Sentences with phrase «ability to make»

I refer to the latter's shape - shifting ability to make the familiar seem startlingly strange, books of the Holy Bible acquiring human (all too human) authors, ghostwriters, copy editors, places and dates of publication — everything, in short, but an ISBN number.But poststructuralism's powers of redescription exceed even those of historical criticism.

In the opinion of some, the success of the Christian proclamation depends upon the church's ability to make the transition so men can see.

Abandoning one's responsibility to make judgments is an odd way of restoring trust in one's ability to make judgments.

As he matures in his ability to make and keep friends Sam does not form a social network for himself, for it is essential to his identity that he is one who has lost family.

Jake — Why would that «twist» take away someone's ability to make a moral judgment about homosexuality?

If this is the case, then if you have that twist in the mind corrected, you can make a choice that the normal person had the ability to make.

On the flip side of the coin, the greater your fluency in their language, the greater your ability to make sense to them.

Generalization and the lack of any ability to make distinctions is a sign of weakness and poor judgement.

God created the capacity for evil when he gave us the ability to make a choice.

Reactions to the exchanges are then explored by the children as they learn they have the ability to make others feel good.

If the mark of every true philosophy is in its ability to make room for transcendence, then Platonic, Aristotelian and Thomistic philosophies are valid.

Using a mixture of suggestion, «cold reading», hypnosis and plain old trickery, Brown has the ability to make people believe in God, miracles and the power of prayer faster than you can say «prestidigitation» (look it up).

It is clearly designed to build followers, who believe their eternal soul relies on doing what the church says (doesn't work on everyone, most people take what they need form the church and keep their own ability to make decisions in their lives, but that doesn't change what the system is designed to do).

The ability to make such a distinction could be of real advantage to process theology, making its case more clear to friends and foes alike.

If power is roughly defined as the ability to make or establish a claim on life, then the range of the presence of power may be broadened to include the notion that power is coextensive with life itself.

The essence of mathematical knowledge is not the ability to make correct calculations and to manipulate formulas skillfully.

In the process, we teach them that courage and the ability to make choices are not accidental.

The often somewhat mysterious ability to make so much for doing so little is the main reason sensible people envy celebrities.

Actually, the teaching regarding free will is just that... we're not robots nor remote controlled devices of some sort... but rather we're individuals with reasoning and ability to make choices.

Each of us have been given that ability to make those decisions on our own.

I also believe that human life is invaluable, and that is why parents should have the ability to make sure that when they do bring a new person to this earth, they can take care of them, and that they can offer them the best possible.

However powerful are the effects of Adam's fall in intensifying the inclination for concupiscence and sinning, the free will and the moral ability to make decisions between good and evil are not impaired.

PS: I totally admire you for your generosity and ability to make strangers into a community of friends — glimpses of the Kingdom...

The loss of the aesthetic sensibility in the Church has weakened its ability to make its call heard in the world.

That people tell others, who are already facing a difficult decision, that they don't have the ability to make that choice because THEY belive that it is wrong, when there is no garauntee to begin with, is incomprehensible to me.

By contrast, most immigrants to North America have been Christian (from Latin America but also among many immigrants from East Asia), Jewish (immigrants from the former Soviet Union), and the variety of religions of South and East Asia, all of them marked by a general absence of militancy and a long - standing ability to make cultural concessions.

God knowing the outcome does not eliminate your ability to make choices.

Pointing to the great and growing gap in our acquisition of data on the one hand and our ability to make constructive use of it on the other, some people say that what we have is not a knowledge explosion but an ignorance explosion.

With reports on the thriving economy, the low taxes, the manageable deficit, the ability to make painful budget cuts — things are so good in Texas that even some California lawmakers want to learn the secrets to Perry's management of Lone Star success.

«One of the things I remember most about Billy is his ability to make friends,» says Wood.

@Ykcyc — you said «You do have a free will to choose, but you may not be present enough or have the ability to make a conscious choice.»

I can assure you, no man alive has the ability to make me change my convictions, Muslim or not.

Jesus» greatness is also his ability to make us holy.

It is important for the family of a person who must be committed to recognize that mental illness has already deprived their loved one of the ability to make adult judgments.

Another virtue of Chesterton was his remarkable ability to make friends with his intellectual opponents.

Everyone has the ability to make this judgment for themselves.

He was doing this since he was 3, so did not have the cognitive ability to make decisions... simply has always been this way.

The ability to make their own decisions, to get an education and a good job, to worship God in their own way, to get married, to raise a family.

I don't believe in his god but one thing I do believe in is his god's ability to make people do crazy things in his name.

Mike, not me: Yes, god gave him the ability to make that touchdown, and did not give the opposing side those same abilities.

His detailed responses to complex questions on issues of economy, foreign policy, etc., reflect his excellent ability to make sound policy that can help get this country back on track and fix some of the flawed policies and spending sprees of «normal» politics in recent years and decades.

«I think this is the best of both worlds - out of the single currency, out of the no - borders agreement, out of an ever - closer union, but in the things that work for Britain, that give us jobs, that give us security, that give us the ability to make sure we have a stronger and safer world.

Either God created us knowing what choices we would make and, therefore, made those choices for us, or he gave us the ability to make our own choices and doesnâ $ ™ t know what they are until we make them.

I think God can foresee the outcomes of all the choices we might make, but he doesnâ $ ™ t interfere with our ability to make them.â $

Finally your magic man in the sky belief calls into question your ability to make any rational choices whatsoever.

But life itself, is incredibly complex, even the simplest protists and eukaryotes are beyond our ability to make in a lab.

The fact that there are ramifications for choosing not to doesn't mean you don't have the ability to make the decision for yourself... free will.

After making that first record, we had no confidence in our ability to make great artistic decisions, and less confidence in our ability to refrain from attacking each other with blunt objects in the studio.

The ability to make a payment towards loans while in school has been available for both federal and private loans, but generally not promoted by private student loan providers, with most student borrowers electing to defer loan payments until after graduation.

Therefore, «hashing» is akin to a mathematical lottery, and miners that have devices with greater processing power (i.e., the ability to make more hash calculations per second) are more likely to be successful miners.