonhuman beings, inanimate objects, or natural or supernatural [beings] phenomena.- Zoomorphic and Anthropomorphic types 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC essaysbyekowa.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Oxford English Dictionary includes an entry for zoomorphic , a general term intended to cover any and all cases in which “the form or nature of an animal” is attributed to something, though even this is principally used only of “a deity or superhuman being”.- Tom Tyler - If Horses Had Hands... 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.criminalanimal.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Dream Interpretation Frogs: Encyclopedia - Anthropomorphism Anthropomorphism, a form of personification (applying human or animal qualities to inanimate objects) and similar to prosopopoeia (adopting the persona of another person), is the attribution of human characteristics and qualities to non-human beings, objects, or natural phenomena.
.^ Heidegger raises the more serious objection, however, that it is not at all clear what is even meant by the charge of anthropomorphism.- Tom Tyler, 'If Horses Had Hands...' 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.cyberchimp.co.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Heidegger raises the more serious objection, though, that as a concept anthropomorphism is not even meaningful .- Tom Tyler - If Horses Had Hands... 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.criminalanimal.org [Source type: Original source]
^ In other words, in 12th century Provence (even) learned rabbis did not see anything wrong in believing in an anthropomorphic God.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
Among the
eighteen "Tiḳḳune Soferim," (emendations of the Scribes) in the
Mek. (Ex. xv. 7, ed. Friedmann, 39
a), which is the oldest
source, not a single example of the changing of a real
anthropomorphic expression is found. The older Targumim adduce a
principle similar to the "Soferim."
.^ They have three fingers on each hand.- Tauren - WoWWiki - Your guide to the World of Warcraft 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.wowwiki.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ This word however translates the Hebrew word in Psalm 8:5 for Gods, the Elohim.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ On one hand they accept the thought that God loves, yet on the other they reject the idea that God hates (or can be jealous, have sorrow or grief, or even change His plan).
.^ For example, in one test condition the rhesus monkeys were shown two eggplants serially placed behind a screen, and then the screen was lifted showing only one eggplant.- Animal Cognition (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC plato.stanford.edu [Source type: Academic]
^ That is to say that Talmudic texts relating to an anthropomorphic God, as they are known today (and even from manuscripts), are only the few that survived internal Jewish censorship.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
^ Usually their point is heavily worn, and the traces show that they were used as mattocks.- Venus figures from Russia,the Ukraine and sites East of the Donau mouth 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.donsmaps.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
265). Ginsburger (p.
.^ Through his relation to Christ the believer is transformed into the same image, image now being the perfect reflection of the prototype."- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ If the Elohim as spiritual beings are possessed of the nature of God, and if the argument put forward by Athanasius is coherent (that divine nature admits of no gains or losses), it follows that Satan, as a Morning Star of the Elohim, could not sin.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ The term "Sons of God" is, from the above, an order of beings, a rank, who are adherents of the most high in some form of spiritual union.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
Septuagint.
.^ It meets our company’s needs; it runs the programs we want it to run; it will be delivered quickly; and it costs much less than what we had budgeted.- Fallacies [The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.iep.utm.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Further, those images with strong gender indications (either more masculine or more feminine) were perceived as more anthropomorphic than images (whether human or not) without strong indications of gender.- The Influence of the Avatar on Online Perceptions of Anthropomorphism, Androgyny, Credibility, Homophily, and Attraction 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC jcmc.indiana.edu [Source type: Academic]
^ And so that he has less for something else to hold on to He has a high tolerance for pain – so that when he’s grabbing a pig or cow that is much larger than him, he won’t give up when kicked or stepped on.- SayUncle » Anthropomorphism 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.saysuncle.com [Source type: General]
.^ [In response to S. Visuvalingam, "Muslim allegories on the taste of Love: becoming God's image" (for feedback) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Abhinavagupta/message/3232 ] .- Dialogue - Idolatry, iconoclasm, and aesthetics of the human form:Becoming God�s image in the Mirror of (Self-) Recognition 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.svabhinava.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Dialogue - Idolatry, iconoclasm, and aesthetics of the human form: Becoming Gods image in the Mirror of (Self-) Recognition Idolatry, iconoclasm, and aesthetics of the human form: .- Dialogue - Idolatry, iconoclasm, and aesthetics of the human form:Becoming God�s image in the Mirror of (Self-) Recognition 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.svabhinava.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Muslim allegories on the taste of Love: becoming Gods image (for feedback) .- Dialogue - Idolatry, iconoclasm, and aesthetics of the human form:Becoming God�s image in the Mirror of (Self-) Recognition 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.svabhinava.org [Source type: Original source]
Even human emotions
are excluded from Deity.
.^ Morris and Menzels label for the realm of necessary truths and necessarily existing objects, then one affirms states of affairs such that it is not possible that they be created by God.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Holy Scripture is the truth of God accommodated to the human mind so that the human mind can assimilate it....Through such accommodation the truth of God can get through to man and be a meaningful revelation.
^ Now those Sons of God were not angels of God in such a way that they were not also human beings as some people suppose.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ In sum, there is no reason to confine Biblical attitudes towards an anthropomorphic God to a certain layer of sources in the Biblical literature or to see it influenced by hellenistic concepts.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
^ Whatever controls this emanation of thought influences human action, hence the concept that Satan as God of this world is Prince of the Power of the Air (Ephesians 2:2).- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Indeed, one of his reasons for opposing the idea that God can feel emotions or be affected by anything is that such an idea is anthropomorphic.- Gresham College | Audio and Video 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.gresham.ac.uk [Source type: Original source]
Frankel, in his "Vorstudien," was
the first to deny that any traces of Greek influence can be
discovered in the Septuagint; and Freudenthal has fully
demonstrated the correctness of this assertion. According to the
latter's argument ("Jew. Quart. Rev." 1890, pp.
.^ Anthropomorphism also had other far-reaching consequences.- Society&Animal Forum - Society & Animals Journal 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.psyeta.org [Source type: Academic]
^ Thus, it is necessary to uncover how anthropomorphism and androgyny of avatars influence people's judgments of others and how these variables relate to each other.- The Influence of the Avatar on Online Perceptions of Anthropomorphism, Androgyny, Credibility, Homophily, and Attraction 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC jcmc.indiana.edu [Source type: Academic]
^ The idea that the effect is forced to follow the cause is held to be "anthropomorphic in its origin and is dispensable."- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ But can it not also be anthropomorphic to say that God must not?- Gresham College | Audio and Video 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.gresham.ac.uk [Source type: Original source]
^ Zoomorphic and Anthropomorphic images unlike a simple picture or phrase is set up to speak volumes and volumes of knowledge.- Zoomorphic and Anthropomorphic types 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC essaysbyekowa.com [Source type: Original source]
^ This concept of the image of God is not as an anthropomorphic principle but rather as an animating agency.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ Though it is not for me to analyze the history of Jewish thought in the Middle Ages, is seems to me that it will not be out of place here to follow this ancient anthropomorphic belief in later centuries.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
^ Although they had no facial features as such, their different shapes, repeated in a row of fingertips, suggested a kind of expressiveness that seemed “human”.- Humanoid Perception | antipopper 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.antipopper.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ As is quite known there are many cases in that Targum (and in others as well), where the translator refrained from a literal translation, especially when the Hebrew text speaks of an anthropomorphic God.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
(The
elaborate rules which Maybaum sets up for Onkelos seem too
complicated. Besides, Onkelos, despite its present uniform
character, contains many originally extraneous elements.)
Earlier Rabbinical
Literature.
.^ We find it in literature, art, advertising, and of course, concepts of God.- Gresham College | Audio and Video 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.gresham.ac.uk [Source type: Original source]
^ Some mystic concepts in rabbinic Judaism will be exposed, and it is hoped that this discussion will lead to a better understanding of some aspects of rabbinic theology: anthropomorphism of God.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
^ In sum, there is no reason to confine Biblical attitudes towards an anthropomorphic God to a certain layer of sources in the Biblical literature or to see it influenced by hellenistic concepts.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
.^ This fact is underlined by another prophet when he says, "There were those renowned giants, who from the beginning were men of great stature, experts in war.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Whoever says: His Knowledge is like my knowledge, His Power is like my power, or Love like my love, or Pleasure like my pleasure, or Hand like my hand, or Istawaa like my ascending, then he has resembled and likened Allaah to the creation."- IslamiCity Forum - Islamic Discussion Forum: Anthropomorphism Claim Refuted 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.islamicity.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Others considered him a heretic ( zindîq ) due to his saying that the Prophet is not to be sought for help and the fact that this amounted to diminishing and impeding the establishing of the greatness of the Prophet ....- Ahmad ibn Taymiyya (661-728) 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.abc.se [Source type: Original source]
R. xxvii. 1).
.^ The sage did not invent an anthropomorphic God, but R. Ishmael chose to connect different verses to elaborate a coherent system of the hand of God in the Bible.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
^ Now those Sons of God were not angels of God in such a way that they were not also human beings as some people suppose.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ The Angels at Hebrews 1:7 are those at Psalm 104:4 referred to by the common term Malak ( +!-/ ) which is the same as that used for the Angel of Redemption at Genesis 48:16 who is identified here as the Elohim, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ It is precisely for the reasons explained that the Sons of God to be formed must be equal to, and as an order of, Angels as explained by Christ.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ But the ordination or creation of the law was by angels, necessitating that they must have possessed a delegation of power consequent to the nature of God, which they possessed, and directly to the material creation.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ These concepts of the fallen host interbreeding with men are not contrary to reason, as the notion of the Holy Spirit or Essence of God producing a child by Mariam (or Mary) is of the same concept.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ She looks like one of us.- Anthropomorphic Foxes In Space�. 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC home.earthlink.net [Source type: Original source]
^ In other words, though one is not allowed to see God, He does have a figure like a man.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
^ This ancient belief was elaborated as could be seen in Shiur Qoma and in the words attributed to R. Ishmael, R. Akiba, Rab, and R. Hisda.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
iii. 22) as referring to the angels.
.^ As Justin says: "If you have fallen in with some who are called Christians...- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Not only that but this Jewish belief is attested also in the writings of the church fathers: Justin Martyr, Origen, Basil the Great and Arnobious of Sicca.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
^ Dream Interpretation Frogs: Encyclopedia - Anthropomorphism Anthropomorphism, a form of personification (applying human or animal qualities to inanimate objects) and similar to prosopopoeia (adopting the persona of another person), is the attribution of human characteristics and qualities to non-human beings, objects, or natural phenomena.
.^ These attacks, coming from different theological and philosophical attitudes made, apparently, the rabbis withdraw from this religious belief, especially when it was not considered fundamental to Jewish belief (or might even cause damage to it).- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
^ "As we are just now looking with scientific seriousness at our animals, we will discard all anthropomorphic interpretations", he says.- Tom Tyler, 'If Horses Had Hands...' 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.cyberchimp.co.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Furthermore, the scripture also states that "God is LOVE." That is to say that God describes Himself via an anthropomorphism, AGAPE. .
Such a result was quite inevitable; for, as Frankel
("Vorstudien," p.
.^ As I see it, the word "god" is an anthropomorphic semantic construct -- a word with no referent(s) that anyone can point out our reasonably explain.- #TL05AB: Anthropomorphism And Related Phenomena 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.buildfreedom.com [Source type: Original source]
^ That is to say that both R. Akiba and R. Ishmael continued with the Biblical concept of an anthropomorphic God, teaching how God used His hand and fingers for different tasks, 'and this is a great secret'.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
^ Some mystic concepts in rabbinic Judaism will be exposed, and it is hoped that this discussion will lead to a better understanding of some aspects of rabbinic theology: anthropomorphism of God.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
Aristobulus and Philo.
.^ God is no longer omnipotent.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ As flame...blown by the force of wind goes out and is no longer reckoned...Even so the sage, [released from the constructs of individual existence, vanishes from perception].- Dialogue - Idolatry, iconoclasm, and aesthetics of the human form:Becoming God�s image in the Mirror of (Self-) Recognition 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.svabhinava.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Because evolution is inherently non-teleological; there’s no room for intent, even for God.- Matthew Yglesias » Mike Pence is Not an Intelligent Man 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC yglesias.thinkprogress.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ It has already been stated above that according to the Bible God has a bow; that is, the rainbow.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
^ This is 'God' as immanent in the world, as the inner self, the 'inner ruler'; the judge of individual souls who gives rewards, according to the laws of karma.- Gresham College | Audio and Video 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.gresham.ac.uk [Source type: Original source]
^ So in a characteristically monotheist way, he alludes to the transcendent unknowability of God, but also maintains that human language cannot but speak of a God who communicates in a personal way.- Gresham College | Audio and Video 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.gresham.ac.uk [Source type: Original source]
.^ Only when God comes as a person, as a self in His I-ness that we can talk about Him and He talks to us.- Gresham College | Audio and Video 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.gresham.ac.uk [Source type: Original source]
^ Indeed his whole attitude towards science is also a purely aesthetic one and the value of science for him purely comes down to what kinds of “pictures” it can give us.- Harman’s Object Disorientation: Anthropomorphism At Large « Frames /sing 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC kvond.wordpress.com [Source type: Original source]
^ An assertion that this entity was a fallen spirit or demon can rest only on the premise that where an entity acts contrary to the will of God, that being automatically comes under the authority of the fallen Elohim.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
198).
.^ The claim that animals are conscious, for instance, is not a scientific one, Kennedy asserts, because it cannot even be tested ( p.- Tom Tyler, 'If Horses Had Hands...' 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.cyberchimp.co.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Fact: The magnetic fields surrounding the earth keep the solar wind from incinerating the earth and guess what, the field has weakened approximately 10% during the period the “Global Warmists” claim man has influenced world temperatures.- 30,000 Scientists Rejecting Anthropogenic Global Warming Hypothesis « What The Crap? 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC whatthecrap.wordpress.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Beer had an uncharacteristic lapse in failing to consider that the world of the cat is different than ours and that only a small part of that world is obvious to us.
^ The only book attributed to rabbis of the Talmud period (circa 1-6 centuries), where God has no body is the Aramaic translation attributed to Onkelos.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
.^ So it might well be anthropomorphic to see God as 'personal'so much the better for our understanding.- Gresham College | Audio and Video 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.gresham.ac.uk [Source type: Original source]
^ Many verses in the Bible reflect a belief in an anthropomorphic God; in other words, the Lord has a body which has a head, limbs, and so forth.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
^ This change in attitude towards the body of God and especially the change in the understanding of the authentic Talmudic anthropomorphic belief will be discussed below.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
.^ Their Logos doctrine is not a higher Christology than usual, but is rather on a lower level than the genuinely Christian estimate of Christ.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ When first put in a new box, the cats took a long time to find the solution, but after experience with the box they were able to escape much more quickly.- Animal Cognition (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC plato.stanford.edu [Source type: Academic]
^ But before long the real Dennis reveals himself as a gambling lying cheating two-timing drunken thief and all around Scalawag!- TFAW.com: Home > Graphic Novels > Genres > Anthropomorphics 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.tfaw.com [Source type: General]
^ Early in my graduate career, before I had more fully developed my understanding of social constructionism, I experimented with the constructionist way of thinking in a paper about whales and whaling.- Ethos » Kris Stewart 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC practicalethics.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ In sum, there is no reason to confine Biblical attitudes towards an anthropomorphic God to a certain layer of sources in the Biblical literature or to see it influenced by hellenistic concepts.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
^ That is to say that whatever sources are consulted - either Jewish or Christian authors about the Jews - all agree upon the anthropomorphic concept among the Jews in late antiquity.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
^ These results show a linear relationship, with people in the less-anthropomorphic condition reporting their partner the most credible, followed by those in the no image condition.- The Influence of Anthropomorphism and Agency on Social Judgment in Virtual Environments 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC jcmc.indiana.edu [Source type: Academic]
Ḥanina, an amora of the third century, when rebuking a cantor for
unduly multiplying the attributes of God in his prayers (Ber.
.^ In the Werther example, God is Divine Omniscience and would therefore create Himself as He is logically dependant upon omniscience and the other essential divine attributes that make up His nature.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ When one of these questionnaires is used by itself in a study it would be useful to mask the questionnaire’s intention by adding dummy items, such as optimistic / pessimistic.- Measuring the anthropomorphism, animacy, likeability, perceived intelligence and perceived safety of robots 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.bartneck.de [Source type: Academic]
^ I would also like to say that one epistomology deffinition of language is “Intentional communication through symbols and sounds.” Using this deffinition it is clear that some animals have a laguage.- Radio Open Source » Blog Archive » On Anthropomorphism 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.radioopensource.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Upon reflection, however, she knew that cars had acted up in the past and that it might happen with this one: Bess, our old car, was very fickle.- Moving Relationships 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.drdriving.org [Source type: Original source]
^ I will draw upon examples from personal journals and recent interviews to show the various ways people interact with their vehicles as though they were human and point out some of the links there are between this practice and fears of failure.- Moving Relationships 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.drdriving.org [Source type: Original source]
^ My point was about people who want to embrace an engineering solution — spritzing tons of SO2 into the atmosphere, for example — rather than a solution based upon reducing greenhouse gases.- Matthew Yglesias » Mike Pence is Not an Intelligent Man 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC yglesias.thinkprogress.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ Reply EricFromAbeno Says: December 22, 2009 at 8:56 am I applaud people who wish to leave the world in a better state than they found it.- 30,000 Scientists Rejecting Anthropogenic Global Warming Hypothesis « What The Crap? 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC whatthecrap.wordpress.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ "It has been said by more than one person from the People of Knowledge about such ahaadeeth that there is no resemblance to the Attributes of Allaah.- IslamiCity Forum - Islamic Discussion Forum: Anthropomorphism Claim Refuted 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.islamicity.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Vitaly Komar may or may not be joking when he says, "Elephants are much better than human abstract artists.- ArtLex's An page 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.artlex.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
59.
Saadia and the Medieval
Philosophers.
.^ The council appears therefore to be the council of planet or system commanders termed Morning Stars.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ There must therefore be contradictions between the stated aims of the system and its explanation, and interpretation of the biblical narrative which does not support its contentions and upon which the system is allegedly based.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ During this time, there were various attempts to uncover theory of mind in animals using nonverbal paradigms, without much success (Heyes 1998).- Animal Cognition (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC plato.stanford.edu [Source type: Academic]
It is interesting to notice how this second
attempt to harmonize Judaism and Hellenism led to the same result.
Judaism was in danger of being so intellectualized as to be no
longer recognizable as a religion.
.^ Mithen bases this claim on archaeological evidence of a sudden change in human attitudes toward animals and the natural world coinciding with the Middle/Upper Paleolithic transition.- Society&Animal Forum - Society & Animals Journal 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.psyeta.org [Source type: Academic]
^ Thus the most animalistic and anthropomorphic have "out-survived" the rest.- #TL05AB: Anthropomorphism And Related Phenomena 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.buildfreedom.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He fired Rudy as a Christmas present in 1928 and most of the studio walked out.- ASIFA-Hollywood: The International Animated Film Society: 02/01/2006 - 03/01/2006 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.asifa-hollywood.org [Source type: General]
.^ As I see it, the word "god" is an anthropomorphic semantic construct -- a word with no referent(s) that anyone can point out our reasonably explain.- #TL05AB: Anthropomorphism And Related Phenomena 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.buildfreedom.com [Source type: Original source]
^ That is to say that both R. Akiba and R. Ishmael continued with the Biblical concept of an anthropomorphic God, teaching how God used His hand and fingers for different tasks, 'and this is a great secret'.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
^ It is an irony, isnt it, that people cant declare Dawkins wrong for precisely the same reason that Dawkins cant declare them wrong; about their God he can only windmill his arms: both are equally myths.- K*R*M*B/Empty Space: The Anthropomorphic Fallacy 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.iotacism.com [Source type: Original source]
Landauer, p. 93, l. 10
et seq., Leyden, 1881—ii. 2 of the Hebrew translation of
the work).
.^ As I see it, the word "god" is an anthropomorphic semantic construct -- a word with no referent(s) that anyone can point out our reasonably explain.- #TL05AB: Anthropomorphism And Related Phenomena 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.buildfreedom.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Zoomorphic and Anthropomorphic images unlike a simple picture or phrase is set up to speak volumes and volumes of knowledge.- Zoomorphic and Anthropomorphic types 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC essaysbyekowa.com [Source type: Original source]
^ That is to say that Targum Onkelos did not reject an anthropomorphic theology, and his use of words demonstrates Aramaic linguistic capability that is different than the Hebrew.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
.^ Nygren says of this: "This subordinationist trait in the Christology of the Apologists is undoubtedly to be attributed to the Greek idea of God."- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ If one rejects such a platonic view, then claims about the universality of Gods creation seem to be more plausible.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ The worry here is similar to the worry about anthropomorphism; when we use our language to ascribe content to other species, we may be attributing to them more than is appropriate.- Animal Cognition (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC plato.stanford.edu [Source type: Academic]
Baḥya and Judah ha-Levi.
.^ In other words although Jewish philosophers condemned an anthropomorphic God, those Jews who were not living in a 'philosophic' atmosphere continued with their ancestors' belief in an anthropomorphic God.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
i., § 10) and accepts, in its
entirety, his explanation of the Biblical anthropomorphisms.
.^ Accepting this notion, however, would require us to believe that more than half of all American householders (and about a third of European ones) are either severely misanthropic or socially handicapped (Serpell, 1996a).- Society&Animal Forum - Society & Animals Journal 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.psyeta.org [Source type: Academic]
^ Too often humans want to inflect human traits and characteristics upon animals to somehow make them more "human" than they are.
^ The results presented above would not support that conclusion, but instead indicate that the features that lead to engagement and interest are more complicated than simply the extent to which an image is anthropomorphic.- The Influence of Anthropomorphism and Agency on Social Judgment in Virtual Environments 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC jcmc.indiana.edu [Source type: Academic]
.^ Anthropos+ morphus another Greek word means: The attribution of uniquely human characteristics and qualities to nonhuman beings, inanimate objects, or natural or supernatural [beings] phenomena.- Zoomorphic and Anthropomorphic types 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC essaysbyekowa.com [Source type: Original source]
^ It is amusing that the defenders of Ibn Taymiyya indirectly acknowledge the heresy of this position by claiming that "he was merely paraphrasing the position of those who affirm the Attributes among the mutakallimîn"!- Ahmad ibn Taymiyya (661-728) 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.abc.se [Source type: Original source]
^ These words involve "negative anthropomorphism" -- the attribution of negative or demeaning qualities or status to a human.- #TL05AB: Anthropomorphism And Related Phenomena 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.buildfreedom.com [Source type: Original source]
153).
.^ Am I supposed to believe that a network television show – a network television show that shoots in New York City – can’t find more than one Jewish person?- The Anthropomorphic Male: December 2005 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC anthroman.blogspot.com [Source type: Original source]
^ For Burnyeat second and third count as well as and sometimes more than first thoughts.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Too often humans want to inflect human traits and characteristics upon animals to somehow make them more "human" than they are.
But his approach to
Neoplatonism—the doctrine of God as "pure existence"—is after all
not a real approach.
.^ Any other God introduced is unable to maintain his divinity "under any other guise, than by ascribing to him too the property of the Godhead."- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ This view has been challenged by those who claim that the research on other species suggests that cognition is more modular than the traditional view allows.- Animal Cognition (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC plato.stanford.edu [Source type: Academic]
His pious convictions are not based upon
speculative philosophy, but on historical facts, on revelation and
prophecy, the representatives of which comprehended and recognized
the higher world as clearly and distinctly as ordinary mortals do
this mundane sphere.
.^ In sum, there is no reason to confine Biblical attitudes towards an anthropomorphic God to a certain layer of sources in the Biblical literature or to see it influenced by hellenistic concepts.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
^ This change in attitude towards the body of God and especially the change in the understanding of the authentic Talmudic anthropomorphic belief will be discussed below.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
.^ But if there had been Gods, Zeus would have been a God.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ In these very depictions, there are plenty of anthropomorphic (and animal) images.- Dialogue - Idolatry, iconoclasm, and aesthetics of the human form:Becoming God�s image in the Mirror of (Self-) Recognition 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.svabhinava.org [Source type: Original source]
^ This concept of the image of God is not as an anthropomorphic principle but rather as an animating agency.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
Maimonides and His
Influence.
.^ This background explains, at least partially, the relatively late Jewish attitude towards one Talmudic source that seems to demonstrate the 'authentic' Rabbinic denial of any phrase of anthropomorphism.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
^ In sum, there is no reason to confine Biblical attitudes towards an anthropomorphic God to a certain layer of sources in the Biblical literature or to see it influenced by hellenistic concepts.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
^ This change in attitude towards the body of God and especially the change in the understanding of the authentic Talmudic anthropomorphic belief will be discussed below.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
.^ I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly.- Arthur C. Clarke: Do aliens dream
of anthropomorphic gods? - scanners 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC blogs.suntimes.com [Source type: General]
^ Though this God is not God in the theological sense but sort of a muddled up version of a scientific and theological God, an omnipotent intelligence who is responsible for creating the universe.- Arthur C. Clarke: Do aliens dream
of anthropomorphic gods? - scanners 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC blogs.suntimes.com [Source type: General]
^ In the Werther example, God is Divine Omniscience and would therefore create Himself as He is logically dependant upon omniscience and the other essential divine attributes that make up His nature.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ The seventh had to counteract the declaration by Christ himself that he did not know when he would return, a matter which only Eloah (Ho Theos; or ton Theon) the Father knew.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ It's often suggested that a world in which we are 'all brothers' and 'live as one' would be a world without killing.- click opera - The uncanny valley 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.livejournal.com [Source type: Original source]
^ This would be anthropomorphism outright, the lines of reasoning naked and exposed: I would do it this way, therefore I infer that evolution will do it this way.- Less Wrong: Anthropomorphic Optimism 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC lesswrong.com [Source type: Original source]
7).
.^ The first is to identify how avatars of different basic social categories (object, animal, and human) and genders (male and female) are perceived in terms of anthropomorphism and androgyny.- The Influence of the Avatar on Online Perceptions of Anthropomorphism, Androgyny, Credibility, Homophily, and Attraction 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC jcmc.indiana.edu [Source type: Academic]
^ His opinions about anthropomorphism here probably explain why he wrote, "Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California."- Dijkstra on analogies and anthropomorphism | Lambda the Ultimate 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC lambda-the-ultimate.org [Source type: Original source]
But Maimonides
was not content to restrict himself to opposing Anthropomorphism.
.^ God is no longer omnipotent.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Augustine here goes on to convoluted explanations of the concept of the Sons of Seth being as Sons of God, brothers of their own fathers which was correct of the adoption; but this was prior to the adoption or else the adoption had ceased.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ The concept of a changing or cyclical creation raises a question of the modification of a plan which in turn implies that God changes His mind or his plan, and hence that His thoughts are not omniscient and His plan is not perfect.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ Its application in Proverbs in the female is to establish the perfect balance of Wisdom and Faith, of the male and the female, abiding in the Logos and demonstrating the asexuality of the Sons of God.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ The notorious question of how to translate logos is topicalised in Goethe's Faust, with Faust finally opting for "deed, action" (Am Anfang war die Tat).- Zoomorphic and Anthropomorphic types 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC essaysbyekowa.com [Source type: Original source]
^ If this is to be taken as the creation of an attribute of God then here is an instance of self-creation, hence establishing absolute creation.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
In
fact, his lack of success was as complete as that of Philo, at
least as far as Judaism is concerned.
Despite the high esteem enjoyed by Maimonides among the great
body of Jews, he was unable to achieve any success with his
"intellectualization" of the notion of God.
.^ Any distinction between the preceding Bene Elohim and the newly created Bene Elohim would build in division, and therefore God would not be one or all in all.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
^ And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made .- Zoomorphic and Anthropomorphic types 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC essaysbyekowa.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The soul doctrine must therefore be a doctrine of polytheism as it allows for an eternal structure of spirit not in union with the core and created ex nihilo, not being in possession of the nature of God.- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ Unreliable automobiles are not the only ones that are anthropomorphized.- Moving Relationships 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.drdriving.org [Source type: Original source]
^ I suppose it was teachers of drama and literature who designed such a curriculum, as they thought that their fields were the only “exciting” ones.- Radio Open Source » Blog Archive » On Anthropomorphism 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.radioopensource.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ There's no greater birthday present you could give animation than to support the archive with a donation .- ASIFA-Hollywood: The International Animated Film Society: 02/01/2006 - 03/01/2006 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.asifa-hollywood.org [Source type: General]
It is difficult to determine whence the Jews of southern
France—who bitterly opposed Maimonides —derived their
antianthropomorphic views. (See Kaufmann, "Attributenlehre," p.
485. Even in northern France at an earlier date, Rashi on Mak.
12
a remarks that the angels are not composed of flesh and
blood, which, in philosophic phraseology, means the "angels are
incorporeal.")
.^ Although he did say that they had already made most big grazing animals extinct, which made it even more difficult.- Anthropomorphic Foxes In Space�. 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC home.earthlink.net [Source type: Original source]
^ These measurements even turned out to be exaggerated (millions of miles), exceeding the great figure of God in Biblical times.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
^ In sum, there is no reason to confine Biblical attitudes towards an anthropomorphic God to a certain layer of sources in the Biblical literature or to see it influenced by hellenistic concepts.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
.^ Needless to say that this polemic led to the blurring of the anthropomorphic God in Talmudic texts.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
^ Some mystic concepts in rabbinic Judaism will be exposed, and it is hoped that this discussion will lead to a better understanding of some aspects of rabbinic theology: anthropomorphism of God.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
^ Both commentators are equal in reading in the Talmudic text some measurements of God's form, data that on a first examination do not exist.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
Compare, for instance,
the remark (Sanh. 98) that the Almighty will shear off the beard of
the king of Assyria, or the passage (Ket.
.^ J. M. Miller, 'In the "Image" and "Likeness" of God', JBL 91 (1972), pp.- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
^ The name conjured up images of cows for her and was thus good for a car that, according to her, was the traditional cow colors of black and white and "drives like a cow since it has no pick-up."- Moving Relationships 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.drdriving.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Already in the story of creation it is written (Gen 1:26-27): And God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness"...- The Hand of God 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC faculty.biu.ac.il [Source type: Original source]
3, (image) signifies "mathematical
form."
.^ Slavespeak words are invalid in that they misrepresent reality by false attribution of human qualities (sometimes idealized or exaggerated, sometimes reduced or demeaned) -- anthropomorphism or negative anthropomorphism.- #TL05AB: Anthropomorphism And Related Phenomena 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.buildfreedom.com [Source type: Original source]
^ These words involve "negative anthropomorphism" -- the attribution of negative or demeaning qualities or status to a human.- #TL05AB: Anthropomorphism And Related Phenomena 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.buildfreedom.com [Source type: Original source]
^ One executive throws out the name "Harvey" because it seems to him to be a "trustworthy" sort of name, but the very idea of anthropomorphizing the car in this way only evokes laughter.- Moving Relationships 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC www.drdriving.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ Recall that dishabituation paradigms involve showing the subject a stimulus until it no longer holds the subject's attention, and then showing them one of two alternative stimuli.- Animal Cognition (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 1 February 2010 1:01 UTC plato.stanford.edu [Source type: Academic]
.^ It specifically tested the influence of anthropomorphism and agency on the level of uncertainty and social judgment, using a between-subjects experimental design.- The Influence of Anthropomorphism and Agency on Social Judgment in Virtual Environments 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC jcmc.indiana.edu [Source type: Academic]
^ However, Robert C. Gregg and Dennis E. Groh have written a useful work entitled Early Arianism: A View of Salvation (Fortress Press, Philadelphia, 1981).- Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5) 2 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.ccg.org [Source type: Original source]
Joseph, "Ez ha-Ḥayyim," ed. Delitzsch, and Judah Hadassi,
"Eshkolha-Kofer."
Bibliography: S. D. Luzzatto, Oheb Ger, pp. 1-25,
Vienna, 1830; Z. Frankel, Einiges zu den Targumim, in
Zeit.f. d. Religiosen Interesse d. Judenthums, 1846, pp.
110-120; idem, Ueber den Einfluss der Palaest. Exegese auf die
Alexandr. Hermeneutik, §§ 7, 9, Leipsic, 1851; idem,
Vorstudien zu der Septuaginta, 1841, pp. 174-179; A.
Geiger, Urschrift und Uebersetzungen der Bibel, pp. 310
et seq., 384 et seq., Breslau, 1857; S. Maybaum,
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Breslau, 1870; C. Siegfried, Philo von Alexandria (see
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