Sentences with phrase «as figments of the imagination»

Miraculous healings have always been part of the supernaturalist stock in trade, and have always been dismissed by the scientist as figments of the imagination.

In a rebuttal, the Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Ishmael Ashittey described the NDC «s agenda as a figment of their imagination.

In a chat with the Nigeria Politics Online, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Habib Haruna, described Banire's claim as a figment of his imagination.

I'm more inclined to think he isn't screwing with her head he is in her head as a figment of imagination.

Naively drawn totem animals work as figments of the imagination.

Not exact matches

gulliblenomore There is no such thing as nothing (I prefer Spinoza who argued there is only existence) before or after your existence which makes the curtain a figment of imagination where you have no proof that such a curtain exists.

Additionally, there is no such thing as pleasure, pain, joy, sorrow, etc. - it is all a figment of our imagination.

I suppose that the «holy» wars» deaths» and the conversion techniques of such times as the Spanish Inquisition, and such nice fellows as Sain Olaf, who chopped the heads off of non-convertable Europeans, all is simply a figment of the imagination.

Therefore a reasonable person rightly grasp that Zeus was just a figment of the ancient Greeks imagination, a way to salve their conscience as to how they perceived the «world» came into existence.

Is the figment of one person's imagination the same as that of another?

Some consider God as a myth, a figment of one's imagination, outside of reality.

This rules out the possibility of the event having taken place and Satan existing as a being, not just a figment of the imagination.

Similarly, God is not opposed, except perhaps as an ill - formed figment of your fevered imagination, because it is just not there to oppose.

Soon after, we find Christians heartily mocking other, irrational gods of the time which, being so hopelessly capricious, were to them no more than the work of human hands or, as we would say, the figments of men's imaginations.

Hot Girls Wanted chronicles four young women — this is a documentary, so they're real young women, not figments of someone's imagination — as they seek fame and fortune as porn models, showing their rapid progression from posing for photos in lingerie to participating in hard - core humiliation and bondage videos.

He knows all about this — in order not to follow it, but rather by the very opposite conduct to keep as free as possible of these deceptions, that he himself may not adopt any illicit way of deriving some advantage from the Good (earning money, distinction, and admiration) and so that he may deceive no one by a figment of the imagination.

Your little twerp of a deity is just a figment of your imagination, as all the other gods were / are.

Based on that same freedom I referred to at the beginning I will share this thought with all, I'd rather spend my whole life seving Jesus, die, to then find out the this heaven was a figment of my imagination, than no believing, endorsing writings such as this, doubting Jesus, die, to then discover that hell was all so true.

Stop describing figments of your and your religious leaders» imagination as facts.

When they are doing their worst with us there is no comfort in being told that they are figments of our imagination, and that they must be accepted as part of the world we live in.

The battered wife sent back to her husband with a pastor's exhortation to bear her cross as Christ did is sadly no figment of imagination.

I think that everyone would like to believe that said abuse is a figment of Evra's imagination, but with the matter already going to the FA and Evra claiming that he was referred to as «a certain word» ten times or more, things are obviously starting to spiral out of control.

Is the Bear just the figment of an advertising man's imagination or is he a worthwhile, as well as a beloved, symbol?

as soon as you realize that this injury thing is a figment of someone's imagination, you'll agree.

But regional executives of the NPP have described the intent as a dream and a figment of their imagination.

«As such, it is evidently clear that any allegations that the Jonathan government wasted trillions is not a well thought out allegation at best and is a figment of the imagination of the makers at worse.

None of our academic staff ever granted an interview stating that Korede wouldn't be allowed to write exams, so I see the reports as mere figments of the imagination of the people who wrote them,» the source said.

He further said that the National Democratic Congress has denied the authenticity of a similar report published by the Daily Guide Newspaper in response to him through his Lawyers and insinuated that the reports should best be treated as a figment of some people's imagination

«The claim that «EFCC operatives subjected our staff to crude intimidation, psychological and emotional trauma, even as some of the men accused our organisation of publishing pro-Biafra, Boko Haram, and Niger Delta Militant stories,» is strange and clearly the figment of the imagination of the Sun.

As long as they don't have the majority, the call is a tall dream that will remain a figment of the imagination of the groups and their sponsors,» Senator Ibrahim saiAs long as they don't have the majority, the call is a tall dream that will remain a figment of the imagination of the groups and their sponsors,» Senator Ibrahim saias they don't have the majority, the call is a tall dream that will remain a figment of the imagination of the groups and their sponsors,» Senator Ibrahim said.

The mapinguari is also said to be another Bigfoot, a figment of the imagination of people like Dos Santos — and of a prominent scientist named David C. Oren, whose relentless quest to find one is growing as legendary as the beast itself.

Now the man once known as Father Donaldson has become Hellinger, an unstoppable demon with a unquenchable hunger for human souls and a special place in his black heart for the girl who now thinks he was a mere figment of her imagination.

At first the film is played out as a fantasy where you are almost certain that you are going to discover that Hesher is a figment of the boy's imagination.

And while Cruz struggles a little, much of the rest of the cast, particularly in the smaller roles (Noah Taylor, Tilda Swinton, Timothy Spall, Jason Lee and especially Kurt Russell as Cruise's psychiatrist, raging at the revelation that he's a figment of his imagination) are wonderful.

Which means that Inherent Vice's presence here will likely be remembered, like the film itself, as a figment of a drug - addled imagination.

NOTE: Interestingly, the screenwriter initially envisioned the film as a more subtle, psychological character piece in which the creatures were merely the figment of a mentally ill young boy's imagination, but, uh... well, it didn't quite turn out that way.

It never tries to present Manny as a figment of Hank's imagination, or a symptom of a psychotic break.

The truth about this e-book «revolution» is that is was simply a figment of the imaginations of those in the e-book industry and the «revolution» only existed as long as the venture capital money lasted and that ran out some time ago.

Bodies pile up in her wake across Texas and New Mexico as the walls around her own secrets begin to crumble, and the authorities question whether the child is anything but a figment of her imagination.

Not only has he lost «the arrogance of my youth», but as he points out, he never was the person people took him to be - he never wore a deerstalker or smoked a pipe, these - he says - were just figments of the illustrator's imagination; and he's quite willing to admit that he and John («you know, I never did call him Watson — he was John, simply John») bungled a number of important cases but «of course, who wants to read about the failures?»

But there is another reason, as they might want to check out if my story is just a figment of my wild imagination or am I living in an insane reality.

With William, Emilia encounters a number of impossible pursuits — such as the pursuit of cab drivers who speed away when they see William's industrial - strength car seat and the pursuit of lactose - free, strawberry - flavored, patisserie - quality cupcakes, despite the fact that William's allergy is a figment of his over-protective mother's imagination.

B. Dalmatian coast of Croatia TBD: The other places are only a figment of our imagination, so far as she knows anyway...

Thomas sees cultural disconnects everywhere in day - to - day living particularly as it relates to race (a figment of our imagination).

The selection of artist Jimbo Blachly and poet Lytle Shaw as editors of the Chadwick Family Papers is sufficiently eccentric to have given rise to the widespread consensus that the Chadwicks themselves are mere figments of their editors» febrile imaginations; a belief amply supported both by the indignities to which the archive itself has been subjected (Vaseline) and the fact that purported Chadwicks have appeared only in the heaviest and most peculiar of disguises (in suits of armor, or as Johnnie Walker look - alikes) and have borne a startling resemblance to their supposed employees.

The millionaires, corporations and even neocons (whoever they're supposed to be when they're not a figment of Monbiot's imagination) are as likely as not to be doing all that they can to demonstrate their «ethical» credentials, to be showing themselves to be «caring about the environment», and the «social justice campaigners and environmentalists» only too keen to help them.

He concluded that the warming was a figment of climatologists imaginations, as there was a correlation between money and warming.

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Or is that just a figment of our imagination as well?

A single national lending limit created by law is a figment of imagination which was creatively expressed in ML 2009 - 07: «To avoid potential cases where a claim could be less than the national limit, as adjusted for the special exception areas, HUD had decided not to make the adjustment.»