Sentences with phrase «on the crutch of»

You're as dependent on the crutch of religion as you ever were on the crutch of alcohol.

Atheists are a diverse lot, and it is not easy to pigeonhole them into categories, but I would argue that each atheist has had to come to some understanding of the universe and how people fit into it without relying on the crutch of blind faith.

How am I going to make it after living for so many years leaning on the crutch of technological convenience?

These issues (on crutches some of the time) have meant that I am physically weaker, and at my age, I really can't afford muscle loss.

But on the whole, the movie's jokes are forgettable and lean heavily on the crutch of pain - driven slapstick, at a paintball course, a tennis court, and finally an airport (final destination of every Hollywood romantic hero).

It is their own reputation that keeps them from being real filmmakers, as if they are afraid to not lean on the crutch of bad taste for easy laughs.

FIST OF AWESOME is the first touchscreen beat - em - up to take seriously the challenge of creating fluid and intuitive controls without falling on the crutch of virtual buttons.

Even the fact that a scientific proposition should rely on the crutch of «consensus» tells me that there is something wrong with that science.

«The only thing I am reasonably sure of is that there will be no progress in understanding (spatio - temporal chaos theory) be it via chaos or not as long as people will insist on the crutches of functions / series that are only time dependent.»

Not exact matches

After a couple of days on crutches, I saw a surgeon who told me it was the worst ligament tear he'd ever seen and that he wanted to do a major operation on my knee right away.

Instead, Krigel embarked on a rigorous rehabilitation program that allowed him to eventually walk again with the aid of crutches — a «medical miracle» according to his doctors.

Sometimes the volunteers walked on crutches and pretended to be distraught after dropping their belongings in front of unsuspecting subjects.

One was captioned «Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches» and another appeared to show a Muslim ban destroying a statue of the Virgin Mary.

On March 11, 2013, PC Premier Alison Redford dismissed the contributions of STEP, telling the Legislative Assembly that STEP was «a crutch.»

I do appreciate the differentiation to link building software and link building tools, though I have found great results with software marketed as» Link Software», and as long as it's not a crutch or is based on ridiculous dreams that any software will do it all for you, it Can help:] But the Data Aggregation capabilities of a well designed program can make getting information a lot easier.

Jesus did not need a crutch he died on a cross because He was doing the will of the Father.

You have to tell yourself that in order to feel good about using a crutch of a god in your life because you can't truly cope with the reality of living on this planet, dealing with others that don't view life as you do.

Even so, what is needed for a present - day reading of Kierkegaard is something more important than the crutches professors typically offer to the reader of the works of a genius: an historical introduction that would focus not so much on the circumstances of the inception, but rather on the conditions of the appropriation, of his works.

These ploys seem like a crutch to ensure their financial well - being, instead of concentrating on building true - believer who commit to supporting the church, but belong to God foremost.

People have to be able to think for themselves and take repsonsibility for thier actions instead of relying on a higher power as a «Christ crutch.»

I assumed that they were all people who needed some kind of emotional or social crutch and couldn't manage on their own — which is, of course, precisely true.

What happens when your life ends and the only real crutch to lean on turns out to be the one you hate, make fun of, mock and reject.

One theory I have is that the devil attacks them harder, and that while trying to live the life of the Cross, it acts like testing metal in fire — the worst will come out, burn brighter, they may have more suffering going on and less wordy things to turn to as crutches — these aren't excuses, but possible reasons.

I was in a big meeting where someone threw down their crutches and claimed healing and said they hadn't walked unaided in umpteen years... his picture was on the cover of that ministry's magazine.

I was born into the «lucky one», as you say, but I have studied Religion & found that while it works as a crutch for ppl whilst on Earth, it makes no difference which religion — or lack of one — you are born into!

Maybe people are not «fence - sitting», as you so inelegantly stated, but rather like myself have made a firm intelligent decision that religions are the cause of some of the most devastating periods in man's brief history on this planet and hopefully one day we will get past the need to use religions as a crutch for a weak mind and instead select lifestyles such as Buddhism to evolve.

The late Lucy Dawidowicz, distinguished historian of the Holocaust, declared that there should be a moratorium on the very use of the word «Holocaust» — that it has become a crutch and an excuse and a cheapener of memory — and what she said is undeniably right and healthy.

Most scholars are lost when it comes to the book of remembrance, not bible, and miserable people use name calling as a crutch, its looking juvenile on you, so called educated one, good example you have here.

Love the creativity and practicality of your recipes, and hope to be back on my feet / crutches and cooking some of them again.

What initially appeared to be a minor knock saw United's summer signing hobble out of the stadium on crutches with his left foot bandaged.

It doesn't really matter — if we keep putting on such a spineless display as we put on against West Brom (AS7 excluded, the kind of player who we are in desperate need of, with the attitude we desperately need and should be moving heaven and earth to retain), the opposition could turn up on crutches, and we'd still lose.

Four days before the final game of the»41 season, a game with Wisconsin that would clinch the national title, he was on crutches at practice because of a chronically bad knee.

Sad to see work dogs like Rosicky, Campbell not even on the bench and Ozil plays the entire match.I do nt know why Wenger is scared of substitutions.If some crutches were available he would not have replaced Debuchy with Chambers.

Wilshere left White Hart Lane on crutches and in an ankle brace but will be having a scan today to see if it is a recurrence of his previous ankle injury or not.

Smith returned to Bank of America Stadium on crutches with the team trainer, but he is not expected to miss any significant time.

Stevens could not update the condition of Forbort, who left the dressing room on crutches and unable to put any weight on his right leg.

JANUARY 24 — Panthers corners Bene Benwikere and Peanut Tillman may have been on two legs — total — on the night of the NFC Championship Game, but that wouldn't stop either of them from dancing the clock down to zero on their crutches, as their teammates were making the final arrangements for Santa Clara and Super Bowl 50.

The Mobb's 33 - man roster (twice the typical number for teams) also varies year to year: with injury (concussions and ankle injuries are most common, though every game I attend has at least one athlete on crutches), retirement, defections to other teams, and recruitments of formerly hated rivals.

This fall he showed up for the first day of practice on crutches.

I didn't say he should of made demands when on crutches and I didn't say he was there to make up numbers.

With incumbent Taylor Kelly on crutches on the sideline (he might have to miss at least one more game with a foot injury), junior Mike Bercovici did complete 42 of 68 passes for 488 yards and three touchdowns, but he threw two interceptions and suffered a sack - and - strip, all of which were terribly costly.

Vladimir, who spent his final years in Russia working on one leg in Odessa's open - air market unloading sacks of potatoes, threw down his crutches as the train began to move and started hurling the suitcases so hard at Max, who was on the train, that he nearly shot out the door on the opposite side of the car.

According to The Sun, he left Selhurst Park on crutches, and those claims have been validated by this picture taken of Vertonghen, Michel Vorm and Mousa Dembele enjoying their time in Spain.

The former Phoenix Suns and New York Knicks head coach attended practice Thursday on crutches because of a knee replacement surgery earlier this month.

Regardless, Gordon spent most of the next two years on crutches missing the whole of 1994/95 and playing just twice the season after.

Molino was seen on the Loons» bench with a bag of ice over his left knee, and moving around on crutches toward the end of the game.

The United star injured himself during a Champions League clash against FC Basel on Wednesday at Old Trafford and was seen going out of the stadium on crutches.

Kane, who has 39 goals for club and country this season, left the stadium in Bournemouth on crutches and wearing a protective boot after sustaining the injury in the process of scoring a disallowed goal in the first half.

The deep - lying German passing wizard arrived at the Etihad on crutches this summer and while he may be doing all he can to prove himself fit for City's first game of the season against Sunderland, he will also need to build up his match fitness before he features in the Premier League and could be out until late August.

It's better than we all expected after the game when we saw him walking out of the stadium on crutches — that's not the best picture you want to see after a game.