Suggesting that one and only one understanding is
the only correct understanding of the issue and that those who see it otherwise are heretics, listen to Satan, or similar language certainly looks like something, but it sure doesn't look like Jesus.
Rather than welcome diversity, however, some of us seem to think we have
the only correct understanding, and in practice tend to isolate ourselves from the larger Christian community.
I personally think we get into the most trouble when we think that our understanding of any passage is
the only correct understanding.
As a mature adult, I find it presumptuous to think that my understanding, my interpretation, of the Bible is
the only correct understanding.
Not exact matches
You, however, run around declaring that YOUR
understanding of faith is the
ONLY correct one (even though the majority of the Christian faith do not even agree with you on inerrancy) and that those who challenge your offensive grandstanding are apostate and / or damning.
If my
understanding of islam be
correct, Jesus is
only a prophet and he will serve as the executioner of Jews and Christians (those who refuse to convert to islam) under mahdi?
As I've said before, everyone believes that they are
correct; so yes, I believe that I
understand reality better than others; but, and this is important,
only in the same way that you believe that you
understand reality better than I do.
I believe that Jesus is the
only way to the Father, I believe this to be objectively true, and though I don't believe that there will be a pop quiz at the gates of Heaven; it seems to me that, if I'm
correct that Jesus is who the Christian Scriptures say that He is, knowing that truth would help one
understand the reality one is taking part in.
Those who maintain that the idiom of resurrection is to be
understood only in the traditional (or Lucan) sense2 would, if
correct, leave us with no alternative but to abandon the idiom as a valid way of professing our Christian faith, if we are among the growing number of Christians for whom that tradition is neither historically founded nor even very meaningful.
Terry, take it from one who has probably been around the block a few more times than you — Arguing Scripture and your
understanding of them and insisting that
only your
understanding of them is
correct will get you nowhere as fast as possible.
Max Mueller was surely
correct when he said that whoever
understands only one religion
understands none.
Does that mean
only one of those
understandings is
correct?
In other words, these biblical stories, which are not self - conscious literary creations but genuine emergents from the experience of a religious community — these stories are attempts to express an
understanding of the relation in which God actually stands to human life, and they are true in any really important sense
only if that
understanding is
correct.
[6] If a theological school wants to
understand God more truly, surely it would be better — to make yet another counterproposal — to focus study on the Word of God that not
only calls congregations into being and nurtures them but also judges and
corrects them.
It appears clearly in the touching and beautiful characterization of Pausanias, whom Hoelderlin has depicted as a companion to Empedocles: the
only person who is close to the master, to whom the master inclines himself lovingly and trustingly, and yet whom he must so often instruct and
correct, who can not
understand the highest and final thing — the necessity and the loneliness of the sacrifice.
Often the boss has labeled the fans that criticise him to be
only a few people, or such that don't
understand anything, but if these «sources» are to be
correct, Wenger is considering his future.
The
only part that seemed to be a little difficult to
understand was how to disassemble it the
correct way to fold it flat.
But no, being
correct only sounds condescending when you're trying to intimate that, not
only are you
correct, but also that the listener is too stupid to
understand why you're
correct.
If my
understanding is
correct, the
only wars considered lawful by the UN are defensive wars or the ones sanctioned by her, assuming of course that UN has the final say in international law.
«The authors are
correct to point out that JIF should
only be used as an aid to
understand the impact of a journal,» says James Pringle, Thomson Reuters» head of Industry Development and Innovation, IP & Science in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
As the researchers discuss, the
correct 3D8 dose is critical to destroy
only viral DNA and RNA (but not their host genetic material), and additional research is needed to
understand the basis for this selective activity.
I
understand it's not an overtly direct extrapolation, but fundamentally it more or less still is if the underlying assumptions about the feedbacks are presumed to not
only be
correct but also operate proportionally the same to the forcing from the LGM as they do in reponse to future forcings in the current climate.
But I can tell you that after suffering for years with adrenal fatigue and going to several doctors and finding no answer, I could
only find explanations and
correct directions in Dr.Lam's book, with the book I was able to better
understand my body and also look for the And require better treatment.
It is a way to teach material again in a new context By explaining the answers to the class as the students
correct the papers, the teacher not
only reinforces the lesson, but also discovers whether the students have
understood the material and are ready to move on.»
To
understand how unusual the new Common Core Regents grading curve is, imagine a 10 - question test, where you need to get 3.5 questions right to pass, but 6 right to get a B, and 8.5 right to get an A. On the old test, by comparison, you would have needed a similar 3.4 to pass, but
only 4.5
correct to get a B, and 7.5 to hit the A. (I calculated these thresholds from Regents conversion charts here and here).
So am I
correct in my
understanding that the
only problem with my answer is that it should have been posted in comments rather than as an answer?
However,
only having seen a text without any punctuation marks, we acknowledge how significant they are for the
correct understanding of our intentions and ideas.
My
understanding (and FMF or someone else with the AmEx Blue Cash card can
correct me if I'm wrong) is that there is
only one rebate tier; as soon as you hit $ 6,500 in * total * spending for the year, your rebate jumps to 5 % / 1.5 %.
It is important that you
understand the steps involved, and research your options, because
only you can decide whether or not bankruptcy in Canada is the
correct option for you.
This study, then, looks to identify a set of predictions which are not
only ex post
correct but also rest on a common theoretical
understanding.
While there is a lot of controversy regarding its use because of the many potential dangers it poses not
only to your pooch but also you, other people, and other pets, with the
correct mindset and
understanding of what needs to be done to make walking dogs with retractable leashes a lot safer for everyone, these contraptions can make for excellent tools for you to satisfy one of your pet's innate needs.
Understanding why your puppy is biting is the first step toward
correcting a behavior that could not
only become persistent but could be a potential hazard to others, as well.
The
only draw back, was one gentleman, who was difficult to
understand, and I didn't get his name, kept getting my answers wrong, he would repeat them back, and I would
correct him.
Now am I
correct in
understanding that te
only thing that prevents us from downloading other regions Virtual console games is the region of the unit itself?
Getting an honest and accurate reflection is the
only way to
understand how and where it's succeeding or where they need to course
correct.
When you
understand this process and note the overwhelming evidence supporting its existence then, and
only then, will you have a
correct understanding as to why the radiative greenhouse is nothing but fiction.
This may require you to reflect what [YOU THINK / IMAGINE] is being said and ask [CLEAR OPEN - ENDED] questions to check for
correct understanding [BEFORE engaging in any criticism / critique of what you
ONLY BELIEVE was said / intended.]
Not
understanding or having a useful model of how it is that you repeatedly appear to misunderstand simple things I (and others) have written, I tried to help by
correcting the
only thing I perceived to be wrong with the sentence in question — some faulty phrasing of mine (the «or» clause).
Tom Choularton, You are
correct,
only a small minority
understand raditive transfer.
Both of these are incorrect or
only partially
correct, and by themselves can be misleading for an overall
understanding.
They
only escaped prosecution due to a under -
understood legal loop - hole (that even with the
correct interpretation applied has expired), but were 100 % shown to have broken that law.
My
understanding is that a uniform prior in S (and hence, equivalently, a 1 / Y ^ 2 prior in Y) would be the
correct uninformative reference prior (that which has least effect on the posterior PDF) if way stayed with Forster & Gregory's OLS regression method to estimate Y, if and
only if the magnitude of the errors in measurements of the surface temperature were much less than combined errors in the measurements of forcings and net radiative balance, the opposite of what Forster & Gregory's error analysis showed.
Fan's
Corrected Corollary:
Only those changes in scientific
understanding which ought to decrease our confidence - level in that science ought to decrease our confidence - level in that science.
I posted on this thread https://climateaudit.org/2009/10/14/upside-side-down-mann-and-the-peerreviewedliterature/ that the
only reasonable way to read Mann's reply to the PNAS comment is that he thinks there is no a priori physical
understanding for Tiljander, and therefore either orientation is
correct and no one - sided test was used.
As Wilde says, (if I
understand him correctly) since it starts out from the top, from a vision of its whole,
correcting parts of it does not destroy the entirety —
only the way we approach that portion of it.
Simple
only applies when it's
correct, i.e. when a system can be reduced to a small set of easily
understood variables.
One that irks me, as often as not, is the continued refusal of some judges in this province to
understand that statute, common law, and principle, in cases where a defendant's liability is proportional (several,
only) not solidary (i.e. joint), requires them, in order to get make the
correct decision — the
correct decision is important, right?
Your comment on the traditional business model is
correct,
only I wish more people
understood the dilemma (i.e. library directors, managers, etc..)
[25] In my view, this observation is not
only correct, it is vital to
understanding how the question of exclusivity is to be approached.
Although 47 percent said they definitely
understood the term,
only 27 percent chose the
correct definition.