being that

Since or because; for the reason that. Chiefly informal and colloquial. Being that the local council decided not to grant us a full license, the concerts have all been canceled. I thought you might like an ice cream cone, being that you said you were too hot earlier.

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I am the being that hears your petty tone of voice,

I am the being that has come to you in this bad dream

I am the being that forgets them so I can disappear.

The patient says: I am the being that has forgotten.

I am the being that, floating, is impartial, that is,

I am the being that doesn't worship, pray, or cower.

the being that flows through space, but there is no

Blinding, the White Horse in Front of Me

I am just stuck on the concept of worshiping any aspect of a being that abuses.

The Violence of God: Dialogic Fragments

By spirit, I'm not talking about the Holy Spirit; I'm talking about characteristics of the human being that Paul sometimes calls flesh, other times spirit.

When he talks about the human being as flesh, what he means is humanity's earth-oriented tendencies, whereas when he talks about the human spirit, it's that aspect of the human being that's open to God and God's influence.

Getting to know Paul

"To bring a camera into a classroom tells you almost nothing about what happens within that classroom": This line from my review was a reference to Brecht's maxim that "less than ever does a simple reproduction of reality express something about reality, "with Brecht's example being that a mere photograph of the Krupp factory in fact tells you almost nothing about this institution.