Sentences with phrase «vague ideas which»

To become * Godly * is a vague idea which can be filled with almost any set of characteristics and qualities.

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The virtue of Zaret's approach is that it demonstrates the relevance of broad social conditions as effects on religious ideas, but instead of pinning these effects on hidden psychological states or vague generalities about interests and legitimation, it traces the factors actually involved in the specific contexts in which ideas were produced, modified, and disseminated.

The few biblical ideas which may have circulated among the common people were so vague and often contradictory that they can not be the basis for the precision, extensiveness, unity, and vigor of the material in the Qur» an.

She is a bit vague here, but she puts forth some interesting ideas about how the Emergent Church might come to operate using the basic principles of network theory and crowd sourcing... which is interesting, but more detailed than I can handle in a single post — so read the book!

Third, the idea of consciousness includes that of unity, implying, in some rather vague sense, the fusion of the totality of the impressions, thoughts and feelings, which make up a person's conscious being, into a single whole.

The IRS has no way of knowing these expenses - indeed, sometimes I don't have more than a vague idea until I add up the shoebox full of receipts for the year, and try to decide which are legitimately deductible.

First, they wish it away with vague platitudes about ruddy old England, seemingly immune to the idea that ruddy old England succeeded precisely because it conducted its politics in a way which made sure it was protecting the quality of life of those who lived within it.

This seems unlikely, but could be explained by the unavoidable flaw in the Psychoactive Substances Act which is that its wording is so vague, and its aims so unclear, that nobody - especially the police - really has any idea how or when to enforce it.

Only in the vaguest of terms are we given to understand how the Angulos» Hollywood fantasies fed into and inspired their rebellion or, conversely, the degree to which the violence in the movies they watched might have reinforced their parents» skewed idea of the dangers posed by the outside world.

That's not all: the theater in which they operate will have to close within a month and the men and women have only vague ideas of what lies ahead.

Filmmaker Alex Garland's take on Jeff VanderMeer's book — the first of an alliterative sci - fi trio known as the Southern Reach Trilogy that also includes «Authority» and «Acceptance» — is very much on the «loose» end of the adaptation spectrum, which suits the movie well: There's a lot about the novel, which is rich in ideas but intentionally vague about certain details, that would have been exceptionally difficult translate to screen.

In a nutshell, the story follows Marty (Colin Farrell) who is struggling from writer's block on his new screenplay for which he only has a few vague ideas and a title so far which is, you guessed it, «Seven Psychopaths.»

There are genuinely inspired ideas behind some of this material (The Tharks» desert huts and the vague grandeur of Helium notwithstanding), like Zodanga, a mobile city with massive and grinding legs, and the airships, which offer Carter the opportunity to leap from one to another while fighting off hostile forces.

No matter what one thinks of the results of this poll, it's worth noting that most people have no idea what a charter school is — or they have a vague misconception — which means this poll and all polls on the subject are meaningless.

The leaders of Parallel Action, whom Musil depicts as so many ridiculous marionettes, are thus all in search of a «redemptive idea,» which they evoke endlessly yet in the vaguest of terms — for indeed, they have neither the slightest inkling of what the idea might be nor how it might perform its redemptive function beyond their country's borders.

Sometimes there's confusion between «homeopathy» and «holistic,» which is understandable, because many people have only a vague idea of what these terms really mean.

Vague billboards left regular members of the public with no idea of what the film was about, and in order to find out they had to head online to discover the debut trailer, which managed to excite existing Judge Dredd fans but left almost everyone else feeling underwhelmed, many seeming to arrive at the conclusion that it might be worth picking up when the DVD / Blu - ray hits the bargain bins or on Ebay for a few quid.

You'll have to know a vague idea of each character's «role» in a group (which is fairly obvious once you're at the 50 + hour time mark), you probably need to know how to level artes (which the game does a very nice job of explaining), and knowing how to gem (even only on a very basic level) would probably be helpful, but you by no means have to go into the world of affinity coins to complete the main story assuming you are a player of average skill and ability level, nor do you have to feel the innate need to update your character's equipment every 5 minutes (unless if you're preparing for a boss encounter).

No decision had been made yet about what kind of game we'd make, but the staff had some vague ideas about making a strategy game, which they thought might be interesting to try.

On the western edge of SoHo, Kate Werble will open a show on Saturday of Lui Shtini's paintings, which merge vague, surrealist shapes with the idea of painting as a skin.

Artist Andrew Cornell Robinson curated this nine - artist outdoor exhibition, which will take over a parking lot in Ridgewood, and though its curatorial premise is so incredibly vague it sounds like satire — «This exhibition sets out to examine the idea that the condition of the interdisciplinary imagination has the potential to create new forms and visual experiences» — the lineup, from an artist who dresses as Bigfoot to a ceramicist who makes apocalyptic office furniture, sounds fantastic.

Woolf noted that the short form requires the author to narrow to the essential and not to be the «voice which is as a plague of locusts — the voice of a man stumbling drowsily among loose words, clutching aimlessly at vague ideas...» Id.

Two, the information they're selling is a lot like the info Google or Facebook sells about you — it's anonymized data, which means that while advertisers can get a vague idea of your demographic information (location, age, sex, income, education, etc.), it's not like some Don Draper — wannabe can call up Spectrum and say, «Hey, give me everything you've got on Jane Doe in Lenox Hill.