Sentences with phrase «only accepted explanation»

We emphasize that we do not decide that a state «mandated statement violates the Constitution simply because it disclaims any intent to communicate to students that the theory of evolution is the only accepted explanation of the origin of life, informs students of their right to follow their religious principles, and encourages students to evaluate all explanations of life's origins, including those taught outside the classroom.

Not exact matches

There can be little question that Whitehead himself accepted this; he believed that the tenderness, sympathy, and love which were shown in Jesus» life and death are in fact the disclosure of the nature of the Divine Reality who is the chief — although not the only — principle of explanation for all that has been, is, and will be.

Rather, the problem is to get them to reject irrational and supernatural explanations of the world, the demons that exist only in their imaginations, and to accept a social and intellectual apparatus, Science, as the only begetter of truth.»

As difficult and humbling as it may be to accept, the only explanation for all the energy and matter that has been formed into the overwhelming order and design in the natural world, is a Master Designer with unlimited power, intellect, wisdom.

The problem is to get [people] to reject irrational and supernatural explanations of the world, the demons that exist only in their imaginations, and to accept a social and intellectual apparatus, Science, as the only begetter of truth.

Richard Lewontin, a Harvard geneticist: «The problem is to get [people] to reject irrational and supernatural explanations of the world, the demons that exist only in their imaginations, and to accept a social and intellectual apparatus, Science, as the only begetter of truth.»

He only tentatively accepted my explanation that in nonliterary circles she was known as Mrs. Hubert Stuart Moore, the wife of a London barrister.

The only real difference between views 2 - 4 is how they arrive at an explanation for why we just need to accept what the Bible says and move on.

Related to the litmus test comments — How about this litmus test: if you don't accept evolution as the only rational explanation for the diversity of life on Earth you can not run for office.

We, as a species... we humanity learned most of what we learned throughout human history only AFTER refusing to accept the old - time explanation «because [insert name of local deity or other spirit, etc.] decreed it should be so.»

This precision in fitting the explanation to the evidence should be carried over into philosophy: «The only explanation we should accept as satisfactory is one which fits tightly to its object with no space between them, no crevice in which any other explanation might equally well be lodged; one which fits the object only and to which alone the object lends itself» (CM 11).

The feelings that my body was dirty, that it was not mine, that it was only for someone else to use, to decide if I was pretty, too fat, too thin, too plain, too made - up, too shy, too bold, too accepting, too melodramatic, too obedient, too defiant... you get the idea, that all never went away, I was just lacking explanation for much of it for a long time.

His only explanation for my blindness was ideological blinkers, in effect a deep unwillingness to accept that my life as I liked it had irreparably changed, common in middle - aged white men, and that I had changed it through my over-consumption and gas emissions.

As I read it, three reviewers were said to have been «skeptically biased» by Wagner with no stated reasons other than it is the only explanation for how the paper was accepted even though curiously he also states:

Temperature drops with elevation by less than 1 degree per 100 m. Accepting the temperature explanation would imply that trees at the tree - line * are * limited, while trees 150 m below the tree - line (that experience temperatures by only about 1 deg C higher than the treeline) are totally not.

Findings in this heavily litigated area are often predicated on erroneous clinical assumptions such as: that doctors accept uncritically and at face value what the client says about their history (HE (DRC — credibility and psychiatric reports) Democratic Republic of Congo [2004] UKIAT 00321); that only psychiatrists can diagnose conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (HH (Ethiopia) v SSHD [2007] EWCA Civ 306, [2007] All ER (D) 259 (Mar)-RRB-; and that doctors do not consider alternative explanations, including fabrication when, in fact, this is integrated into medical training and has always been a specified requirement of the IP (para 105 (f)-RRB-.

I only ask because certain banks are refusing to reverse the transaction and aren't accepting the R10 explanation, like my own (Chase).

Dwelling Quest Corp. v. Greater New York Savings Bank (246 A.D. 2d 431)-- broker fails to establish commission entitlement where unsigned writing prepared by broker stating that its commission shall only be due if its prospect completes and closes the transaction, while not constituting the parties» agreement, is deemed to be conclusive evidence of such agreement in the absence of credible explanation why broker sent such a writing if it did not reflect the parties» agreement; moreover, owners ultimately accepted all cash offer from party not presented by broker.