Sentences with phrase «absurd consequences»
No doubt sensible people always found ways of evading the more obviously absurd consequences of such a view; but it went far to hinder a just understanding of the Bible in its integrity.
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In several recent works, William Lane Craig argues that there is nothing to commend Hartshorne's view, that there are positive arguments against it, and that absurd consequences follow from it (PT 103; PS 16:201;...
«But [i] t a settled principle statute interpretation and language of this statute should not be given a literal meaning if doing so would result in absurd consequences which the Legislature did not intend» [Citations.]
Only by recognizing the past as that given reality with which every present has to do can these absurd consequences be avoided.
«That's the absurd consequence of the old system.»
David Lloyd, Absurd Consequences, 2014, Mixed media on canvas, 29 1/2 by 23 1/2 inches, courtesy of the artist and Klowden Mann Gallery
When read in its ordinary and grammatical sense, it catches such an expansive array of conduct that it appears to be impractical and certain to lead to some absurd consequences.