Not exact matches
There is a core
misunderstanding about how that system works,
which is that — let's say if you are a shop and you are selling muffins, right, you might want to target people
in a specific town who might be interested
in baking or some demographic, but we don't send that information to you, we just show the message to the right people and that's a really important, I think, common
misunderstanding of how the system works.
The same
misunderstanding happens
in David vs. Goliath fights
in business,
which Gladwell substantiates with numerous case studies and research examples
in his recently published book.
He made the case that this was all a big
misunderstanding — that Facebook was so committed to making the world a better place that it had temporarily lost focus on the ways
in which its products could be used for harm.
My colleague Martin Small
in a recent blog post shed some light on why size does not equal risk
in the bond market,
which is one of the most common
misunderstanding of index management.
The bottom line is that the American public is being fed a carefully crafted mythology (no doubt «market tested» on «response groups» to see
which images fly best) to mislead the American public into
misunderstanding the nature of today's financial problem — to mislead it
in such a way that today's policies will make sense and gain voter support.
It is hard to imagine a more radical
misunderstanding of the intellectual life,
which in many cases produces its fullest fruit only
in one's latter years.
In order to avoid misunderstandings it may be said in passing that such rules must be different in a society like the state of which one is a compulsory member, from those obtaining in a voluntary society like the Church, to which one need not belon
In order to avoid
misunderstandings it may be said
in passing that such rules must be different in a society like the state of which one is a compulsory member, from those obtaining in a voluntary society like the Church, to which one need not belon
in passing that such rules must be different
in a society like the state of which one is a compulsory member, from those obtaining in a voluntary society like the Church, to which one need not belon
in a society like the state of
which one is a compulsory member, from those obtaining
in a voluntary society like the Church, to which one need not belon
in a voluntary society like the Church, to
which one need not belong.
In the chapter on «Truth» Wieman reveals a serious misunderstanding of Whitehead's concept of God, albeit an error which may arise in part from problems within Process and Realit
In the chapter on «Truth» Wieman reveals a serious
misunderstanding of Whitehead's concept of God, albeit an error
which may arise
in part from problems within Process and Realit
in part from problems within Process and Reality.
To read
in the original languages is sure to bring even more
misunderstanding and misinterpretation, because to any of us, they are foreign to our language experience, but even more so, to the cultural context of the times
in which any were written.
'» (90) The prevailing attitude, he shows, is heavily influenced by the Platonic concept of an evil material world and a perfect immaterial soul, as well as a
misunderstanding of Scripture
in which heaven, (as a kind of final resting place for the soul), is emphasized over the clear biblical picture of a new heaven and new earth for
which believers will be physically resurrected.
These have been abundantly used by the Holy Spirit, but the differences
which have arisen
in regard to the authority and function of these various forms of ministry have been and are the occasion of manifold doubts, questions and
misunderstandings to the distress and wounding of faithful souls.
And that takes to CONTEXT... Context means weighs heavily
in this discussion, and the context
in which Brigitte was throwing those terms around, it was unmistakeably a misuse /
misunderstanding of the word trust.
With three languages — English, German and French — as channels of expression
in every session and with traditional
misunderstandings and sectarian prejudices, there would be, of necessity, some critical moments, but the chairmen always so wisely steered the conference out of troubled waters that those instances
which did occur were of trifling consequence by the side of the spirit of gracious fellowship
which pervaded the delegates both
in the conference sessions and
in the university halls and hotel lobbies.
The reasons are rooted
in a long history of interaction between Christians and Muslims, much of
which has been characterized by mistrust,
misunderstanding and mutual antipathy.
The reason for such a change, John Foster suggests, was that Christians
in China wanted to free themselves from some of the
misunderstandings under
which they had hitherto laboured.
, That Rylaarsdam's criticism is
in part, at least, based on a
misunderstanding of Buber's position and a difference
in Rylaarsdam's own a priori assumptions is shown by his further statements that «Because of his individual and personal emphasis the notion of an objective revelation of God
in nature and history involving the whole community of Israel
in the real event of the Exodus does not fit well for him,» that Buber's view of revelation is «essentially mystical and nonhistorical,» and that «the realistic disclosure of Yahweh as the Lord of nature and of history recedes into the background because of an overconcern with the experience of personal relation» — criticisms
which are all far wide of the mark, as is shown by the present chapter.)
I shall set forth an interpretation of the Holy Spirit
in which we try to correct three common
misunderstandings which have beset the Church's life from the beginning: individualism, perfectionism, and immanentism.
Since the Reformation
in the 16th Century, much Christian infighting and
misunderstanding has occurred over the Catholic and Orthodox emphasis on Tradition (
which usually got confused with small cultural «traditions») versus the new Protestant emphasis on Scripture, even «Scripture alone!»
We have visited this territory already
in discussing Whitehead's early interpretation of Bergson's view of the intellect,
which turns out to be not a difference of doctrine, but a
misunderstanding on Whitehead's part of Bergson's view.
While the ancient formula «Outside the Church no salvation» may lend itself to
misunderstanding, we agree that there is no salvation apart from the Church, since to be related to Christ is necessarily to be related,
in however full or tenuous a manner, to the Church
which is his body.
Perhaps it is worth pointing out,
in order to avoid
misunderstanding, that the description of majesty,
which is intended to make us capable of seeing it and to lead us to it, is not like that of the Old or even the New Testament.
If Christ is our redeemer through sharing fully
in the human lot, surely he needed to have experienced the deeply limited nature of human knowledge: the ambiguity, confusion,
misunderstandings, and perplexing situations
which constantly arise and assail our lives.
We seem, therefore, to have here, down to the very words,
which he quotes
in order that there may be no
misunderstanding, a part at least of what Paul was accustomed to preach as Gospel, clearly distinguished from the theological superstructure of his thought: he proclaimed the facts that Christ died and rose again.
• A grotesque
misunderstanding of «tolerance» and «fairness,» rooted
in an even more comprehensive delusion about what makes for human happiness,
which isn't «I did it my way.»
One of the
misunderstandings which naturally arise among people of good will
in the First World is that the problems of the Third World can be solved «if only we can get enough of the new technology.»
Or forgiveness and promise combine
in a treaty or a contract
in which the parties acknowledge past
misunderstandings and wrongs and mutually pledge to move beyond them.
It would not be difficult for me, however, to write a whole book, were I to examine the various
misunderstandings, the preposterous attitudes, the deceptive movements,
which I have encountered
in my brief practice.
In that common
misunderstanding of love we discover exactly the softness, the coziness, about
which I have spoken.
No fear here... we are too well established... most folks live
in their worlds without much understanding of others views
which in turn leads to
misunderstandings.
«The different religions have now come together, and if they are not to continue
in a state of conflict or competition, they must develop a spirit of comprehension
which will break down prejudice and
misunderstanding and bind them together as varied expressions of a single truth.
So this melancholy of poetical longing is grounded
in a deep
misunderstanding, because the lonely wanderer is everywhere surrounded
in nature by that
which does not understand him, even though it always seems as if an understanding must be arrived at.
So there is, albeit
in a manner
which easily leads to
misunderstandings, also
in Whitehead some sort of «immutability» of God, because change pertains to a nexus (e.g., a society), and God remains one actual entity.
We need to trust, furthermore, that the means by
which Jesus has chosen to communicate with us are reliable: that the portrayal of him
in the Gospels is not the result of the early church's malicious manipulation or fundamental
misunderstanding, for example, or that the entire tradition of creed and teaching is not so corrupt that it distorts Jesus entirely, or that the encounter with Jesus through meal and word and saint and stranger is not mere fantasy or projection.
All the combining factors
which are necessarily connected with the verbal and written formulation — the
misunderstanding and new meaning, interpretation and stylization — enter
in.
And a lot of mis - interpretations are generated by lack of access to the Greek or Hebrew — such as today's «rapture» nonsense, based an a
misunderstanding of the Greek and the original setting / culture
in which the relevant texts were first written.
To enter into a detailed description of these would not further our present purpose; but it is important to bear fixedly
in mind that all offense is
in its essence a
misunderstanding of the Moment, since it is directed against the Paradox,
which again is the Moment.
But
in studying the teaching there is again danger of
misunderstanding, of supposing such teaching to be a system of general truths, a system of propositions
which have validity apart from the concrete life situation of the speaker.
In an interview, Philip Shull, agricultural counselor at the US Embassy in Manila said that the Philippines is a huge market which is growing every year and that the US government is concerned about misunderstanding GM crops and product
In an interview, Philip Shull, agricultural counselor at the US Embassy
in Manila said that the Philippines is a huge market which is growing every year and that the US government is concerned about misunderstanding GM crops and product
in Manila said that the Philippines is a huge market
which is growing every year and that the US government is concerned about
misunderstanding GM crops and products.
It was a fortunate thing for the British
in the other room that they were not using (or rather abusing) the set of signals known as the suit - preference convention, enslavement to, or rather a
misunderstanding of,
which has cost its users a great many points.
Try «active listening,»
in which you reflect back what the coach is saying; that helps keep
misunderstandings to a minimum.
Last Friday, Janet Poppendieck had a thought - provoking piece
in the Washington Post entitled, «Five Myths About School Food,»
in which she takes on five common
misunderstandings about the school lunch program, namely that:
Each state has different laws and perceptions on surrogacy,
which often leads to
misunderstandings in surrogacy agreements or obstacles for intended parents trying to build their families.
Many of the situations
in which breast milk seems to require an addition of other foods arise from
misunderstandings about how breastfeeding works or originate from a poor start at establishing breastfeeding.
A few cases have surfaced
in which records were thought to have been sealed but were not — either by mishandling or
misunderstanding.
He said
in the North there would be religious
misunderstanding between the Muslims and Christians,
which the nation has just witnessed.
This is greatly exacerbated
in the US,
which shows a weird mix of
misunderstanding and political posturing... we've already got an answer claiming all socialism is communism (same people that use «liberal» as a curseword),
which makes a pretty good example for this.
Sanja Nanja while apologizing said ``... the queen - mother of Atebubu and I had a
misunderstanding which resulted
in me hurling insults on her out of anger.
And the mayor pointed to a
misunderstanding in which individuals thought an ambulance was involved
in deporting Ragbir, noting the city will not take an ambulance «
which is there to protect human life and use it
in a deportation.»
A myriad of problems
which inludes cases of school dropout, marital
misunderstandings and collapse, psychological traumas and its related health challenges have not been discussed,
in fact the revelations are so damning
This
misunderstanding was buttressed by the Number 10 website,
which lists Alistair Carmichael as a Deputy Chief Whip (and number three
in the Whips» Office).