Sentences with phrase «supported by reason»

What blanket statements have I made that aren't supported by reason or evidence?

@ Joe — yes, the big bang can be supported by reason, logic, and evidence.

Thus David Hume (1711 - 1776) challenged a basic conviction of Deism that natural religion and a belief in God can be supported by reason.

All of these rules are supported by reason, and whatever fits reason is acceptable to religion.

come on Momoya, you made an accusation that surely can be supported by your reason and logic, but just to say I am lying is not a logical reason that's an emotion...

It is a noble document, making numerous excellent points based on both reason and revelation, acknowledging that pro-life politics is «supported by reasons that are accessible to all and should be convincing to all».

Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.

Opinionated Essay: Some Useful Tips for You Opinionated essay is a kind of essay, which presupposes the presenting subjective point of view of the writer to the subject under consideration, which is supported by the reasons, examples, and evidence.

Opinionated essay is a kind of essay, which presupposes the presenting subjective point of view of the writer to the subject under consideration, which is supported by the reasons, examples, and evidence.

The most considerable difference is that argument should present a claim supported by reasoning and evidence which persuades your reader that the thesis of your essay writing is a valid one.

In a rare appellate court decision, the Court of Appeal in Walton v. Alberta (Securities Commission), 2014 ABCA 273, has set aside a decision by the Alberta Securities Commission and has held that any monetary penalties levied must be proportionate to the circumstances of the offender and supported by reasons.

KM challenged this on the basis that the determination had not been adequately supported by reasons and was irrational, asking instead for a determination of # 120k.

It is unusual to comment on a decision to deny leave since such decisions are never supported by reasons and the Court has warned that we can not infer much about the status of an appellate decision on which leave was denied for the very good reason that there may be all sorts of considerations that might lead the Court to deny leave in any particular case.

Not exact matches

Matanov told an unidentified witness cooperating with the government that «the bombings could have had a just reason, such as being done in the name of Islam, that he would support the bombings if the reason were just or the attack had been done by the Taliban,» according to the papers.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Obama gave The Atlantic several reasons for not enforcing the red line — uneasiness about a strike against Syria not being sanctioned by Congress, a lack of support from the international community and the American people, the possibility that the intelligence on the chemical - weapons attack wasn't 100 % solid — but did not mention the Iran deal among them.

That's one reason why City Girl Coffee Company, run by Alyza Bohbot, gets its beans from women - run farms and cooperatives and donates 5 % of its profits to organizations that support women in the coffee industry.

The free in - store workshops and Genius Bars (offering free in - store tech support by appointment) are two reasons why I love Apple stores.

The reasons given by employers for their support of a minimum wage increase were similar to arguments we've heard on Inc.com before, including:

In order to support the continuity of senior leadership, we have employment agreements with Ms. Katz and Messrs. Skinner and Gold which provide, among other things, for payments to the executive following a termination of employment by the executive for «good reason» or a termination of the executive's employment by us without «cause.»

One reason some lawmakers said they would not support this specific replacement plan was that, had it passed, 14 million people who currently have coverage would lose it by 2018, according to an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office.

While it is encouraging to see the high level of support from Chinese companies, for whatever reason, the unfortunate truth is that not all leading domestic Chinese companies are able to serve the one belt, one road as they are constrained by traditions, culture, and language barriers.

A reason for this may be the viewpoint that Russian cyber-criminals are left alone by Russian authorities, as long as they don't target fellow Russians, a reason why Russian - speaking criminal forums didn't bother supporting privacy - hardened cryptocurrencies, as they don't fear they'll be targeted by local law enforcement.

For that reason they are investing their own money by spearheading the creation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the contentious new institution that has yet to receive support from the United States, Japan, or Korea, and has been held back by the incumbent Asian Development Bank in Manila.

Therefore although a new all time high in gold would cause us to seriously consider taking a long position again, any technical breakout to a new high would have to be supported by some fundamental reasoning as to why gold was about to embark on a major rally.

One often cited reason for the stock market rally at the end of the year is window dressing by investment funds — i.e., investment funds support prices at year - end in order to prettify their results — which has the purely coincidental side - effect of boosting bonus payments, which are often calculated at the turn of the year.

Another reason developers are supporting ETC for is that compared to ETH, which is too much influenced by Ethereum Foundation, ETC follows the basic principles of a decentralized open source community, and it provides a freer environment for application development.

Here are five great reasons to own a resale clothing franchise — supported by findings within the thredUP report:

Stocks have gained a lot of ground this year on a combination of reasons, including hopes over the U.S. economy, a seeming easing in Europe's debt crisis and continued support by the world's leading central banks.

Add to that both thousands of years of tribal warfare and the political insertion of the Jewish state into Palestine by the UN and America's support of Israel and there is little reason to believe religion per se is a primary cause.

The reasoning, as was explained to me was that it was thought a good shepherd could not lead if distracted by his own familial flock [this aside from the fact that a youngest son in a family would typically not inherit enough to support a family and was therefore sent to join a church].

First, atheists directly challenge their beliefs by pointing out the flaws in their reasoning and answers, and relentlessly pointing out there is no evidence to support any of their beliefs.

So using this deductive reasoning set forth by this 28 %... God supports gays and gay marriages.

... Not only can there be no conflict between faith and reason, they also support each other since right reason demonstrates the foundations of the faith and, illumined by its light, pursues the science of divine things, while faith frees and protects reason from errors and provides it with manifold insights.

The call for a mutual support agreement between faith and reason has often been rejected, both by some of the faithful and by many scientists.

Two sentences in the discussion of reason in the earlier version of the report could be taken to support the use of such analysis: «By reason we relate our witness to the full range of human knowledge and experience,» and «By our quest for reasoned understandings of Christian faith we seek to grasp and express the gospel in a way that will commend itself to thoughtful persons who are seeking to know and follow God's ways.»

And since the criticism of homosexuality in the bible is the result of bigotry introduced by men to support a view not originally there... there is no reason to fret about the gay lover possibility anyway.

He did not support war for any reason» those who live by the sword shall die by the sword».

For that reason only we find now the ruling powers are in the hands of secular non religious ones... The conference above stated that the secular regimes in the West had used the indifference between religions, branches, doctrines by creating «Fitnah» said to be harder than killing... because you get all those with Fitnah to fight among them selves... beside establishing and supporting terrorist groups to get the area unstable far from investment and development environment that has caused the mass immigration of the capital heads, professions and skilled labour hands from their countries to the west and be treated as garbage at countries that they do not belong to whether as culture, race or religion....

They were worthy of affirmation and support not simply because they were «ours,» but because they were deemed the universally best, as evidenced by reason.

Most of my points came from this article, if you wish to see our point of reason, supported by atheist scientists.

Which is another reason why we can share how we feel and why; but can't be impute motives or be dogmatic except for the most obvious predatory acts like murder, rape, physical assault — those things that have been criminalized by enforceable laws, laws that have the support of an overwhelming public consensus.

In other words, the theory that is itself the most important supporting pillar for the modernist system is itself supported by that very system, in a classic example of circular reasoning.

The sun is not perfectly positioned upon the earth by accident it was placed there for a reason and purpose to support life which is God attended... We are not on this planet on accident we did not evolve from a single cell that theory has been debunked for many years...

There's other reasons to believe in God, all supported by evidence, that affirm to me Christianity is in the fact the most compelling belief for me.

The reason why some say that there is no god is because there isn't a single shred of evidence to support the existence of any god, and indeed a preponderance of evidence to show that the universe and this world were formed by very natural processes.

The fact that people are tempted to abuse Scripture by calling upon it to support whatever they believe is one of the reasons it is inappropriate most of the time to think that the primary theological debate is about whether the biblical text is authoritative or not.

(Incidentally, this is one of the main reasons for America's support of Israel, since Israel's control of the «biblical lands» is a first step toward the «Rapture» and the end of the world which is so much desired by these Christians!)

Yet some observers supported the UK's decision, with reasoning such as, «He's just being kept alive by a machine!»

Deism is the recognition of a universal creative force greater than that demonstrated by mankind, supported by personal observation of laws and designs in nature and the universe, perpetuated and validated by the innate ability of human reason coupled with the rejection of claims made by individuals and organized religions of having received special divine intervention.