Sentences with phrase «anathema to think»

I grew up in England; I went to school as a young boy in England and I grew up at a time in England when homosexuality was banned there, it was illegal and I lived in the period when British politicians thought it was anathema to think about changing the law and suddenly the activities of individuals, of groups, a certain awareness, a certain development grew and grew and grew stronger and it forced a change in law.

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For that reason, the thought of retirement can be anathema to many entrepreneurs.

«Many entrepreneurs think there's a secret formula for habits of successful people, but in my experience, routine and habits are anathema to entrepreneurialism.

As an atheist who believes in «Choice» (I dislike the idea of abortion but see the need for people to be able to opt for it) and polygamy (marriage should be for any number of consenting adults regardless of gender) and believes that the idea of draconian anti-gun measures is anathema as it takes away an individual's right to live the way he wants to live, I think that if believing in a deity makes a person treat other people nicer then we should leave that person and his beliefs alone.

When people believe that the word anathema, or accursed, means «going to hell when you die,» they think that Paul is wishing he could go to hell if only all his fellow Israelites would receive eternal life instead.

I would think that Martin Luther had heard of these verses: Galatians 1:8 - 9 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you besides that which we have preached to you, let him be anathema.

'' [It's] an anathema, I think it's incredibly wrong that water in a bottle is priced more than milk and I think we need to have a strong yarn to the retailers about that.

«I grew up at a time in England where homosexuality was banned, it was illegal and I lived in a period where British politicians thought it was anathema to even think about changing the law and then suddenly, the activities of individuals and groups... grew and grew stronger and enforced the change in the law.»

My interest in the account of the thoughts of cosmologist Max Tegmark was tempered by something more than surprise — I learned that the rejection of the early cosmic inflation or of the Copernican principle, that Earth does not occupy a special place in the universe, «are anathema to cosmology», (24 September, p 8).

We can not have it both ways: quality of thinking and speed are anathema to each other.

Others consider even the thought to be anathema.

Then, too, science thrives on a spirit of free inquiry, and it would be anathema to say that there are some things that just shouldn't be thought about (though there are certainly some things that, once thought about, shouldn't be built).

But I think there's one factor that is more important than all those mentioned above in causing cap - and - trade to have changed from politically correct to politically anathema in just nine months.

This line of thinking would, in all likelihood, be anathema to Irish judges and, at the very least, in tension with the settled understanding in Ireland that the role of the High Court is to ensure that statutory bodies conduct themselves «in accordance with the law».

Now, keeping birds captive, actually any free spirits captive, is an anathema to me, but the cage has a beautiful structure and I thought it might make a great screen between me and the neighbours if I filled it with plants.