Sentences with phrase «debate about the angels»

even that debate about the angels on the head of a pin had some merit (though actually I think it was the point of a needle).

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Huffington isn't blaming the startup culture for this, though, referring to the debate that has raged over the past few years about venture capitalists and angel investors being biased against women entrepreneurs.

Let me just ask one question: Can we PLEASE start the debate in the country about how «God», «Hell», «Heaven», «Satan», «Muhammad», «Jesus», «Angels» «Ghosts» «Demons» and «Spirits of the Dead and or / Nature / Mother Earth» do not exist in any rational form as the way they are presented throughout world history?

In fact there were also similar debates about the place of God, free will, fate, and angels in the Judaism of Paul's time.

It's oddly soothing to watch Daniel and Ronald debate about how it all adds up, Ortiz playing his character with the disaffected calm of an angel (the kind who might anchor a weekly CBS drama in which he wistfully finds a lost soul or two in every episode).

Kirwan's lawsuit is part of a much - larger debate going on about school reform in the City of Angels.

Arguing about whether the 24 - year period 1988 - 2011 is «statistically significant» sounds to me a lot like the debates on «How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?»

This is a really fun discussion, not only are we arguing about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, but we're debating if more than half, most, a preponderance, a majority, the largest part, a greater part, nearly all, etc. etc. of the angels are dancing to a «man made warming» beat or «something else» (hip - hop maybe?).

Needless to say this has been deeply disturbing to an «ordinary Joe» (with 5 grandchildren) who has made an effort to understand the science and the politics that underlie the climate change «debate», especially since my country has become such an important player in the fossil fuel business with its tarsands and pipeline industries that affect us all, so I've tried to find out more about Judith Curry's recent contributions to the debate, not so much the hair - splitting, angels on the head of a pin, esoteric dissections of graphs and stats that I see here on your website but the ethical stance that you take on the larger issue of «killing» the IPCC and all it represents.

Alternatively the time is spent and the debate about how many angels can stand on a pinhead, and how much they are going to be paid for trying, takes place and distracts everyone from the real business of dealing with cases justly and at proportionate cost.