Sentences with phrase «even abandoned the idea»

Some churches have even abandoned the idea of having a full - time resident pastor in favor of having specialized leadership teams.

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By 1940, however, it was public knowledge that Hitler had abandoned even the syncretist idea of a positive Christianity.

You sciency - types do nt abandon your worldview even though the ancient greek scientific philosophy that we base our western scientific tradition on, arose in a society founded on the belief in 12 capricious anthropomorphic gods, an animistic «universe», and an unshakeable belief in the idea of «fate».

This will mean abandoning an idea of a «moral majority» or a «silent majority» within the nation, even when we find ourselves winning an election or a court case.

The Plan continues as a manifesto of good ideas and community and smallholder needs even though the federal government has abandoned the idea of a national food plan.

New Labour were also hampered with the theory of the «Third Way» mantra, meaning that even intellectuals like David Milliband were reduced to abandoning big ideas which could have a real impact, and instead being forced to concentrate on administrative details - hence the awful targets system he dreamed up to improve the performance of public services like education, policing and health.

Even though Oak Creek officials abandoned their idea of using eminent domain to acquire his land, Earl Giefer said he is worried he will become a target of city zoning enforcement.

The Liberal Democrats meantime are said to have abandoned the idea of putting up candidates at all on the grounds that they can't afford to contest elections in which they have little hope of winning even a single seat.

And even Leakey quickly abandoned the idea, because less than a year and a half later he discovered other hominid bones (OH 7, now allocated to Homo habilis) below OH 5.

But be that as it may, even abandoning the Kindle 1 is a bad idea because it does have a market share and what's more important, it's the market share of the early adopters, those people who paid $ 250 for the device!

All the ephemera around it made it even more puzzling: the abandoned pram, the glass bowls with baby spoons suggesting motherhood; the batteries inserted into jars of Bonne Maman jam, perhaps pointing to an idea of the strength of the family unit.