Sentences with phrase «for views on an issue»

Nothing encourages cynicism more than a public body asking for views on an issue that has already been decided upon.

Kennedy, who did not say who he backs in the primary, says he has also written both campaigns, asking for their views on the issue.

This week, the new House of Lords Select Committee on Medical Ethics called for views on these issues.

Not exact matches

The African nation of Zambia, for instance, has only enough food available to provide its population with 1,870 calories on average, per day, according to a striking global map in the October issue of National Geographic — and in truth, in much of the world, such calorie counts offer an inflated view of what's actually accessible to most citizens, due to widespread poverty, civil unrest, natural disasters, corruption, government mismanagement, food - distribution failures, and other issues.

And a recent BMO Financial Group poll finds that while two - thirds of Canadian adults still believe it's more socially acceptable for a woman to be the homemaker, views on the issue are changing.

Secretary of State for Culture Karen Bradley, who is responsible for media issues, said Tuesday she had written to media watchdog Ofcom for more information on its views on Fox's bid for London - listed Sky Plc, the biggest pay - tv operator in the U.K.

In a brief statement, China's Commerce Ministry welcomed the delegation's trip to Beijing, set for Thursday and Friday, adding that Liu would meet its members to «exchange views» on issues of mutual concern about Sino-U.S. trade and business ties.

The TV segment, which first aired in June on Oliver's HBO show «Last Week Tonight,» hit more than 4 million views on YouTube, putting a mass - media spotlight on a very important issue with which the financial services industry has been grappling for years.

«While the Financial Planning Coalition takes no view on a rule that has yet to be proposed, we believe that the DOL should be allowed to proceed with its fiduciary rulemaking process, including issuing a draft rule for public comment.»

Following the announcements of 2017 earnings and the CompuCom acquisition, Matthew Fassler, analyst for Goldman Sachs, wrote that «the road to recovery appears likely to be a long one, in our view, as the company issued a 2018 profit outlook sharply below our expectations on extensive investments...»

While there are occasional military issues where the two countries do not see eye - to - eye (for example on whether the Arctic sea lanes are internal waters, as Canada claims, or are international waters, the view of the US), for the most part they are in synch.

Specifically, the FOMC is opting to retain its easy monetary policies, but undertake no new initiatives at this time, Perhaps the Fed went this more conservative route in view of the somewhat better news out on the economic front over the past few weeks, notably the generally improving housing metrics, the pickup in June's personal income, and the surprising uptick in the Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index for July issued yesterday.

Glass Lewis» Proxy Talk provides a forum for institutional investors to exchange views on proxy - related issues.

Fishon you make sense and I get where you are coming from on this issue — I held your exact same views for at least 10 years... I even debated gay people about it being a «choice».

(i) a woman's right to choose; (ii) teaching evolution in school; (iii) medical immunization of teen girls against HPV; (iv) assisted suicide; (v) gay marriage; (vi) my right to view art and theatre deemed «offensive,» «blasphemous» or «obscene» by theists (vii) basic $ ex education for older school children; (viii) treating drug abuse as principally a medical issue; (xi) population control; (x) buying alcohol on a Sunday; (xi) use of condoms and other contraceptives (xii) stem cell research.

At a preview of the film in midtown, it was said that the film would be viewed by thirty million Americans and would be a great «education» for the American people on lesbian, gay, and transgender issues.

All the nonsense about marrying one's pets is an absurd diversionary tactic that I can only assume you engage in because you can not win an honest discussion on the ethics of the issue and / or the scriptural case for your view.

I believe we would all do well to focus on the issues that are truly important: the candidates» capabilities, political views, experience, moral turpitude, and likelihood of producing strong results for America's future prosperity and success.

5oo, ooo priests for 1.2 billion Catholics - There is the answer to why the abusing priests were tolerated.The conclave elected exactly who they wanted to be Pope - Someone who would not rock the boat.I believe Pope Benedict was advised to retire in light of the Federal indictment pending so this would not involve a standing Pope and the possiblity of him being found guilty.I further think this new election of Pope will allow the Church to change it's stance on the very controvertial issues the Church is facing ie.female priests being one, the decisions appearing more acceptable coming from a new head as opposed to reversed stance of standing Pope.This decision to retire, in the Churchs» view I believe is damage control and not neccessarily Pope Benedict's desire.If looked at for what it is - A very slick maneuver indeed.

Many Christians rightly contest their claim that this is the biblical view of divine power, for the Bible has no monolithic view on most all theological issues.

Biola then issued a «statement on human sexuality» saying, «God's design for marriage and sexuality is the foundational reason for viewing acts of sexual intimacy between a man and a woman outside of marriage, and any act of sexual intimacy between two person of the same sex, as illegitimate moral options for the confessing Christian.»

To answer your question... yes I am exploring the same issues by creating a very simple series of short vidoes placed on the web which exmaines a different path for the 21st century church to follow and what it could look like, Its not advertised but about 3500 viewings so far.

I explained that I thought it was a mistake for us to pretend that we do not have differing views on certain issues that make it hard for us to cooperate in local church planting.

Wuthnow concludes, from his three - year research into how Americans view faith and money, that although there is much lip service to decrying the overemphasis on money and materialism, in practice mammon is winning out over God, and the churches are silent for the most part on stewardship issues.

For tribals, in the face of radical change or threat of change, issues related to preservation of their identity and space on the one hand, and dealing with the new world - view on the other, were vital to their sustained and meaningful continuance.

We have disavowed a view of the relation between the colleges and the churches which would permit viewing them as agencies of the church in preference for a covenant relationship in which each is recognized to have its own function but a common commitment and point of view on crucial issues.

It's easy for people who are more liberal on this issue to claim the pastoral high ground (indeed, Chalke's piece is partly pastorally motivated), but that ignores many who will be hurt to read his change of view, and what they will regard as a sharp shift from scripture.

As we slowly move toward a proposal for why the God of the Old Testament commanded the Israelites to engage in warfare against the the Canaanites, I am laying out some of the views that people have on this tough issue.

Instead of looking for a church that perfectly aligns with your views on every issue, focus on the most important parts of the Christian doctrine: the creeds.

For Beasley, who left TEC in the early 1990s, it was liberal views on homosexuality — though he downplays that now and emphasizes issues of scripture and doctrine.

As a longtime admirer of Russell, and as an occasional student and (in due turn) teacher of his views, I have long believed that the similarities between Whitehead and Russell on metaphysical issues were much closer than we imagined, and I am grateful to Kuntz for laboring to point out some of these.

I think this statement captures the basis for his highly utilitarian view of the abortion issue, and I think it is a fundamental error which misdirects Hartshorne away from his own emphasis on love.

(i) a woman's right to an abortion; (iii) medical immunization of teen girls (and boys) against HPV; (iv) assisted suicide; (vi) gay marriage; (vii) my right to view art and theatre deemed «offensive,» «blasphemous» or «obscene» Catholics; (viii) basic $ ex education for older school children; (ix) treating drug abuse as principally a medical issue; (x) population control; (xi) buying alcohol on a Sunday in many places; (xii) use of condoms and other contraceptives; (xiii) embryonic stem cell research; (xiv) little 10 year - old boys joining organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America, regardless of the religious views of their parents; and (xv) gays being allowed to serve openly in the military.

The Democratic National Convention presented an extremist view on the issue of abortion, according to Cokie Roberts, a liberal political analyst for ABC News and NPR.

Jeremy i am surprised you never countered my argument Up till now the above view has been my understanding however things change when the holy spirit speaks.He amazes me because its always new never old and it reveals why we often misunderstand scripture in the case of the woman caught in adultery.We see how she was condemned to die and by the grace of God Jesus came to her rescue that seems familar to all of us then when they were alone he said to her Go and sin no more.This is the point we misunderstand prior to there meeting it was all about her death when she encountered Jesus something incredible happened he turned a death situation into life situation so from our background as sinners we still in our thinking and understanding dwell in the darkness our minds are closed to the truth.In effect what Jesus was saying to her and us is chose life and do nt look back that is what he meant and that is the walk we need to live for him.That to me was a revelation it was always there but hidden.Does it change that we need discipline in the church that we need rules and guidelines for our actions no we still need those things.But does it change how we view non believers and even ourselves definitely its not about sin but its all about choosing life and living.He also revealed some other interesting things on salvation so i might mention those on the once saved always saved discussion.Jeremy just want to say i really appreciate your website because i have not really discussed issues like this and it really is making me press in to the Lord for answers to some of those really difficult questions.regards brentnz

I do nt believe a persons view on creationism or evolution is a «salvation issue» but once you have become a child of God I do nt see how you cant allow yourself to believe in the entire Bible and trust that God is BIG enough to do what He says and did create the world in 7 days with no help from «time and evolution» evolution is a trick from Satan to keep you from completly trusting God for everything.

Hence, on this issue, I see no objection to viewing DNA as a type of machine.1 Furthermore some machines can self - replicate if given the right instructions and materials, they are counterentropic, and they can determine necessary conditions for the development of other machines.

Speaking of his views on the issue as the result of «an evolution,» Obama relayed that he had decided that it was «important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same - sex couples should be able to get married.»

I don't think it is correct for others to make the views you hold on those issues equal to your Christology.

and AMEN to this article and point of view... thank you Mark Osler for taking the real christian stance on this issue!

When this gay marriage issue is viewed Religiously, which it is a lot, I guess their is evidence on both sides for «no» it is wrong, and «yes» it is not mans judgement to deny the marriage.

Sharing our opinion on an issue isn't necessarily a bad thing, but sometimes, when we are trying to be a voice for those who are suffering, we end up speaking over them, shouting our own view without first really stopping to listen to their experiences.

We know that television informs us, a genuine window on the world, but also that its commercial demand for profit severely limits the amount of diversity of opinion that is aired, that it tends to trivialize issues and to represent the views of the rich, so that through TV the average citizen simply can not get the information needed to make intelligent decisions about living in our democracy.

To his discredit, Sherkat, a sociologist of religion who does not appear to have done any research on family and sexuality issues (but for a single article studying how religion and political affiliation affect views of same - sex marriage), nonetheless appoints himself a final referee of the merits of Regnerus's research — not a function he was asked to perform — and opines that it should not have been published.

I genuinely was interested in this subject because of late it has somewhat been playing on my mind and so sought to discover the truth on the matter and so sought out discussions and literature by christian writers that I might examine their different stances on the issue and try to find a moral cross-section as I think is appropriate for all questions since the ranging views are like politics ranging from far left wing to far right wing views.

The Bible is a storehouse of proof texts into which the believer may dip when seeking «biblical warrant» for his or her own views on current issues.

This opinion is not compatible with the Pope's teaching, especially in view of his citation from the document of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Donum Vitae (1974), but there may still be some room for further discussion on technical issues of this type.

In his book, Campolo follows a distinct pattern» first, he somewhat apologetically admits that he holds to the «conservative» and «traditional» point of view; then he argues persuasively for the other side; and finally he hints suggestively that young and progressive Christians have moved beyond him on issues like abortion, homosexuality, and premarital sex.

Cardinal Camillo Ruini, the pope's vicar for Rome, it is said, is one of those who hold this view: what is needed, he is thought to believe, is (in the words of John Allen Jr of the American National Catholic Reporter) «good relations with Islam, but also a more robust capacity to challenge and critique Islamic leaders, especially on issues of «reciprocity» — the idea that if Muslim immigrants benefit from religious freedom in the West, Christians should get the same treatment in Islamic states.»

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