Sentences with phrase «as pie in the sky»

Dr. Streett argues that the concept of the Kingdom of God is not how it is taught or understood in most churches and Bible studies, namely, as equivalent to going to heaven when we die... as a pie in the sky in the bye - and - bye.

The eternal peace of humanity with God, received by faith on account of Christ's victory over sin, death, and the power of Satan, is dismissed as pie in the sky to be exchanged for the various approximations of peace and happiness that in good times this world also knows about and experiences.

When it gets into the nitty - gritty of radical animal rights and duties it also inevitably comes across as pie in the sky to those who are not fully convinced by the strong animal rights thesis.

Instead, we can assume such value - enhancement will be automatically dismissed as pie in the sky by management, since they usually have no real skin in the game & zero desire to shrink their empire...

It was an image that was often used when debunking the concept of urban vertical farms as pie in the sky.

Not exact matches

The following is not just a pie - in - the - sky wish list of games I liked as a 90s teen.

Christian conservatives aren't against his politics but rather his beliefs regarding what are relatively minor details — such as exactly what kind of pie in the sky you'll get when you die.

Again, it is, alas, still possible for otherwise intelligent people to jeer at Christianity as a «pie - in - the - sky» religion which has little or no contact with day - to - day life.

It can be called «pie in the sky,» the «opium of the people,» and doubtless it has been used as an anodyne for much preventable human suffering and exploitation.

This kind of thought, which at its worst was found in the parody popularized decades ago that «there'll be pie in the sky, when you die» as a compensation for injustice today, is hardly attractive to men and women who insist that justice is to be done now.

It is easy to speak of it as if it had to do with «pie - in - the - sky - when - you - die».

Again - but you have to question any Christians intelligence if they can believe in such a pie in the sky storybook as the bible and think it's the truth.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

I also would be very much in favor if the pie - in - the - sky rumors from last month about Toni Kroos started coming to fruition, but that's about as likely as PSG selling Marco Verratti at a discount.

al (in our case, Aramark)-- some of what Jane is saying strikes me as pie - in - the - sky.

That combination of funding should pave the way for an overpass that once was derided by local officials as a pie - in - the - sky project because of its cost.

The third option described by one park board commissioner as «pie in the sky» would feature an Olympic - size 50 - meter pool with a therapy pool that has lap lanes and an estimated $ 16 million price tag.

It's just a reckless pie in the sky idea that Cuomo floated that's surely going to raise electricity rates, as if the nuclear bailout wasn't enough or the fact the NY is the only state to charge its residents sales tax on its utility bills.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former city Comptroller Bill Thompson, who appear to be fighting for the right to meet de Blasio in a runoff — if there is a runoff — took the public advocate to task for flip - flopping on issues such as term limits, for what Quinn called «pie - in - the - sky» promises about education and for accepting campaign donations from building owners who appeared on a slumlord watch list.

Still, assessing students in this way is not a pie - in - the - sky fantasy: Other nations, such as England and Australia, are doing so already.

David Williams, head of the department of chemistry at University College London, described the claims as «absolutely pie - in - the - sky».

Most cryobiologists deride this as a pie - in - the - sky enterprise.

It's here where the interviews play the most crucial role, as the real - life counterparts in hindsight provide perspective regarding just how idiotic and harmful this whole pie - in - the - sky idea really was.

Along with revealing data, perceptive analysis, and welcome candor, however, comes a certain skittishness in sensitive areas such as African American parenting practices, a bit of folly (encouragement of dialect and street language in English class), and some sky - pie about «collective action» and national leadership to solve problems for which there are no easy solutions.

You may gape, as I did, both at the UN speak and at the pie - in - sky aspects of this wish list.

As to the validity of this rumour, well it might end up being pie in the sky, but our source has come up trumps for us before, so let's wait and see.

As pie - in - the - sky dream jobs go, this one ranked up there.

Build your following as you continue to publish books and you'll soon find that national coverage won't seem so pie in the sky.

Well done as always, Let me just say though that your information about first - time authors receiving $ 5,000 advances is totally pie in the sky!

While this may seem «pie in the sky,» if you are growing everyday and continuously learning new things, you not only become a better business person, but a better person overall as well

In summary, the rule of 70 or 72 works well for annual yields in the typical range of a few percentage points but not that well for trivial yields (rule of 69.3 is better) or the pie - in - the - sky yields that beginning investors plan on getting so as to retire by age 3In summary, the rule of 70 or 72 works well for annual yields in the typical range of a few percentage points but not that well for trivial yields (rule of 69.3 is better) or the pie - in - the - sky yields that beginning investors plan on getting so as to retire by age 3in the typical range of a few percentage points but not that well for trivial yields (rule of 69.3 is better) or the pie - in - the - sky yields that beginning investors plan on getting so as to retire by age 3in - the - sky yields that beginning investors plan on getting so as to retire by age 35.

My pie - in - the - sky hope is that this game kicks off a second - coming of fast as shit insane shooters.

As an audience, we want a little bit of pie in the sky.

It's much more than a pie - in - the - sky artwork, however, as the high - performance enclosure achieves the internationally - accepted Passive House Standard.

Governor Cuomo's pie - in - the - sky «green» energy policy is bereft of any realistic assessment of the expensive lessons already learned in Europe and elsewhere as a result of pushing these «renewable» energy policies.

Imagining that this will somehow come to pass in the future is the very definition of pie in the sky as are the backyard nukes that Martyn mentions with an apparently straight face.

These «pie - in - the - sky» plans to somehow treat and contain as much of the contaminated water as they can will take «decades».

It's one thing to fund these «experimental playgrounds» as long term «pie - in - the - sky» projects.

And that can be a bit of a tricky maze to navigate as a regular writer and reader of environmental issues and technology, because most of the time, what we're advocating for is incremental change, achievable change, and practical change in our own lives, not a regime change or pie - in - the - sky change for everyone all at once from the top down.

Romeny's statement was an attempt to paint Obama as a big spender of pie - in - the - sky projects.

or consider a pie - in - the sky speculation that the «missing» heat now resides in deeper and as yet unmeasured oceans?

But as battery costs come down dramatically, this prospect is moving from (ahem) pie - in - the - sky to a very real possibility within the next decade or so.

As I said in the book review (and elsewhere), I agree with him that many of the plans for energy independence are pie in the sky.

As our Technology section commenters love to point out, we often publish pieces on green tech and cleantech advances that are more «pie in the sky» concepts and solutions instead of realistic and viable methods of living more sustainably that the average person can implement at home.

FF itself is best known, as well, for announcing that it was going to blow the automotive industry wide open with a grand reveal at CES last year and showed a pretty ordinary pie - in - the - sky concept car straight out of the 1950s.

I love the cool, crispness in the air, snuggling with my honey under a fleece blanket, the beauty in the colors of the trees against the bright blue sky, the varying sizes, shapes and colors of pumpkins and squash, slow car rides in the country to admire the hues of fall, the smell of cinnamon and nutmeg as I bake apple pie and pumpkin bread, the sound of crunching leaves as we walk on the State Park trails, and looking forward to cozying up with my family in front of the fireplace to enjoy each others presence.