Sentences with phrase «than nothing before»

Even most atheists understand there must be something rather than nothing before and or after our physical existence.

Not exact matches

I've said before that I'm not even sure that most CEOs should be doing any hiring for their businesses, but he says that there's nothing more important to the future of Morningstar than attracting and retaining top talent.

The lawyer also claimed in the letter that the timing of the Times article, coming less than a month before Election Day, is evidence that the report «is nothing more than a politically - motivated effort to defeat Mr. Trump's candidacy.»

It's the same thing once you get to work — before you know it, it's noon and you've done nothing other than respond to email.

And all of this, of course, is to say nothing of his easy flirtation with nuclear disaster; today we seem closer to war with North Korea than ever before.

While it is proper to perform formal risk assessments before determining security strategy and techniques, the reality is that many small businesses won't expend the resources to do so, and following some sound general advice is far better than doing nothing.

Long before the Hogan trial took center stage, Gawker Media invested millions (Denton won't say how much exactly) in building a commenting and reader - blogging system it called Kinja, which Denton described as nothing less than an attempt to turn the publishing world on its head — to put readers on the same level with journalists and publishers.

The Guaranteed Income Supplement was meant to be in place only long enough to help the people who reached 65 before the full Canada Pension Plan pensions became available and who would have little or nothing other than Old Age Security, and perhaps a reduced Canada Pension Plan pension, to live on.

If interest rates rise bond funds get slammed and you'll be a loser (it has happened to me before, ouch)... but if you hold the bond nothing (other than the scenario of a default) happens & your principle is returned.

Offloading a stock just before it dumps could be nothing more than a coincidence.

Before a market can be described as a bull market, it is expected that the prices of nothing less than eighty per cent of the stocks listed in the particular exchange should be on the rise.

For many of us, there's nothing harder than fitting in a workout in the early morning before trudging off to the office or in the evening when there are errands to take care of and dinner to prepare.

In his famous book, «The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money,» Keynes writes, «a large proportion of our positive activities depend on spontaneous optimism rather than on a mathematical expectation, whether moral or hedonistic or economic... if the animal spirits are dimmed and the spontaneous optimism falters, leaving us to depend on nothing but a mathematical expectation, enterprise will fade and die; though fears of loss may have a basis no more reasonable than hopes of profit had before.»

Please do your research before bashing a religion you know nothing about, who's followers are better people over-all than you bashers.

They bow down before these «works of art» that are nothing more than the product of the IMAGINATIONS of the artists who made them.

I found that it is nothing more than a man - made, blood sacrifice, death cult which stole its ideas from cults which came before it..

Julie, as you correctly point out, has offered support for her claims, and the principle figures in this mess have answered with nothing more than outright dismissal and disdain for her, and that — at least to my mind — gives the lie to their protestations of innocence, whether before the fact or after.

Christan beliefs are based on nothing more than a collection of Bronze and Iron Age Middle Eastern mythology, much of it discredited, that was cobbled together into a book called the «Bible» by people we know virtually nothing about, before the Dark Ages.

Change is nothing new, but perhaps the speed of change is faster than ever before.

The hotly debated question as to whether this implies that the Kingdom is to be regarded as present, inbreaking, dawning, casting its shadows before it, or whatever, becomes academic when we realize that the claim of the saying is that certain events in the ministry of Jesus are nothing less than an experience of the Kingdom of God.

That child's dance is nothing less than the eternal dance of divine Wisdom before God's throne, the dance of David and the angels and saints before his glory; it is the true face of creation, which God came to restore and which he will not suffer to see corruption..

You will die and cease to exist before you get the chance to realize that your afterlife was nothing more than wishful thinking.

When David danced before the Lord at the ark, he was practically naked (2 Sam 6:14), because ephods were nothing more than jock straps.

Paine is THE reason there is a United States of America, while Jesus is nothing more than a mythical amalgamation of earlier man - gods from man's ignorant Bronze Age period and before.

Perhaps, if you have nothing better to do than insult someone, you should think more on what it is you mean to say before you say it.

By the way, Mohammad was nothing more than a crafty merchant who formulated a religion with the sole purpose of taking control of Mecca and the profits from the pilgrimages that went on before and after the rise of Islam.

If it is spent on something that uses up as much or more energy per dollar as the original reduction, nothing has been gained in the energy budget at large (though this person may now own a more desirable mix of goods and services than before).

Rick the more i think about it we are to live as overcomers not strugglers since the day i decided to turn away from the sin that was controlling my life i never fell back into old sinful patterns not once, was i tempted many many times.The Lord will work in our lives one area at a time he needs us to give him full control so if an area is taking control we do need to hand it to him so he can change us.How do we do it immediately we say Lord you know i am weak but in you i am strong i leaned on him and overcame time and time again.We all have areas of weakness that we struggle in so do nt feel bad.Struggling is us trying to do it in our own strength before this process i was so stubborn i refused to let God help me i wanted to do it in my own strength and so it was a roller coaster ride in my christian walk if the day went well i was on a high if it did nt i would would be down.Not any more now when things do nt go to plan i still thank the Lord and when it goes well i thank the Lord.Because i know that all things work for good to those who love the Lord.The main area he is wanting is our hearts he wants all our heart not only some until we come to that place we will continue to struggle in our faith.The only reason to tell you this is not to boast because of what i have done in myself because i have nothing to boast about but if i did i would brag that Christ has empowered me by his holy spirit to be an overcomer just as he would want you to be.As Christians we are all called to be overcomers more than conquerers.Make a decision today to turn all your hearts to the Lord to acknowledge the areas you are holding onto that are controlling your flesh life hand them to the Lord and walk according to the spirit and not the flesh and he will give you the victory.That can be a reality starting today merry christmas everyone and may the new year be an exciting one as we put all our trust in Christ our Lord and savior.Brentnz

For then it is understood that the remoteness of God is nothing other than His remoteness from the sinner, and therefore a remoteness into which man is forced by the very fact that here and now he stands before God.

Before that, the fragments get worse, until the oldest of all, P52, which was discovered in an Egyptian trash heap in, is nothing more than a credit card sized piece of papyrus with a small piece of John Chapter 18 on it.

Jeremy have been asking the holy spirit for his help with this and in regards to the lame man that Jesus healed I do nt believe that sin was the issue for him just like the blind man was it his parents or did he sin the answer was neither but so that God would be glorified.What was the sin that may have been worse for him.The two situations are related of the woman caught in adultery the key words being go and sin no more only two references in the bible and will explain later the lame man we see at first his dependency on everyone else for his needs he cant do it he is in the best position to receive Gods grace but what does he do with it.Does he follow Jesus no we are told he goes to the temple and Jesus finds him now that he has his strength to do things on his own what his response to follow the way of the pharisees that is what is worse than his condition before so he is warned by go and sin no more.We get confused because we see the word sin but the giver of is speaking to him to go another way means death.Getting back to the two situations of the woman caught in adultery and the lame man here we see a picture of our hearts on the one our love for sin and on the other the desire to work out our salvation on our terms they are the two areas we have to submit to God.My experience was the self righteousness was the harder to deal with because it is linked in to our feelings of self worth and self confidence so we have to be broken so we are humble enough to realise that without God we can do nothing our flesh hates that so it is a struggle at first to change our way of thinking.brentnz

These include a fantastic sequence in which Scout and Jem and Dill play the main parts of a revivalist meeting that culminates in Dill's grandly appearing as nothing less than the Holy Ghost, but not before the children have a pointed argument about denominational differences — Methodist vs. Baptist — and related liturgical practices (how's that for dating the novel?).

Like all underlings clinging to the middle rungs of power before and since, he feared nothing more than a negative report to headquarters.

Give scientists credit for bringing understand where before there was nothing but stories, some more intriguing than others, but all just stories.

@just spewin» / CA (one in the same as you have well noted): you are so wrong and I stand for my country, a country that was founded over a hundred years before that anthem... the word «god» is nothing more than a word... it has no pertinence in anything but the minds of the deluded.

The above beliefs are based on nothing more than a collection of Bronze and Iron Age Middle Eastern mythology, much of it discredited, that was cobbled together into a book called the «Bible» by people we know virtually nothing about, before the Dark Ages.

The words came up to me on every side jostling one another and smiling in agreement so that, where before there was hardly any word in the whole of Scripture more bitter tome than penitentia (which I sought to feign in the presence of God — coram Deo — and tried to express with a fictitious and forced love), now nothing sounds sweeter or more gracious to me than penitentia.

The above beliefs are based on nothing more than a collection of Bronze Age and Greco - Roman Middle Eastern mythology, much of it discredited, that was cobbled together into a book called the «Bible» by people we know virtually nothing about, before the Dark Ages.

The «that than which nothing greater...» formula is Anselm's attempt to express the perfection, majesty, and transcendence associated with the thought of God throughout the fabric of biblical religion — «Thou shalt have no other gods before me.»

still, there really is nothing better than a fresh fig I've met people here (in boston) that have never had a fresh fig before, only dried — it blows my mind!

Before you think I've been possessed by dark spirits (what with all these Gothic - looking posts), let me assure you, that this freaky streak reflects nothing more than my soft spot for Halloween.

There's nothing sadder than having to toss all those yummy fruits and veggies before you have a chance to eat them, right?

Nothing on the other hand was better than the sugar - free hard candies that lived in a bowl on our kitchen countertop for a year or so before someone finally threw them out.

There's nothing easier than a little prep time the night before to have a nutritious and oh so convenient breakfast in the morning.

There's nothing better than knowing there is dinner that just needs to be thawed and reheated on a busy day I've never made anything with lentils before.

Both Arsene Wenger and his Arsenal captain Mikel Arteta have claimed that Arsenal have deserved a lot more than we have got for our efforts this season, highlighted by the way we dominated Manchester United more than we have in years and still got nothing, while they scored two goals before even having two shots on target.

Before Torres, Liverpool were nothing more than a shell of the team they are today.

I'll also be honest in saying I wanted nothing more than for Wenger to prove anyone wrong before the season started and lift one of the major trophies that as eluded him for so many years and go on the high note.

It will be better to risk Mahrez replacing Sanchez than Lemar.The guy has done it before and I think he can handle the pressure.I don't see Lemar having a better impact than Mahrez for Arsenal.The painful thing is that we might fail getting Lemar and allow Mahrez to movecto AS Roma which leaves us with nothing.

Aguero before he came to City, played for a team with variable results in the league, even though he won Europa League with them, he was nothing more than an exceptional talent, like Hazard (Hence why Ferguson was not willing to pay # 34M for the belgian)