Sentences with phrase «was a vague notion»

In their mind is the vague notion that they're destined for greatness and world change, and if they could just find the right...

Edginess was never the goal, and neither was some vague notion of Christian «freedom.»

So far explanations of motive (when attempted) are vague notions of «The Russians» wanting to generally harm the U.S..

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Since then companies have been drawn to CSR, attracted by nice - sounding, if vague notions such as the «triple bottom line» (the idea that companies can simultaneously serve social and environmental goals as well as profits).

And those who have a vague notion just «agree to disagree», «embrace unity», and say essentially, «both are biblical and both are right».

A politics of reason gave way to a politics of emotion and flirted with the politics of irrationality; the claims of moral reason were displaced by moralism; the notion that all men and women were called to live lives of responsibility was displaced by the notion that some people were, by reason of birth, victims; patriotism became suspect, to be replaced by a vague internationalism; democratic persuasion was displaced by judicial activism.

January 19, 1983, Christian Century), it is unlikely that they would have more than the vaguest notion of the contours of Christian Science theology.

What is more, the post-Enlightenment knack of reducing Christianity itself to vague, generic qualities hardly distinguishable from gentle manners or sound citizenship (about which more below) yielded a foundational notion of Christianity — an «essence,» it was often called — so insubstantial that it could hardly sustain any specificities or provoke any controversy at all.

Standing out as the single most important instruction Jesus left his closest followers in the Great Commission, it is arguable that today's Church has only a vague notion of how it should be done and a disjointed strategy in place to achieve that goal.

This was particularly remarkable in - light of the fact that the village Christians» forebears, joining the faith in mass movements, had but the vaguest notion of what they were getting into — just that it was likely to be better than being an untouchable Hindu.

But if Royce was incapable of rebuilding community on the basis of an abstraction as vague as loyalty, certainly Peirce was even less likely to have been able to construct a viable notion of community.

Often God is presented as such a vague, abstract reality - in many cases no more than a hypothesis - that the notion that such a God could be truly known and loved, let alone be our personal fulfilment, is risible.

When I began this study I had a vague impression that there is a commonality among the notions of relatedness, emergence, individuality, interstitium, and field.

Personal fulfilment (a rather modern and vague notion, open to all sorts of secular goals) is not and can not be guaranteed by total consecration to God, or by any other state of life, for that matter.

In ordinary usage they are remarkably vague notions and quickly create confusion.

This lecture seems to have been devoted in large part to criticisms of Alexander, specifically that his notion of «emergence» is too vague and muddled to give any useful account of «cognitive experience» in particular, or of the more general observations of the novel and creative features of determinate actualities of whatever sort.

Thus, although the notion of imagination is extremely vague, it is not on that account any less respectable than a good many other fundamental philosophical notions whose usefulness seems to be directly proportional to their degree of vagueness.

Like Columbus sailing west, we have only the vaguest notions of where we might be heading.

The deliverance from self is not a vague kind of new ego, a notion familiar enough in other religions, both primitive and advanced.

What is valuable in all this is that the author is neither a theologian with vague notions about science, nor a scientist with woolly ideas about the divine.

Alex has vague notions of his inadequacies as a man and as a father to his sons, but God knows what the root causes of these failings are and seeks to form him in love - divine love, a Father's love which will do anything for the sake of the well - being of his children.

The certainty with which the faith of many neighbors (including many Christian neighbors) was thus disposed — by some of the very people championing dialogue — pressed the discussion beyond vague notions of «respect» for varying forms of faith toward a search for the appropriate criteria for such judgments.

This morning, after I realized a yawning void on the bread end, I threw the pizza plans for the evening out the window and decided to use my last yeast block in favor of a proper breakfast including... well, I wasn't exactly sure on what to do with it but had a vague notion of a sweet yeast roll or similar in mind.

Failures moan that successful people get their breaks not through their own efforts but through some vague notion of dumb «luck» When we were humiliated 6 - 0 by Chelsea, they played during the weekdays but we didn't.

We live in the age of branding, where one's personal value is rooted in some vague notion of authenticity.

Trouble was, no one had the vaguest notion about how that might be accomplished within the limits of the existing technology.

Katherine Bradley, the president of the CityBridge Foundation, offered me valuable direction and counsel when I had only the vaguest notion of what this project could be, and she continued to provide me with important insights and suggestions throughout the time I spent working on it.

Many of the companies that manufacture and distribute these wearables claim that privacy is protected, but this vague notion doesn't properly outline what measures are taken and whether encryption has been used.

It is not based on any hard facts or research, but on a general vague notion that hospitals are havens of safety.

So far our attempts to talk with Noah about the baby in Mama's belly have gone completely over his head — he might retain the vague notion that there's a baby in there for a few minutes, but it's not sinking in at all.

As the years went by, the explanation for what U.S. forces were doing in Afghanistan shifted from America's raw national security needs to vague notions of nation building and «bringing democracy.»

Downing Street is still cynically manipulating the vague distinction between the group Islamic state and the notion of an Islamic state.

People should be judged biologically on whether they are alive or dead, not on some vague notion of personhood.

Claims have been made for their role in everything from fighting cancer and cardiovascular disease to maddeningly vague notions about supporting healthy living.

As the moderator in my panel finally understood after an hour of discussion, the only vague notions of God that may be compatible with science ensure that God is essentially irrelevant to both our understanding of nature and our actions based on it.

Still, always in the back of my mind was a notion, vague but strong: As science grows increasingly complex and controversial, there will be a need for people who can bridge the gaps between science and the people science affects.

The low fat school of nutrition benefits greatly from the fact that the public has only vague notions about vitamin A; for the family of water - soluble nutrients called carotenes are not true vitamin A, but are more accurately termed provitamin A. True vitamin A, or retinol, is found only in animal products like cod liver oil, liver and other organ meats, fish, shell fish and butterfat from cows eating green grass.

Flattering to me means that the clothing makes me feel good and look good, but because the notion of «good» is so vague there's a lot of room for experimentation.

The purpose of this exhibit is to promote a vague, universal notion of human empathy, as summed up by a placard bearing the remarkably straight - faced declaration, «The Square is a sanctuary of trust and caring.»

This notion, partly true and conveniently vague, derives largely from oversimplifications of what are still probably the best - known writings on Bresson in English: Susan Sontag's 1964 essay on his «spiritual style» and Paul Schrader's grouping of Bresson with Dreyer and Ozu in his 1972 book on «transcendental style,» which respectively predate the second half and the last third of Bresson's career.

After eight years together, she wants to get married and have a baby, but Tobey is too emotionally arrested (he has a Sportscenter cell phone ring) and freaked out by the vague notion that «everyone dies someday» to entertain a serious conversation period, much less one involving a discussion about commitment.

And so begins your exploration of Lordran, where non-player characters offer a few vague notions of where you are and what you must do, but little else.

I had approached our drama teacher, Daniel Shindler, with a vague notion of what I wanted assemblies to be: in the round (in circles) and participative.

«Traditionally, in a lot of the historical research that I did, the vague notion of wanting control over the students is not surprising,» she says.

I had only vague notions about how to be a great teacher.

In education policy conversations, words like «equity» and «civil rights» are often used in an abstract sense, paired with vague notions of failing schools.

I've been toying with the plot for Book 4 (featuring Migs, Rafe Prewitt's brother from A Wicked Love) for quite a while now, but had only the vaguest notion what should happen in Book 3.

Up until this point, I had a vague notion of who I was writing my stories for.

The numbers are somewhat vague on how crowdfunding impacts book projects, but now that crowdfunding is a far more widespread notion, perhaps the industry is ready for a new pricing model based on support rather than post-publication sales.

If you're like me, with boxes and boxes of photos, souvenirs and mementos and some vague notion of creatively organizing them «someday,» Scrapbook Tips and Techniques can propel you into action.