Sentences with phrase «people view a book»

When people view a book online, they usually see just a tiny picture of the front cover and the first few sentences of back cover copy.

For example, if 1000 people view your book every day, but only 0.5 % of those people purchase your book, you would sell 5 copies per day.

It lets people view books on many different devices, adapting the formatting to the screen size.

«I think there are cultural reasons — mostly around the way in which people view books and authors as lonely artists rather than multinational industries — and some that are more practical,» he said.

Not exact matches

It's a fabulous way to generate interest in your book, get the attention of the press, and get a direct feel for how people view you and your book.

Instead of the user going to the web and facing endless opportunity for booking rooms, these companies can build more loyal users with their icon sitting in plain view on a person's desktop.

It will no longer allow apps to see personal information about users, like religion, political views, relationship status, education, work history, fitness activity and what books, movies and music people have consumed.

I'm not getting paid for this view, I simply believe this is a book that can help people and start them thinking in some new ways... which is the impact it had on me.

Some people taking an extreme view and using their Holy Book to justify it.

you believe in a narrow view of a god based on ancient fairy tales and that if you adhere to the teachings of a supposed son of god you will go to disneyland in the sky forever... which is damm ridiculous... I consider myself an atheist but I am aware of the possibility of a creative force which created the universe... but that god chatted with people 2000 years ago and brought out a book is childish and stoopid!

kendallpeak I was merely pointing out that the Bible, a book that you likely consider authoritative regarding God's supposed view of abortion, not only has numerous sections that illustrate that a fetus was not considered a person in those times, but that the Jewish people, whose books these references come from, have upheld that interpretation.

«In my view it is vital that people are given the opportunity to hear the magical language of The Book of Common Prayer in church.

Underlying the book is the view that as people believe in moral truths, that is the opening to argue for the theistic foundation for such views.

Love Wins (Collins), a book in which Bell made a defence of the view that all people would one day be saved through Christ, sold hundreds of thousands of copies.

During his book tour, Bell responded to a direct question about his view of gay marriage by stating that «I think the ship has sailed and we need to affirm people wherever they are».

To really be free, people need to get over their fear and reverence for this mismatch collection of bronze - aged books, and CHOOSE to view God as being greater than the Bible.

In their view, books stressing contingency «offer a way forward, beyond the «old political history» and the new «social and cultural history» by a reunion of process and event,» In other words, what Individual people did — perhaps especially people who filled leading public posts — may be as genuinely significant as the ordinary forces acting upon ordinary people.

You said in the article that people were mean and that Jesus loved everyone and this led to you reading books by people branded heretics and it changed your view on CHristianity and how you read the Bible..

If most of these people and organizations identify as complementarian, and if I represent their views by quoting directly from their books or sermons, and their fellow complementarians disagree with those views....

Steinfels» recent book, A People Adrift: The Crisis of the Roman Catholic Church inAmerica, looks back longingly to what he views as the inspiring leadership of such figures as Joseph Cardinal Bernardin of Chicago and Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee, and laments the era of John Paul II and Ratzinger, now become Benedict XVI.

Trigster: the Book of Mormon was written by dark skinned people, who probably knew nothing of the white supremacy you accuse them of... it does use ancient language, but they were not racist in our terms, the Nephites and Lamanites of the Book of Mormon viewed themselves as «brothers,» they were all one race.

In his recent book Finding God In Prozac or Finding Prozac in God: Preserving a Christian View of the Person Amidst a Biopsychological Revolution, Charles Biovin contends that Christians should not hesitate to use the new brands of antidepressants such as Prozac and other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors — commonly referred to as SSRIs — as spiritual lifesavers.

And, honestly, people who view the Bible as «the Good Book» and think it's just about the golden rule or something - well, I'm sure those people tend to be happier than us analytical types - but I think they are taking a lot of verses out of context sometimes too.

Anyway, despite all the confusion about pre-millenialism, a-millenialism, post-millenialism, the recent invention of the rapture, Paul's confusing statement about «we who remain», the entire book of Revelation not appearing to be written by John because of the Greek used, and the odd way in which eschatological views seem to change in the New Testament Pauline letters, and the bizarrely easy way people like Thessalonians became convinced Christ had already returned in their time, and all the other confusing things about New Testament prophecy — the truth is that it is all trustworthy and you should not question this.

Another of version of this would feature one person beating on the person with the rainbow shirt, and a group of others using the books to hide and shield their view from the unpleasantness.

The groups have «renamed the category formerly known as «Bible Antagonists» as «Bible Skeptics,» and now define the category as people who «selected the most negative or non-sacred view of the Bible from five options, saying they believe the Bible is just another book of teachings written by men, containing stories and advice.»

People hear our sermons sprinkled with Greek, Hebrew, and quotations from theology books, and they realize they don't have the time or training to do all this study, and when they try with the limited time and resources they do have, more often than not, they get scoffed at or ridiculed by someone with more training and knowledge for having a view that shows their ignorance.

They see the success of The Technique in converting people to its value system, and so they adopt these techniques — especially television, radio, and books — to convert people to their own religious views.

For some indication of such a new world view, cf. my recently published book The Triune Symbol: Persons, Process and Community (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1985), especially pp. 35 - 60.

The bible is not just a book nor a story, it is a book of overall opinion of various people about God, their view of (there in the Bible people who compared God to a mother), their history, their feelings and own method of worship God (like David).

Since the Bible is an inspired book, God is the primary author of Scripture, and since He has a view toward the redemption of all humanity from the predicament we find ourselves in, God's primary intended audience is all people throughout time.

The various reading strategies that Seibert proposes in the book go a long way toward helping Christians view others through the lens of Jesus Christ, so that rather than view them as enemies to be killed, we see them as people for whom Jesus died.

It is instructive that in Fromm's recent book, The Heart of Man, its Genius for Good and Evil, he seeks to answer the criticism of his optimistic view of man.7 He traces all the sources of human evil to some factor in the developing life of the person which has become fixed, and blocks normal activity.

They see The Technique's success in converting people to its value system, so they apprehend the techniques — especially television, radio and books — and use them to convert people to their own religious views.

if most people would view their faith and the books based on their faith in a logical mind - set they themsleves would realize that the bible etc etc etc makes no logical sence.

In fact, much of Nussbaum's own rather unconventional view of democracy in this book derives from the Gandhian idea of Swaraj (self - rule), in which control of one's inner life and respect for other people create self - aware and engaged rather than passive citizens.

Nevertheless, the book has been a great success commercially and, judging by the credentials of her reviewers and the fervor of her advocates, many intelligent and thoughtful people have been persuaded by her views.

In his extended review of Stratford Caldecott's The Radiance of Being (May / June issue), Fr Hugh Mackenzie contrasts that book's espousal of «the «Renaissance - Platonic» view of the human person as body - soul - spirit» with the Faith movement's prioritising of mind as the metaphysical first principle.

It's interesting that Driscoll writes a piece about how others are criticizing his book — as he is one of the most vocal critics of others who don't fall into his view of how he thinks people should act and be.

i was a devout believer once... i have read the bible many times from an unbiased point of view — the issues came when i asked questions and people kept sayin you HAVE TO TAKE IT ON FAITH... if faith is all thats needed, why the book, why the 10 commanments????? i have seen horrors in life, and in my lifetime — stuff that if god existed then i find him no more worth worshiping then the pipe that helps me sleep at night.

Again, the entire point of the article is that the «divine» book has contradications on the subject that people like you ignore because you are so vane to not see any point of view but your own.

A notable achievement of the book is to discern the crucial role played by conflicting views of the human person in determining attitudes to a wide range of ethical questions.

He added: «Whatever one's views on the EU a commitment on the statute book to hold such a referendum in the next parliament would address the very real lack of trust when people hear politicians making promises.»

In most recent shared views and writings on human and societal development, the investment made on other people gives tremendous yields; thus the facts and authenticity of the book are invaluable.»

«A person who studies scientific books with a view of knowing the real facts ought to turn himself into an opponent of everything that he studies; he should thoroughly assess its main as well as its margin parts, and oppose it from every point of view and in all its aspects.

MN: I presented such views in my 1987 book Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, but people didn't pay attention.

In the book's introduction, you say that many people have one of two clichéd views of life in the North: individuals vying against harsh though beautiful terrain or individuals living an isolated existence marred by alcoholism and violence.

Retraction Watch (RW): You tell the book from the point of a view of a fictional first - person narrator, a sleep researcher in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

We polled real people, and these are the books that completely changed their view of relationships:

For people who have been diagnosed with Celiac Disease, here is a great book from The View Cohost, Elisabeth Hasselbeck which you can buy from Amazon.com = > The G Free Diet.