For me, and
speaking as a layman, the Bible is the story of Jesus Christ.
Therefore,
speaking as a layman trying to understand what to believe or not to believe, seeing a term like «fossil fuel industry», one so broad as to defy specific facts and data, I can't help but to wonder about motive and objectives.
Not exact matches
I
speak as a Protestant
layman, out of my own experience with all its limitations.
There is George Sherwood Eddy, a young man of wealth who is supporting himself in mission work in India,
speaking as effective a message to this conference
as he did to the Chicago
Laymen's Congress a few weeks ago.
He does not push the movement, but
speaks in a matter - of - fact and utterly persuasive manner about how Opus Dei has helped him to understand and sustain his vocation
as a Christian
layman.
The 40 recognised breeds of domestic cats are also refered to
as purebreds in
layman's
speak.
I would like to challenge several professional contributors, not the
laymen of these pages, on suggesting over population of the human being, or population growth,
as never being addressed
as an alternative to energy conservation: So many of us DO
speak of our concerns and prioritization of the «too many human beings» on this planet.
Speaking only
as an interested
layman, I do not think your claim obtains.