Sentences with phrase «adherents claim»

As a result I believe that RGGI is only a qualified limited success and no where near as successful as it its adherents claim.

IPCC adherents claim short - term variance is masking longer - term climate trends.

Science does not transcend its historical context quite as efficiently as its adherents claim, indeed, in many senses, it more precisely reflects the prejudices of political elites — the «Politics or Politicians, Finance or Financeers, Rackets or Racketeers» — than even the politicians, financeers do themselves.

In the wake of filmmakers as disparate as Todd Haynes and Abel Ferrara self - consciously toying with the limits of the biopic form, ostensibly killing dynamic subjects by pinning them to the wall, Saint Laurent isn't as radical a work of genre subversion as some of its adherents claim, but it sure as hell is beautiful, channelling its subject's hedonist spirit and delicate aesthetic sensibility in roughly equal measure.

While Kwasniewski is mistaken about the composition of mother's milk, his adherents claim relief from many ailments.

What is the common thread in The Bible, The Qu» ran and the Book of Mormon when their adherents all claim their respective scriptures to be the Word of God?

It is controversial, with some adherents claiming every kind of benefit possible and detractors pointing out problems.

Not exact matches

Also, replace the word «god» in that sentence with the name of ANY of the 10,000 gods mankind has worshiped over time and that god's adherents would have made the EXACT SAME claim.

For a religion to succeed, it must in some way claim the working hours of its adherents.

Christianity has been almost universally regarded as a religion, and its adherents have claimed it to be the true religion, yet notable theologians of this century have declared that Christianity is not really a religion at all.

Adherents of TM claim benefits ranging from the shrinkage of ulcers to an improved sex life.

Some adherents to these religions will claim theirs is a «religion of peace,» though as often as not (if not more often), cases can be pointed out in the contrary.

Critics of religion often claim that its adherents grovellingly obey moral laws, not for the sake of leading a good life or behaving altruistically, but for fear of eternal punishment at the hands of a vindictive God.

The erosion of Christian membership continued not only for lack of nurture from the church but also because the jobs which the government reserved for «scheduled castes» (the official term for the so - called untouchables) in government employment were not open to those who claimed to be adherents of a non-Hindu religion, and therefore no longer in any caste at all, «scheduled» or otherwise.

Although the church, along with all institutions, will find adherents no matter how autocratic the rule of its membership is, I claim that in order for the church to survive in a healthy manner,...

My point is pretty much the same as Sven2547, that any non-inclusive religion can claim that it's adherents are being tempted to believe a false religion.

I agree somewhat... mere claims to posess an «authoritive written record» prove nothing about the documents either way, for or against.But that's not really the itch I was trying to get at.Let me try to be more direct... With respect to the original post, I've been wrestling with how believers / disciples / adherents use «their books» to undergird and support their particular faith

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The Baptists remained the largest denomination, with nearly 17,000,000 members, and they were followed by the Methodists, who claimed nearly 12,000,000 adherents.

Have you stopped and considered that YOU as a person HAVE to conform to the dogma of your religion if you claim to be a true adherent?

The denial of eternal life which is so common among modern Christians is not, as its adherents often claim, a nonegoistic, mature, realistic willingness to face the brutal limitations of finitude; rather, it amounts to a tragically unbelieving denial of God's honor — and thus of God's very existence.

In these respects, the adherents of the social gospel could claim with full justification to be faithful to Wesley in a way that much of the Wesleyan movement in the nineteenth century was not.

What claim do ministers have on their adherents, whether legislators or government officials?

Henry Murray describes «cognitive and convictional functions» of myths, which must be credible to their adherents, though he considers these secondary to other functions.28 Even though a living myth is closer to daily life than to metaphysical speculation, it does seem to presuppose some sort of truth - claims which can be examined.

Growing Families International (GFI), the creator of a church - based series of parenting curricula, currently claims over 500,000 adherents in 3500 churches and 34 countries.

In a fascinating and potentially far - reaching judgement, the judges ruled: «Religion could be described as a belief system going beyond sensory perception or scientific data held by a group of adherents, which claims to explain mankind's place in the universe and to teach its adherents how they are to live their lives in conformity with the belief system.»

We refer to the action by the Hon. Attorney - General as bizarre because this is a Government that claims to be adherents of the Rule of Law.

Contrary to Paladino's claims, the average American does not seem have some doubts that the president is a Muslim: polls indicate only 18 to 29 percent of the populace identify him as an adherent of the world's second - largest religion.

A new movie, Expelled, claims that intelligent design is good science that is being censored by adherents to evolution, which is nothing but Darwinian dogma.

As per usual, there is no lack of misleading claims made by its adherents, not to mention brainless NY Times reporters.

Climatologists might not think that is the case in their filed, too, but nearly every part of it is contended by some major part of its adherents — regardless of the claim to «consensus» on anthropogenic global warming.

The Tribunal held that, while Christian Horizons was a religious organization, it could not claim the exemption offered by s. 24 (1)(a) because it was not primarily engaged in serving the interests of persons who are «similarly identified — i.e. persons who are adherents to its Doctrinal and Lifestyle and Morality Statements, or indeed, in serving the interests of Christians more generally.

Sanford Levinson, a law professor at the University of Texas at Austin, said Justice Thomas's position claims few adherents in the legal community — Not even Justice Antonin Scalia, who like Justice Thomas argues that the Constitution should be applied according to the original meaning of its text when ratified.

However, safety concerns were not sufficient to outweigh a Sikh student's right to wear a kirpan (ceremonial dagger) to school in the case of Multani c. Marguerite - Bourgeoys (Commission scolaire).31 In upholding the student's claim, the Supreme Court emphasized that religious tolerance is important in Canada and that measures that might infringe on religious adherents» beliefs ought to be tempered, to the extent possible, in order to accommodate the free exercise of those beliefs and religious practices.32