Sentences with phrase «discussion by laymen»

Afterward, the ministers from the Institute who also attended the service and heard the sermon listened to the tapes of this discussion by laymen.

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There is abundant evidence that Catholics in this country do sincerely believe in democracy and practice this belief, but I do not see how they themselves can deny that their polity poses a problem for democracy that is not posed by churches which make their decisions in regard to public policy by processes of open discussion in which both clergy and laymen share.

In general, the discussions in these threads are too difficult to be anderstood by laymen.

In short, my layman's view is that the limitations of the current generation of multi-century paleo recons are so severe (and so incompletely recognized by the specialist community) that they have very little to contribute to the broader discussion of 20th / 21st Century global warming.

What I don't see much value in, is «discussion of the science» by laymen like many of the commenters here (including me), that simply leads people to retreat into despair and hopelessness and a sense that «it's too late» to do anything.

Reddit user G1lius has been doing a great job keeping the community informed about these discussions by writing up a weekly summary from a layman's perspective.