life

"Life" distinguishes the fundamental and functional being from the dead. It's a state characterized by ability to metabolize and grow, react to stimuli, and to reproduce. A baseball is an inanimate object incapable of growth, void of metabolic processes, and therefore incapable of life. The dog fetching the baseball in his mouth is capable of all of the aforementioned characteristics, and is therefore alive, the term used for those who have "life."

Life is also the physical and mental experiences that make up the existence of an individual, one or more aspects of the process of living. Today my "life" consisted of talking politics at lunch with friends, working, and sleeping.

Life, the meaning of it and it's essence has been studied, and written about for ages. The purpose of life has been questioned for centuries. From Greek philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle, to global strategist theologians like Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life.

When did life begin, remains one of the big questions, yet unanswered, as do questions asking where did our life come from. Were we created or did we evolve, and when does human life begin?

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Original Technorati articles tagged “life”

• in Autos
  Faith in Humanity Restored: Auto Edition
  These inspirational stories of people doing good (with the help of cars) will brighten your day.
  by cebsilver / on Jun 18, 2013
• in Lifestyle
  Dr. Margaret Paul on Holiday Stress, Loneliness & SelfQuest
  Dr. Margaret Paul discusses SelfQuest and provides tips for people who may be lonely over the holidays.
  by jimewood / on Nov 15, 2012
• in Technorati Women
  Inspirational People: Luann Robinson Hull
  Luann Robinson Hull's book provides readers with a formula for joyful, happy living in all of the moments of now!
  by jimewood / on Sep 17, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “life”

 

• The Social Media Diet Can Help You Manage Your Weight Loss

  
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  By Team Best Life Support is a huge part of the formula for weight loss success. Study after study shows that people who have support fare better than those who go solo. But does electronic support—in the form of social media—count? Studies say it does. Learn how to take advantage of Facebook and Twitter to [...]
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• Evangelium Vitae Mass

  
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  Pope Francis is continuing to inspire us in the prolife movement,  and last Sunday at the Evangelium Vitae mass in Rome he did not disappoint.  But all too often, people do not choose life, they do not accept the “Gospel of Life” but let themselves be led by ideologies and ways of thinking that block life, ...
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• School prayer: 50 years after the ban, God and faith more present than ever

  
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  By Lee Lawrence, CS Monitor, June 16, 2013 Atlanta—At the adolescent-unfriendly hour of 7:10 on this rainy spring morning in tiny Loachapoka, Ala., classes won’t start for another half hour in the public school. But already the science lab at Loachapoka High School is coming alive with the banter of 13 teens ...
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• Nothing We Do

  
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  “Nothing we do to defend the human person, no matter how small, is ever unfruitful or forgotten. Our actions touch other lives and move other hearts in ways we can never fully understand in this world. Don’t ever underestimate the beauty and power of the witness you give in your pro-life work.” ~ Archbishop ...
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• David Cameron and other famous wild swimmers

  
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  In taking an early-morning dip in a Northern Irish lough, David Cameron has joined an illustrious list of wild swimmers, from Benjamin Franklin to Katharine Hepburn As a self-confessed wild swimming addict, I cant quite believe that David Cameron nearly beat me to the water on Tuesday. While he was swimming at 6am ...
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• Iceland resumes fin whale hunting after two-year break

  
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  Undercover pictures taken by Greenpeace show a harpooned whale being cut up for meat likely to be exported to Japan Iceland has resumed its commercial hunting of fin whales after a two-year suspension by landing the first of an expected 180 whales in Hvalfjördur. The first kill prompted protests from environment and ...
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• 10 Outrageously Hard Video Game Boss Battles

  
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  There’s nothing quite like gaming. Derided by many as simply a way to distract our attention while we make our way through this beautiful thing called life, anyone who has actually sat down and properly invested in what’s going on will know it’s so much more than that. Games can make us feel every emotion across ...
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• Iterum Cum Hac Merda …

  
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  American Humanist Association sues California town to halt construction of cross monument First, we had the courthouse in Bradford County , Florida that refused to take down the monument of the Ten Commandments, so now we have that and one representing atheism sitting next to it as a “compromise”.  Then, the ...
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• Pro-Life Groups Applaud House for Passing Ban on Abortions After 20-Weeks

  
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  Dozens of pro-life groups lobbied for the bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and the House approved the bill Tuesday afternoon , with a 32-vote margin. Several pro-life groups have already issued statements within the first hour following passage of the bill. Below is a collection of some of the ...
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• Defying the Gloomy Diagnosis

  
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  Doctors wield alot of power and influence especially when it comes to the delicate area of pregnancy because,  as we all know, we are dealing with another life.   Due to modern technology, we are able to see much more of what the baby looks like and how the baby is developing in utero. With this knowledge, it ...
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• The Great Barrier Reef we stand to lose

  
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  As the UN pressures Australia to better protect the reef, here are some images of whats at stake, from a cruising manta ray to an effervescent ribbon eel
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• Riding Endurance Mountain Biking’s Fine Line Between Insanity and Nirvana

  
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  Living the Wired Life is a series of profiles looking at people whose passion for their hobbies borders on obsession.        
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• Random, slightly coherent, and pictures.

  
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  How is this my second post for the month? Sure theres sleep deprivation. And traveling with tots. And visiting family. And finally finishing the edits that badly needed editing. And chasing around a toddler who is not as keen on potty training as you might wish him to be but who has met his match in this equally ...
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• Semantic Polarities and Psychopathologies in the Family – review

  
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  It may have an unlovely title, but Tim Parks promises this rigorous book will offer you a liberating way of thinking about every family, including your own It will be pointless to pretend this is an ordinary review. Despite its unlovely title and rigorous approach, Valeria Ugazios book has, in one form or another – ...
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• French Heritage Centers St. Jean Baptiste Celebration fund-raiser features Quebec-born singer-songwriter Josee Vachon

  
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  Event scheduled June 22.
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• What will £395,000 buy you in the UK property market?

  
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  From unsullied Art Deco in Glasgow to a modern home in Harwich Anna Tims        
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• Actual Grace

  
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  Continuing his discussion of the transient assistance God gives us, Father Geiermann mentions the assistance of actual grace. “Actual grace is a virtuous impulse which God gives man to act in the supernatural order. . . . It illumines the mind to see the truth, the good, the moral beauty, as well as the ...
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• Google’s Project Loon fills internet gaps with solar-powered balloons

  
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  Mobile data might seem near-ubiquitous, but the world still has major dead zones and huge expanses with poor coverage. Anyone that has fervently and consistently checked the availability of Verizon’s FiOS in their neighborhood knows this all too well, but that still places you on the well-connected side of the ...
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• Moments Of Mediumship

  
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  I have been a medium for most of my life, I just did not know it at the time. I remember when I was four years old and I refused to go to the bathroom alone. Spirits love the bathroom for some reason! I’d tell my mom that I didn’t want to go to the bathroom [...]
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• Abortion and the Left

  
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  I’ve always wondered what is particularly “liberal” or even “left wing” about abortion, given that liberals and leftists generally present themselves as champions of the weak and the marginalized.  No one is as weak and marginalized as an unborn child.  Dale O’Leary, at the Catholic website Aleteia, ...
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