Kurosawa has repeated the point, saying "humanity must face life without relying on God or Buddha."
All three writers deal with a haunting problem which humanity faces in coming to terms with its lot.
It appeared that humanity had faced a comparable crisis in its earlier history and pulled through.
Their believe is that humanity is facing a time of huge purification (the apocalypse) so a new world can come into being.
They explain that over 1300 years prior, humanity faced extinction due to an incurable disease.
The restraints on wicked spirit creatures will be removed and all humanity will face a test.
It is impossible to fully understand the tragedy of 9/11, the darkest day that humanity has faced in this century.
It contends that the search for better global governance draws on the same set of shared challenges humanity is currently facing.
There was a time when humanity faced the universe alone and without a friend.
That is the enormous challenges that humanity and the whole world are facing.