Sentences with phrase «far as this layman»

However, as fat as I can tell, nobody has ventured to define how long «long» must be in order to establish exactly what — and that, as far as this layman is concerned, is the rub.

Not exact matches

I know that parishes such as they should be are few and far between, I am also quite willing to concede to the educated layman the right to satisfy his essential religious needs outside the parish to which he accidentally belongs — indeed, canon law does the same.

Only as laymen decide they care enough about the applications of the Christian faith to unite in study under leadership, or to unite in discussion to learn from one another in a fellowship, are we apt to get far toward bridging the gap between the Church and the world.

He writes that the laymen reported increased honesty with patients; increased ability to listen to the patients; increased ability to notice nonverbal behavior; lessening of the savior role; increased ability to help the patient face the facts as they are, and a lessening of the temptation to give false assurance; and finally, further realization that their being with another person was a tangible expression of God's concern.

Essentially, in layman's language, intrinsic reform is the «heal thyself» variety, and I believe we have taken this type about as far as it can take us, with top - down standards and accountability.

Sorry but I'm a complete layman to what most of this site discusses as far as the science.

A very good and relevant discussion so far, for me as a layman.

The «Italian flag» characterization of claims for climate science seems very useful from my perspective as an interested layman, especially since it draws attention to the «doubt» that is inherent in any scientific hypothesis and invites further inquiry — corrigibility being an essential feature of the scientific method (at least as I learned it).

My educated layman's physicist's gut (layman as far as climate science goes, not physics) tells me 2W / m2 out of the ocean seems pretty high given that the temperature difference is generated by a peak forcing of only -3.4 W / m2 - it implies that the ocean response is of the same order as the atmospheric response, which seems unlikely given the «impedance mismatch» between the ocean and atmosphere.

Layman Lurker: Detrending by subtracting the least squares line, will not affect the already substantial differences much as far as I can see.

The Court further explained that although «most lay person have opinions and theories of their own as to how the human body functions, our courts have decided that, in order to recover compensation, a standard of expert evidence on the subject is required where the injury is not apparent to the layman.»