Rather than making decisions which are directed
by facts and evidence, instead, this government will manipulate data, silence or control employees and degrade the structures that have been put in place to inform government and strengthen our democracy.
For those of you saying that atheism isn't a faith, because it is proved by many scientific facts and evidence, try asking a religious person if their faith is supported
by facts and evidence as well.
All Nye is saying is, the future successful development of America and the world depends on people who understand the distinction, and who can relate to and interact with the natural world scientifically and objectively, without being constrained by belief in the creation story or any other explanation of the world not supported
by facts and evidence.
Things which are supported
by fact and evidence.
Not exact matches
«We don't know exactly what McGahn said, but the mere
fact that he put a stop to that letter is another piece of
evidence that Mueller could use to say, «Donald Trump was warned
by the White House counsel that this was a problematic step
and decided to do it anyway,»» former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti told Business Insider in September.
The
fact that trust is crucial in markets is
evidenced by the
fact that businesses have come up with such a dizzying array of mechanisms designed to generate trust — everything from brands (which carry reputations) through to warranties, return policies, endorsements
and third - party guarantors.
Terry: The Western Australian education system is very good,
evidenced by the mere
fact that when you get to university level, there is strong demand for private clients to access our education
and as we all know, the education sector is Australia's third largest export.
«But I'm just struck
by the
fact that critical reviews may not be as critical as the market,
and the
evidence of that is the commercial success of «Bright,» at least according to the company, versus the
fact that it got relatively low ratings from the critics.»
«We are doing what journalists throughout said mainstream media are supposed to do: challenge the conventional wisdom, hold politicians» feet to the fire, ask tough questions, report
facts that are in many cases inconvenient truths for career politicians,
and give a voice to the millions of people worldwide who have had theirs taken away from them
by world elites who consider the ordinary person beneath them,» Boyle said, pointing to Breitbart's record July traffic as
evidence Americans «hunger for something different.»
It is a willingness to let their policy views be guided
by the
evidence,
and to modify those views if the
facts change.
All three of these reasons —
evidence that U.S. monetary policy is currently only moderately accommodative, the
fact that U.S. financial conditions have been influenced
by economic
and financial market developments abroad,
and risk management considerations — argue, at the moment, for caution in raising U.S. short - term interest rates.
The apparel market's evolution is
evidenced by the
fact that both Amazon
and the apparel subscription service, Stitch Fix, were among the top 10 retailers last year in terms of online apparel wallet share, according to NPD's online receipt mining service, Checkout TrackingSM E-commerce.
Clearly, we know that it is not as
evidenced by the
fact that many businesses rely on it
and a growing number of businesses are investing in their content marketing.
This trend suppresses the demand side of the housing market, while the supply - side has been hindered
by builders eschewing starter homes
and moving up the value chain, as
evidenced by the
fact that the average size of a new single - family home is almost 2,700 square feet today, versus less than 2,100 square feet a quarter century ago.
This evolution was hastened with China's membership in the World Trade Organization in late 2001,
and is
evidenced by the
fact that China is taking on an increasingly large role in global economic
and developmental forums.
That large rises in the gold price are NOT primarily driven
by increasing fear of «inflation» is
evidenced by the
fact that the large multi-year gold rallies of 2001 - 2006
and 2008 - 2011 began amidst FALLING inflation expectations.
Money market funds are designed to provide maximum liquidity to investors, as
evidenced by the
fact that the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) requires all money market funds to hold at least (1) 30 % of their total assets in securities that can be converted to cash within five business days
AND (2) 10 % of their total assets in securities that can be converted to cash within one business day.
Do you know the mathematical impossibility that even one of these could randomly come into existance?Let alone all of the building blocks required for just a single simple cell to come together to form any type of living thing?There sure should be some blobs of fossilized transitions if evolution could happen.You people are real smart why don't you quit bashing Christians
and quit believing the garbage you have been fed,
and look up the
evidence put forth
by the Creation Research people.They have in
fact proven creation down to a cellular level.Unlike evolution scientists who have no answers, but cleverly devised fables.Evolution is not even a very good fairy tale.Even if I didn't believe in God, Evolution is such a fools explanation of the origin of man that it takes just that to even consider it true.I understand though that you athiests will believe anything that allows you to love your sin
and hatred of the one true God.
You absolutely have that turned around, as
evidenced by the
FACT that higher intelligence
and higher educated people, tend to be atheists
and agnostics.
No such proof can ever be absolute (e.g., there is no 100 % proof that we exist, the world is flat, or the solar system is helio - centric... but there is such tremendous weight of
evidence as perceived
by our 5 senses
and logic these are accepted as
fact and truth).
Ummmm tony you are a couple of pieces short of a pie brother... they actually have historical
evidence and facts that jesus place of worship was torn down stone
by stone after he was killed.
In
fact some of the
evidence you didn't mention which was popular fodder in the past has already been proven incorrect (horses in the americas before the spanish,
and the BofM reference to elephants) Both considered ridiculous errors
by Joseph Smith until elephants appeared on ancient Mayan / Incan temples
and horses from the Brea tar pits were dated before the spanish.
I would «base [my] info on inre the non-existence of God, heaven
and hell, etc» on the absolute lack of even a shred of hard verifiable
evidence for these extraordinary claims,
and the
fact that even after thousands of years of frantic
and determined efforts
by the most ardent
and intelligent proponents of these claims, they still have been completely unable to demonstrate them in any testable manner.
In point of
fact Christianity is an elaborate web of such theories
and claims, none of which is supported
by any objective
evidence.
However, as
evidence of the
fact that Christianity has no monopoly on the abuse of power, our century has been checkered with instances of gross inhumanity perpetrated not just
by post-Christian but
by anti-Christian ideologues from the right
and from the left.
I was simply making a description of the
facts and evidence clearly in display
by your absurd opinion.
In this approach to personal prayer the influence of the prophets was
by no means confined to the prophets,
and of this
fact the Psalter gives abundant
evidence.
The Church opposed this development but also highlighted the problems that could be faced
by Catholic adoption agencies that would want to follow the Church's understanding (
and in
fact that confirmed
by sociological
evidence) that married couples present the best environment for raising children.
The global reach, extreme influence,
and extreme importance of Christianity is largely due to the
fact that the European races, largely Caucasoid, became the world's most dominant races as
evidenced by their conquest
and colonization of many parts of the world's major regions
and because their religion invariably happened to be some form of Christianity, consequently, they gave the greater part of the world not only their languages, their customs,
and their ideas, but also their religion including their version of what God looks like.
The
fact is that owning a gun doubles your likelihood of being killed
by a gun in your lifetime which means not owning one, regardless of what idiots
and morons will claim with absolutely no
evidence of their own of somehow being «safer» with a gun, are lying to you.
But, to deny a scientific
fact which has been supported
by just as much
evidence and data as gravity or the germ theory is plain ignorance.
Evidence of the
fact that union differentiates is to be seen all round us — in the bodies of all higher forms of life, in which the cells become almost infinitely complicated according to the variety of tasks they have to perform; in animal associations, where the individual «polymerises» itself, one might say, according to the function it is called upon to fulfil; in human societies, where the growth of specialization becomes ever more intense;
and in the field of personal relationships, where friends
and lovers can only discover all that is in their minds
and hearts
by communicating them to one another.
To do that we have to establish a way to prove an assumption
by: 1) asserting a hypothesis
and its components 2) testing the components for substantial supporting
evidence, unsupported components go back to be refined 3) either agree after successful testing that in our shared reality the hypothesis is now supported, or that overall unsupported components may mean the hypothesis fails 4) for sake of ease many people call these tested
and supported hypotheses «
facts», but again that's just so that we can get on with progress.
It has also generally required that they show
evidence of the
fact that they have been chosen for the task
by the divine bestowal upon them, through birth
and experience, of the intellectual, moral, physical
and psychological gifts necessary for the work of the ministry.
You asked what
FACTS I am referring to, well there are many
FACTS such as the
FACT that the earth is NOT 6000 years old, the
FACT that there is NO
evidence of a god, any god; the
FACT that evolution is how we all got here;
and the
FACT that we were not CREATED
by some sky daddy.
I wonder how Romney reconciles his complete lack of regard for his fellow man (as
evidenced by the
fact that his only business strategy is to buy struggling companies, fire everyone,
and sell whatever is left for a marginal profit) to Christ's teachings.
In
fact, there is a case for saying that the zeal with which ID is attacked
by materialist scientists
and philosophers is, arguably,
evidence of its explanatory force
and the threat it poses to the materialist orthodoxy.
On the contrary, from a creationist point of view, the very
fact that the universe is on the whole orderly, in a manner comprehensible to our intellect, is
evidence that we
and it were fashioned
by a common intelligence.
The effectiveness of the formation is
evidenced by the
fact that after three years some white male students are grateful to the institution for opening their eyes
and leading them to the truth about racism
and sexism in themselves
and the church.
And it looks really, REALLY silly — as
evidenced by the
fact that Philly pretzel makers started making pretzels shaped like a kneeling dude as soon as he hit town.
You have absolutely NO
evidence the gospels are the truth... none... zero... we have proven in couldnt be true via evidenced links to support our FACTS but you have only belief from a a pedagogy passed down from generation to generation regarded as the trutth and believed by MILLIONS without EVER checking out the EVIDENCE that says it CAN NOT
evidence the gospels are the truth... none... zero... we have proven in couldnt be true via
evidenced links to support our
FACTS but you have only belief from a a pedagogy passed down from generation to generation regarded as the trutth
and believed
by MILLIONS without EVER checking out the
EVIDENCE that says it CAN NOT
EVIDENCE that says it CAN NOT be true.
but i didn't state anything example — i stated that the theory of evolution is yet to be proved
and so with that i agree that due to that lacking it is equal to the theory of god... the only thing i said which is cemented truth for anything is that we don't know what the real answer is...
and by stating ideas as
facts serves no real purpose but a selfish one... lets call it an ease - ment on the inner self, the mind can now be at peace with the hope that when i die i get to live yet again... full belief in this is insane without
evidence.
In
fact, the process is a good deal more deductive — the vast majority of working scientists begin
by assuming scientific realism, then asking what underlying, noumenal features of the world might lead to the kind of
evidence that we observe, then building a theory concerning what other kinds of
evidence these noumena might produce, then seeking confirmatory
and disconfirmatory
evidence.
You need
facts from the bible... try Sodom
and Gomorra... These ancient cities have been excavated
and scientists have found physical
evidence of the cities being burned
by fire, not just any fire either, the fire started on the roof tops
and burned faster than any fire on earth.»
Carefully itemizing mercantile bills of sale, inventories of militia
and volunteer detachments, the
evidence that there was a lack of gun - smiths, records of importation of guns from Europe, the incidence of duels (three in the entire South in the 1760s, none fatal), children's books
and toys, comments
by eyewitnesses about the abysmal shooting ability of settlers (lacking both the weapons
and the gunpowder to practice), court records,
and a wide variety of other historiographical resources, the author assembles an overwhelming mass of data to show that military prowess was not, in
fact, characteristic of early Americans.
You need
facts from the bible... try Sodom
and Gomorra, kinda the direction our country is headed in... These ancient cities have been excavated
and scientists have found physical
evidence of the cities being burned
by fire, not just any fire either, the fire started on the roof tops
and burned faster than any fire on earth.
It is significant in this connection that although Paul recounts the appearances which he has «received»
and expects the Corinthians to be impressed
by this
evidence, nevertheless he did not himself accept the
fact of the resurrection until Jesus appeared to him also.
In this the church is wrong, so far as the death
and resurrection of Jesus are understood merely as given
facts of history which may be determined
and established
by evidence.
Thus, for example, «
facts» that have often enough been taken as
evidence against theism (such as «the
facts of evil») may prove to have falsificatory character in relation to theism not, however, directly, in their character as contingent
facts, but rather indirectly, as illustrations of the implicitly self contradictory character of such an interpretation, contradicted
by any
and every
fact,
and now made explicit
by being shown contradictory with specific (
and always interpreted)
facts.
And because the underlying commitment is philosophical, the flimsiest
facts are counted as
evidence - as when the president of the National Academy of Sciences recently published an article arguing that evolution is confirmed
by differences in the size of finch beaks, as though the sprawling evolutionary drama from biochemicals to the human brain could rest on instances of trivial, limited variation.