Sentences with phrase «railed against authority»

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Whether you want to admit it or not, Naturalism (that is, a belief that nature is the highest authority, or the divine per se) has become just as much of a dogmatic religion as the religions which Naturalists rail against.

But if you want to introduce a whole new criticism that you don't believe the Bible is what Christians believe it is, you are of course also wrong, and simply blindly railing against the idea of religious authority and expertise because, God forbid someone else suggest to you what is right or divinely inspired because that might limit your imaginary freedom and insult your nonexistent expertise and intelligence.

I railed against institutions and organizations, wouldn't darken the door of a «real» church, became fluent in fault - finding and cynicism, the word «orthodoxy» made my left eye twitch, while you tacked hard the other way, steering towards seminary, conservative denominations, structures, authorities, you longed for accountability.

There, at a Planned Parenthood rally, he railed against President Donald Trump and «extreme conservative zealots,» then met with City Council leaders about how he should intercede at the Housing Authority, a city agency.

Cuomo also continued to rail against the major utility providers in the New York City area, saying that «when we get stabilized» he would seek an independent review of the Long Island Power Authority and ConEd's work in getting the lights back on.

Standing near a City Hall subway stop, Staten Island Assembly member and GOP mayoral candidate Nicole Malliotakis railed against Mayor Bill de Blasio's handling of the city's transit system and its state - controlled operator, the Metropolitan Transit Authority.

She's drawn into spying on her dad by her wild - child younger sister (Quinn) who rails against her parents authority, although given that she's show snorting heroin at nightclubs, maybe their concern is well - advised.

Without worrying about a fixed - interest mortgage, dental insurance, or a three - piece sofa on hire - purchase, they can rail against power and authority in a way that we older adults, embarrassingly, can not.

, Mr Justice Smellie, has launched a staunch defence of trusts and has railed against what he described as the «entirely misguided» criticism of offshore trusts by onshore authorities.