I just had to laugh when she confessed that currently, the only return she gets for her spending is
a good argument with her husband every time the credit card statement arrives.
I'm up to
a good argument with someone who can have factual evidence to back up their point, sorry Colin... you let me down.
It's hard to have a really
good argument with a salad bar.
And, I think you'd have
a better argument with CAFOs, rather than 2 eagles.
Shakespeare, in my opinion, made
the best argument with the problem with doubt in Hamlet.
Not exact matches
Gaining perspective is the most fundamental aspect of progression; and because I'm a huge nerd at heart, I believe reading full - fledged books (
with sound
arguments and universal wisdom) is one of the
best ways to combat the wealth of digital misinformation we're faced
with today.
Addressing the
argument that Canada needs a plane that can operate jointly
with the American fleet, former German air force pilot Joey Borkenstein emphasized how
well the Eurofighter worked alongside U.S. aircraft during the air war over Libya.
It would be interesting to know whether Pfizer could have used such an
argument or whether it would have been a moot point given its problems
with well - known status.
I spent a long part of my career
with no control of resources, trying to influence change by
good argument.
They then conducted a series of experiments that measured how open to being wrong the volunteers were and how it affected their estimation of people
with opposing views, as
well as how accurately they'd understood the
arguments they'd been presented
with.
Even the
best business partners have disagreements (you should hear some of the
arguments I've had
with mine).
His whole
argument that he wouldn't be able to negotiate a
good deal
with Play - Doh unless he had a controlling stake in Soy - Yer - Dough made no sense, as Herjevac pointed out.
«Elliott has always behaved ethically in its disputes
with corporate managements and boards, and it is regrettable and disappointing that certain parties adverse to us would choose to promote false allegations about us rather than engage on the merits of our
arguments in
good faith.»
So in 2011, he began filming the show
with Channel 4, a «fly - on - the - wall drama» following the love lives,
arguments and parties of his friends who were (and still are) constantly visiting London's
best restaurants, bars, shops and club openings.
Recent history offers examples of how candidates
with business acumen position themselves during debate and campaigns, as
well as to the limitations of the business experience
argument.
I'll leave it for others to judge the merits of this
argument, but assuming it gains traction
with regulators and policymakers — it was aired recently in Congressional hearings over Keystone XL — it could actually be a
good thing, long term, for Canada.
This is because, even if you have a heated
argument, as long as you keep in the back of your mind that the people you're arguing
with do have the
best in mind for the company and wider team, you'll always be able to make it to the end and remain friendly.
She recommends approaching activists and their
arguments with openness and considering it in the context of what's
best for shareholders.
DUBNER: So, to summarize your overall
argument about our rise and fall of American growth: would it be an overstatement to say that there was a lot of low - hanging fruit — physical and labor, and all other kinds of fruit that we picked beautifully and ate hungrily, and we did really
well with — and that those things, once used up, that kind of gain will never appear again as far as you can see?
While I truly want to be
with you on the hands - off - free - market
argument, I just have to believe that these rules are in place for
good reasons... like making sure your sweet Granny don't get fleeced by a huckster.
It's the kind of common - sense, let - the - people - decide
argument that would fit
well in the mouth of a former public servant
with a «higher loyalty» in mind.
When confronted
with arguments that a 360 - hour threshold would actually help people in need, Stephenâ $ ™ s stock response is that there are «
better ways of spending that money.»
While I don't think I'll start using a debit card, I can see a
good argument for spending cash, especially
with businesses you trust.
With mortgage rates still at historic lows, as
well as mortgage interest tax deductions, there can be a
good argument against paying off your mortgage early.
Obviously your focus was on explicit protection, but there is an
argument a
well diversified portfolio can provide protection through correlation
with the causes of inflation.
This summer,
with all the
good letters already taken, the former labor secretary Robert Reich wrote on his blog that the recovery might actually be shaped like an X (the imagery is elusive, but Reich's
argument was that there can be no recovery until we find an entirely new model of economic growth).
The problem
with this
argument is that what is
good for oil producers and exporters is inversely bad for major oil consumers and importers like the United States, Europe, and China in this zero sum game of global energy markets.
Additionally, most FOMC participants also saw relatively low risks of unwanted increase in inflationary pressures amid tighter labor market conditions, and there are signs that the risk management
argument (asymmetrical risk
with policy rate near effective lower bound) is gaining traction as
well.
Out of an abundance of charity to Professor Leach, and
with all due respect to his unimpeachable contributions as Chair of the Alberta Climate Leadership Panel, his
argument may
well rest on a more nuanced political assumption: that Alberta's leadership is required to bring the rest of the provinces along.
kay, now since there is no gravity in space, by your
argument god can't exist in space either, so that means he must be stuck down here
with us as
well > So, to use your logic, or lack thereof::
your claim of «they change the definition» tries to under - cut the
argument itself «at the knees» so to speak... but let me remind you that you changed your self - definition from drunk and unsaved to «drunk
with the new wine» and saved (get the Acts reference, i'm kinda proud of that one; — RRB --RRB- things change and when we know
better we do
better.
Well, I would counter your
arguments with the following.
For the record I am dating a Christian and though we may disagree she at least comes to the table
with a
better argument than this.
Ms. Morthole is trying to justify her continued sinning
with very weak
arguments on how sinning makes her feel
good about herself.
But if you are looking for consilience, in which multiple lines of independent evidence converge on the same target, then Schwartz's
argument is a
good one to have in your arsenal, for it fits nicely
with biological
arguments for intelligent design (cf. Michael Behe's Darwin's Black Box), recent philosophical work on mental causation (cf. Robert Koons» Realism Regained), cosmological fine - tuning (cf. John Barrow and Frank Tipler's The Anthropic Cosmological Principle), and consciousness studies (cf. Dean Radin's The Conscious Universe).
...
well the same logic applys to god... i enjoy dropping these logic bombs on people and see how they react and hope that maybe that logic bomb will eventually set up a chain reaction in their consciousness... or maybe I am an egotistical f c k who just likes to have an unassaiable
argument which
with to beat others over the head
with... maybe I am wrong to do so because the Human Condition is so cold and bleak in its finality that people need the cushion of god to go on
with their everyday lives.
So many religious
well intended people want to impress God and religion upon others
with various beliefs and
arguments that include you will, «burn in hell if you don't» or other not so harsh or threatening consequences.
The problem
with most of the mainstream churches is that we do not even know how to join an
argument —
better, we think, to create a committee to «study the issue.»
On the other hand, if your religion tells you things that can't be backed up
with good secular
arguments (like putting to death or shunning certain «undesirables») then those religious aspects should be kept out of the larger secular world.
well known private home
with idol dedicated to foul poison orgies and rampant destruction of brain and lung due to ingestion of OPIUM FLOWER AND ANIMAL FECES if you want
better argument you would be
better of trying to quote adolf hitler!!!
I would rather not.All that said, I'd have to disagree
with your
arguments as
well, and not only because I'm not a Christian.
It is no accident that Percy summons Flannery O'Connor to such questions as
well; but unlike her, he does not anchor his response in St. Augustine and St. Paul (we have here no abiding place) nor in St. Thomas, whose
argument is insistent that the poet's, the artist's, responsibility is to the
good of the thing being made, not
with the correction of appetites in his audience.
«The truth will win out, the
best arguments will win and we should hear them and listen to them, work out what's wrong
with them, if there is something wrong and refute them as they need to be refuted and that's the way a free society works.»
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.
If AtheistHunter can not make a cogent
argument with resorting to spewing Bible verses, he might as
well give up now.
I'm a materialist as
well as an atheist and therefore don't believe in free will so I don't agree
with some of what you said anyways but that's an
argument for another thread.
I may have preached words similar (but much
better and
with decent
argument) for the christian church for several decades..
I have to admit I'd read allot of the
arguments (I find allot of these movement relationship dynamics fascinating from a sociological and psychological perspective as
well as having endured my own share of toxic faith communities that have left me
with a perverse fascination
with researching what is going on).
One may, however, find insights in the Bible that provide public
arguments against the idea and show that thinking more continuous
with Christian teaching is
better.
If you want your
argument to hold water, it's
better not to misrepresent those
with whom you are arguing.