Sentences with phrase «just about every conviction»

Since just about every conviction Silver was nailed for depended on whether he took an «official act,» the Second Circuit suggested prosecutors needed to start over.

Not exact matches

Therefore, just as Christians do not believe that Jesus is the risen Lord because of a conviction that the story of Joseph «raised» from prison by Pharaoh is both a prefiguration and historically accurate in the details of Genesis, so also Jews do not commit themselves to observance of the law on the basis of convictions about the historical accuracy of the book of Exodus.

For Gilkey, the «neo» of his orthodoxy is precisely where he remained most liberal» not just his penchant for talking about biblical symbols and myths but also his conviction that the problem of historical consciousness is the context for all modern theology.

These and other principles of just war arose out of Christian convictions about the value of human life, social order and the rule of law.

In another letter, when asked about his thoughts about building a monument to Gen. Thomas «Stonewall» Jackson, he said again it just wasn't a good idea: «As regards the erection of such a monument as is contemplated, my conviction is, that, however grateful it would be to the feelings of the South, the attempt, in the present condition of the country, would have the effect of retarding instead of accelerating its accomplishment, and of continuing if not adding to the difficulties under which the Southern people labor.»

«So it gave us an opportunity to talk about their conviction and why they don't eat pork and what that means, and it really opened up some great opportunities of dialogue and conversation — just really over cuisine — all of us sitting down and talking about what our beliefs are.»

«Jesus» parable is not just about racial or ethnic difference, it is also about religious, theological, and ideological convictions...»

Just because I do not accept your conviction that those verses are the only verses in the Bible about Salvation and no others are relative does not mean I did not consider each verse you referenced.

It just seems to me that as a writer / researcher who clearly knows better, it is really your job to attack, debunk and tear these assinine arguments about Obama's religious convictions to pieces rather than giving them some kind of legitimacy.

I am just talking about my personal convictions.

In real life, a lot of convictions are still obtained through coerced confessions and uncertain witness testimony, which is just about the worst evidence there is.

The health changes your pastor made due to conviction about his eating and fitness habits is just as important as the ways he's grown in his marriage.

Perhaps one of his greatest needs just now is a «theology of speaking», a clear conviction about what happens in a speaking - listening situation.

Whatever your convictions are about lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender, shouldn't they be loved and accepted just like anyone else?

Everything else that we say about him, as creator, redeemer, companion, the maker of moral demands, the righteous and just one, must be referred back to that abiding Christian conviction.

«No one should be forced to choose between their religious convictions and their family businesses and livelihoods, particularly when the state allows referrals for just about any other reason,» she said.

Among his convictions which Marcus Borg explains in his book is the idea that salvation is about way more than just going to heaven when we die.

I was all excited until I just read about Dr. Robert O. Young and his arrest and conviction.

I truly hope you all understand how unethical it is to post a story like this without permission, regardless of how strongly you feel about home birthing or your convictions to prove whatever point (although this story can hardly be generalized to all home birthing just as hospital mistakes can't be generalized).

The swaggering Mr. Bharara, who seems to have successfully indicted just about every single pol in Albany, has drawn fawning press and was on a remarkable winning streak until an appeals court overturned some of his insider trading convictions.

I find them a little scary, but I am very clear in my convictions about what needs to be done and so I'm going to continue to do educational activism just the way I've done it for the last 20 years,» Ms. Moskowitz said.

Crowe the told a story about Gosling's ability to be funny and go off - script to try to make Crowe laugh and lose his way: «We blocked off a section of Sunset Boulevard and it was a very simple shot... But Ryan is just not on the script, he's just jamming off some idea that's in his head about German spank films and I'm just falling apart in the car laughing and he goes into that pseudo-German he does with such conviction... and Joel is screaming «Not tonight guys, not tonight!»

There is just nothing about the game's presentation that stands out and seems like it was worked on with any conviction.

I find them a little scary, but I am very clear in my convictions about what needs to be done and so I'm going to continue to do educational activism just the way I've done it for the last 20 years,» Ms. Moskowitz said.

In considering topics of political immediacy — wrongful conviction, heredity, state secrecy, and the porosity of international borders, to name just a few — she addresses the rhetorical nature of the image within her chosen topic, producing works that are as much about the radical potential of images as they are about their limits.

The advice seems to be: Forget about Socrates doing the dirty groundwork to actually build doubt, shake convictions and lead people to the truth, and just be Gorgias who's mastering the skills of convincing people, whatever is what we're convincing people about.

I just read his writings here and recognised the symptoms of conviction — about something, whatever it might be.

«Client Intake: It's About Much More Than Just Checking Conflicts Main On the Other Side of Wrongful Conviction»

Our ability to detect wrongful convictions is just about zero.

Is the message here that the law (and the system) is to serve the rich and powerful, or alternatively to overwhelm and defeat those who aren't rich and powerful (say for example Conrad Black who fights on post conviction and release from prison, unlike just about every other schmoe who gets caught up in the system)?

We not only offer free consultations to people looking to fly into Canada with a misdemeanor or felony intoxicated driving conviction, we can help foreign nationals with just about any Canadian criminal inadmissibility issue.

This year, on October 4, the Pennsylvania Innocence Project is asking our friends and supporters to mark Wrongful Conviction Day by creating a Wall for Innocence: just a wall, or blackboard, or space on the ground where people can share their thoughts about what «Innocence Means...».

Official court statistics for 2006 show that the conviction to acquittal rate for all jury deliberated cases is just about 70 % to 30 %.

Just when you are about to start drafting your resume, with strong conviction that you can outshine other job candidates, you suddenly paused.

«You need to stand strong, but your conviction about pricing has to be based on something other than just what's in your head.