mortifyings of the flesh

Thus, as global minimum temperatures continue to increase, the isotherm border will extend into higher latitudes and altitudes, affecting immunologically naive populations and generating increased morbidity and mortality in vulnerable regions.

The road gets more and more steep.

This view may be styled Religious Nihilism. It affirms that Theism, or faith in an Almighty and All-wise Creator, Pantheism, and Atheism, are alike mere guesses in the dark, and that nothing is or can be known of that mysterious Something, which is the origin of the universe.