Sentences with phrase «read only her point»

«I am reminded of debates in economics, investing, politics, religion and climate science where a good heuristic is if the person you are reading only points to evidence of one side and never raises or represents the better aspects of the opponents side.

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A few things stand out about this particular rate change: first, the magnitude of influence that just a quarter percentage - point change had on the stock market; second, the current rate with an upper range of.50 % compared to the various long - term averages of about 5 %; and third, the rate remains historically low, with only minute incremental changes, despite the relatively good news we continue to read about the economy.
That said, the headline index pointed to only a marginal pace of improvement and the latest reading was still below the average since the survey began in late - 2010 (53.0).
There are so many amazing investment books out there that this should only be considered a brief overview and a starting point for future reading.
It reads that files can only be decrypted by the ransomware's authors, although researchers pointed out even they can't do it.
(I only have cash and equities) I want an easy option and am on the point of increasing my bond holdings by settling on say, one of Vanguards» Lifestrategy funds when... «the more I read the more confused I get!»
The only point they proved is that they have never read a book from outside a christian book store.
When you read the context and see that Paul was speaking on the subject of those who don't believe in the resurrection, but believed in baptism as Christians, you realize that he was saying that what is the point of baptism if you are only going to end up dead.
Kid, there have been many different points in my life where I was a believer like you (not as crazy but still, believed), so it isn't like I read it only once as an atheist.
It is clear you did not read it with an eye towards finding out the truth of what was written, or you wouldn't have bothered reading all those made up stories only to proclaim you were a christian at a later point.
That distinction is a half - truth at best, and it misses two important points: the widespread reading of such books not only tells us something important about the overall religious temper of our times; it may also give us a clue to one possible theological expression of the future.
Thanks Jeremy, However, I must disagree with at least one of your statements (simply because I did not read the entire article, only the main points).
Finally, it is a pleasure to read a book on science and religion that is not only well written and informative but refreshingly free of the point - scoring belligerence that often mars such debate.
The fact that Whitehead states that up until this point he has considered actual occasions only in their concreteness, and that this means only as events in nature, supports the nonpanexperiential reading of the Lowell Lectures.
I only read the abstract so far, but it seems to be talking about, as you pointed out, «behavioral abnormalities and structural differences in the prefrontal cortex.»
I have also read many a story by people who have set out to disprove or show their point tht God does not exist, only to find Him:)
Let us remember that a parable is intended to convey only one point and not try to allegorize it by reading extraneous matter into it.
He points us to the story of the Emmaus Road as epitomising the way the Christian should read Scripture «Only by walking with Christ, by re-interpreting all things in his light, with him, crucified and risen, do we enter into the riches and beauty of sacredScripture» (p. 82).
Paul enjoyed pointing out that one had only to read the cover to get the answer to the question posed by the title.
I did not mean to imply that pacifists of the messianic community have consciously built upon liberal — humanistic pacifism (though my sentence can be so read — mea culpa), but only to point out what should be obvious to all: that the inroads pacifists of the messianic community have made in Roman Catholic and Protestant mainline circles can be traced to a prior acceptance of liberal — humanistic pacifism by many in those circles.
One has only to read the sermons of the early New England divines to remark how often and how eloquently this huge land, unknown in detail but known to be there, supplied illustrations for those passages in the sermon which required pictorial language to nail down a sermonic point.
The triad «texts, symbols and practices» points to the fact that the life of a church does not only consist in the reading and interpretation of texts but also of symbols and customs, especially as they are used in worship.
A tipping point occurred during a sleepy, 9 - a.m. Introduction to World Literature class when my class read the Epic of Gilgamesh, an ancient Mesopotamian poem purportedly written before the book of Genesis, which tells the story of a worldwide flood, a favored family, and an ark full of animals, only with Sumerian gods and heroes at its center instead of the familiar Yahweh.
The point of the list is to show we all are OK with the historical things we read about in other books (like Caesar, even though the earliest we have is 1000 years later) but most aren't content with the Bible when we have something only 25 years later.
you are not reading my posts and following along?????? OMG I never even implied I don't care about the mother... IM pointing out the focus is on the mother only and they leave the baby out of the picture
News Flash: You missed the point of the article by reading only the line that made he hit her head off the podium.
Your point makes sense only with a particular (and forgive my boldness in saying «shallow») reading of the Bible.
No, the only thing we can do is read and learn and discuss the first three acts, and then, based our understanding of those three acts, the plot structure up that point, the way the characters act, and how we think the conflict might resolve, improvise the fourth act to the best of our ability.
I am reminded of Scot McKnight's observation in The Blue Parakeet that «anyone who thinks it is wrong for a woman to teach in church can be consistent with that point of view only if they refuse to read and learn from women scholars.
Mind you that wasn't the only thing you said in that particular thread that led me to the conclusion that attempting to have any real dialogue with you was pointless and I was already well on the way to that point from the countless encounters of you avoiding questions and offering nothing more to support your stance than «I'm right and you're wrong» or «read it again, it's clear».
When you look at how the Bible looks at sex, and you read the context the Bible presents it's points in, I have only seen it talk about lust or sex with a man or woman not married.
And I have a selfish motive for at least a good number on this blog to read it: I'm eager for more discussion on a number of points that can only be engaged if you've read the book.
Studying for his doctorate at Cambridge, he began to appreciate the scholarship of his female professors, concluding that «anyone who thinks it is wrong for a woman to teach in a church can be consistent with that point of view only if they refuse to read and learn from women scholars.»
Only slight tailoring is necessary at this point in time because my weather readings so closely match the National Weather Service readings taken at the fire station in Old Town Temecula.
the point im trying to make is that if we have a DM it will slow the counter attacks down, giving BFG a few extra seconds to read the play, therefore getting the best out of him...... im not a football manager or a coach, but its not only me who can see this flaw in our game, its the whole world.....
At one point, Gary made a comment that I will paraphrase: «For all the fans in Alabama — and there are only about five of them that like us — and two of them are relatives...» See, they DO read your comments.
Well written post, good points made and only one «innit» which made it so much easier and less annoying to read.
Look gentlemen this WAS an extremely well written and well researched article and has to rank as one of the best Ive read in many a long year, Howvever when all of the «in depth analysis» has been done it really boils down to two points and two points only, 1) Our strikers (namely Walcott, Giroud, Welbeck and Cambel) just did nt score enough goals when it really mattered, 2) our defence made too many mistakes that allowed too many goals to be scored against us when it mattered.
Only people who point the finger at Wenger without question are the idiots who read the daily rags and believe them to be gospel.
The Frenchman knows that only one thing matters when we are playing Tottenham, and that is coming away with all three points...... Read the full article here
The majority of fans that go to the Emirates now never went to Highbury (at a guess, I'd say five to eight thousand) and only know reasonable success, ie, FA Cup wins and continuous Champions League qualification and only read about the «Invincibles», you can tell by the fact they never chant «come on you reds» which was a regular, extremely loud chant in the Highbury days and as ThirdMan pointed out are the prawn sandwich brigade mixed with the tourist support and there you have the empty seats.
I saw the article on JUst Arsenal about Arsene Wenger and his decision to mkae only two changes to the Arsenal XI for the home game against Everton today and I must say that I agree in general with the point that it was a really risky move from the Prof.... Read the full article here
Someone i read earlier pointed out that why is only now that our team has grown up why hasnt this happened three to four years ago when we had a very good starting eleven also.
The Gunners earned only their second away win of the campaign this weekend when beating Burnley, and those three points saw them leapfrog both Liverpool and Tottenham into the top four,... Read the full article here
I think I've been reading other version's of this article on this site before — the point is that year in year out we have pretty much the same discussions while the only constant in all of this is Wenger.
Not only is the format hard to read, it also makes the playoff standings about point totals instead of the raw win - loss system.
Eleven points off safety and with their closest rivals having made useful additions — Reading reinforced their back line with Premier League loanees Andy Griffin and Zurab Khizanishvili while Plymouth signing Damien Johnson was Birmingham's midfield lynchpin not so very long ago — Peterborough chose deadline day to part ways with manager Mark Cooper after less than three months and only 13 games in charge.
Scoring only his second goal for the club from the penalty spot as Reading set a new divisional points record against Queen's Park Rangers, Murty has provided a memory set in stone for all Royals fans.
They are unbeaten at home and are only one point... [Read more...]
Brighton & Hove Albion were the only other team within the top 6 to pick up points, as they beat Reading with ease 3 - 0.
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