Sentences with phrase «individuals at this point in history»

This is not a discussion of whether Bitcoin is fraudulent or not, this comes down to a discussion of whether collectively as individuals at this point in history we want to put our faith in a currency backed by a centralized system or decentralized system.

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Thank you for pointing out that our individual opinions regarding what may or may not have happened at some point in human history about two thousand years ago, that our individual opinions regarding the credibility (or lack thereof) of gospel accounts in terms of their accuracy and historicity, do not trump what actually happened (or didn't happen) in human history about two thousand years ago.

Obviously it is much more difficult for us to imagine the first appearance of reflective thought at some point in the history of a phylum or race made up of different individuals than at some point in the series of states making up the life of one and the same embryo.

Upon careful analysis, at least ten such points become apparent: (1) Blake alone among Christian artists has created a whole mythology; (2) he was the first to discover the final loss of paradise, the first to acknowledge that innocence has been wholly swallowed up by experience; (3) no other Christian artist or seer has so fully directed his vision to history and experience; (4) to this day his is the only Christian vision that has openly or consistently accepted a totally fallen time and space as the paradoxical presence of eternity; (5) he stands alone among Christian artists in identifying the actual passion of sex as the most immediate epiphany of either a demonic or a redemptive «Energy,» just as he is the only Christian visionary who has envisioned the universal role of the female as both a redemptive and a destructive power; (6) his is the only Christian vision of the total kenotic movement of God or the Godhead; (7) he was the first Christian «atheist,» the first to unveil God as Satan; (8) he is the most Christocentric of Christian seers and artists; (9) only Blake has created a Christian vision of the full identity of Jesus with the individual human being (the «minute particular»); and (10) as the sole creator of a post-biblical Christian apocalypse, he has given Christendom its only vision of a total cosmic reversal of history.

Sometimes I wonder if perhaps the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous have, at some point in its 76 year history, contained individuals who possessed the ability to do great things — cure cancer, revolutionize politics, or contribute other great things to society — but whose minds became so polluted with AA propaganda that they shut off their own brilliance and chose to spend the rest of their lives «making their sobriety their number one priority» and believing humility to be more valuable than fulfilling their potential and allowing their greatness to shine.

Tennis pointed out past stars at quarterback in the state such as Del Oro's Randy Fasani and Santa Margarita's Carson Palmer as individuals that may have been the greatest QBs in California history based on size, arm strength and numbers.

As WFP leader Dan Cantor said at the time (fingers crossed, no doubt): «We understand and accept Andrew's point that this is a pivotal moment in the history of this state, similar to the 1975 New York City fiscal crisis, when leaders in the labor, civic, business and political arena must put aside their individual agendas for the good of the entire state.»

If, at some point in a breed's history, a particular sire or line of dogs becomes predominant, inherited problems may start to arise seemingly out of nowhere simply because attempts to concentrate the desirable genes of select individuals can inadvertently bring together whatever undesirable genes are present.

However, Borderlands also seems to tap into the discipline of documentary photography; while portraying individual smugglers, Agbodjelou also records a practice characteristic for Benin at a certain point in history.

I specialize in working with both individuals and couples with difficult childhood histories or even stressful circumstances at any point in life that impact adult functioning.