Sentences with phrase «points in debates with»

There is absolutely no point in debating with an AGW troll.

Julian Simon's most important point in his debate with Paul Ehrlich was that technology will endogenously respond to scarcities.

The amendment, if it survives the House of Commons, is of considerable importance and may mark a turning point in the debate with the current Lord Chancellor in his dash to introduce commercial service organisations to the market through the promotion of ABSs.

Not exact matches

With the country locked in a national debate about what an appropriate living wage should be, pay — in particular the minimum hourly rate — has become a sticking point for many businesses and their workers.

In the first - year, MBA candidates must read, absorb and debate some 270 case studies in 10 courses, often fighting for «air time» with equally clever students just as eager as they are to score points with professorIn the first - year, MBA candidates must read, absorb and debate some 270 case studies in 10 courses, often fighting for «air time» with equally clever students just as eager as they are to score points with professorin 10 courses, often fighting for «air time» with equally clever students just as eager as they are to score points with professors.

The proposal has generated a great deal of often vitriolic debate over the future of the wheat board, and the C.D. Howe Institute recently weighed in with a report arguing that global grain markets have changed significantly over the past few decades, to the point that the CWB is more often than not a price taker.

As the debate has taken on a decidedly Asia focus, with some recent studies and popular media coverage pointing to investors from Asia as one of the drivers of Vancouver's soaring housing prices, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) has written a background document aggregating the available facts, outlining similar challenges in other jurisdictions, and raising the question: Is public policy required?

While many are willing to concede that they agree with the basic definition of feminism — «belief in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes» — debate soon moves on to the finer points of specific beliefs and campaigns.

Scholasticism Theology moved from the monastery to the university Western theology is an intellectual discipline rather than a mystical pursuit Western theology is over-systematized Western Theology is systematized, based on a legal model rather than a philosophical model Western theologians debate like lawyers, not like rabbis Reformation Catholic reformers were excommunicated and formed Protestant churches Western churches become guarantors of theological schools of thought Western church membership is often contingent on fine points of doctrine Some western Christians believe that definite beliefs are incompatible with tolerance The atmosphere arose in which anyone could start a church The legal model for western theology intensifies despite the rediscovery of the East

i; m not sure i follow your little brother thing, but sharing ideas and a conversation with two differing view points is a debate, and if both parties don't try to kill the other one this is a world of understanding thru conflict, for a differing point of view is in confliction with the others.

And even that is under debate in my head and in our community because I somehow believe that this «Jesus» so embraces a universal comprehension of all things and all people, with no one excluded because of race, religion, sex or politic, that Jesus implodes to the point of disappearing, or, becoming the all in all.

Right now, anyone with an R or a D next to their name just has to point at an atheist in a debate and cry «Antichrist!»

As Erasmus pointed out in his debate with Luther, God would not have called us to choose him if Luther's position were correct.

Maybe it's the excitement of the sharp point - counterpoint debates of the commentators, or perhaps the flashing «breaking news» graphics that pop up with every little dip in Obama's poll numbers or every slip of the stock market, or perhaps it's the crawling news scroll that announces everything from Lindsey Lohan's most recent relapse to the report of another soldier's death in Iraq.

In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).

The entry point into the debate has varied, but there has always been an awareness in the Church that the search for visible unity and the communion the churches seek, is connected inextricably with the authority with which the Church interprets and lives up to its traditions, but also the way in which we act as Christians in the world.

A debate in which the thoughts are not expressed in the way in which they existed in the mind but in the speaking are so pointed that they may strike home in the sharpest way, and moreover without the men that are spoken to being regarded in any way present as persons; a conversation characterized by the need neither to communicate something, nor to learn something, nor to innuence someone, nor to come into connexion with someone, but solely by the desire to have one's own self - reliance confirmed by making the impression that is made, or if it has become unsteady to have it strengthened; a friendly chat in which each regards himself as absolute and legitimate and the other as relativized and questionable; a lovers» talk in which both partners alike enjoy their own glorious soul and their precious experience — what an underworld of faceless spectres of dialogue!

As several of you have pointed out, NT Wright does indeed consider his views to be in keeping with Calvin and the Reformed tradition, and his recent debates with John Piper and company over justification are something of an internal skirmish rather than a theological divide.

In a debate with an advocate for abortion, one occasionally comes up against an informed opponent who seeks to undermine the Church's position on the issue by pointing out that the Universal Doctor of the Church, St Thomas Aquinas, held to the doctrine of delayed animation or hominisation.

Based on the comments I received from my blog posts on the science and religion debate, I want to point Evangel readers in the direction of some resources that would inform the conversation because ---- with the exception of a few interlocutors ---- pervasive ignorance and fear seem to....

I suppose that could be debated, but Paul's point here is that these blessings we have are stamped with a seal that says «Made in Heaven.»

But then, as my Auntie Joanna pointed out, when he gets to Heaven and Edmund Campion asks him what it was like being an English Catholic, being stitched up on TV debates may pale into insignificance compared with being hanged, drawn and quartered in front of a large crowd.

While recognising that in such an analysis, which targets both Christians and Muslims, we do not have the points for any kind of debate but rather are confronted with a diatribe, nevertheless, I believe that in such a forum as the Gurukul Summer Institute, where an honest spirit of inquiry prevails, and where there is a commitment to a rigorous process of theological exploration, we need to address some of the issues raised.

More scrupulous writers also portray the debate as a «humiliating experience» (George Sayer), a turning point in his life that Lewis recalled «with real horror» (Derek Brewer).

We need to get to a point in this debate where we can start with the presupposition that 1) both Christian complementarians and Christian egalitarians respect the authority of Scripture, and 2) both complementarians and egalitarians are selective in their application of Scripture.

Anyways... I quote scripture in my debates with Christians in an attempt to speak their lingo and present my points in a way that can not easily be refuted by saying «well, it isn't in the bible so it isn't so».

Based on the comments I received from my blog posts on the science and religion debate, I want to point Evangel readers in the direction of some resources that would inform the conversation because ---- with the exception of a few interlocutors ---- pervasive ignorance and fear seem to prevail instead of knowledge and faith.

Whether such big - money signings are necessary is up for debate given the level that Ernesto Valverde has his side playing at right now, as they lead the way in La Liga with a four - point gap to their nearest rivals and they sit top of their Champions League group.

I wish to debate why Me has put a point of debate on to a debating website stating that there is no point in going onto a debating website with a debate

Indeed in a rational world populated with rational beings, those who believe Mr Wenger is a major cause of what they see as the club's failings, would now debate the issue from the point of view of their final objectives.

I don't care to debate with you any further because there is no point in it.

I'm not going to debate it with you, it's pointless given we've just won the FA cup and nobody can accept any player critique at that point in time.

The price tag was met with much debate as the majority of fans pointed out that whilst the 23 year old has talent that would be a well worthy of investing in, in order to develop at the club, the fee is a bit commanding for his goal scoring record so far.

Either way, we're stuck with wenger until his contract runs out so no point in debating this topic atm.

Of course, there are those within the anti-Wenger camp who have taken to social media in the heat of the moment or after having a few and vented their frustrations without the use of a filter, but surely by this point enough former Wenger supporters have come forward and openly voiced their displeasure with the direction of this club that the debate has moved from the realm of knee - jerk reactionaries to a place where rational thought trumps sheer bravado.

No point in posting a sentence in there with no substance or even a reason to back it up... open up a debate instead of just critising...

Ivan Actually on re-reading, it was only your 3rd point that is in debate, not point two, which many would agree with (though not much in the 90's, I would have thought.

It can be quite distracting (or amusing) to debate the issue with people like Tom who usualy see or choose to interperet something different to real events — but that is not important — the important point is that the refs need to get the decisions right in real time — they are not doing that and the denial of the aid of technology by the PGMO is incomprehensible.

His bronze statue at the top of Queen Street in Cardiff has him leaning forward with his right index figure pointing down, as if making a point in a debate.

Mr. Cohn - Bendit began the debate by characterizing the current climate as «a turning point in European history, because the European Union is confronted with one of its most serious crises, caused by the financial crisis».

I agree, however, with one point that's sometimes made on the other side of this particular debate, that our main focus in Parliament should be on issues that affect everyone, straight or gay.

«We want to point out that in any discussion with our partners we have to start from a fundamental constitutional principle, the same in the US and Romania, according to which the debates, decisions and votes in the Parliament take place in the name of the sovereignty of the people and can not be the object of any form of pressure,» reads the quoted communiqué issued by the heads of the two Chambers.

Sunder, One of the problems with the internet debates, especially those around controversial or hotly contested issues, is that the parties very often do not actually appear to engage with each other at all - they merely stand on their own ground shouting to the world about their particular take on a point and fail to actually listen to what others are saying... the classic examples of this is the «debate» about the promotion of women in the European elections and the «debate» about grammar schools - both on Conservative Home.

When I pointed out the hypocrisy of this sentiment, Long admitted in retrospect that it was «absolutely» a mistake for Lazio to eschew debates with Paladino prior to Tuesday's primary contest.

Labour insists that it will vote for a post-legislative referendum at some point in the debates, forming another possible point of Labour alliance with dissenting Tory MPs to defeat the government.

Tuesday was another case in point, with parliament debating day six of the committee stage of the EU withdrawal bill.

As ethics reform became a topic of debates, Walsh's relationship with major city real estate developers was scrutinized by opponents in one of the mayoral race's few points of contention.

On the same day in which the campaign of Steve Levy, the Democrat turned Republican gubernatorial hopeful, sent out a press release reminding everyone of how his rival Rick Lazio upset women voters in 2000 with an ill - fated debate stunt, the Daily Politics got its hands on a photo of Levy pointing a fake gun at a woman's face.

12:31 - James Arbuthnot (Con), the only MP with a surname which sounds like a drunk man trying to make a point, gets a question in on the defence reserves debate later.

With Mitt Romney's rivals for the GOP presidential nomination trying to score points in the bitter debate over raising the debt ceiling, how wise is it for the frontrunner to try to remain above the fray?