Sentences with phrase «make old arguments»

One hates to make old arguments, but if this education teaches (as other sections of the report make clear that is must) the familiar doctrines about how very wrong it is to impose any kind of normative standard on the many forms that peoples» desires can take, on what basis does it exclude pornography or the sexualization of young girls as legitimate forms of the varied human sexual appetite?

Not exact matches

Others have pointed to this argument as a «might makes right» argument and I've noted the old axiom that «just because you can do something doesn't mean you should do something.»

Reference is indeed made to Irenaeus's opposition to Gnosticism, to his discarding of the Marcionites» attempt to get rid of the Old Testament, to his argument for four gospels and four only and to his doctrine of recapitulation, but there is no independent treatment of these issues.

This is an old and tired argument creationists love to make - that science is itself a form of faith.

I would say that the fact that your watches and calendars are BASED on these calendars, would therefore mean that I could rip the floor out of ANY argument you make regarding this world to be more than 5773 years old.

I don't know many normal, say, 10 year olds who would make such convoluted and blinkered arguments.

Indeed, an argument could be made that at no time since the First Great Awakening have so many churches of disparate denominational, theological and stylistic approaches been so united in terms of their music: one can now walk into old - line Pentecostal churches, small - town evangelical congregations, mall - like suburban megachurches, and many a mainline Protestant sanctuary across the country on any given Sunday morning and hear the same hymns and choruses done in approximately the same musical styles, with similar settings and instrumentation.

Jeremy i am surprised you never countered my argument Up till now the above view has been my understanding however things change when the holy spirit speaks.He amazes me because its always new never old and it reveals why we often misunderstand scripture in the case of the woman caught in adultery.We see how she was condemned to die and by the grace of God Jesus came to her rescue that seems familar to all of us then when they were alone he said to her Go and sin no more.This is the point we misunderstand prior to there meeting it was all about her death when she encountered Jesus something incredible happened he turned a death situation into life situation so from our background as sinners we still in our thinking and understanding dwell in the darkness our minds are closed to the truth.In effect what Jesus was saying to her and us is chose life and do nt look back that is what he meant and that is the walk we need to live for him.That to me was a revelation it was always there but hidden.Does it change that we need discipline in the church that we need rules and guidelines for our actions no we still need those things.But does it change how we view non believers and even ourselves definitely its not about sin but its all about choosing life and living.He also revealed some other interesting things on salvation so i might mention those on the once saved always saved discussion.Jeremy just want to say i really appreciate your website because i have not really discussed issues like this and it really is making me press in to the Lord for answers to some of those really difficult questions.regards brentnz

If everyone is a sinner from birth onwards, by your own argument all the infants slaughtered in the Old Testament ethnic cleansings went straight to hell ------------------- — No, because although salvation is an act of God, we are also required to make a choice.

Same as: Children should not be thought right from wrong until they are old enough to make decisions (and I do not mean this in a religious argument) but its the same logic.

But then I'm not holding my breath — fred has had this same argument time and time again, and has yet to come up with any credible evidence for his particular brand of make - believe — something so obviously rehashed from older mythology.

The old «Christianity is evil because Christianity has killed millions» argument... If you read the Bible, there are many times that God commanded His people to destroy other groups of people through, gasp, violent means, because those people had rejected Him completely and were ruining the earth, which He had made.

Ambiguity is glossed over, the man at Dothan is simply noted, Reuben intervenes because he is oldest brother, and Hamilton makes his own argument for the literary unity of Gen 37, only footnoting the literary studies that support the position.

On the far side of the older argument over the compatibility of Catholicism and democracy, this book seeks to convince us that the principles and practices of the free society are made necessary by Catholic teaching.

An argument could be made that the old puritan was too generous, thinking that God had killed his son for a thought crime rather than for a crime committed by ancestors who lived millennia ago.

Although there is an argument to suggest that the Dutchman's versatility and quality on the ball could make him an important squad member, it doesn't appear as though it will be enough to save his Old Trafford career.

To say that a 34 year old goalie can not become a better backup than a 34 year old total flop of a starting goalie is the dumbest argument one can make.

You can make an argument that a ref shouldn't be only a year older than the kids he is reffing; but it is utterly embarrassing that people were taking a youth hockey game this seriously.

However an older child may validly make an argument that this is a form of parental spying and control; that it is a curtailment of a child's freedom and privacy.

Plenty of us are sick of fighting the same old battles over and over again, and by reminding us how unpleasant those old conflicts can be, Bill and Hillary Clinton made one of the most powerful arguments against electing her president.

Now, we could make the argument that people like to vote for old white men because that is human nature.

According to her the videos and pictures that people are using as their justification does not make sense because she was so skinny and small than size 6, so people can not base their argument on her old pictures as their justification.

One makes a compelling argument for reusing the old MSG.

They are either old votes which he later rejected, or on issues where liberal arguments can be made either way.

«I don't think anybody can make the argument that we provide sufficient programming and rehabilitation services for 16 and 17 year olds, and as a matter of fact all of the peple who are going to return to society.»

By the third term, when the old «progressive majority» arguments might have made some headway, Blair didn't seem terribly interested in the future and may no longer have had the political capital to achieve reform had he tried.

Another argument is that mayoral control makes it more feasible to carry out large - scale changes or initiatives like Mr. de Blasio's expansion of prekindergarten and «3 - K for All,» his plan to offer free preschool to all 3 - year - olds.

And former shadow Armed Forces minister Toby Perkins said: «Both my parents were members of CND and I will certainly have made some of the arguments as a 13 - year - old as we heard from the front bench some moments ago.»

«I think it's a hard argument to make either strongly in favor or strongly against the formation of ellipticals by mergers,» since some clusters don't survive to the age of old ellipticals and the «infant mortality rate» is uncertain.

But I'm pretty sure that technology has made that argument as old and out of date as my husband!

Because fashion lacks a constant stream of product innovation to render old items obsolete, copycats help to make once exclusive products feel passé, thereby generating demand for new items, so the argument goes.

Covering an article from OKCupid that makes an argument using statistics that suggests men should consider dating older women.

While there may be an argument for going on and making your own way as a new production company, it was lovely to see all of the call - backs to older Miyazaki films.

The latest — and making a serious argument for being the greatest — work of 83 - year - old non-fiction veteran Frederick Wiseman, the four - hour epic peeks at every possible facet of the University Of California Berkeley, a great public university facing increasing funding challenges.

Zoe Lister Jones's comedy BAND AID, stars Lister and Adam Pally as a married couple that attempt to work through their marital issues and strife by pulling out some old musical instruments and making up songs about the subject of their arguments.

At first she's unsure she wants to revisit the material; she doesn't feel comfortable playing the older character and she makes a compelling argument that she's still connected to the young character that she played early in her career but after discussions with the director and pressure from her agent and her assistant, she agrees to take on the role and the challenge.

The 43 - year - old actor has filed a lawsuit against his 21 - year - old former lover - whom he dated from April this year until July - in response to the legal documents Elsie made against him in September, which saw her accuse the «Shooter» star for being violent towards her after an argument on July 3.

While Hess doesn't disagree that testing corporations will benefit, he finds the argument that the profit - motive is the primary force behind the adoption of the Core «silly,» noting, «The corporations are making money off the old tests and will make it off the new tests.»

This very good piece by my old high school friend (now at AEI) Josh Good echoes family - related arguments made by Finn's mentor a half century ago.

If you want to get a better sense of the shoddiness of the arguments of opponents of school discipline reform, especially when it comes to the Department of Education's guidance on reducing the overuse of harsh school discipline, simply look at the traditional districts represented in Congress by Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland, who this morning, complained that the four - year - old Dear Colleague letter made school leaders «afraid» to discipline children in their care.

Poor Steven Zacharius, taking to the comment sections of the indiesphere in defense of publishing using all the old arguments that used to convince all the desperate aspiring writers that publishing is a haven where agents and editors will take care of you and together you will make Culture and be Important.

As a writer's coach and a successful indie author since 2002, much of what was revealed here came as no surprise to me, and the comments made in the interview were the same old arguments I've seen brought out over and over, which is by no means a criticism.

Since those secrets are out and many of those houses have disappeared, one could make an argument that some secrets are best kept in order to preserve books and the old guardians who respected them.

If an 9 year old can take the Amazon book I purchased for him and convert it so it works perfectly on his ePub only device, please don't try and make the general public believe your argument because you will make laughing stocks of yourselves.

Hibbs's argument for making only older comics available on digital rests on the assumption that digital media will be the new newsstand, where people discover comics for the first time, and then they will be steered to their local comics shops, where they will buy the comics in print, as they should.

The argument is made that a young person can handle this risk better than an older person.

Arguments for vaccinating include the fact that no specific dangers exist for vaccinating a healthy older dog and the possibility that older dogs may have weakened immune systems, making existing titers less resistant to highly contagious diseases such as canine parainfluenza.

Yes there is an argument to be had that if you want to play the old games then why not just keep the old machine, but you can make the same argument about keeping your old house just because you prefer to take a dump in its toilet rather than your current one.

That said, you can make the argument that she merely wanted to seem like a cool mom to younger players, in the hope that they tune in to the revival of the Roseanne show, which (shameless plug) airs March 27 at 8PM ET on ABC; we love that old episode where DJ gets the Super Nintendo, by the way.

People could make a legitimate argument that they were advertised an experience that was not delivered on the older generation of consoles.