Sentences with phrase «never understood the point»

I have never understood the point of looking for evil, pagan roots or whatever in holidays so we can avoid them.

The ignorant will never understand your point Rob B.

Moving on to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, Livingstone argued that the New Labour leaders never understood the point of leadership.

I never understood the point.

I have never understood the point of a short sleeve sweater, sweater dress, etc..

I never understood the point of unboxing videos — some kind of strange wish - fulfillment fantasy thing — but at least the video shows the Kobo Touch in action after the 45 second mark.

I've never understood the point of standing still and shooting.

Not exact matches

«You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view,» he says.

«A full reading of Bernstein's email reveals an important point ---- his assertion that, in the 1980s, we never denied the possible role of human activity as a cause for climate change, and he further makes clear that, at that point in time, there was a great deal of uncertainty and lack of understanding of climate change, even among leading scientists and experts,» said Keil, adding that today, Exxon «believes the risk of climate change is clear, and warrants action.»

Men can not be understood without Christ, as John Paul II never tired of pointing out, referring to the words of Gaudiumet Spes (22):

In fact, however you study human beings in biology, whilst you will find out true and important things, you will never really understand what it is to be human — you will miss the point.

Well, the poster used some emotionally charged phrases (never understood, hypocrisy, shut up) but I have always agreed with two fundamental points they raised, which I will state as quickly as possible for your consideration, no pressure or judgment intended:

The whole point of these lessons we're supposed to learn is the idea that one day we become fathers, that we will grow up and have the same knowledge and experience of our fathers, sometimes more than but in terms of our relationship with god, we're supposed to accept that we're eternally children, that as much as we learn, grow and generally build upon past knowledge, we'll never attain the level of understanding or power that god has, this being is on a completely different level.

One of the phenomena most difficult for the Catholic Church to understand, as Gilfeather O'Brien points out, is how the Guatemalan cofradias (religious fratemities based on the syncretism of Roman Catholic and ancient Mayan teachings) have been unable to compete with Pentecostal groups that offer «personal transformation of the kind the Catholic Church has desired but never achieved over the centuries.»

Man will never reach the point where he has spoken the last word about it, and indeed no believer ever understands anything like the whole of it.

People who have not gotten the basic facts about their life straight will not do the things that make learning from Jesus possible and will never be able to understand the basic points in the lessons to be learned.

Concretely, he must never be satisfied to cease asking â $ ˜but why?â $ ™ until he has driven his understanding to the point where he has an immediate, human grasp of what a given position meant, such that every nuance in the data is accounted for and withal, given the total of presuppositions and circumstances, he could feel himself doing the sameâ $ (p. 290).

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

A point I could never get Alexandria to understand with her exclusionist, only those truly in the Spirit agree with her and all others are lost, belief system.

(That Jesus declared all foods clean — Mark 7:19 — is not so clear, particularly when one considers that the Jerusalem church apparently never understood this to be the case and that Peter only got the point much later.

I wouldn't expect you to be able to understand judaism from an outsiders point of view, the same way I will never understand christianity for the same reason, just know Chad that trying to explain my own religion to me through the lens of yours doesn't really make sense and just seems foolish.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view -LSB-...] until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.»

the most important point that is missing is that if you are not born again, you can never understand the things of the spirit and the soul.

The reason is clear: the discussion about existence as a perfection, as if that were all that is involved, does not make explicit the far more important point that, in the case of «God,» properly understood, nonexistence was never a real possibility, a consideration entirely overlooked by those who blithely say that, of course, we all know that no existence can be derived from «mere» ideas.

Giroud is quality yes but for instance say we bought ibra at 33 yrs now... tell me who would bench the other because i really need to see your point of view... make me understand that he is the forward we need and i will never miss a top quality attacker like aguero again

I think that you have made a very valid point in regards to arsenal players, but we also must understand that all these players are going to want to play whether are not the position they are placed in is what their skill set is most suited for, you will never hear Ramsay say Walcott should be played over him, because he his a better winger.

A self - described Gordon fan growing up, Logano never understood why Gordon was so disliked to the point fans twice threw beer cans onto the track when he won in 2004 and»07 at Talladega Superspeedway.

Thanks Geoff Wood, but you see all those Useless people who in charge of the Team will never listen and really understand your point of view, the only way to show our Anger is for all the Fans to Seat at home on March days let the whole Stadium be Empty and no Fans should purchase Season Tickets for next season.

I understand it's been since Christopher Columbus was a teenager that a road team took game 7, but the Spurs have still never trailed at any point of an NBA Final.

The points available to win in Abu Dhabi are the same as in Melbourne, I've never understood drivers who want the car to be at its best by the end of the season.

I hope we never lose that, our ability to listen to each other with undivided attention and sincerely try to understand an opposing point of view.

after being in this kind of relationship for all this years you start to question everything about yourself you think you must be too fat or too ugly for a few years I thought what was the point in leaving him if my own husband doesn't want who else is going to want me I must of had the conversation about how our situation was affecting me over 1000 times when he did bother to come near me like once every 5 - 8 months he'd say it wasn't enjoyable for him because I was very awkward but he never understood the reason I was uncomfortable how are you supposed to feel good about yourself when you know your husband would rather look at other women online

Undeterred Davies pointed out that violence against women and girls could never be entirely eradicated, said he doesn't understand the difference between a goal and a target and demanded a list of concrete policies that the panel would like to see implemented that would help achieve the goal of equality.

«I've never met an elected official who understood the issues better than David Fried,» added COBARC Executive Board Member Matthew Peters of Stony Point.

Harper Lee wrote in To Kill a Mockingbird: «You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.»

This isn't a physical barrier but a point of no return: objects that pass beyond it can never escape the black hole (but see below to understand how quantum mechanics undermines that idea).

We may never know, but certainly it's shown itself with it's ability to be a human virus and that's really what we are dealing with at this point and more will come as we understand the virus better.

As a graduate student, I never fully understood this point, but when I became an independent researcher, I certainly came to see his point.

Now, I hate to admit that I see his point about the boxes; however, I will never understand the mattress.

His narration is an insurance policy intended to guarantee audience involvement and make sure we never fail to understand any point.

The point of the story, as I thought I was understanding it, was how families are torn apart due to the horrors of war, but it never really works out that way.

It should also be mentioned that the movie never goes too far into video game structure or terminology to the point where casual moviegoers won't understand; everything is explained and easily followed.

See, the evil old guy president, President Snow (Donald Sutherland), hidden away in his luxury suites in the Capital, has between chapters two and chapter three - point - one (and if you don't remember what happened in the last movie, you'll never understand; you don't even care, do you?

The extensive look at the family dynamic of Lee (Affleck) and his nephew Patrick, near flawlessly portrayed by Lucas Hedges, can be off - putting at times, but never to a point when you didn't understand it's significance.

«Effective music teachers need to understand multiple contexts,» she says, pointing out that many often become music teachers because they either had wonderful experiences or want to give back what they never had.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.»

In President Obama's farewell address in Chicago, he notes that for democracy to work in a nation that is becoming more and more diverse, we need to «heed the advice of one of the great characters in American fiction, Atticus Finch, who said, «You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.»»

«We tried to push that, and it never really got done because I don't think anyone understood how the federal government could create carrots,» says Kress, pointing out that the feds contribute a small portion, about 12 percent, of the public school budget.

«And pointed out things that I'd never heard of, used words that I'd never been exposed to, and understand it way better than me.

The problem is auto maker executives have forgotten one key point along with the automotive task force that apparently never has understood: it is the dealers that own the dealerships.