Sentences with phrase «as the myth claims»

Lush swamp forests fringed the Arctic, inhabited by turtles, alligators, primates, tapirs, and the hippo - like Coryphodon (just as the myth claims).

Not exact matches

He wanted to study the claim by consultants that executives need to be paid extraordinarily high compensation or else they would migrate to other companies and jurisdictions, which — as it turned out — did not happen, Feinberg said, or is a «myth» as was stated in the U.K. this week.

• BP's C.F.O., Brian Gilvary, dismissed a claim that its C.E.O., Bob Dudley, had been poisoned in Moscow as «a complete urban myth.»

But one only has to glance at the weapons used in our nation's most prominent mass public attacks to recognize this claim as a myth:

Those were your two sentences, in the second you claim the bible would be a myth, in the first that you think he's as you said, which is wrong.

We understand the book is a cobbling together of myths, folklore, local legend and possibly some decent home cleaning tips, fraudulently claimed as the word of your god.

And before anyone discounts the words of Jesus by flippantly making the claim of «oh, that's a myth,» we can be sure in this modern age of the words of Christ as being authentic through the works of Frederic Kenyon, F.F. Bruce, Sir Robert Anderson, J.I. Packer, A.W. Tozer, and many many more...

The believer may claim that but have no evidence of that — the biblical creation myth is incorrect and it is the only thing offered as evidence.

A myth, claiming to be the word of god, that right after he creates the universe, refers to the moon as a «light source».

If these parts of the story are not viewed as Christian Myth, however, but are claimed as true, then they distract from the message and in fact impede access to it for many people.

(3) Once our theology and faith themes are established, those stories and themes about Jesus which we do not claim as factual, but which are consistent with our faith themes, can be used as Christian Myth to illustrate, illuminate, and emphasize these themes.

The central element of the resurrection — Jesus of Nazareth's triumph over death — does not qualify as Christian Myth for the simple reason that we claim it is true.

But if we use the Trinity as myth to point to this unknowability of God, we must make clear that we are not claiming that God is in fact tripartite.

We have creationists who can't even agree on which version of their myths to try to claim as true, some sure that the earth is old and some ridiculous enough to claim that it's less than 10,000 years old.

Alcoholics Anonymous, being «spiritual, not religious,» doesn't use the Bible at all; rather it uses another sacred text, the inspired Word of God as expressed through Bill Wilson, the Big Book... Unlike the Oxford Group, which claimed salvation and redemption by Jesus through the Oxford Group, AA proclaims «recovery» by one s «Higher Power» through the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (Ken Ragge, The Real AA: Behind the Myth of 12 - Step Recovery [AZ: Sharp Press, 1998], pp. 82 - 83).

If the Christ myth is true in the way that it claims to be true, it stands to other myths as the fulfillment of their promise and truth.

The myth of scientific superrationality thus emerges as the principal obstacle to seeing that the quality of its underlying metaphysical imaginary (the complex of metaphorics that roughly guide metaphysical reasoning about what there is and how it hangs together) is what ultimately provides a natural philosophy with whatever comprehensiveness and adequacy it can lay claim to.

As the author of II Peter claims, the apostles did not proclaim the power and presence of their Lord by relying on myths such as those employed by rhetoricians (1:16As the author of II Peter claims, the apostles did not proclaim the power and presence of their Lord by relying on myths such as those employed by rhetoricians (1:16as those employed by rhetoricians (1:16).

The findings claim to lay bare the «myth» of performance pay as salary growth «bears no relation» to market capitalisation, earnings per share or pre-tax profit growth, the HPC claimed.

A myth which serves Ukip well as it conveniently distracts from the fact that this party, which claims to be anti-establishment, takes money from millionaire donors while lobbying for tax cuts for bankers.

Initially he suggested Ted Cruz's father was involved in the assassination of JFK, perpetuated the myth of Obama not being born in the United States (which he later conceded) and repeatedly claimed climate change as a hoax all of which are the preserve of fake news websites.

At the Colchester rally, Clegg will continue to offer up his party as the real defence against Ukip, saying: «Ukip and others have been allowed to peddle their myths unchallenged for decades, claiming that all of our problems would magically disappear if the UK just left the EU.

Claims such as these fuelled myths such as men being more competitive or bigger risk - takers than women.

Sergio Oliva, Larry Scott's successor as the second Mr. Olympia winner ever, was nicknamed «The Myth» because everyone who witnessed his absolutely freaky proportions with his tiny 28 inch waist, massive arms and wide shoulders claimed that he was simply unbelievable.

It's been years since that «perfect storm», and thankfully I've come to see it as exactly what I needed to jump - start my health, question the health claims / myths out there and find a healing path that worked best for me.

As I said mentioned, my next two videos / articles will cover more soy myths including the claims that soy causes infertility, so - called «man boobs,» PCOS, acne, and thyroid dysfunction.

When we made Mate4all.com - a free dating website, we knew the challenge behind this free offer, as almost every website that claims to be a 100 % free dating site, has some catch here and there and once you register with them, you realize that the free offer was just a myth.

We also left ourselves open to grossly misleading claims about our policies, such as the myth that we advocated evaluating teacher performance based on test scores alone.

I've rebutted the claims that special ed is largely responsible for rising per pupil spending in chapters 1 and 2 of the book Education Myths as well as in this Education Next article and in this paper that was published in the Peabody Journal of Education.

In fact, and rather, we have evidence directly from the state of Ohio contradicting this claim that he calls a «myth» — that, indeed, bias is alive and well in Ohio (as well as elsewhere), especially when VAM - based estimates are aggregated at the school level (see a post with figures illustrating bias in Ohio here).

DogsBite.org challenges this myth (Myth # 8), as does Animal People, who tested the clmyth (Myth # 8), as does Animal People, who tested the clMyth # 8), as does Animal People, who tested the claim.

In the early 1970s, at age sixty, Randi moved from a career as a magician (his stage name was the Amazing Randi) to a life focused on separating myth and illusion from reality as a co-founder of the Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal.

If the early problems had been a «myth», as you claimed, there would've been nothing to learn in the first place.

As part of an ongoing series looking at Christopher Monckton's response to Mike Steketee and as a new addition to the Monckton Myths, this post examines Monckton's claims about the costs vs. benefits of carbon pricinAs part of an ongoing series looking at Christopher Monckton's response to Mike Steketee and as a new addition to the Monckton Myths, this post examines Monckton's claims about the costs vs. benefits of carbon pricinas a new addition to the Monckton Myths, this post examines Monckton's claims about the costs vs. benefits of carbon pricing.

Therefore, with a total reliance on popular media, using a small group of scientists backing up this claim, no media or scientific agreement, and pointing to cold winter weather in the 1970s as evidence, I hate to admit it, but even fellow Toastmasters member Howard Brandt would tell you this myth stinks even worse than disco.

The current situation for the climate sciences has been described as «a struggle about the truth of the state of climate» (Romm 2010), and a number of books even claim that climate science myths have been introduced to society in a distorted way, causing more confusion than enlightenment (Oreskes and Conway 2008; Gelbspan 1997; Hoggan et al. 2009; Mooney 2006).

As I have commented before, how is it that the Glaciergate claims got into AR4 based on the report of an ADVOCACY group, WWF, when Hasnain's 2035 claims had been shown to be a myth and a fiction in a PEER REVIEWED article in 2005 by one of the most qualified experts on Himalayan mountains, Prof. Jack Ives?

But it is the unrelenting efforts of government ministers and the Association of British Insurers (ABI) stoking the myth of the compensation culture which is damaging the standing of health and safety in the eyes of the public and leading to measures making it more difficult for injured workers to claim compensation such as the Jackson reforms.

The government's avowed determination to eradicate myths about supposedly true victim behaviour, in spite of there being no UK research evidence of a negative impact by such myths on the conviction rate, makes a stark contrast with their apparent insouciance about the potentially negative impact on the conviction rate as a cumulative result of potential jurors reading lurid media accounts of the exposure of false rape claims.

As much as myths persist that your auto insurance rates should match those of your neighbor's, or that auto insurance prevents you from ever being at fault, several different factors actually do go into determining your individual insurance rates — your age, your driving record, the car you drive, your insurance claims history, where you live, and your insurance company all play a role in factoring your premium costAs much as myths persist that your auto insurance rates should match those of your neighbor's, or that auto insurance prevents you from ever being at fault, several different factors actually do go into determining your individual insurance rates — your age, your driving record, the car you drive, your insurance claims history, where you live, and your insurance company all play a role in factoring your premium costas myths persist that your auto insurance rates should match those of your neighbor's, or that auto insurance prevents you from ever being at fault, several different factors actually do go into determining your individual insurance rates — your age, your driving record, the car you drive, your insurance claims history, where you live, and your insurance company all play a role in factoring your premium costs.

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This myth in India has emerged because until a few years ago, most health insurance providers were unwilling to cover pregnancy, seeing it as a sure - shot claim.

Given that many of the clinics are in medically underserved areas, it's a myth, as Republicans claim, that other providers can fill the gap.

The lawyers involved need to consider the actual, real - life likely outcomes of «all» of the potential scenarios that «can» be produced by a tribunal's decision, and decide which «one» would realistically provide the best outcome for the consuming real estate public, and not just for a particular dissaffected former Realtor claiming to be acting as a reasonable facsimile of a modern day Robin Hood (my interpretation of Dale's apparent claim to have spent years studying ways and means to provide real estate services equal to or superior to current standards via CREA's operations at much less cost to consumers), all the while projecting profits of hundreds of millions of dollars (it's 50/50 that «Robin Hood» is a myth).