Sentences with phrase «as arbitrary a reason»

I mean, not believing is just as arbitrary a reason for allowing someone into heaven as believing.

Not exact matches

But if this is asserted and if we do not wish to think of the orientation of the development by God as a series of arbitrary measures taken by him and as giving impetus to the development from outside (a way of representing the matter which is absurd in fact and method, for all kinds of reasons), then this orientation can only be conceived as happening precisely through, and out of, 11 the of course ultimately divinely - created reality of what Is itself developing in that way.

The real deal is: «the law given to Moses aims at protecting the wife from arbitrary domination by the husband» and» the Apostle Paul makes clear when he says: «Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her,» adding at once:» «For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one.»

This list of 5 reasons moms continue to breastfeed their babies after the arbitrary acceptable cut - off date enforced by random strangers or other individuals such as family members and friends who aren't actually whipping their boob out for their 3 year old «infant» to suckle may shed some clarity on the matter.

That's one reason I believe we should stop calling it «extended breastfeeding» when mothers and children mutually decide to nurse beyond some arbitrary cutoff, and just label all nursing as such, regardless of the nursing child's age.

«Adding an arbitrary expiration for reasons unrelated to the special permit process or requirements would not only set a dangerous and questionable precedent, but would also hinder our ability to make MSG and New York City the long - term home of even more world - class events, and would harm a business that has served as a significant economic driver for the City for generations.»

In FCC v. Fox Television Stations, the high court ruled, 5 - 4, that an agency can change regulations without the move being considered arbitrary or capricious under the Administrative Procedures Act as long as it provides a «reasoned explanation» for the change.

Scale numbers and pants sizes are arbitrary things and should not be a reason for frustration as long as we take good care of ourselves and try to be our best.

Starting off with a very self - aware speech by their captain, played by Nick Offerman, which winks at the audience, as if to say, «We know comedy sequels are a little ridiculous,» the trailer explains the arbitrary reason for the new title.

(At the same time, a prologue comes up with a hilariously arbitrary reason as to why the drug is illegal in the first place.)

What it does do is set up a system in which teachers can be terminated for cause but can not be fired for what are called «arbitrary and capricious» reasons meaning that they can not be fired for political reasons and they can not have their lives ruined as some part of a personal vendetta.

That other consumer reporting magazine did not like it, mainly for arbitrary reasons, such as the foot - operated emergency brake (by the time of their 1991 review, only 2 % of buyers ordered the manual transmission) and claims that the doors and hidden hatchback could hit drivers who leaned over in just the right way.

As a casual player who often picks characters based on arbitrary reasons, I could see myself choosing Qbby purely for his ability to stand out from the rainbow pack.

But alas, for some stupidly arbitrary reason, «Challenge Mode» could only be unlocked by connecting your game to a friend's copy of Pokémon Black 2, as long as he or she had seen the credits at least once.

It loads / installs / downloads everything way too slowly given its power, it takes irritatingly large chunks of internet bandwidth for arbitrary reasons, its party chat still doesn't work nearly as consistently as it needs to and several important features are still buried under too many menus.

As a photographer, Cliff can use his camera to snap shots of noteworthy objects and scenes throughout the story, and there's no real reason for doing so other than going through an arbitrary «yay videogame content» checklist.

And I would offer a similar criticism of that as well, as IMO, you neither ground that form of analogizing in a scientific manner; as I have told you, I think that your inclusion and exclusion criteria selection process is quite arbitrary, and I don't think that it is coincidence that it confirms your distinction of a group you belong to («skeptics») from a group you criticize («realists») in ways that (1) reaffirm a superiority in the group you belong to and, (2) I consider to be superficial and not meaningful as compared to the vastly more important underlying similarities (e.g., the tendency toward identity protective behavior, motivated reasoning, cultural cognition, confirmation bias, emotively - influenced reasoning, etc.)...

For instance, sometimes scientists are expected to make reports report based upon the «balance of the evidence» or regulatory agencies are expected by law to take preventative action as long as the scientific reasons for taking preventative action are not «arbitrary and capricious.»

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Judges appear to be more easily persuaded by a reasoned opinion of the vehicle's value before the accident and after the repairs, as opposed to a broad statement that it has lost a certain percentage of its value; this can sound like an arbitrary figure that has been plucked out of the air.

In public regulation of this sort there is no such thing as absolute and untrammelled «discretion», that is that action can be taken on any ground or for any reason that can be suggested to the mind of the administrator; no legislative Act can, without express language, be taken to contemplate an unlimited arbitrary power exercisable for any purpose, however capricious or irrelevant, regardless of the nature or purpose of the statute.

The application judge's finding that the periods of confinement were arbitrary was also in error, as the lockdowns were imposed for reasons of safety and security.

And the reason why your daily step goals are constantly changing, rather than striving for «10K» every day, is because Pebble wants people to use their own personal bests as guideposts rather than an arbitrary number.

The deposit could serve as a guaranteed minimum fee if for whatever reason — including an arbitrary change of heart by the seller — the listing fails to sell.