Sentences with phrase «sacred cow of»

But when a new emergence achieves outsized approbation and applause, it can become a sacred cow of sorts, immune to fresh observation, criticism, or even real understanding of its essence and potential relevance.

Kudos to Canadian politicians for tackling the sacred cow of OAS reform.

Yet in cowardly obeisance to the political correctness of the day, the sacred cow of population control is left untouched.

In «Creative Age», you destroyed a very sacred cow of the agency world, The Brand.

With Majora's Mask being the sacred cow of the Zelda series at the moment, who knows if it will feel the same nostalgia fade once its 3DS rerelease comes out?

In this episode I talk about killing my sacred cow of not trading time for money as I'm going to start offer a limited amount of consulting calls.

Fortunately, Charlie Stross has already eviscerated that particular sacred cow of the publishing industry (see here and here), so I'll focus on what's actually causing my problem: publishing rights.

Writing Slow Equals Writing Better is a complete myth, a nasty sacred cow of publishing that hurts and stops writers who believe it.

At the same time, Willard is a little desperate to establish itself as respectful of the cheese of»70s ecological horror, indulging in a little cat and boss cruelty but showing its true colours in a quailing cop - out involving the sacred cow of a pet dog.

As a Jew, he has dared to take on the sacred cow of militaristic Zionism, and has even forcefully criticized such a revered figure as Auschwitz survivor and Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel, charging that Wiesel turns a blind eye to the suffering that Israel, «the homeland for persecuted European Jews and Holocaust survivors,» has inflicted upon the Palestinians.

Entitlements for the elderly have become the sacred cow of American politics.

time to revisit the sacred cow of the 2nd amendment.

One of the sacred cows of the evangelical subculture is the family altar.

Cuomo also appears ready to go after the sacred cows of state spending: education and health care.

Funny jokes about marriage, relationship: man, lady, husband, wife, home life, adultery, The priceless humor and funny jokes on this page milk all the sacred cows of human family hijinks.

Like many other sacred cows of the teaching profession, Back - to - School Nights are undergoing a facelift.

Dean Wesley Smith takes on one of the biggest sacred cows of the writing business — namely, the idea that first drafts are worthless, that a story or a novel is only any good if you've revised and rewritten it...

After reading his blog and his great series of posts on killing the sacred cows of publishing, I met Dean at the recent Superstars Writing Seminar.

Book one was KILLING THE TOP TEN SACRED COWS OF PUBLISHING.

Dean has recently written the «Killing the sacred cows of publishing» series which we are talking about today.

It seems fitting then, that he should take on some of the sacred cows of the self - important art establishment and give them a little taste of the Larry Rivers treatment.

His new book, published last month and provocatively titled «Green Illusions: The Dirty Secrets of Clean Energy and the Future of Environmentalism,» takes on what Zehner considers the sacred cows of the green movement: solar power, wind power and electric vehicles, among others.

Two sacred cows of CAGW are: 1.

Not exact matches

«This is one of the sacred cows.

Itemized deductions: Following through on previous pledges, the new plan eliminates most itemized deductions, but retains the «sacred cows» of write - offs for mortgage interest and charitable donations.

For a while these negotiations appeared to be making progress, with the President agreeing in principle to cut social programs (the Democrats» sacred cow) and Boehner showing a willingness to accept some measure of revenue increases (a Republican litmus test).

None of these programs are sacred cows.

The real reason pork was outlawed is similar to the reason cows are sacred in Hinduism (and yet calves are often killed so they don't nurse): raising pigs, which require massive amounts of water so they don't overheat and die requires excessive amounts of capital and water resources, of which the region has been sorely lacking for a long long time.

Who is it that you accuse of undermining your traditions, of sacrificing your sacred cows?

It's not about keeping hold of our sacred cows and our love of a law we can't keep.

The cow — which is regarded as sacred and wanders freely in most parts of India — is a symbol of this.

Meditation entailed a memorization of notable content so that the monk could ruminate over the sacred text throughout the day and slowly absorb its nutrients, like a cow chewing its cud.

Victor Paul Furnish in The Moral Teaching of Paul (1979) contrasted those who treated scripture as a sacred cow and those who considered it a white elephant.

(a) Religion tells people not only what they should believe, but what they are morally obliged to believe on pain of divine retribution, whereas science, economics, medicine etc. has no «sacred cows» in terms of doctrine and go where the evidence leads;

(a) Christianity tells people not only what they should believe, but what they MUST believe under threat of «burning in hell» or other of divine retribution, whereas science, economics, medicine etc. has no «sacred cows» in terms of doctrine and go where the evidence leads them;

(a) Religion tells people not only what they should believe, but what they must believe under threat of divine retribution, whereas science, economics, medicine etc. has no «sacred cows» in terms of doctrine and go where the evidence leads them;

A perfect counter-example is Hinduism, which by construction is more spiritual than religious — it's adherents do not have strict rules or norms, and there is incredible diversity of norms within one umbrella (some who believe in caste system, even though a large majority of urbanites study in Christian missionary schools; some who believe cows are sacred though 2/3 of Indians are actually non-vegetarian).

«Pick up thy cross and follow me» means to also be willing to accept the consequences of sacred «cow tipping».

«The voting booth is not some sort of sacred cow that you can't talk about.

(a) Religion tells people not only what they should believe, but what they MUST believe under threat of «burning in hell» or other of divine retribution, whereas science, economics, medicine etc. has no «sacred cows» in terms of doctrine and go where the evidence leads them;

The evangelical subculture is not alone in uncritical acceptance of family - related sacred cows.

We need to see clearly how «scientism» has become a kind of sacred cow.

All that's being» willfully destructed» here are the sacred cows so many of the «institutionalized» believe in... A wise woman once said: «The truth will set you free... but first, it will piss you off...» And do I think MLK, Jr. was a saint / bodhisattva?

(a) Religion tells people not only what they should believe, but what they are morally obliged to believe on pain of divine retribution, whereas science, economics, medicine etc. has no «sacred cows» in terms of doctrine and go where the evidence leads them;

fison has a fair observation of the «sacred cows» of those who preach tolerance.

I am (a) A victim of child molestation (b) A r.ape victim trying to recover (c) A mental patient with paranoid delusions (d) A Christian The only discipline known to often cause people to kill others they have never met and / or to commit suicide in its furtherance is: (a) Architecture; (b) Philosophy; (c) Archeology; or (d) Religion What is it that most differentiates science and all other intellectual disciplines from religion: (a) Religion tells people not only what they should believe, but what they are morally obliged to believe on pain of divine retribution, whereas science, economics, medicine etc. has no «sacred cows» in terms of doctrine and go where the evidence leads them; (b) Religion can make a statement, such as «there is a composite god comprised of God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit», and be totally immune from experimentation and challenge, whereas science can only make factual assertions when supported by considerable evidence; (c) Science and the scientific method is universal and consistent all over the World whereas religion is regional and a person's religious conviction, no matter how deeply held, is clearly nothing more than an accident of birth; or (d) All of the above.

Two of these sacred cows involve settled positions on gender and homosexuality.

Those forms are still printed for congregations that wish to use them, but the number is a decreasing one, even in parts of the church where a few years ago the traditional forms were virtual «sacred cows.»

Ghee contains naturally occurring CLA, Vitamins A, D & K. Per Ayurveda, cow ghee is one of the most sacred foods.

It's a neighborhood of horselaughs, heavy - handed digs and no sacred cows, Marino, included.