Sentences with phrase «stand in opposition»

Wangan and Jagalingou people stand in opposition to the planned Carmichael coalmine in Queensland, while the Sioux people are holding firm in their struggle against the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock.

Unlike proponents of the Continuous Coverage Auto Insurance Discount Act, those who stand in opposition to the measure say that it will actually likely increase the state's uninsured motorist issues.

However, in the case of a retracted myth, recollection of the retraction will support the statement's correct rejection, whereas the myth's boosted familiarity will foster its false acceptance as true, as familiarity and recollection stand in opposition.»

Some just stand in opposition to one another until such time as new and better facts or evidence emerge from the confusion to help clarify the situation.

If you live in a place where all decision makers stand in opposition to your effort, another option could be to first put aside the goal of an official resolution / ban and work to educate and survey the public to declare your area Fossil Free and then to work with local government to make that official (more on that survey and declaration strategy here).

Integrity can stand in opposition to hypocrisy, in that judging with the standards of integrity involves regarding internal consistency as a virtue, and suggests that parties holding within themselves apparently conflicting values should account for the discrepancy or alter their beliefs.

While the exhibition features exclusively female identifying artists, many of the artworks still objectify the male and female body as a hypersexual site for pleasure and are easily consumable by the male gaze, much like the media this show purports to stand in opposition to.

We stand in opposition to predatory gallerists and investors invading established communities for monetary gain.

There is not much info on the story yet, all we know is that after the destruction of Metropolis and the deaths of Lois Lane and their unborn child, Superman establishes a new world order, causing heroes to stand in opposition to each other.

The Entertainment Software Association sent» round a press release this past week rattling off trade groups in the US, Canada, Europe, Brazil, Korea, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, all of which stand in opposition to the plan — as you'd expect.

This may stand in opposition to some things you have read in the past.

As we saw in Georgia, people who stand in opposition to expanded school choice believe the money belongs to them, which is a big brother knows best mentality.

They appear to stand in opposition to much of the current reform agenda in Nashville (state charter authorizer, vouchers, etc.).

Implicit biases often stand in opposition to a person's stated beliefs.

But the slow pull of the performances stand in opposition to the rising tension to nice effect.

Furthermore, The Post demonstrates that the interests of the population stand in opposition to those of the authorities.

«I'm disappointed that anyone running for Attorney General in New York would stand in opposition to fundamental fairness and equality.

Far from natural companions, the moral value of capitalist endeavor and the demand for deregulated markets stand in opposition.

Again, 52,000 people wanted to stand in opposition to the hike in fees, and to remind Liberal Democrat MPs of the pledge they made in the run - up to the election.

«52,000 people wanted to stand in opposition to the hike in fees, and to remind Liberal Democrat MPs of the pledge they made in the run - up to the election.»

«I am proud to stand in opposition to the potential removal of the statue with so many other New York City residents.

The Jesus of the Bible will regularly disrupt our lives, call us to difficult things and stand in opposition to our personal preferences.

What is interesting about this is comparison and competition are precisely what stand in opposition to the things we really want.

Although Lincoln is often praised for this remark by those who oppose the mixing of religion and politics, it contains three of the most controversial ideas in American politics: that it is legitimate to invoke the name of God within the realm of political discourse; that God's existence isn't merely symbolic, but that he is always right; and that since God takes sides on certain issues, some people will be divinely justified while others will stand in opposition not only to their political opponents but to the very Creator and Sustainer of the Universe.

Niebuhr was not unique in the way he combined these contradictory elements into one view; they were left to stand in opposition by Paul, Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, and Pascal.

The two positions stand in opposition to one another.

Whitehead, of course, does not stand in opposition to Aristotle by any materialistic tendency.

As Jerry Falwell maintains in his tragic television productions (which stand in opposition to the comic presentations of Robert Schuller), society slips toward its destruction.

Yesterday's opponents, the West and Russia, may need to unite around a single focal point that will stand in opposition to a non-European focal point, which may also consist of a number of nation - states.

No sane being would try to stand in opposition to an omnipotent god who could create a universe and everything in it.

Rationalism may stand in opposition to empiricism, as for example in Descartes» philosophy, but it doesn't have to.

Even the most eccentric reconstruction of presumably primitive myths can provide the avant garde with a place to stand in opposition to Christianity and Western culture, which are, at the same time, declared to be both thoroughly discredited and powerfully holding humanity in thrall.

There is one business leader who is really more than a business leader and whose entire vision of the future stands in opposition to Trump's: Elon Musk.

Singh, who has long stood in opposition to the project on the grounds that it was approved under what he calls flawed environmental assessment rules adopted by the previous Conservative government, said Wednesday the Trudeau government should, in tandem with B.C., ask the Supreme Court for a reference to resolve what he calls jurisdictional issues.

The second generation leader of Alberta's social democratic party is smart, witty and well - positioned to boost her party's standings in the opposition benches.

Mormonism stands in opposition to the Word of God.

The title «Satan» is applied for one who stands in opposition; and it is applied, in the same way as «Elohim,» across the full spectrum of scriptural characters from a) God, to b) angels, to c) human men.

He therefore stands in opposition to God and his will.

In the final analysis Biblical literalism stands in opposition to faith in God and worship of God, for it replaces these with idolatry of the Bible.

Being a Jew meant standing in opposition to anti-Semitism and defending the right not to be discriminated against.

Only through genuine dialogue between them in which each of the partners, even when he stands in opposition to the other, attends to, affirms, and confirms him as this existing other, «can the opposition, certainly not be removed from the world, but be humanly arbitrated and led toward its overcoming.»

If transcendence is to be thought of as apartness from, standing in opposition to, then it is to be condemned here just as roundly, if not as violently, as in the death - of - God view.

Almost all that one understands in our time as specifically modern stands in opposition to the awareness of one's fellow as a whole, single, and unique person, even if, in most cases, a defectively developed one.

In every way it knows how the Church must stress the sacred importance not only of God but also of serving God in the right way — a way that stands in opposition to so much we are taught by our society which sometimes pretends to be Christian.

Confronted with this curious circumstance of an admired theologian whose work stands in opposition to the faith of his professed ecclesial community, even the most respectful inquiry would have to conclude, however reluctantly, that something went gravely awry in Balthasar's execution of the task of ecclesial theologian.

In this sense, then, according to which belief in God is part of a world - view and stands in opposition to another world - view, in opposition also to doubt of God's existence, Jesus does not speak of faith.

Likewise the idea of the grace of God is not radically conceived; for God's grace appears here as a kindly overlooking of sins, standing in opposition to His justice, as it were overcoming His justice.

To conceptualize the object merely as that which stands in opposition to me — to my sensation — I must conceive of it as opposed to sensation in a respect that is both basic to sensation and yet has nothing to do with sensory qualities.

Of course if a few tired MPs are replaced by popular candiates standing in opposition to them and not much else, it is no bad thing.

A Democrat who stood in opposition to a Republican House and Senate, Napolitano was replaced by Republican Jan Brewer, triggering turnover in state government and a shift in priorities — right in the midst of an estimated $ 3 billion budget shortfall.