Sentences with phrase «question of intent»

The question of intent is papered over with this legal rule.

It's a question of intent and execution.

Not exact matches

While the meeting, which will be the first between leaders of the mainland and Taiwan since 1949, represents a monumental breakthrough in cross-strait relations, many questions remain unanswered as to the intent and outcome of this summit.

On the second day of deliberations, the jury asked what «fraudulent intent» meant, and asked clarifying questions about the definition and scope of assets under management.

The agriculture minister's background as a paid union organizer raises serious questions about the real intent of Bill 6.

I do many of the same things though I focus more on intent as a way to crack the opportunity question.

Your organization you should ask the following key questions: What is the underlying nature and intent of the profit - making activities of your operation?

That would not excuse the teacher's criminal intent, actual crime, and deliberate misleading of anyone who questioned the act with the words «musical concept.»

In terms of the universe - the question is: Did this all happen randomly, or is their observable evidence that suggest some sort of intent - just like in archeology, cryptology, and forensics.

Augustine was aware of this joke, but he knew that it was not a sufficient reply to the serious intent behind the question, and so he gave a different answer.

But I question whether after some period of time, we can assign some level of ill - will or malicious intent when church leaders continue to deny and attack in the face of persistent claims of mistreatment and / or abuse.

I even got questioned for detracting from the thread, though my intent was to offer my personal struggle with what the thread eventually evolved into, while feeling for genuinely for Julie (based upon her willingness to divulge to a public blog her side of the story), and while questioning all along what really happened given others» pov on all this.

But there remains the nagging question that never seems to go away when you are faced, as Bonhoeffer was, with a tyrant in your own backyard (not thousands of miles away) intent on destroying the world and annihilating all those who stand in his way.

Concerning matters not explicitly clear in the Qur» an, the Sunnah is the secondary, supplementary source; and when the answer to questions needs further clarification the third source for Muslims is reasoning about the intent of the Qur» an and Sunnah by those men who are recognized as having the training and experience which qualifies them to reason properly.

«On a day», the paper continued, «when Francis delivered a warm address to his cardinals and continued to project [my italics] humility» (for all the world as though the new Pope were performing some kind of PR operation) «the Vatican seemed intent on quickly putting to rest questions about the Pope's past, dismissing them as opportunistic defamations from anticlerical leftists.

My bias is similar to Pritchard's — I'm an advocate of the intent but question aspects of the delivery.

Without this seriousness of intent, without this willingness to struggle with the question of what discipleship means, we can not hope to discover what our faith means to our way of life — which means we can not hope to be faithful.

This has been encouraged by our knowledge of the different sources of the Bible, by the development of form criticism and its insights and speculations into the early stages of the formation of the Gospels, by questions about the «original» intent of passages before they were set in their present literary context, by questions of «what really happened», and by the attempt to unravel diverse strands of tradition in both Old and New Testaments.

Yet beyond Whitehead's original harmless and humorous intent, there is a serious and sympathetic sense in which this designation captures precisely the spirit and intent of Russell's basic realistic and logical approach to philosophical questions in the era of G. E. Moore and the «common sense» approach to empiricism.

And if a Gurwarda has posters of martyrs hanging up, that inflammatory activity alone should bring into question their nature of their intent, no?

Others were restored by Rabbi Akiba.35 Besides the manifest intent of providing a rationalization for the exegetical program of the rabbinic scholars, this tradition also reflects awareness of the problem of forgetfulness of those very questions and their answers on which full human life depends, and the continual need, by means of exegesis, to seek their recovery for contemporary life.

If the church is intent on being saved, then, from this point of view, it must direct its question to civilization.

On the other hand, questions of value, intent and consequence apply to humanity and its cultures in ways we do not and can not apply to nature.

The Court, if it had wished to rely upon Jefferson to determine the true and original intent of the First Amendment, could have served themselves and the American people well by referring to Jefferson's warning to Judge William Johnson regarding the de-ter-min-ation of the original intent of a statute or a con - st - itu - tion On every question of con - struc - tion, carry ourselves back to the time when the Con - st - itu - tion was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed.»

The Evolution of Adam not only answers just about every question I had after Enns» Biologos lecture, but also includes a lengthy and thoughtful treatment of the apostle Paul's Adam, again seeking to understand Paul's intent within his unique context and culture.

So I have come to realize that most of the time when a a question is presented as an answer it is most likely disingenuous in masquerading as a question to begin with and the intent is really to stop questions rather than engage them.

It is considered politically incorrect and illiberal in Britain to question «gay opinion» and there is growing evidence from the Christian Institute and the St Thomas More Legal Centre of the Establishment's intent to censor debate and deny freedom of speech on the issue.

Hint to help you play my part well: When I talk to someone in person (or someone I know well) I try to understand the reason for questions and what would be useful in light of that person's background, intents and openness.

That these escapees were nevertheless pursued by the Egyptians with the firm intent to force them back into Egypt's servitude again we do not for a moment question; and that it was in Israel's eyes a matter of such moment as to require the personal leadership of the king himself we are certain.

But whether one affirms or questions the appropriateness of separation as a metaphor; whether one looks to the original intent of our constitutional authors and their allies or views the law as an evolving entity; whether one points to establishment or free exercise as the key to American religious liberty, Hamburger's Separation of Church and State is a book destined to ensure that the argument continues.

It was not my desire to ridicule Steve in any way... That would be opposite of my intent... My desire was to ask the questions I wish someone had asked me in love far sooner... I am still in process of trying to «individuate» from the system which had me so mind controlled that I believed I would be unsafe without it... That is why I asked, with what I hope is a tone of gentleness, «what would be the problem with chucking the system overboard?»

But this may be taken to mean either that questions about the language should be met by clarifying the intent and the effect of the proclamation as a whole, or that the language should be modified if it hinders the message.

«When it comes to «suffering for no reason,»» the book of Job «seems intent on reminding us that questions about the world, human existence, and God necessarily remain open.»

In a Saturday evening email, Jones informed faculty that earlier in the week he had «communicated to Dr. Hawkins that I recognize her as a sister in Christ, and that it was never my intent to call the sincerity of her faith into question.

But the «rootedness» of the historic churches is offset by a sorry record concerning faithfulness to an honest scriptural exegesis based on the original intent of the biblical writer or writers in question.

It wasn't until a couple of years later that someone explained to me that the letter of intent wasn't a question of morals.

I'm going to repeat what I said earlier... this team actively pursued a policy to undermine the relationship between the fans and the best player on this team... for all intent and purposes this is a traitorous act... so instead of spending money, which all pundits and fans agreed was necessary in order to compete at the highest levels, this club was wasting time and money trying to turn fans against Sanchez long before the end of the season (the real concerted effort started around the time that Wenger benched him for the start of the Liverpool game)... for a team that pertains to be different, like a FAMILY, and constantly questions the tactics of it's opponents, to engage in such a treasonous act is deplorable

During the events of the weekend when the president said he preferred people linking arms in «unity» compared to kneeling in protest, questions also swirled about the lack of conversation from the White House centered around global issues, and why the president seemed intent on focusing on the sports world.

After some last minute signings it was reported Alexis was boosted by the level of intent, but if Arsenal fail to win anything this season, he may still question his future.

Though Odom may still attend college, he was released from a letter of intent to play at UNLV after the validity of his ACT score was called into question (SI, July 7).

Despite the fact that any initial bid will have to be haggled / negotiated, a derisory offer brings into question the true intent of Arsenal's desire to secure Lacazette's signature.

Apart from bringing the best out of Ozil, a move of that kind will be a statement of intent from a club who has always been questioned in terms of ambition.

Alexis is a player who can be put in a variety of positions and questions lay in where he will play, but Wenger has stated that the Chilean possesses all the traits of a modern centre - forward which could suggest his intent for the versatile forward.

Questions will have been asked of Loris Karius» positioning on the free kick, but despite guessing Payet's intent correctly, the German keeper was unable to get to the shot.

She's right; it really doesn't have to be that way (and the idea of going into a marriage with «a lot of intent and questioning your own assumptions» is exactly what Susan Pease Gadoua and I are writing about in The New I Do: Reshaping Marriage for Cynics, Commitaphobes and Connubial DIYers).

But if you pay attention and go into with a lot of intent and questioning your own assumptions about why you're supposed to do anything... it just doesn't have to be that way.

But in a letter to Berman, the Democratic committee members questioned the effectiveness of the ad given its intent to criticize Republicans on gun control.

It seems for every constitutional question at least one side uses a framers» intent argument, with a few more more words in the constitution each of those arguments would be silly or unnecessary.

There are a lot of people on both sides of the aisle that are questioning the events leading to Trump's election win, mainly the overwhelming consensus in the intelligence community that the Russian government carried out cyber warfare against a major political party with the intent (cont)

While Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his counterparts from California and New Jersey seemed dead - certain about the tax bill's intent, there are still an array of questions about how states would respond.