Two decent, humane, God-fearing, patriotic Americans and their supporters have squared off in a contest that is usually contentious but this time has turned into a vicious, vilifying one.
Ibn Rushd tried to reconcile reason and humane morality with God and faith, positing a kindly God and an unfanatic faith.
The word 'philanthropy' comes from the Greek word philanthropia "philia, friendship or phileo, love + anthropos, human" and means benevolence, kind-heartedness, humane feeling, kindliness, courtesy, or gods' love for humans (Liddell and Scott, 1940, s.w. philia; philanthropia).
Doing away with hell, then, is a natural way for pastors and theologians to make their God seem more humane.
In a distinctly nonclassical, crowd-pleasing moment near the end, the gods are made humane.
Each one will explain his or her own beliefs in their own terms and all are free and have the right to do so but humane behaviour is the ultimate measure of God's love and presence.
Yet for all the work's mystical trappings and metaphysical mumbo-jumbo, it is a humane, wise and moving story of the imperious god Wotan and his dysfunctional family, who bring about their own destruction.
For example, "Of Gods and Men," Xavier Beauvois's moving, humane drama about a group of French monks trying to survive and honor their faith in Algeria during a time of terror and civil war, was also snubbed by the Academy.
His favourite expression, "I dressed him; God healed him," is characteristic of this humane and careful doctor.
His publications include Thoughts for Our Times (1962), The Humane Imperative (1974), The Hesburgh Papers: Higher Values in Higher Education (1979), and an autobiography, God, Country, Notre Dame (1990).
Pinto, praised by the award for his "deeply empathetic, humorous, and humane" writing, said his first thought on receiving the call was: "There is a God.
