Sentences with phrase «as an argument against»

The weaker the argument from the New Testament becomes, the stronger the teleological argument becomes - and so to use the «too extraordinary» argument as an argument against the existence of God is literally self - refuting!

Secondly that logic is flawed as an argument against the removal of government endorsement of religion because nobody is asking the government to endorse rejection of religion either.

From the earliest days of Christianity, the Gospels» resemblance to certain myths has been used as an argument against Christian faith.

The alleged «silence» about the virgin birth from other New Testament authors can not be used as an argument against it since its factuality would have been revealed by Mary only after the resurrection and it did not constitute the centre of the Easter message; Redford even finds hints thatother New Testament authors framed their affirmations to allow for the virgin birth.

But instead of seeing this as one of its greatest strengths, it was often used as an argument against Friday abstinence.

«As an argument against this way of thinking, this kind of idolatry, I turn to the work of Walter Brueggemann, who, in an interview last year with Krista Tippett for On Being, explained the reason for the abundance of metaphors we find for God in the scriptures this way: «The Biblical defense against idolatry is plural metaphors.

For example, it is well known that nuclear radiations are dangerous in large doses and this was used as an argument against nuclear power.

I'd like to use this passage as an argument against the Holy Trinity.

The relativization of simultaneity and succession has been and still is regarded as an argument against the objectivity of time and / or becoming.

The argument, however, is question begging as an argument against Whitehead.

The where is God question in this case is used as an argument against God: if he is who you say he is, why would this happen?

Please don't site this crap as an argument against any religion.

The argument against him will be the same as the argument against Johan Santana.

PS: Don't get me wrong, I respect the fact that you post your optimistic yet contrarian views on here despite all the evidence that keep stacking up as an argument against optimism.

Response from THINCS to Scott Grundy demonstrating that the references he has used as arguments against Gary Taubes were false.

She uses it as an argument against water birth, but to be consistent that logic it can also be used as an argument for delayed cord clamping.

But she doesn't use it as an argument against water birth; she uses it as a demonstration of the hypocrisy of the «natural is best» and «women are designed to give birth» brigade.

The principle that children under three should not stay overnight with their separated or divorced fathers, when parents can not agree on co-parenting arrangements, has recently reappeared as an argument against co-residential parenting for very young children.

Mr. Annan's opinion is in no way binding to the US, but it has been brought forth as an argument against the legality of the war.

Either way, increasing the speed limit has several effects, which could be used as arguments against it.

«It's important not to interpret this study as an argument against vaccination of our children against flu or any other disease,» Peter Openshaw, president of the British Society for Immunology and Professor of Experimental Medicine at Imperial College London (who wasn't involved in the study) told the Science Media Centre.

In my experience, people often use this as an argument against online dating.

So as an argument against the death penalty, the movie does is not convincing.

Perlmutter's email, once leaked, was widely interpreted as his argument against female - led movies, despite myriad other factors at play here — even as the email neglected to mention smash action franchises such as the Hunger Games trilogy or the Alien saga, which were led by female heroes.

This lesson looks at science and suffering as arguments against the existence of God.

It may be tempting to use this news as an argument against vouchers, especially because the evidence is drawn from the most sophisticated research tools available to scholars who study these programs.

DeVos has advocated for school choice, citing American students» slow progress on national and international assessments as an argument against the status quo.

The screen was however a bit back from the current 6 inches standards and this may eventually come as an argument against the Cybook ocean, the Pocketbook Inkpad being seemingly better endowed in this regard.

The show was conceived from the beginning as an argument against Flaubert, Tolstoi, Dostoyevski, etc..

Included are Dine's musings on his own work, which often takes the form of paintings of hearts and robes, as well as arguments against classifying him as a Pop artist and in - depth explanations of his dealings with various gallerists.

Even as arguments against modernism's supposed transcendence of daily life were issued by a host of global players — Hélio Oiticica and the tropicália movement in Brazil, Guy Debord and the Situationist International in France, the Art Workers» Coalition and early land art in the us — many influential curators and critics doubled down, most notably Michael Fried in his 1967 essay «Art and Objecthood», a defence of medium specificity and the priority of immediacy and opticality.

The problem with this is that it is being misused as an argument against REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation).

The Iris effect has been a controversial topic in the climate debate and has been used as an argument against a significant clobal warming, e.g. in Lomborg's «the Skeptical Environmentalist».

This sort of «reasoning» is fallacious because merely changing the topic of discussion hardly counts as an argument against a claim.

Latimer, I generally agree broadly with most of your posts, but I am so heartily fed up with the «the government just wants to oppress us with tax» meme as an argument against CAGW I just feel I have to say something.

Climate change advocates have recently insisted, however, that record cold temperatures in North America can not be used as an argument against anthropogenic climate change, since no direct causality can be established between singular weather phenomena and climate change.

Besides that, pointing to an alleged bias of Mann as an argument against the Mann et al., (1999) study, is a logical fallacy.

You might remember the «left» opposition using a hypothetical resident of Georgetown as an argument against I - 732, saying that I - 732 would not do enough about the local pollution suffered by Georgetown residents.

According to the Sightline Institute, «As an argument against I - 732 the «revenue hole» case is a red herring.»

The freedom of scientific research is often cited as an argument against robust governance of geoengineering research.

All of this fits together quite well... but nevertheless, people keep using «CO2 lags temperature» as an argument against AGW.

Here is a hypothetical: we are 1 % of the «problem», and use that as an argument against doing our part now.

Embodied carbon is massive and must be taken into account, but to use it as an argument against renewable tech is ludicrous - examine the embodied carbon of non-renewables alongside it.

Jim Footner of Greenpeace said the German study would inevitably be used by opponents of wind power as an argument against further investment.

I also don't agree with the way that proponents of s. 13 have used the support of white supremacists for this amendment as an argument against the change.

What I have experienced is careless litigators who have used the cry of «please won't somebody think of the children» as an argument against any claim related to lack of jurisdiction, non-compliance with the rules, etc..

In any event would a concern for overuse of the courts be available as an argument against cases brought by those with little real connection to the forum?

Of course, some commenters might point to failed ODR experiments in the field of consumer disputes as an argument against a «right to be forgotten» ODR solution.

But as an argument against transparency of and public discussion of negotiations, it doesn't work either.

In the past the child's need for secure attachment has been used as an argument against the provision of these services.