Sentences with phrase «question given the realities»

perspicuity, all of which are called into question given the realities noted above.

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Deadline reports that Greenblatt dismissed reporters» questions that seemed to imply NBC's reality shows gave Trump the initial platform and following on which he built his current political career.

The word «actually» serves as a spoken pause, giving the presenter's brain time to catch up and decide how to resolve the conflict in his or her mind between the question asked and reality.

Assuming it was Christianity, it ameliorated many of the harsh realities of human existence, such as your own death, the death of a loved one, injustice, feelings of being at the mercy of the forces of nature, and so on, gave you answers to questions about life, and so on.

In the area of knowledge, religion's weakness is not in questions it raises but in its attempt to give dogmatic answers: Beyond the myths about the origin, end and meaning of life, beyond the alienated notions of transcendence and death, there exists the concrete dialectic of finite and infinite, and this remains a living reality as long as we remain aware that it is not in the order of answer but in the order of question.

Whether or not the brain «stops functioning» at any given point is not necessarily the same question as whether there exists any other reality besides the one «the brain» can observe.

But in reality, it's no more crazy than presuming God just exists, has always existed, and will always exist... and, moreover, whose existence is somehow «off limits» to intellectual scrutiny; that is, that we are not allowed to use our brains that God presumably gave us to question things... like the existence of God.

This question has been grossly neglected in our theological thinking, but it is a particularly urgent task for the churches to deal with, given the reality and nature of the modern political powers now dominating the peoples of the world.

But although there can be no question that in the last analysis fact is more important than explanation, actually they can not be separated, for some measure of explanation and interpretation — adequate or inadequate, accurate or inaccurate — is part and parcel of any knowledge of objective reality it is given us to have.

All the commentaries embraced the all - too - popularized belief that James is questioning faith in the absence of works, when in reality he is questioning the absence of works in his audience's walk given their faith or having taken their faith at face value, and is simply urging them to «get to work», (Eph 2:10).

The question that Christians (or other religious people) should ask themselves here is philosophical rather than sociological: Granting (as I think we must) that modern science has given us new and often penetrating insights into reality and that modern technology has enormously increased our control over our lives, is it not possible that in the process some very precious things have been lost?

The question of identity is not something static and backward looking, but is a dynamic reality, where the context demands that answers be given and positions be taken regarding who Indian - Christians are.

Radio provided an illusion of «knowing» about an event when in reality the audience was given no chance at all to question the situation, to participate in discussion, or to hear a wide diversity of opinions about it.

Hence, the question of identity is not something static and backward looking, but is a dynamic reality, where the context demands that answers be given and positions be taken regarding who Indian - Christians are.

As to the question «what» it is evident that for Whitehead the whole burden of the answer rests upon the notion of creativity, in both of its «functions,» namely, as principle of unification and as principle of novelty The basic feature of reality is its creativity, and that creativity is always a particular way of bringing together the given multiplicity The way this is done explains why these actualities are the way they are.

Gil you have asked some very good questions why does bad things happen in the world i personally do nt know God did nt explain to Job either why he had to suffer.What i do know is that God desires that none of us should perish but that all would have eternal life in him through Jesus Christ.This world will one day pass away and the real world will be reborn so our focus as christians is on whats to come and being a witness in the here and now.Both good and bad happens to either the righteous or the sinner so what are we to make of that.What we do know is that God will set all things right at the appointed time the wicked will be judged and the righteous will be rewarded for there faith isnt that enough reason for us to believe.Free will is only a reality if we can choose between good and bad but our hearts are deceitfully wicked we naturally are inclined toward sin that is another reason whyt we need to be saved from ourselves so what are we to do.For me Christ died and rose again that is a fact witnessed by over 500 people that were alive at the time and was recorded by historians how many other religious leaders do you know that did that or did the miracles that Jesus did.As far as the bible is concerned much of the archelogical evidence has proven to be correct and many of prophetic words spoken many hundreds of years ago have come to pass including both the birth and the death of Jesus.Interested in what philosophy you are believing in if other than a faith in Jesus Christ so how does that philosophy give you the assurance that you are saved.Its really simple with christianity we just have to believe in Jesus Christ.brentnz

As I read Hartshorne, «ontological» questions are merely more abstract versions of «cosmological» ones, and all attempts to give an ultimate explanation of reality's details in terms of the «formal possibility» (CG 60, 61) of concrete interactions is simply misguided.

No completely satisfying answer has yet been given to the question why, if God is a reality, powerful and benevolent, evil is allowed to exist.

Balthasar gives particular attention to the question of the natural human capacity to grasp universal truths regarding the created order, natural law, personhood, and the transcendent reality of God.

He also maintains that biblical theology should deal with both the Old Testament and New Testament witness on a given question and then grapple with the reality that brought them both forth.

THOMISTIC MATTER Dear Father Editor, William Charlton («A Question of Matter», Letters, Jan / Feb issue) supports the view that modern science is in opposition to the account of physical reality given by Thomas Aquinas, or at least by his disciples.

Updated December 2015 Diana West, BA, IBCLC Photo: Maria Griner Photography Here are answers to some of the most common questions mothers have when facing the possibility or reality of cancer while breastfeeding: Breastfeeding from a breast with cancer will not give the baby cancer in any way.

Back to the Beginning If QBism is right, if the wave function isn't real and quantum theory doesn't give us a direct description of reality, it leaves unanswered the most basic of all questions: What then is the quantum world actually like?

Last Saturday, at a workshop organized by the Foundation Questions Institute, Nobel laureate physicist Gerard» t Hooft gave a few informal remarks on the deep nature of reality.

Given that the site in question affords its members the ability to re-invent themselves online, however, there is something rather appropriate in how the movie also co-opts reality to meet its own ends.

Without giving much consideration to the context that breed such an environment, bar a couple of fleeting scenes where one of the Day's gang attempts to find work as a farm hand, it begs the question as to what the film is trying to accomplish by focusing on the gang; especially when the film's ephemeral style distances the action from reality, laying blame on the gangs for Day's downward spiral into a life of crime and not the faulty idealism behind the myth of American opportunity.

At this stage, the software question needs to be addressed after the hardware question, as software is often dependent on a particular hardware, especially given the different characteristics of mixed reality hardware.

While praising the plan's targets, members of the California community Colleges Board of Governors also questioned whether the goals can become reality given the state's complicated structure for governing community colleges.

Writers who choose to take their novels and their nonfiction books into traditional publishing are choosing to give their careers to the «tastemakers» who sometimes make their decisions based on their prejudices, their «understanding» of a marketplace that (in reality) does not exist, and who will do their best to destroy anyone who questions them.

That brings up a terrifying question — am I willing to forgo video games if my wife gives up reality television?

Rather than fostering contradiction, these works beg a curious question, which simultaneously challenges the notion of a given and complete truth whilst hinting that reality could be hiding somewhere behind the apparent foreground.

The paintings give one the tool to question the myths, along with the technique to fix them in reality.

By engaging in questions of existence, experience, reality, and structures of space, time, and causality, her paintings give physicality to the intangible.

These three artists provoke enduring questions concerning individual and universal realities: Einarsson by disseminating text and graphics drawn from both isolated and public environments, Rhodes by giving history to elements of ubiquitous signs and shapes, and Whitney by manually organizing color according to a breakable rule set.

Is the effort to shift the story line too far ahead of reality, given the questions about seeps of oil and gas around the well, and given that the final steps for permanently sealing the well are still weeks away?

This book gives a good sense of what changes might be required and how they might feel in reality, but the questions however remain, how much change is needed and how soon?

VS, I question the reality of your 95 % confidence lines of the projection given the assumption of I (1).

So, while it may be tempting to conclude that it is not an adequate tool for dealing with liability questions arising from new technologies (given that it was adopted before even the internet rose to prominence); the reality is that the PLD has already risen to the challenges of developing technology, aided by judicial interpretation, over the past 30 years.

talked about the importance of asking «stupid questions» — the ones that challenge the existing realities and assumptions in a given industry or sector.

All of these issues are intellectually interesting and fascinating — but intellectual interest and fascination must give way to the practical realities of the courtroom, where direct and cross examination questions are the vehicles by which the differences are teased out, exposed and brought to the attention of the fact finder.

Replies to questions asked about adherence may reflect what the person feels is the desired response rather than a true appraisal of their behaviour, giving a falsely positive estimate of adherence.5, 6 This may be one reason why unsupervised home - based exercise programmes are deemed ineffective, when in reality «an insufficient regimen effect» has occurred.7

The reality is that most agents ask the same questions and give the same answers.

Sometimes you hire an outsider who challenges your assumptions, asks hard questions of employees and customers, and gives a dose of reality.