Sentences with phrase «not functioning in a way»

They are not written for children, and do not function in any way as allegories.

Certainly the existent church can not function in this way because Christianity has long ceased to be scrupulous in membership.

The device was not functioning in a way that was consistent with a properly functioning approved screening device.

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At the end of 2015, the team finally had a DNA - assembling system that worked, but it couldn't make the technology function in a way that complied with USDA regulations.

I would present it in such a way that they understand that this is what makes you happier, able to function on the task at hand better, and not that it's a deal breaker.

There was a lot of obfuscation in Facebook's announcement on Tuesday, but the bottom line is that the social - networking behemoth has short - circuited the way that ad blockers function, by removing all the indicators that tell ad - blocking software what is an ad and what isn't.

Think of any app you use regularly on your phone that you love, and you'll see there's a similarity between them in how they've clearly taken steps to not get in the way of the user and their core functions.

The way your office is set up not only plays a role in company culture but also how employees function.

And it's not likely to get any better any time soon, so it's on each of us to make our way through the morass and figure out how best to function in this frantic and fractured new world.

The ways that companies typically organize — usually around business functions in some way — are not going away; certainly not because of social media.

Abra does offline hedging to mitigate our counterparty risk but this does not affect the functioning of the wallet nor the obligation of Abra as the counterparty in any way.

One caveat: at this time, Bitpay functions in the same way as the other credit card processors on Shopify, meaning that you can't use Bitpay in conjunction with Authorize.net, Stripe, or other credit card processors.

I am not above anyone as a Catholic, I am simply a human who believes that God is there for me when I need him, but also that God and Jesus, along with all of their followers have provided me with the tools I need to function in my life without God by my side every step of the way.

Leaving aside the manifold ways in which stay - at - home moms are utterly crucial to their families (some of which — to be sure — can be replaced, however imperfectly, with paid labor of one sort or another), there is this: could the many institutions of our civil society continue to function without the tireless efforts of women who don't regularly participate in the working world?

In the case of metaphysics, at least, Hartshorne's reliance and insistence on falsification appears to be a consequence of his view that the truth of metaphysical statements is a function of their meaning: «Metaphysical statements are not opposed to anything except wrong ways of talking.

You wouldn't read a victorian era novel and then insist that life must continue to function in that way.

Marriages were typically based on economic considerations, not love, with wives holding a higher position than slaves in the household, but still functioning in many ways as the property of their husbands, who could do with them as they willed.

Pregnancy, however, falls comfortably into none of the usual definitions of disease: it is not a state inimical to the way one is supposed to feel; it is not a condition in which body components and systems are acting inharmoniously (to the contrary, infertility would more likely fall within that definition); it is not a state of abnormality — for the pregnant woman functions satisfactorily within society, and the social and physical environment tolerates the pregnant woman perfectly.

To put it another way, it is the person, not the self, whose nature is inextricably bound up in the web of obligations and duties that characterize our actual lives in history, in human society — child, parent, sibling, spouse, associate, friend, and citizen — the positions in which we find ourselves functioning both as agents and acted - upon.

Yet the datum, though not the original creativity, is literally «present in» both concrescences, though it is (or may be) functioning in different ways.

It is not the function of the Qur» an to explain in detail the facts of the universe, its secrets and the useful ways in which it can serve mankind.

Its function lies not in the fact that it is conceptualized for purposes of an abstract definition, but in the fact that it is successively incorporated in an immanent way into the actual occasions that constitute the society.

The new disciples, whether with Jewish or Gentile backgrounds, found in the Christian community not only a transforming experience of divine grace but a sustaining experience of human fellowship, and, in whatever other ways this fellowship functioned, it was bound to express itself in corporate worship.

However, the path of the person that has eschewed all religious organizations is one that is meandering and largely inefficient, and the unfortunate result of not of the religion or the belief itself, but of the way in which bodies of believers function within society.

On the other hand, if the concrete way this school does «have to do with God» is ordered to education for ministerial functions, is it not then in practice using «having to do with God» for a further, ulterior purpose («educating for ministerial functions»), thus corrupting its proper theological character («having to do with God for God's own sake»)?

This function of the will, though it is the responsibility of a person, is not meritorious in any way, for faith is not a work (Rom 4:5), but is simply being persuaded or convinced about what is true, which, in the case of eternal life, is being persuaded that eternal life is the free gift of God to all who believe in Jesus for it.

Our genome is nearly identical to the chimpanzee genome, a little less identical to the gorilla genome, a little less identical to the orangutan genome, and so on — and this correspondence is present in ways that are not needed for function (such as the location of shared genetic defects, the order of genes on chromosomes, and on and on).

Rather than have recourse to an unproductive apologetics when faced with contemporary atheism, we ought to concern ourselves with weeding out from Christianity what is not authentic, should even be grateful to Marx's critique of religion for the purifying function which it performs in this way.

In the light of such a critical function of theology in relation to the generalizations of metaphysics, metaphysical «principles,» «laws,» and «categories» do not appear as (transcendental) conditions of any possible experience, but as that of real experience.35 In a certain sense, Whitehead found a way to initialize a theological project without developing it; and he grounded it in the imperfection of all metaphysical systems in relation to actual events that have the power to reconstruct categories in the passage of the eventIn the light of such a critical function of theology in relation to the generalizations of metaphysics, metaphysical «principles,» «laws,» and «categories» do not appear as (transcendental) conditions of any possible experience, but as that of real experience.35 In a certain sense, Whitehead found a way to initialize a theological project without developing it; and he grounded it in the imperfection of all metaphysical systems in relation to actual events that have the power to reconstruct categories in the passage of the eventin relation to the generalizations of metaphysics, metaphysical «principles,» «laws,» and «categories» do not appear as (transcendental) conditions of any possible experience, but as that of real experience.35 In a certain sense, Whitehead found a way to initialize a theological project without developing it; and he grounded it in the imperfection of all metaphysical systems in relation to actual events that have the power to reconstruct categories in the passage of the eventIn a certain sense, Whitehead found a way to initialize a theological project without developing it; and he grounded it in the imperfection of all metaphysical systems in relation to actual events that have the power to reconstruct categories in the passage of the eventin the imperfection of all metaphysical systems in relation to actual events that have the power to reconstruct categories in the passage of the eventin relation to actual events that have the power to reconstruct categories in the passage of the eventin the passage of the events.

The answer is that theology is a very human, and very important, enterprise; that grasping and assimilating what God has done and continues to do is not something that can be engaged in passively but is a challenge to everything any of us possesses; that the separation of theologizing from what the minister and the church try, fallibly but authentically, to hear of the Word of God in specific situations from some alleged and remote theology is bound to be blasphemous as well as mistaken; and that the one way to hear the Word of God, if it contains the Protestant principle, is to submit our functions to concrete self - criticism.

Since these «mixed» ventures may not always be the churches» most direct or effective way of fulfilling their central function of explaining the ultimate meaning of life to their adherents — and certainly not if muffled by the requirements of public fisc — perhaps churches should be less eager to enter into what can at best be but a very unequal partnership with the public, and less tenacious in clinging to «mixed» institutions rather than letting them spin off to nonsectarian auspices.

In contrast to the foregoing, our contention will be that the «natures» of God can better be understood, not as distinguishable parts, but as ways of indicating various interdependent modes of functioning by the whole actual entity, God.

Though print media serve fewer such functions, they, too, may be used in a variety of ways that do not necessarily isolate an individual.

His good creation was not intended to function this way, but since He gave humans, angels, and even animals (to a degree) the freedom to make genuine choices, we sometimes use this freedom in ways that are contrary to the will and desire of God, and when we do this, the forces of nature suffer the consequences, and chaos rages over the face of earth, wreaking havoc, destroying lives, and bringing destruction in its wake.

Along with the importance of these relationships, are several other key features: the nested hierarchies of organisation at hundreds - if not thousands - of different levels on this planet... the same laws of physics and chemistry function throughout the universe, and everything is related to everything else, often in highly differentiated ways.

At the end of the year I concluded that a group of people can not regularly gather for what they feel to be religious purposes without developing a complex network of signals and symbols and conventions — in short, a subculture — that gains its own logic and then functions in a way peculiar to that group.

12 Even on the assumption of a Vitalism of essentially higher principles of that kind, which raise the organic, as an intrinsically higher level of reality, above merely inorganic matter, and constitute biology as an independent science, and even if we regard the entelechy factor as simple and indivisible, there would only be an eductio e potentia materiae when a new living being came into existence, if we excluded creation in this case in the way it is exemplified in the human soul, though that is not very easy to prove, and at the same time rejected the not at all absurd supposition that in the generation of new life below the human level what happens is only the extension of the entelechial function of one and the same vital principle to a new position in space and time within inorganic matter.

Tim i found it liberating to just do what the Lord wants you to do i work within his boundarys and yes i attend church and enjoy it.I love the people and i love hearing the word and worshipping the Lord even if others are still bound up with traditions thats not my walk thats theres.My focus is to do what the Lord wants me to do.There have been times i have said no to the pastor he does nt understand why i choose not to lead the worship.i query him as well regarding the idea that its not just performing a function because there is a need our hearts have to be in the right place so that the Lord can use us but he did nt understand where i was coming from and thats okay because of that i just said no until my heart is right i am better not being involved in leading.But i am happy to be an encouragement to others in the worship team i havent wanted to be the leader i have done that in the past.So my focus has been just the singing and being part of different worship teams i think the Lord has other plans as the groups i am in seem to be changing at the same time i am aware that i do nt to worry about change as the Lord knows whats best.I used to be quite comfortable leading the music but that was before when i was operating in my own self confidence and pride.The Lord did such a huge change in my life that i lost my self confidence and that is not a bad thing at all as my spiritual growth has been incredible.The big change was my identity moved from me and what i could do to knowing who i was in Christ and that he is my strength and confidence.Now i know that without him i can do nothing in fact i am dependent on his empowerment through his holy spirit all the time in everything.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music at another church i attend multiple churchs although i attend two regularly one has services in the morning and one has services in the evening so the two do nt really clash.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music its been two years since i did that and i was worried on how i would go.All i can say is that it went really well and because i stepped out in Faith the Lord really blessed the morning to the congregation.The difference is knowing that i serve the Lord with the gifts he has given me but my heart has to be right and when i do it in his way it builds up the body and it brings glory to him.May the Lord continue to show you what he wants you to do even though others may not understand your reasons i just want you to know that you do nt have to pull away completely just work within the boundarys that the Lord gives you and do nt feel pressured by others expectations to do anything that feel uncomfortable.Be involved just as you feel lead by the holy spirit even if it is in a very minor way take small steps.regards brentnz

However, this type of critique is essential in order to achieve delegitimation but it only goes half way to a solution if it does not integrate an analysis of social relations and a critique of the economic function.

There're things witnessed that can not be explained away, at least not in a way that neatly tucks everything in, folds it up and demonstrates that there's nothing behind it other than false conclusions derived from brain functions.

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Some scientists accept the notion that experience affects body functions but try to formulate the problem in a way that does not involve conflicts with thermodynamic laws.

The original change is reversed by mutations occurring at high frequency, not just reversing the engineered change — that does happen, to be sure — but causing compensatory changes that appear in many places in the knocked out gene restoring function to the gene in quite unexpected ways.

In fact, this culture can not be understood without seeing the way the Bible has functioned as Scripture with divine authority, whether in the development of the Middle Ages, the Protestant Revolution, or certain elements of the resistance to totalitarianisIn fact, this culture can not be understood without seeing the way the Bible has functioned as Scripture with divine authority, whether in the development of the Middle Ages, the Protestant Revolution, or certain elements of the resistance to totalitarianisin the development of the Middle Ages, the Protestant Revolution, or certain elements of the resistance to totalitarianism.

Although Professor Behe is adamant in his definition of irreducible complexity when he says a precursor «missing a part is by definition nonfunctional,» what he obviously means is that it will not function in the same way the system functions when all the parts are present.

We would defend Collins on this, since the identification of design in cosmology is not about finding flaws in the functioning of the universe's physics, but about the way the physical laws are established in the first place.

In one sense, family therapy is a way of helping families whose guiding values and priorities are not functioning growthfully to reformulate their values and priorities.

He found that to really reach people who wouldn't step foot in the typical church, he had to radically change the way the church looked and functioned.

While I don't know that Scripture exactly says that the primary purpose of baptism is public declaration or public witness of our faith in Jesus / desire to follow Jesus, it does appear from early accounts of baptisms that they definitely functioned in that way.

Without reform in the present way the media are functioning, these things can not be.