Sentences with phrase «upon further thought»

This number could appear low on the surface, but upon further thought, one must remember that this only includes complaints made to the CFPB.

Actually, upon further thought I can't understand why the alternative investment segment isn't profitable excluding investment income.

Niebuhr didn't mean to be funny when he said that Lutheranism evinces a «mystical fear of action,» but for a Lutheran student of theology that's gut «wrenching humor» which, upon further thought, is kind of sad.

Not exact matches

At press time, that number continues to grow by more than 1,000 emails each day, with individuals sharing their stories and impressing upon our elected officials that a sober second thought is needed to avoid far - reaching, negative consequences.

It's true also that poverty, oppression, disease, and hunger have always been far from me, and that I often choose to live in blissful disregard of them rather than think upon and sacrifice significantly to aid those in need.

And I think that is completely, 100 percent consistent with the original vision of the United States of America — with western civilization in general, which the United States has seized upon and amplified throughout its short, but very intense history so far.

On a far higher level, intellectually and spiritually, is that very noble philosophical poem called the Wisdom of Solomon, and that still nobler monument of ancient Hebrew thought, the Book of Job, a dramatic dialogue in splendid and sonorous verse upon the theme of suffering and its place in a providential order.

Well I decided to research certain things and upon further examination I found more and more credible evidence for God existing, I started to think that maybe, just maybe, God could exist.

«Many Christians still at bottom look upon God as one of the most selfish, self - absorbed Beings in the universe, far more selfish than they could think it right to be themselves, — intent only upon His own honor and glory, looking out continually that His own rights are never trampled on; and so absorbed in thoughts of Himself and of His own righteousness, as to have no love or pity to spare for the poor sinners who have offended Him.»

Further, as I have said before, if this little precarious foothold upon earth is all that we are ever to know of conscious living, if in fact there is no life except the material and physical, those of us who are not particularly altruistic by nature would hardly think our labors and struggles worth while.

When Aristotle deliberately expresses the commonality of energeia and entelecheia, and when he further asserts that energeia, as the efficacy of the actual, strives toward entelecheia as toward its fulfillment, 19 it seems to us that the decisive point of convergence between these concepts and Whiteheadian thought has been hit upon.

No Reformer, I believe, ever thought that his beliefs were perfect and that nobody could ever improve upon his teachings or take his ideas further.

As far as Jesus sacrifice goes, I think N.T. Wright hits it on the head in «The Day the Revolution Began» in that in bringing about the «Law», Sin was brought out into the open, and Jesus drew that sin upon himself in order to put it to death in his flesh, and deal with it once and for all.

But the succeeding acts of the drama must take place on another level; they must occur in a new world into which, at this moment, we are being born: a world in which each thinking unit upon earth will only act (if he agrees to act) in the consciousness, become natural and instinctive to all, of furthering a work of total personalization.

Less obvious to the extraordinary, they also depend upon the ordinary: the meaning of their thinking, the possibilities of imagination and of founding — these may soar far above the common, but they are launched from the common earth and never leave its orbit.

It further suggests that man is bound by existential necessities stemming from his spatiotemporal embodiment, and that fulfillment of his freedom and rationality depends upon conforming the processes of thought to the elemental demands of necessity through loyalty to the rule of noncontradiction.

This entire article by MIller and Gilgooff is based upon premises that are inherently political, and thus, that are insufficient for thinking people, as far as spirituality goes, or anything else, for that matter.

Essentially, in the twofold irresistible embrace of a planet that is visibly shrinking, and Thought that is more and more rapidly coiling in upon itself; the dust of human units finds itself subjected to a formidable pressure of coalescence, far stronger than the individual or national repulsions that so alarm us.

A sense of collectivity, arising in our minds Out of the evolutionary sense, has imposed a framework of entirely new dimensions upon all our thinking; so that Mankind has come to present itself to our gaze less and less as a haphazard and extrinsic association of individuals, and increasingly as a biological entity wherein, in some sort, the proceedings and the necessities of the universe m movement are furthered and achieve their culmination.

The whole thing rests upon one author — Michael Prescott's — highly selective excerpting and chopping up of a private [i.e., thinking out loud without clarifications] journal written when Rand was barely out of her teens, fresh from the blood bath of 1920s Soviet Russia — and still made it very clear that her read on the personalities of the observers showed that they were not appalled by Hickman's crime — she said there had been far worse, without the same spectacle of glee — but by his flamboyant and mocking defiance of society.

To the extent that this is simply a reaction against a static and abstract rationalism, it is wholly salutary; but it becomes pernicious if it goes so far as to cause us to overlook what is truly exceptional and essential in the phenomenon of Thought — the power of Consciousness to centrate so perfectly upon itself as to be able to situate itself (itself and the Universe at the same time) in the explicit framework of a present, a past and a future — that is to say, in a Space - Time continuum.

A further enlargement of thought was associated with the idea that the requiting of evil upon enemies was not so much man's business God's.

(I.E. — Masturbation is sinful) Even the Jesus quote Anthony posted, upon further analysis does not mean that if a man looks at a woman and has a natural sexual thought he has committed adultery.

I am not a theologian and do not assume to know the mind of God nor am I a man of any particularly extensive education so I do not claim that I have the answer at all I just notice that this thread did not get much attention and so thought that I might take it upon myself to open it up for further discussion for those interested I will check back periodically to continue the discussion.

Cobb and Pinnock's Searching for An Adequate God (2000) and Stone and Oord's Thy Nature and Thy Name is Love (2001) build upon that change to further the dialogue between process thought and evangelical theology.

But Israel's thought on the problem certainly dates far back into an early period, for even in these stories, notably those of Samson and of Abimelech, judgment is passed upon their principals» conduct.

As you can see from my pictures, I halved some of the tomatillos and jalapenos but upon further reading I think you can definitely leave them whole.

But I suppose I can think it's funny because this sort of thing has rarely happened to me throughout my pregnancy so far, whereas some women who deal with this for weeks upon weeks probably don't think it's quite so funny.

However he really was not interested in defending much at the beginning of the season, and I think with alexis taking a bit of time to get into his stride and giroud and walcott being out he took it upon himself to score which in turn affected his defending, might even go as far as to say it's why santi is now playing box to box haha

Upon further reflection, I still don't get it but at least I have somewhat more coherent thoughts.

Upon returning to the northern part of the US, which is as far as we could travel at the time, she then decided to keep both dogs because I was suicidal at finding myself in a new city, with zero emotional support, thousands of miles away from my former life in the SW and she thought it was what she needed to do to keep the dog safe, who was also dealing with the split, as it had bonded with the other dog and my ex.

Let dry (far longer than you think is needed) before walking on / placing furniture upon / letting the kitten run loose atop.

''... children have no natural appetite for twaddle, and a special literature for children is probably far less necessary than the booksellers would have us suppose... What they want is to be brought into touch with living thought of the best, their intellectual life feeds upon it without meddling on our part.»

It's the Butterfly Hat (free pattern found here), and I must confess that it was far easier to knit than you might think upon first glance.

I like to think that maybe it is just innocent small talk, but far too often, it feels quite judgmental — like the asker is gauging how lazy I am by my response, like they must think there is an acceptable answer and other answers will be looked down upon.

It was Robert Silvers, the well - respected editor of The New York Review of Books, who urged Judt to expand his intellectual horizons: he «taught me in spite of myself that I really could do this sort of writing; that I could think and comment upon subjects far removed from my formal scholarly concerns.

Backing his claim with Article 13 of the Constitution which says «no person shall be deprived of his life intentionally except in the exercise of the execution of a sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence under the laws of Ghana of which he has been convicted,» the caucus leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs said, «I do not think that the constitution, in so far as a matter is criminal, frowns upon the use of force to the extent that it may even deprive some other people of their lives.

I think an MBA would have far more value later in your career when you have a bank of personal experience to reflect upon and can apply the business strategies a good MBA will give you to real situations.

This paint must have a very high ammonia content because within a few hours after completing the stools I smelled a very strong and distinct «cat pee» smell that was driving me crazy... I used vintage grain / feed sacks to upholster the seats and at first I thought maybe that was the problem... but upon further investigation I realized that every square inch of wood that has the Amy Howard chalk paint on it smells like ammonia... every.single.inch.

Upon entering I thought that I could very well be walking into yet another costume drama that takes no time whatsoever to work on an able story (i.e. Valmont), but instead I was treated to a beautifully layered film that is probably the second best I've seen so far this year.

I can't stand the subtext, but on a technical level it surpasses Twilight (which upon further review is worse than I originally thought) and New Moon.

Shyamalan digs a hole for himself early, and rather than try to climb out, he continues to dig even further down thinking he'll come upon an exit soon enough.

You would think, for a time, perhaps that Allen is making some kind of commentary on Jasmine's standards, and in a way he is, but he doesn't push it far enough, and tries to have it both ways by setting up her sister as this beset upon woman without pushing it far enough.

Because her thinking man's Ilsa act in The Reader is at least conceptually riskier than her put - upon dishrag Debbie Downer in Revolutionary Road, we were that close to throwing her by the wayside in this category, especially because there's a clearly superior crypto - leading role in the mix (Rosemarie DeWitt, whose titular character in Rachel Getting Married has been shut out of a lot of races thus far, but we feel anyone who actually watches enough of the film to justify throwing their vote toward frontrunner Anne Hathaway should have no other choice but to recognize DeWitt's equally tricky, equally attention - stealing performance).

After emailing back and forth to schedule an interview, Ellis finally responded, «Upon further investigation and consultation with Lusher, OPSB thinks your request has been satisfied.»

«Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me» John 5:39 Although The Simple Gospel is a compilation of articles and essays written by Jon Cardwell while serving as a missionary - pastor in remote bush Alaska (2002 - 2008), the hope behind this little book is to exhort earnest Bible reading, study and meditations among Christians in these dark times; and further, to encourage an eye upon the scriptures from a perspective that is gospel honoring, Christ exalting, and God glorifying.Jon has often said from the pulpit, «The gospel of Jesus Christ is simple; but it's not simplistic.»

We may not think of it then, but it will be recalled to our minds in after years, when the gloomy grave or a fearful living separation has placed her far beyond our reach, and her sweet voice of sympathy and consolation for the various ills attendant upon us sounds in our ears no more.

aldiko doesn t work on KOBO, - Vox, aldiko claims upon downloading no mobile recognized, have now loaded Overdrive that loads but can t get libruary to work, AHA at last Word - player loads on Vox, however when i loaded the books, pages don t fit on screen,:)-RRB--RRB- think I ll take it back and get an Ipad, this is far to difficult and time consuming... very dissapointing Like I said Word-player.com does work, and if anyone can get the pages to fit let me know.

So there is far more to the Arctic Circle than just hunting the northern lights, but last year, as we embarked upon our sixth attempt, we still thought it was time we finally had some luck.

Upon further investigation, I had decided it was harmless and told Scott that I thought it was a fly.