Sentences with phrase «narrow minded in»

You can't be too narrow minded in your career search.

Anyway, back to the topic in hand - in short, I think with so many books out there you're not being narrow minded in choosing not to read the Left Behind series and, frankly, considering you'd probably only get into a disagreement with your friend about them if you did, it's probably prudent of you not to!

I believe that the church defnitely doesn't accomodate all these phases and perhaps to try and do that will be greedy and narrow minded in the sense that it confine the work of God to what happens inside the institutional church.

its not really atheism or religion that I have a problem with, its the hate, control, and fear that goes along with it that I have a problem with, you say that those who are spiritual are into new agey, crystal ball, stuff, see that's what I'm talking about, you assume to know what something is about when you don't understand something you naturally fear it, your self righteous clouds you, don't you get that by being narrow minded in your view towards things, you really act no better than religious fundamentalists, being spiritual is a lot more than just the new agey, think positive all the time that you think it is, its about being aware of who you are?

Not exact matches

But focus, by definition, narrows the scope of our thinking, and given how complex and fast moving most business problems are, we should relearn the skill of simply opening our mind and giving ourselves half an hour to think, in an unstructured, creative way, about whatever pops up.

Former Harvard president Larry Summers called the program «the single most misdirected philanthropy in this decade,» according to TechCrunch, while Slate Group chairman Jacob Weisberg wrote in Newsweek, «Thiel fellows will have the opportunity to emulate their sponsor by halting their intellectual development around the onset of adulthood, maintaining a narrow - minded focus on getting rich as young as possible and thereby avoid the siren lure of helping others or pursuing knowledge for its own sake.»

Being alert and focused narrows the mind's thought process, often causing one to fixate on the same solution, which certainly has its place in a typical work day.

Peoples» attention has been distracted into speculation about of how they might get rich in a parallel universe that might exist in theory — if one accepts the narrow - minded assumptions that are being taught — but whose most important real - world consequence is to impose a debt spiral on America and other nations.

Never mind that this is only in the narrowest technical sense.

The common image of Calvinism — and I hear it portrayed in this way often, even by people who know some things about theology — is that the religion of John Calvin is a mean - spirited, narrow - minded perspective where a nasty God decides to save a few people while arbitrarily consigning the vast portion of the human race to eternal suffering.

(insert your own, southerners backwoods joke here) So Mendel fails, in my mind, to adequately account for the very narrow gene pool (read single - celled organism) that the theory of evolution begins with.

In the minds of every member of the coalition: big business, evangelicals, libertarians, neo-conservatives, etc. this is there chance to take over and carry through their narrow agenda.

btw, Atheists are too narrow - Minded IMHO, I am NOT Atheist (technically not even possible in this context)

If atheists believe that that there is no faith to be held, that belief in no faith IS their faith... and, in turn, voids their humanistic, narrow - minded views.

Those who are dogmatic in their religious beliefs are criticized for being narrow minded, and ironically you are of similar mind.

If not, he's narrow - minded in a way that Newt Gingrich, who has changed denominations, is not.

Atheist are the most narrow minded people I know in everyday life.

Now, I realize I am now automatically dismissed as a narrow - minded zealot by the «free thinkers» on this site, but, if one is Christian and believes in the veracity of Christian tenets, then it is * illogical * to consider that other paths are equally valid.

You will laugh and celebrate because in your eyes a narrow - minded «religious» company was destroyed.

I agree when you are show casing narrow minded traditions in church, and I am all for that, but now you are removing one of the most clearly attested teachings of the NT.

And to all the narrow - minded folk using this comment post to vent about their distrust / disbelief of God; let it go, find a Christian, and experience the Gospel in all its messiness, worldly illogicality, and simple Awe - inspiring relief.

Anyone who is that blind to their own bigotry, who is that narrow minded and holds that much hatred and contempt for other people, just because of who they are, can't possibly come to their senses in a short blog conversation.

I hope I see it in my lifetime, but getting the narrow - minded religious zealots to accept ALL people for their respective religious beliefs or non-beliefs is no small task.

God are you so narrow minded to the point of not possibly take this in consideration?

The narrow minded fools with their ideals firmly rooted in the 15th century are not my idea of competent leaders.

Its just plan stupid and a waste of time, if you believe in god or buddah or allah or anyother good thats great for you and if you do not believe in a god thats great too, Whats one big problem that i cant understand is why people are so narrow minded on both sides of the specturm and even within different religions.

Group polarization happens when, in the absence of diverse influences, homogenous group members tend to adopt more extreme and narrow - minded thinking as time passes.

Else the discussion would be poisoned, because it would have to be supposed that the opponent is stupid or narrow - minded; and in this case we could no longer realize that such disputes also have a moral element, namely love, respect for the other's attitude and tolerance.

Charlotte's narrow - minded neuroscience professor, Dr. Starling, uses the word «soul» only in quotation marks.

You are so narrow minded, intransigent (look it up in the dictionary), and without any ability to think outside of your little «box» called the bible.

Narrow minded, behind the times, and using empty words to get in some (brainless) cheap shots.

That is exactly the unflinching narrow minded BS, that is and will, minimize further any political influence the Chistian Right will have in the the future.

In considering possibilities, I guess you are pretty narrow - minded and unimaginative.

SO, since your mind is obvously too narrow to understand the POINT of the article in mentioning the paragraph you quote, I will try to explain it.

My only hope is that someday when the «little green men» come and visit us, the narrow minded among us will finally realize that we are not part of some «master plan» and just another lucky coincidence in the universe.

The lines are so big that doctors (or nurses) are not able to see them in one day... You are so narrow - minded man... hope you never get sick!!!

That is rich — after trying their best to marginalize everybody in this country who doesn't follow their narrow minded vision, they start to squeal at the first sign that their time at the top has finally passed.

If we Christians were truly the evil racist, bigotted and narrow - minded beings that you claim we are, I would wonder at the miracle of an Atheist still continueing to exist in America.

Oh why waste my time here trying to get someone as narrow minded as yourself to understand the fantasies in your head as just that.

How narrow minded are today's scientists in their logistics regarding spatial relativisms!

He who often thinks of God, will have a larger mind than the man who simply plods around this narrow globe... The most excellent study for expanding the soul, is the science of Christ, and Him crucified, and the knowledge of the Godhead in the glorious Trinity.

The problem with these elders are a narrow minded view of scripture, but the issue is in their stubborness, not in the scriptures.

The Editor in the Preface says that the Tract «polemises against a form of narrow sectarian Secularism which refuses to be sensitive to tradition and faith» and argues that Secularism needs to be rethought taking religious faith seriously, that «only then can Secularism reclaim the ideological space which Fundamentalists are threatening to take over, only then can Secularists capture the minds of the people» (p.vi).

Atheists are the most narrow minded people I know in my life so far.

With complete naivete they answer that that part of the revelation that they have encountered up till now is self - evident and reasonable, but the revelation in Christ that now touches them is narrow - minded and uncertain.

What if your son or daughter told you they were gay?Would you follow your narrow - minded, religious bigotry, and curse them to hell?Or, could you find a way to change your mind and continue to love them?Would you slap your kid in the face and kick them out of the house and ask your god why he is so cruel to little - old you?Do yourself a favour and spend a moment thinking on this subject before you spout your hate - fulll nonsense again... and for crying out loud, LAY OFF THE KFC!!

Although his general observation is interesting at best, the problem though, is that all of his supporting arguments are nothing more than judgmental in the most narrow - minded way.

To give you an example of just how narrow minded they are when in power, Stalin was so obsessed with wiping out rival factions of communists and socialists and anarchists in the Spanish Civil War that he lost the war!

He was born in western New York, the son of a clergyman who was a narrow - minded, strait - laced, Calvinistic dogmatist.

Both ignore the Teachings of their respective Faiths, in order to lure the unwary into lining their Coffers, and to promote hatred, bigotry, and narrow - minded goose - stepping to their charismatic Leaders calls.