Sentences with phrase «claiming lack of evidence»

Two felony charges dropped TAMPA, Florida ---- Claiming a lack of evidence sufficient to warrant a continued prosecution, Florida assistant state attorney Andrew Hubbard on May 1, 2018 informed Hillsborough Circuit Judge Mark Wolfe at a preliminary hearing that the state has dropped all charges against Spencer Heintz, 23, who had faced two counts of aggravated -LSB-...]

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Non-believers don't believe because of the utter lack of any evidence to support the claim.

You make the claim that there is a god, I say I don't accept your claim due to the lack of evidence provided... seems to me the one making the claim is the one who needs to provide the evidence.

Considering that I only dispute the believers claim based on the lack of evidence for their claims, there is no need to provide evidence.

As consummate victims, we lay ourselves at the feet of our fellows, exhibiting our lack of achievement as evidence of their failure, hoping to wring from their sense of conscience what we must assume, by the very logic of our claim, lies beyond our individual capacities to attain, all the while bemoaning how limited that sense of conscience seems to be.

To support this claim, Cochran points to the lack of any evidence of discrimination and he has publically stated his commitment to treating all subordinates with equality.

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.

The claims that God doesn't want to be «readily known» and carefully avoids providing evidence of his existence were contrived to explain the lack of evidence.

Lack of belief (non-belief) in bigfoot is rational because insufficient evidence exists to support the claim that bigfoot exists.

I have to use logic and reason due to the utter lack of empirical scientific evidence to support the god claim.

@ Moby, If you don't believe in angels based on the evidence or the lack thereof that's fine, but if you're claiming that the nonexistence of angels to be the absolute truth then you better provide the proof.

Capital punishment's lack of demonstrated superiority as a deterrent (the evidence for its effectiveness being at best mixed), the capacity of society to protect itself equally well by permanently imprisoning those who are currently being executed (which is possible at limited marginal cost, especially when one takes into account the cost of the extended trial procedures and interminable appeals and reviews which usually accompany capital punishment)-- all these points are important, but their utility is chiefly as rebuttal arguments in response to the empirically weak but emotionally strong claims made on behalf of capital punishment.

It is based on the total lack of evidence supporting religious claims and the universal fact that everything ever examined operates according to natural laws.

Medina claimed self - defense and was not charged due to lack of evidence, but in a statement, he said he was «very, very, very sorry for what occurred.»

Given current lack of evidence for proof of anything supernatural, will there be leniency for those who simply and honestly claim, «I don't know», granted there is a supernatural, and that the Christian God is the true God who did present us with an ultimatum to accept him or not, expecting us to wage the eternal fate of our soul?

I looked at the claims based on the merit of the evidence provided, and found it lacking completely.

for example, very similar «claims» (for a supposed «lack» of evidence) were made regarding the Hitti.tes, the pool of Bethesda, or even the city of Troy — only later to be rescinded once evidence was found.

Ok, Johnny Mo, I will... they ALL have the same problem — that is, none of them have any supporting evidence and the claims of each lack empirical falsafiability.

Dogma claims to be «Truth», regardless of a lack of evidence (or a dearth of contrary evidence).

Secularists routinely claim that religion is a threat to tolerance, and there is no lack of historical evidence for that claim.

The lack of evidence for the Christian myths in the face of their wild, self - contradictory claims.

Your lack of ability to provide verifiable evidence to satisfy the burden of proof inherent in your claims can not be my responsibility.

The evidence of the ignorance of [one of] the author [s], and the reliance on Hitchen's book that lacks any footnotes to support it's claims.

I did not decide I was an atheist, I was presented with claims, I rejected those claims for lack of evidence.

We can not claim, nor accept the claim that god definitely does not exist for the very reasons we can not accept the claim that he does: lack of evidence and an inability to verify said claim.

Customers have also complained that there's a lack of evidence for many of the claims.

Unfortunately, such claims must be relegated to the domain of gardening lore because of the lack of scientific evidence to support them.

Fifa launched an investigation into the claim, but have found that a lack of evidence means that they can not charge the Spanish player with anything.

Following a thorough investigation, the Disciplinary Committee has decided to dismiss all charges in view of the lack of sufficient evidence that could corroborate the English player's claim.

It is a rant, and nothing more, as evidence by the wildly false claim the author made as to the supposed lack of evidence supporting the claims she is railing against.

That a recent review found the evidence base for the formula companies» marketing claims to be lacking should be a wake - up call to all of us that more oversight is warranted.

An extensive National Academy of Sciences report previously found a lack of scientific evidence that helmets and other protective devices designed for young athletes reduce concussion risk — yet some manufacturers continue to use false advertising claims that prevent athletes, parents and coaches from making informed safety decisions.

We find it very bizarre that the Hon. Attorney - General, Ms Gloria Akufo, who assured the entire citizenry of her commitment to fairness and strict adherence to ethical principles at her vetting not too long ago, will claim that she exercised the said constitutional discretion on grounds merely that there was a lack of evidence to prosecute the case in question when indeed, the Siting Judge, Court Clerks, Court Bailiffs, Court Warrant Officers (CWOs), Journalists as well as notable public figures in whose presence the said court was physically attacked and the accused persons freed, are alive and available to be interviewed and evidence taken from same.

«If you are asking if I saw any evidence that David Cameron was prepared to grapple with this — none,» said Clegg, claiming he came up against the same lack of interest from the chancellor, George Osborne.

It said the lower court judge erred in dismissing claims over Spitzer's statements tying Greenberg's 2005 exit from AIG to fraud there, citing a lack of evidence of such a link.

A lack of DNA hasn't hurt Clonaid, the company that in 2002 claimed to have cloned the first human baby but refused to provide genetic evidence.

«If RCT [randomized controlled trial] evidence normally lacks these... two properties, then RCT evidence is not normally high - quality evidence, contrary to the claims implied by most interpretations of most hierarchies,» Blunt declares.

The lack of solid evidence has led to questions over claims that forests are important to the livelihoods of poor people.

Where Neanderthals are concerned, Binford pops up again in his familiar «Rent - a-sceptic» role; but it is regrettable that the book gives further exposure to his bizarre notions, based on the flimsiest of evidence, about males and females living largely separate lives, with no semblance of a close family, as well as his erroneous claim that a lack of fish - bones shows that Neanderthals were inferior to «fully modern man» at exploiting this resource.

In August 2009, a federal appeals court ruled with Union Carbide, claiming the victims lacked evidence of «factual causation.»

Last year 70 cognitive researchers signed a statement speaking out against computer - based games that promise better cognitive performance, citing a lack of scientific evidence to back such claims.

Customers have also complained that there's a lack of evidence for many of the claims.

Their claims, however, lack a substantial amount of scientific evidence.

pointed out that unlike virgin olive oil, coconut oil does not have a large body of evidence for its health claims (possibly due to a lack of coconut oil consumption in Europe and America until very recently)(24).

There is also a lack of scientific evidence proving that detoxifying diets are as effective as they are claimed.

There's not enough evidence to claim that lack of sleep could cause diabetes, but research has found a connection between the two.

While the Bible, plainly read, argues for an early - date Exodus c 1446BC, some scholars claim that there is a lack of archaeological evidence to support No Proof for the Exodus?

But then one would recall that other public functions exist, such as health, transportation, and higher education, that make large and urgent claims on the budgets of state governments; that problems other than a lack of money afflict the schools, such as students who arrive unprepared for learning or life in a classroom; and that evidence for the efficacy of money per se is at best mixed.

To support its claim regarding the supposed lack of evidence for the success of school choice programs, CBTA points to a few studies of school voucher programs.

Only to be told a few years later that Ofsted preferences and DfE claims lacked any substantial evidence that any of it actually improved standards.