Sentences with phrase «devolved as»

Is there evidence that our ethics have devolved as we have «abandoned» enlightened Judeo - Christian ethics?

This could be the remnants of a regular olfactory system that devolved as dragonfly vision improved, he says.

So what if we devolve as you say into a fractured amalgam of whatever?

Not exact matches

But as my experience demonstrates, democratization quickly can devolve into anarchy — making it difficult for learners to find advice from a true expert.

«Because we don't get to spend as much time as the founders and devolve our conversations into hour - long epitaphs about cream cheese and whatever.»

Stonewall said it will lobby the UK Government, devolved administrations, and political parties for recognition and protection of non-binary people in law, as well as appropriate ways to record gender in all official documents.

Many managers may feel as if their meetings have devolved into an opportunity for employees to space out or doodle.

This boss wanted people to like him, and as a result the organization quickly devolved into a chaotic state that it never really recovered from.

We are slowly devolving back to our status as a hewer of wood and drawer of water.

Investor risk - preferences, as conveyed by the uniformity or divergence of market internals, are the hinge between overvaluation that persists and overvaluation that devolves into air pockets, free - falls, and crashes.

But the competition among America's top brews has devolved into a contest of who can fall the slowest, rather than actually grow, as craft beers and spirits continue to give big brands problems.

Abrams helped me see that modernity is in many respects a devolved form of Christianity that, taken as a whole, competes for control over our spiritual imaginations.

Out of all the postings on this site today, I found «Derp's «post the most fascinating and informative, as well as deeply revealing.Even after boasting of what seems to be a practically perfect live by any measure, he informs us that he takes pleasure in mocking and ridiculing those of faith who are presumably his opposite; I can only wonder if, given all his supposed accomplishments, he is smart enough to realize how deeply revealing of his true character his remarks are.As a believer, I rarely engage in arguments with my atheist friends, and like to think I wouldn't lower myself to the level of juvenile name - calling and personal attacks against whatever my atheist friends hold dear.Most of the time we simply agree to disagree; when they hold forth with misinformation or ignorance on their assumed «knowledge «of my faith, I try to gently correct them; I certainly don't allow any disagreements we have to devolve into hateful insults and name - calling.

The categories suited to the interpretation of nature are treated in Sein und Zeit as restrictive and devolved forms of the existentials of Dasein, and in general it is denied that nature has any Being outside of the ecstatic - horizonal disclosure space of human historicality.

Consider, people love to praise the virtue of the golden rule, reap what you say, karma, what goes around comes around and so on, but do unto to others as you would have done unto you, tends to devolve into do unto to others as is done to you.

>>... TO NSAIDI:... 1 — the gop must devolve and halt their purpose as A ROADBLOCK to PROGRESS, MOVING FORWARD...... 2 — the republicans must act to diminish the power of the tea party (more than 80 % OF AMERICANS FEEL THAT THE tea party IS DESTRUCTIVE and UN-COMPROMISING due to their innate HATRED OF THE PRESIDENT...... 3 — sit down AND COMPROMISE ON TAXES FOR THE RICH and SPENDING CUTS THAT ARE NOT MEAN and MEAN - SPIRITED.....

It's as predictable as gravity: From the beginning, every religion devolves from primitive purity to decadent ritualism.

Shots were returned and, as is so often the case in our time, an otherwise stimulating conversation devolved into splashy mudslinging over sexuality.

A leaked draft copy of the report shows abortion as being a power that should be devolved to Edinburgh but sources suggest Labour said the issue was a «red line».

As the cycles pass, and the American political system devolves and cultural Christianity wains, it's easy to view the political process and our involvement in it with greater and greater skepticism.

For the eighth - century Isaiah the understanding of Yahweh as holy devolves from history.

The course of the movement then devolved principally on Newman, since Keble was taken up with the rigours of pastoral work as Vicar of Hursley in 1836.

Indeed, it has been supposed by some that the teraphim, household gods, (Genesis 35:4; 31:19; 30 - 35; I Samuel 15:23; 19:13, 16; II Kings 23:24) were originally images of ancestors; that they were honored as such and were part of the apparatus of popular religion; (Hosea 3:4) that mortuary customs which the prophetic school later condemned grew up around them; (Cf. Deuteronomy 26:13 - 14) that the right of performing the necessary ceremonies for one's ancestors devolved upon a son and that this fact underlay both the sense of tragedy in being sonless and the practices of levirate marriage and of adoption to avoid such disaster; (Cf. Genesis 15:2 - 3; 30:3 - 8; Deuteronomy 25:5 - 10) and that this set of ideas and customs was an integral part of the whole clan organization of early Israel.

When this happens, our faith devolves into a business, where believers are seeing as customers, and Jesus is marketed as a product instead of worshipped as divine.

To experience reconciliation through the blood of Jesus Christ is quite different than giving mental accent to a particular belief.Now our society has devolved to where believers are labeled as «haters», when in fact, the hate emanates from those who claim otherwise.

What was first intended unreflectively as an act of denominational ecumenism devolves into interdenominational vagueness and then into nondenominational secularism.

I'm not going to debate whether having faith is a good thing or a bad thing, as that is merely subjective and there is no end result, nor does it benefit anyone and generally devolves into name - calling and hurt feelings.

As an evangelical Christian who has written on and taught graduate courses about U.S. nuclear strategy, I stand shoulder - to - shoulder with 2FP's multi-generational invitation to keep U.S. nuclear policy from devolving into a theology - free zone.

His argument, which relies on extensive historical detail and vast scholarship, in its simplest form can be put thus: If people turn to «the Bible alone» as their criterion in doctrinal debate, then the debate will necessarily devolve into irresolvable disputes.

Postmodern hermeneutics, left to itself, devolves into relativism, fragmentation, and subjective perspectivism, a trajectory that challenges the historic Christian understanding of language as a reliable medium of truth.

Last night, I had a horrifyingly realistic dream that began with getting arranged - marriage - promised to a stranger, followed with a multi-day wedding / traveling circus performance, and finally devolved into me trying to dissolve the marriage contract while vying for the affections of my true love (and actual, real - life husband) as a woman named Sharmula attempted to seduce him away.

The Welsh Government, the devolved Government for Wales, has identified the food and drink industry as a priority sector to develop and move in positive new directions, embracing technology and advancements in research and development to put Wales at...

As news of all forms devolves into entertainment, and entertainment devolves into shouting matches framed as debate, we need something to shout abouAs news of all forms devolves into entertainment, and entertainment devolves into shouting matches framed as debate, we need something to shout abouas debate, we need something to shout about.

Whenever this occurs things tend to devolve quite quickly as the club becomes overly dependent upon an increasingly stale manager who has stripped the organization of those individuals who could properly pick up the slack.

So long as Arsene Wenger still roams the sidelines things will continue to devolve.

It is unlikely that Arsene Wenger will be happy with the changes to the set - up as his power is being devolved to this team, who will now handle many aspects of the club that were previously in Wenger's domain.

Keep it close at all times, for it begins as a Cinderella story, as yours have, before devolving into a how - to from hell that should serve as your personal guidebook on who not to be and what not to do.

As mercurial as he is talented, Lance's on - court demeanor has a tendency to devolve into what could be called antics, and which the less - charitable would label distractionAs mercurial as he is talented, Lance's on - court demeanor has a tendency to devolve into what could be called antics, and which the less - charitable would label distractionas he is talented, Lance's on - court demeanor has a tendency to devolve into what could be called antics, and which the less - charitable would label distractions.

Martin Stadium devolved into chaos as fans threw anything nearby onto the field.

Although it will be incredibly difficult to ever match his contributions on the pitch, it's vitally important for a former club legend, like Henry, to publicly address his concerns regarding the direction of this club... regardless of those who still feel that Henry has some sort of agenda due to the backlash he received following earlier comments he made on air regarding Arsenal, he has an intimate understanding of the game, he knows the fans are being hosed and he feels some sense of obligation, both professionally and personally, to tell it like he sees it... much like I've continually expressed over the last couple months, this team isn't evolving under this current ownership / management team... instead we are currently experiencing a «stagnant» phase in our club's storied history... a fact that can't be hidden by simply changing the formation or bringing in one or two individuals... this team needs fundamental change in the way it conducts business both on and off the pitch or it will continue to slowly devolve into a second tier club... regardless of the euphoria surrounding our escape act on Friday evening, as it stands, this club is more likely to be fighting for a Europa League spot for the foreseeable future than a top 4 finish... we can't hope for the failures of others to secure our place in the top 4, we need to be the manufacturers of our own success by doing whatever is necessary to evolve as an organization... if Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke can't take the necessary steps following the debacle they manufactured last season, their removal is imperative for our future success... unfortunately, I strongly believe that either they don't know how to proceed in the present economic climate or they are unwilling to do whatever it takes to turn this ship around... just look at the current state of our squad, none of our world class players are under contract beyond this season, we have a ridiculous wage bill considering the results, we can't sell our deadwood because we've mismanaged our personnel decisions and contractual obligations, we haven't properly cultivated our younger talent and we might have become one of the worst clubs ever when it comes to way we handle our transfer business, which under Dein was one of our greatest assets... it's time to get things right!!!

As such, real change rarely comes until things devolve to such a level that the owner (s) sees no other alternative but to seek a some sort of remedy through the selling of the club, which doesn't always lead to positive results.

As the government is committed to devolving power towards schools, encouraging them to act as autonomous institutions collaborating with each other, we will not be compelling schools to spend the pupil premium in certain wayAs the government is committed to devolving power towards schools, encouraging them to act as autonomous institutions collaborating with each other, we will not be compelling schools to spend the pupil premium in certain wayas autonomous institutions collaborating with each other, we will not be compelling schools to spend the pupil premium in certain ways.

The company's statement that low - risk births can devolve into emergencies «at hospitals and at birthing centers» is stunning in its attempt to link hospitals and out - of - hospital birth centers as equal in some way.

What they wanted was somebody to show them what to do and to help them, and not having that help is costing the Government and the devolved Administrations through the outcomes for those babies, as they are more likely to cost the NHS more in later life; through the outcomes for the mothers; and through the outcomes for some mothers who really struggle with having to give up breastfeeding, and end up in the mental health system as a result.

The opinions and voices of the minorities in the group were mocked and belittled and unfortunately, we had to make the decision to moderate the mob as this post (and a number of others) devolved into ugliness.

Emergency planning and response is devolved to local authorities; because there is no guidance on the protection of families with infants there is no way to ensure that local strategies consider infant nutrition as part of emergency response.

The problem is when this devolves into the claims that 1) homebirth in the US is an acceptable alternative to hospital birth and 2) the main reason for poor outcomes in hospitals is opposition to natural birth (and the inevitable c - section)-- all the while completely ignoring much more real problems such as the huge disparity of outcomes by race; the high prevalence of pre-existing health conditions in the general population; and access to healthcare.

It is likely that as further fiscal powers are devolved, demands from local and regional for secondary legislation powers will gain currency.

The Committee's budget is # 100,000 a year (as a comparison, none of the devolved assemblies have a similar set budget although Scotland's total artwork was valued at just over # 500,000).

Mr MacAskill's decision to ignore their demands is being viewed, in terms of its international implications, as one of the biggest decisions made by the devolved administration.