Sentences with phrase «only point in history»

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The disintegration of investment in nonresidential structures and machinery and equipment subtracted almost a full percentage point from GDP; only 2009 and 1982 were worse in that regard, and neither of those years stand out as high points in Canada's economic history.

Many argue China's US$ 2 trillion in foreign reserves would protect it from any crisis, but Chovanec points out there have only been two times in modern history when a country accumulated such large reserves — America in the»20s and Japan in the»80s.

For example, in «A Short History of the Income Tax,» John Steele Gordon points out that the U.S. income tax act of 1913 was only 14 pages long; by 1942, it had blossomed to 208 pages with over three - quarters of them «devoted to closing or defining loopholes» that tax lawyers and accountants were using to «game the system.»

Even the 4 % annual total return of the S&P 500 in the 15 years since the 2000 peak has been made possible only by driving current valuations to the second most extreme point in U.S. history.

And as a few of your readers pointed out, odds are there will still be something left from my investable assets as well, as they would only be exhausted, under the 3 % rule, if my future is as bad as the worst 50 - year period in history.

With massive and increasing structural deficits; exploding debt in all sectors; hostile demographics; social and political fracturing and disintegration; grotesque wealth inequality; extraordinary global trade competition; a complete collapse of respect for vital government organizations such as the Justice Department and FBI, which the people now realize have gone rogue; an extremely complex and corrosive global geopolitical environment; the real prospect of war, potentially nuclear and worldwide; not to mention numerous additional factors, we can only point to few other times in history more dangerous to the people's financial welfare, and therefore more overall bullish for gold, one of the only financial sanctuaries proven to work in times of dislocation.

At the conclusion of this dark episode, a critical historian might step in, thank Levy for his research, point to the ashes of Wycliffe and Hus, and explain that history knows only power, not truth.

The first thing that must be said, however — a point only faintly adumbrated in the WCC statement's suggestion that Jesus had redefined the family — is that the fellowship of the kingdom of God, though it may be spoken of as a family, is neither generated nor sustained through biological transmission of life nor by the love given and received in the history of our families.

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It claims that faith only became possible at a definite point in history in consequence of an event — viz., the event of Christ.

Werner Jaeger, who has written the classic history of the idea of paideia, [2] pointed out in a later book on Early Christianity and Greek Paideia that Clement not only uses literary forms and types of argument calculated to sway people formed by paideia but, beyond that, he explicitly praises paideia in such a way as to make it clear that his entire epistle is to be taken «as an act of Christian education.»

Immigration policy at this point in history, it seems to me, is a classic case in which not only will the insistence on the best defeat the better, but in which it is very difficult to get agreement on what might be better.

Upon careful analysis, at least ten such points become apparent: (1) Blake alone among Christian artists has created a whole mythology; (2) he was the first to discover the final loss of paradise, the first to acknowledge that innocence has been wholly swallowed up by experience; (3) no other Christian artist or seer has so fully directed his vision to history and experience; (4) to this day his is the only Christian vision that has openly or consistently accepted a totally fallen time and space as the paradoxical presence of eternity; (5) he stands alone among Christian artists in identifying the actual passion of sex as the most immediate epiphany of either a demonic or a redemptive «Energy,» just as he is the only Christian visionary who has envisioned the universal role of the female as both a redemptive and a destructive power; (6) his is the only Christian vision of the total kenotic movement of God or the Godhead; (7) he was the first Christian «atheist,» the first to unveil God as Satan; (8) he is the most Christocentric of Christian seers and artists; (9) only Blake has created a Christian vision of the full identity of Jesus with the individual human being (the «minute particular»); and (10) as the sole creator of a post-biblical Christian apocalypse, he has given Christendom its only vision of a total cosmic reversal of history.

The issues of chief difficulty arise at the point of questions as to whether Jesus expected the Kingdom to come on earth or only in some realm beyond earthly history, and in the latter event, whether he expected earthly history to end very soon by a catastrophic divine intervention when he himself would return in glory to reign over a transfigured world.

The eschatological elements of the salvation history theme have implied that the fullness of life lies only in the future; consequently, American churches have often responded to human suffering in the present by pointing the sufferer to God's future.

@NAH, can rebut each of Colin's points in a reasonable manner, specifically let me call out two (both sort of related)-- the Christianity refers to only 600 years of history, and only refers to a small geography (not even the entire earth)-- why «leap of faith» argument is valid for Christianity and not for other independent faiths, which have many contradictory beliefs compared to Christianity, and if they are equally valid, how can they all be equally valid

In most of the points that are to be regarded as historical (Denzinger 2123), it is not difficult to see that, as regards creation, the special creation of man, the equality of the sexes, 6 the unity of the human race (from the experience of the unity of the history of redemption), man's original condition (which in Genesis has not the fullness of content which can be recognized only since ChristIn most of the points that are to be regarded as historical (Denzinger 2123), it is not difficult to see that, as regards creation, the special creation of man, the equality of the sexes, 6 the unity of the human race (from the experience of the unity of the history of redemption), man's original condition (which in Genesis has not the fullness of content which can be recognized only since Christin Genesis has not the fullness of content which can be recognized only since Christ).

(Maybe not... based on your ramblings I guess I should not take that for granted) But for some reason you have chosen to accept the revelation of science only up to a specific point in history and then no more.

No doubt the church has been right in acknowledging the deity of Christ and the Incarnation as the fullest measure of the divine revelation of which human nature is capable; though it should be pointed out that the church as a rule undertook to stand fast and to hold the ground of the traditional, historical faith, enshrined in the New Testament, and — as the histories of dogma make clear - only took over metaphysical definitions which had already been hammered out on the anvils of logical and exegetical disputation.

The confidence has many roots: the steady decline of models of theology in which «critical appraisal» is the dominant task; receptiveness toward and fresh engagement with classical thinkers, patristic, medieval and Reformation; a sense that the Enlightenment is only one episode in the history of one (Western) culture and not a turning point in the history of humankind; the work of a number of gifted and independent - minded theologians now at the height of their powers who have shown the potency of constructive doctrinal work.

From our point of view, this would be so only in the sense that the original state of things would represent a world - condition of maximum possibility, pregnant with future development, with a minimum of spent possibility in the form of transpired history.

This apocalyptic element is certainly present in the Gospels, and it was present in the gospel tradition; but it probably came in at a point early in the history of the tradition, and it grew stronger in some circles as time passed, reaching its climax in the Gospel of Matthew — only to be all but completely rejected in John!

Barth's early indifference to the «historical» Jesus was grounded in his realization that the Jesus of history can, indeed, only be an alien to us; he is «the crater made at the percussion point of an exploding shell, the void.

This only happens occasionally in the book but prevents the reader sharing in the deeper revelation and love of God that is occurring at that point in salvation history, especially in light of the New Testament, and raises the question that if the person in Scripture who is experiencing this unique relationship with God didn't really understand God, then how can we?

The starting point of Kurzweil's thinking is the assumption, as Diamond puts it, that the «only absolute in human life, human history, and human culture is faith in the living transcendent God.»

The limited geography of the island, circumscribed in its history, too, only points to this encompassing and upholding divine context.

Indeed, it was only at this point in history, so the early Christians believed, that it had become possible to discern the true significance of the purposes and promises of the God of Israel.

Hence it is only regarding them that God could know how much power the creative and postcreative aspects of a feeling would have, namely, none and all that there could have been at that point in cosmic history, respectively.

It has not been my purpose here to evaluate the whole checkered story of civil religion and public theology in our national history but only to point out they have been absolutely integral to one aspect of our national existence, namely, our existence as a republican people.

Bishop Azariah of Dornakal, in theologically justifying the rejection of the reserved minority communal electorate offered by Britain to the Christian community in India, spoke of how the acceptance of it would be «a direct blow to the nature of the church of Christ» at two points — one, it would force the church to function «like a religious sect, a community which seeks self - protection for the sake of its own loaves and fishes» which would prevent the fruitful exercise of the calling of the church to permeate the entire society across boundaries of caste, class, language and race, a calling which can be fulfilled only through its members living alongside fellow - Indians sharing in public life with a concern for Christian principles in it; and two, it would put the church's evangelistic programme in a bad light as «a direct move to transfer so many thousands of voters from the Hindu group to the Indian Christian group» (recorded by John Webster, Dalit Christians - A History).

The point is, the definition which is given of a scientific object at any given point in history is not inviolable, so that the only change possible would be to add something («organizing relations») to it; what happens is that the definition itself is changed.

Speaking of The hidden history of Christianity in Asia, John C. England, a church historian from New Zealand, rightly points out that unfortunately only a few churches in the region have retained a strong sense that their history began in the early century of Christian era.

At this point in history, it really was only a matter of time until we were given an app to help us fast.

But because the book can not in itself be for the reader his encounter with history, but only information about any encounter with history, it does of course as a whole appear to him as a view, and I must define for him the point of observation.

He was only the ninth player in NHL history under the age of 20 that averaged more than a point per game (again, minimum 40 games) in their debut season, joining a list that includes only Mario Lemieux, Wayne Gretzky, Steve Yzerman, Dale Hawerchuk, Bryan Trottier, Ron Francis, Eric Lindros, and Sidney Crosby.

Jason Collier, C, 7» 0» Indiana; Springfield, Ohio (Catholic Central) A southpaw with a sweet touch, Collier averaged 27 points and 14 rebounds and became only the second player in Ohio history to be named Mr. Basketball and win the state championship in the same year (Jimmy Jackson was the first).

Only one team in Premier League history has gained more points from their opening 27 games than United's 68 this season (Chelsea had 69 in 2005 - 06).

The Louisville Cardinals» Facebook page pointed out this fact, also indicating the Wayne Blackshear is the only NCAA player in history to make four straight Sweet 16 appearances.

@ 007 good point man but this is purely based on everyone's view on what factors they judge greatness in my perspective greatness is not only about winning I agree sir Alex was the most successful manager in the history of bpl but if u see the team he left behind then u will certainly doubt his legacy this is just opposite with arsene after giving us the hint that he might be leaving at the end of next season the other statement he makes is to leave a platform for incoming manager so that he can do well.This is the difference between him and arsene.

But Hiddink is six weeks away from retirement and Ranieri is only 12 points from pulling off the greatest managerial season in Premier League history.

My only point is that I would almost rather have a coach that isn't as tested, with a good track record as an assistant or an AHL coach and a affable demeanor; than to go with a retread coach, with a history of an abrasive personality, that seems to wear down his team when it gets to the most difficult point in the process.

From their point of view, it would only be logical to bring in every player deserving to be brought in, regardless of their national team history.

Only three points separate the two sides in the Premier League standings though, and history weighs heavy on one of the biggest derby fixtures in the world.

scholes is looking out for England he sees what most see unlike most fans on here his not ignorant of wheelchair's short comings as his short history point out other wise it may be a case of the more things change the more there stay the same for willchair and 22 is not young in footballing term 9 to 19 is young and where potential should only be talked about in terms of whether or not a player will be good or great to complement a group / squad.

He collected 103 points (28 goals, 75 assists) last year, only the fourth defenseman in history to go past 100 points.

He would be a beast on those games that we meet Chelsea the only «Formerly top four» side that took unnecessary points from us, obviously for reason of history, he would be fired up against Man United, they hired someone who didn't give him a chance, against Man City he would probably be in competition with Aguero for the golden boot... Everton made 360 chances to Arsenal's 464.

Only twice before in postseason history has a team overcome a 10 - point deficit under three minutes and gone on to win.

The Falcons have scored 30 - plus points in six straight games entering the Super Bowl (and are the only history to do so).

Manute Bol is the only player in NBA history to finish his career with more blocks (2,086) than points (1,599).

Every population, ethnicity, religion, etc has been subjugated at some point in history to continue this mass civilization human experiment... infact it is the only way achieve advanced society.