Sentences with phrase «of proving a point of view»

But by presenting historical scenarios, MacMillan reveals the problems of using written or oral accounts as a means of proving a point of view, particularly when it comes to land - rights.

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I completely disagree with you that it is ill mannered to ignore someone who has proven over and over again that their main purpose in talking to you is to point out that they disagree with all of your views, and that makes all your views wrong.

What's more, why do we feel the need to prove our point of view to others?

19th century, archaeological finds (e.g. earth and timber fortifications and towns, the use of a plaster - like cement, ancient roads, metal points and implements, copper breastplates, head - plates, textiles, pearls, native North American inscriptions, North American elephant remains etc.) is not interpreted by mainstream academia as proving the historicity or divinity of the Book of Mormon.This evidence is viewed by mainstream scholars as a work of fiction that parallels others within the 19th century «Mound - builder» genre that were pervasive at the time.

My view is that the bible has been proven wrong on so many points that I would never consider it a source of information on anything.

But though I will argue for this teleological view of nature and human nature from empirical premises and from reason, my purpose here is not to debate or attempt to prove this point, but rather to illustrate how some teleological understanding of nature and human nature is a necessary premise for the idea of environmental stewardship.

As appropriate, I'm happy to share my views as well, but I must resist the urge to prove my point of view.

anothersurvivor: NOTHING in Stollar's post say's anything to prove the «other» persons point of view.

So to prove that point, he calls forward a witness which he views as the ultimate authority — Scripture, the very Word of God.

It is actually a method of Christian apologetics called «Presuppositionalism», which assumes the exisistence of God to prove that He exists and to point out the poverty of other views.

Most non-believers on here just want to declare there point of view that there is no God and dares everyone to prove them wrong.

i agre with Dave and then some - christians (and other folks who are serious in their beliefs too) are comical, believing and praying to someone who can't be seen, can't be proven... (this is from the point of view of an empiricist, who is able to measure things) Christians (well, me for sure) are hypocrits - believing in fantastic ideals and guaranteed to continualy fall short - that is a fairly comical notion, but nonetheless, one I enjoy to continue to strive for - setting high ideals and striving towards them.

And again your resort to childish retorts that neither prove your point of view or further your position.

From a judicial point of view, the Scotch verdict «not proven» surely seems appropriate — as it would be for very many other major items in current science.

He points out that a «romantic view of the Bible as literature or poetry proved a convenient way to rationalize much of the higher criticism.

Your ego also can't handle that 1000's of churches and clergy have proven that your prejudice view point of the scriptures shows you don't have basic reading comprehension skills.

Our faith that these unintelligible objects actually exist proves thus to be a full equivalent in praktischer Hinsicht, as Kant calls it, or from the point of view of our action, for a knowledge of what they might be, in case we were permitted positively to conceive them.

I think, in a way, those attempts only prove what he is saying and we can't rest until he sees my point of view.

Oh... forgot you Proving... I wasn't referring to what he said... on the surface, it's fine to have a point of view... whether I agree with it or not... but when you are A) in a position of influence and B) spending money to fight the opposing view... and it's to stop two people who love each other from wedding in the eyes of their Lord, then it is hate... if your ignorance allows you to think my comments are stupid... so be it... and one last point about slavery... whether it was Democrats or Republicans who supported, or fought against slavery... many justified slavery because of their perverted interpretation of the bible... most people can't tell a simple story from one person to the next... but so many foolish Christians think they know exactly what the bible is saying w / o any doubt... forget the fact that it's been translated and passed for 1000s of years... yup you must be right that God is against two people loving each other... He must have made a mistake with those folks huh?

Where law and religion clashed, then the Jew was to honor his religious duty at whatever cost, encouraged, it may be, by the belief that this course would prove in the end wisest even from the practical point of view.

The point of this window is to prove to Sanchez and on another note Özil that you have «changed» your ways, views and that you have ambition to win.

but the atmosphere at emirates is sad like terrible u look at anfield and it hurts me because we're such poorly ran club from fans point view we're are diehards all splits all over stadium joke we need leaders at arsenal top too bottom but this arsenal is not arsenal of old were is our Tony Adams ray palour, we're is our pride how dear man Utd get Sanchez like how dear even ask pride is word here folks we have none as in overheads us fans are joke like boycott next game stay away or go and stand outside stadium for full match stand together stand tall we will be heard we are arsenal we are there customers we are Gona make change but by money cause that's wat this club is money and Sanchez Utd proves it

The Frenchman may well be hoping that the next few weeks prove that the likes of Theo Walcott, Joel Campbell and Chuba Akpom are more than capable of firing Arsenal to a good start in the Premier League, but the more realistic point of view is that we need more.

And from that point of view, a Facebook fan - base does not necessarily translate into a useful cadre of activists, no matter how tall a soapbox the site has proven to be for Sarah Palin.

From an IT security point of view, nothing that has been released that proves or even has plausible hints to direct Russian intervention.

«It was like, «I'm going to prove my point of view,»» he said.

Studies that would be very difficult to carry out in humans, both from a technical and an ethical point of view can be done with animal models which have proved to be important tools for studying the symptoms, development and treatment of schizophrenia.

For instance, scaling a brand rooted in a single person's point of view can prove difficult, especially when that point of view is polarising.

It automatically verifies a photo at the point of capture, proving its realness to anyone who views it.

His subsequent career as a director did not quite hit the heights of that first film, but what followed still proved Hopper to be a fascinating filmmaker with a unique point of view.

King Kong from the ape's point of view (the principle icon of the franchise used to be even a giant gorilla, named George), it proved successful and seemed on just about house console going on the time.

Secondly, from a purely economic point of view, I just proved that if you put women in the lead of a movie you can make over $ 100m.»

Mia Wasikowska as India: Carrying the responsibility of providing this weird story its point of view, Wasikowska's India proves to be one of the film's less interesting components.

Though this is Soderbergh's first foray into the genre, he's always proven himself to be extremely adaptable, and his fondness for unreliable points - of - view (see: The Informant!

His presence proved a challenge to director Summer L. Williams who otherwise manages the shifting tones, time frames, plot contrivances, points of view, and layers of reality with ease.

The material here more closely resembles his efforts on «Scott Pilgrim vs. the World» than «Project X,» at least in the sense that he's lending a sensitive or sympathetic edge to all of the characters» shenanigans, and it proves that he's got a voice as a writer that articulates honestly the point of view of young characters in a pop - culture - saturated society.

She's a proven warrior yet mostly serves as witness to the events, a point of view character and the moral high ground in a war where the rules of engagement are at best ambiguous.

potential folly, but it would prove to be one of high points of his legendary career — a viewing experience of stunning emotional power utterly devoid of the usual chilly detachment that marked his films.

It's quite an easy role, really — and to prove our point, in this article, we will have a look at eFrontPro's Instructor Pages, the views available in eLearning portals — what they see when they log in, what tools are available for them, and how they can make the best use of them.

More likely - in fact certainly - employees will be asked to prove their worth by answering subjective questions, or more correctly forming an opinion about a subjective question, which by definition does not have a correct answer, only a well thought out opinion or point - of - view.

Use evidence from the Web site to «prove» your point of view.

If that proves unrealistic, the school should conduct some kind of outreach to ascertain the degree to which parents and students share the points of view that emerge among educators.

The story is told from three character points of view: a high schooler with raw talent who is need of an attitude adjustment; the daughter of two tennis pros who has everything to prove, and a current star going pro who is not happy to share her coach with the player had a regrettable fling with.

A high - quality article critique is a good presentation of your impressions of the particular article by providing logical evidence to prove your point of views.

Jay, I respect your point of view, but I think your a bit naive if you really think that ebooks cost only 10 % less then physical books to produce and distribute, but thats your opinion, I am assuming its due to information your publisher gave you to prove how bad they are being screwed by lower ebook prices.

Boyd has already proven himself adept at telling the story of the 20th century from the male point of view, in the underrated 2002 masterpiece Any Human Heart.

Writing a political science thesis is not very difficult for many students, because even though like all other theses it involves extensive research, political science topics are relatively easy and there is a lot of room for argument for and against a particular topic, so in many cases writing such thesis comes down to simply finding solid arguments and proving your point of view.

Despite these differences, essays typically require a form of argumentation - the student is expected to put forward an overall argument or point of view and then «prove» the argument with supporting reliable evidence.

Thus, before presenting you this very critical essay write structure we want to give you a universal critical essay writing advice: be brief, concise, and informative in all the parts of your critical essay writing, never make a rewrite of the work you have to analyze and never speak in a subjunctive way without giving the proper evidence which helps the writers to prove their points of view and not to sound unfurnished with the evidence.

Students are expected to discuss a certain problem and give enough arguments to prove that their point of view is right.