The Washington Post: In wake of Newtown massacre, love more
important than explanations What is most needed in the wake of the Newtown massacre?
But although there can be no question that in the last analysis fact is more
important than explanation, actually they can not be separated, for some measure of explanation and interpretation — adequate or inadequate, accurate or inaccurate — is part and parcel of any knowledge of objective reality it is given us to have.
But I think they will all agree that the thing itself is infinitely more
important than any explanations that theologians have produced.
Not exact matches
If the New Testament contains less of such petition
than the Old, an
important part of the
explanation lies in the difference of circumstance.
Routinely fundamentalist Christians compare people in same - sex relationships to pedophiles and demand an
explanation for how their most
important relationships are any different
than people having sex with dogs.
It is this single fundamental argument rather
than the
explanations of the five arguments in its terms that is
important to us in understanding contemporary Thomist natural theology.
On naturalistic principles, there's no
explanation for why a debate is more
important than the two soda bottles fizzing.
Thus, in an
important essay, he argues that «freedom requires indeterminism and universal causality «56 He freely admits that there is an element of regularity and order in nature which may be partially described in the statistical laws of science; but he also confesses his inability to give a rational
explanation (other
than the immanence of God) of why, in a world of freedom, we have an orderly cosmos instead of sheer chaos.57
But the best
explanation I can come up with is that it simply doesn't exist, and that its far more
important for humanity to take care of its own business
than wait for some divine intervention that just won't come.
You listen to anyone who has played CB or coached defenders and they will give a coherent and reasoned
explanation as to how CB chemistry as a pair is nearly always more
important than individual attributes.
Shafran said the aide had misunderstood the reason for the delay, and offered the following, less dramatic
explanation: «The meeting with the female student leaders went longer
than expected and no one wanted to cut short such an engaging and
important discussion.»
His
explanation: «I think it's more
important to improve the lives of stroke patients
than to get young kids to run even faster.»
«Although we do not know the reasons for the racial and ethnic differences we saw, one
explanation could be that the black and Hispanic patients had surgery when they are much heavier and sicker
than the non-Hispanic white patients,» said study lead author, Karen J. Coleman, PhD, of the Kaiser Permanente Department of Research & Evaluation in Pasadena, Calif. «Our study highlights that surgery may be an
important intervention tool for people earlier in their weight gain trajectory.
Referring to Gavin Schmidt's «
explanations» as helpful and pulling out tired lines about a vast fossil fuel funded conspiracy under the current circumstances tells me that politics are more
important to her
than the ethics (or lack thereof) involved.
I would just add that the
explanation you provide «For typical glaciers in mid latitudes, the role of temperature is generally more
important than winter precipitation.
It is intended to provide a technical reference on
important topics that often require more detailed
explanations than can be found in most introductory handbooks.
The official Chinese
explanation is that while they acknowledge the importance of the long - term view, the focus should be on near and medium - term action rather
than deliberating on long - term targets («中方认为 , 应对气候变化既要着眼长远 , 更要立足当前 , 要把精力和重点放在完成近期和中期减排目标上 , 不能让长期目标上的分歧影像谈判进程» and he repeated this in his December 18th speech: «To determine a long - term direction is necessary, even more
important is to focus on the completion of the short and medium - term emission reduction targets, and on to honor commitments already made, and on action.
You can't ask for a better
explanation of just how
important this parallel is for enviro - actives
than what was seen from a 2013 Climate One panel discussion forum at which James Hoggan appeared, where a Desmogblog shill fed the panel a question about the tobacco parallel (full text here):
The results of queries regarding mode of transportation suggests a possible
explanation: the accessibility of a vacation destination by train or bus is more
important than the commitments of the businesses at the destination.
Legal Week Intelligence's Client Satisfaction Report (CSR) 2014 — published earlier this year and based on the responses of more
than 1,400 in - house counsel — offers some
explanation of what is
important to those buying legal services.
Being a car owner for more
than a couple of years, you will not need any
explanation why car or vehicle insurance is
important.
Sometimes an
important experience, skill or accomplishment needs more emphasis or
explanation than you have room for in your resume.