Sentences with phrase «debate than a discussion»

«It was more of a debate than a discussion,» she said.

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In short, the idea that Christ descends to «the limbo of the Fathers» is part of a venerable Catholic theological tradition that invites reflection, discussion, and debate rather than compels assent.

Similarly, I have observed far more intensity of feeling in debates among Buddhists than in their discussion with Christians.

«This is why public discussions and debates, rather than shouting matches, are such an urgent requirement, says Wright.

In the end it will harm confidence and willing obedience more than the public discussion even of delicate questions, because they are well known in any case and can be discussed more objectively in public than if they are only debated in small fanatical circles.

By its very nature dialogue rather than monologue the Bible beckons us into discussion and debate in community.

I'm not sure how the debate on homosexuality would turn out if defined that way, but I believe it would be more edifying than many recent discussions of these matters have been.

More than this, we need to equip our young people, in particular, with the theological knowledge to engage in healthy discussion and debate with those of other faiths and none.

Be open to being challenged as well as challenging views and engage in discussion and debate rather than continously reassert your present position.

The first and most glaring assumption that «scholarly» people often make is that somehow their opinion is always the right one which begins a «philosophical» debate rather than actual «Theological» discussion, especially when it comes to matters of religion and biblical facts.

In the longer term, hopefully the debate will evolve into a more balanced, practical, and scientific discussion, rather than an emotional one.

In a discussion chaired by HVS chairman Russell Kett involving senior executives from Starwood Capital, Precis Holdings, citizenM and London & Regional Properties, the panel debated how it is leisure rather than corporate demand that is currently of more interest to hoteliers, as corporate rates have been relatively static over recent years.

In the second presidential debate — a town hall discussion moderated by CNN's Candy Crowley — Obama proved that his first train wreck of a debate was nothing more than an aberration.

This year's conference season will probably have a bigger policy impact than any of the following five, because 2013's discussions and debates can still genuinely shape manifesto and policy development, which will have largely crystallised by the following year.

Within this remit, Chakrabarti found it more useful to provide a discussion on the forms that antisemitism can take (as reported by those who have been victim to it), rather than setting a concrete single line definition that will likely be subject to debate.

Over 100 peers are due to speak in the debate over the two days and yesterday a number of senior Tories - including many former Cabinet ministers - contributed to the discussion with more than note of scepticism.

First, more than any other forum or debate segment that I can recall, the candidates engage in a long and unusually involved discussion with each other.

Finally, since this is becoming more of a political debate than anything else, if you want to respond I would request you move the discussion to chat.

The three leading candidates for NYC mayor faced off at Manhattan's Symphony Space last night during a debate that at times felt more like a wrestling match or a street fight than a moderated discussion.

Ultimately, the discussion about the complex system for workers injured on the job has many moving parts and may have been more than all the parties could handle — given other issues they are debating such as minimum wage and family leave.

Launched by law students at Yale, Harvard, and the University of Chicago in 1982, the Federalist Society built networks and created forums to air conservative arguments, emphasizing discussion and debate rather than decreeing set positions.

It focuses on discussion, rather than debate, although many of the activities will work equally well for both.

Teachers, more than anyone, know that sharing and debating are a tremendous way to learn and consolidate ideas; participating in discussion can help to identify and resolve common areas of difficulty and fill in the gaps where necessary.

Teachers should act more like facilitators of discussion and debate rather than an instructor with all the answers, she said.

Like the Houston conference goers, members of the online discussion groups that include some 29,000 of the more than 110,000 AP teachers in the United States debate the pros and cons of the trend toward lowering barriers, such as GPA requirements, to AP courses.

For example, she reports that some School - Based Decision - Making Councils get so caught up in developing their bylaws and modifying them «to fit some nuance of administrivia» that they spend more time engaged in «ceremonial debate» than «substantive discussion.»

For more than eight years, the Board has approved every item on its public agenda — more than 5,000 pieces of business — without discussion or debate.

I would have thought Education Week would have played a larger role than this, rather than just putting this stuff «out there,» even if for simple debate or discussion.

The switch once the fight has shifted from adoption to implementation creates the impression that these folks make whatever argument they think will help them prevail in the current debate rather than relying on principle, evidence, and intellectually serious policy discussion.

The SEA is becoming more active than ever and SEE is proud to have helped sparked discussions and debates that have greatly aided in members» taking a greater interest in how to best organize our union.

While American politics has degenerated into campaigns of limited value, based on little more than meanness, hate and hyperbole, elections should be about meaningful discussion and debate between candidates who recognize the importance of providing voters with the information they need to make informed decisions.

Leave a comment, and I'd be more than happy to continue this discussion / debate.

Although I don't know how the hostess picks themes or manages to manage things, in my brief experience with the blog, you are much more likely to find a sensible and creative discussion of how to actually address the issue (global warming, sustainability, and related matters of living well within our environment) on the family, local, or cultural levels than you are to find a large acrimonious debate among (often anonymous) people.

The pros and cons cause much debate, and there is no better time for that discussion than now, with COP 17 underway in Durban, South Africa.

I know some here will decry that I am not talking about the issues because I do not try to obsfuscate with a discussion of the spot market price of coal vs long - term contracts, or use of coal in locations other than Kansas, or Al Gore's footprint, but the issue of Global Warming IS politics (non-ratification of Kyoto and negative flag - waving ads about politicians who oppose coal), it IS public relations («Clean Coal», cleanest coal - fired plants, surface mining and mountain - top reoval rather than strip mining, etc.), and it IS about misrepresentation (Peobody framing the debate as coal vs NG when it is really coal vs every other energy source), and it IS about greed (the coal industry doing everything it can to scuttle every other energy alternative).

We like to publish differing opinions and have heated debates, but we've found in the past that the amount of spam we received, plus the comments that were less than civil, required a fair amount of moderation, which often stymied discussion when the iron was hot.

Three themes are emerging from the newly released emails: (1) prominent scientists central to the global warming debate are taking measures to conceal rather than disseminate underlying data and discussions; (2) these scientists view global warming as a political «cause» rather than a balanced scientific inquiry and (3) many of these scientists frankly admit to each other that much of the science is weak and dependent on deliberate manipulation of facts and data.

It is more a free - for - all than a debate or discussion; politics, personality, money, and a little science, which has taken a back seat to the discussions.

It also suggests treating people like, you know, people — personal conversations do much more to change minds than Twitter debates — and inserting climate discussions into group settings, like churches.

It is deeply sad that whenever in this debate an assertion is shown to be unquivocally incorrect, rather than accept that it is incorrect, the response is an attack on the source or an attempt to move the discussion onto another topic (Himalayan glaciers).

Green organisations don't like CCS, so rather than seeking to hold a debate on CCS, they try to shut down the discussion on CCS.

Thus, to assess the actual magitude of the CSI effect will require a large amount of work and debate and discussion, far more than I can possibly do myself.

Did I simply come in late and actually miss the robust debate about the basic science of the whole shebang or has there never actually been one other than some anecdotal discussions around glaciers, polar bears and ex vice presidents with a carbon footprint and bank account I'd love to ascribe to?

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?).

It is interesting to see how, in the debate about the future of the planet, it is children that have lost their lives that carry greater weight than the discussion about what those lives could have been.

Scientific discussions take place all the time (but about different things than the popular debate in the media).

I wish that I were struggling to stay focused on climate science today rather than commenting on the vigorous discussion in last night's US presidential debate about the ongoing, huge and escalating economic impacts of climate change...

It was just a comment and it does seem that much of the debate about this topic revolves around «philosophical arguments» or discussions that appear rather pedantic about some terminology, rather than actually discussing the science (not that philosophy and terminology aren't relevant, just that you don't prove that some science is wrong by simply quoting Popper — not that you did this though).

Wotts — It was just a comment and it does seem that much of the debate about this topic revolves around «philosophical arguments» or discussions that appear rather pedantic about some terminology, rather than actually discussing the science (not that philosophy and terminology aren't relevant, just that you don't prove that some science is wrong by simply quoting Popper — not that you did this though).

It seems to me that overly - generalized statements from «skeptics» about the opinions of «skeptics» are political in nature — designed to «win» the debate rather than to advance the discussion.