Sentences with phrase «important point of an argument»

Not exact matches

While the book has weak points — most notably regarding Isaac Backus, the 18th - century baptist minister and author of the important treatise Government and Liberty Described and Ecclesiastical Tyranny Exposed (1778)-- who appears and then disappears without much clarity on how he fits the argument — it is generally an incisive interpretation.

His argument on the point that concerns us is that Mark 13.32 must be held to be the all - important text; Mark 9.1 has been formed in the tradition from Mark 13.30, which itself originally referred to the Fall of Jerusalem and Destruction of the Temple; and Matt.

But just as important» and this is the most significant point in Thuesen's argument» is the legacy of Protestantism's teaching on sola scriptura.

Capital punishment's lack of demonstrated superiority as a deterrent (the evidence for its effectiveness being at best mixed), the capacity of society to protect itself equally well by permanently imprisoning those who are currently being executed (which is possible at limited marginal cost, especially when one takes into account the cost of the extended trial procedures and interminable appeals and reviews which usually accompany capital punishment)-- all these points are important, but their utility is chiefly as rebuttal arguments in response to the empirically weak but emotionally strong claims made on behalf of capital punishment.

This is an important point in my argument as the over-reliance upon mathematical formulae is at the root of why economists have become detached from ethics, spirituality and theology in their professional studies.

Yeah I am ready for the argument which some of you will put forward, but for me the Champions League is equally important as the League, as it is of the utmost important that our world class players, at any point, should never doubt the ambition of our beloved club.

And all efforts to disrupt these type of tramlines are important: both pointing out both why it doesn't need to be fought, but also what arguments need to be had instead.

As the judge pointed out, is going to be a very important argument for the defense — one of many important arguments.

At this point it's important to caveat the whole line of argument about Labour and its diminishing working class - ness (as Eric Joyce recently pointed out).

However a main point of my argument is that BG levels are only a small part of the story; What higher carb intake does to insulin and leptin is even more important; it raises them promoting insulin and leptin resistance.

Per usual, a great deal of critics have essentially predetermined that Eastwood's politics are more important to harp on than the political substance of his movie, to the point that a few truly moronic writers have labeled it as an argument for the travel ban.

However — Finally, once the point is made, analysed and supported, it's important to consider the other side of an argument.

Our complaint about the syllabi is a classic liberal one: students were not being exposed to a variety of important arguments and points of view.

Inference - making is an important component of several major social studies processes specified in the national social studies standards, such as making generalizations, evaluating sides of an argument, predicting the outcomes of various actions, sorting fact from opinion, determining the outcomes of a decision, detecting bias, and interpreting points of view (Sunal & Haas, 2002; NCSS, 2008).

The conclusion restates the most important points of the paper and closes your argument.

The reporter must also be skilled in asking the few important questions that define the tipping point of the argument.

I would suggest the important point to accept, for most commenators on this blog, of the Santer paper is not so much the figure of 17 years, which I would agree is probably debatable, but that the concentration on annual figures which we see in «it hasn't warmed since 1998» type arguments is just a nonsense.

Neither of these arguments address the issue of whether UHI is affecting measured minimum temperatures, but they may in fact be more important points to make about measured trends in minimum temperatures than the one Parker is trying to make.

To my mind, the only change that will come about from these discussions / debates, and which make the quest for truth so important, is that people whose minds are not already made up and who will take one side or the other, according to their understanding and the strength of the argument as they perceive it, will vote for whom to elect to represent their point of view in government.

[Response: Your argument misses the point in three different and important ways, not even considering whether or not the Black Hills data have any general applicability elsewhere, which they may or may not: (1) It ignores the point made in the post about the potential effect of previous, seasonal warming on the magnitude of an extreme event in mid summer to early fall, due to things like (especially) a depletion in soil moisture and consequent accumulation of degree days, (2) it ignores that biological sensitivity is far FAR greater during the warm season than the cold season for a whole number of crucial variables ranging from respiration and photosynthesis to transpiration rates, and (3) it ignores the potential for derivative effects, particularly fire and smoke, in radically increasing the local temperature effects of the heat wave.

Try to get oral argument on a motion, even if that's not the usual case, and use such argument as the opportunity to get out your points, perhaps (contrary to general practice) bringing copies of key cases with you to the argument with important sections highlighted and tabbed, and try to give those to the judge or her court attorney.

Here is a brief snippet from the summary of argument in the Government's Gall brief that spotlights this important point: