Sentences with phrase «well as layman»

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I told you before that I was a layman who has been a Sunday School teacher, and that I have taught in missionary settings as well as in counselling.

Evidently intellectuals are no better men only because they are educated; this shows itself especially in the case of theologians, no matter whether they are priests or laymen, who have chosen theology and spirituality as their profession or even as their intellectual hobby.

All liturgical renewal, all changes in the education and way of life of priests, all adaptation of the religious orders to contemporary conditions, the activities of mature laymen as well as the frank dialogue with the present world, all these must only serve the love of God and one's neighbour in the unfeigned faith which will always be foolishness and scandal to the wise and prudent of this world.

And indeed, as the Sunday schools developed, their administrators as well as teachers were laymen; and only on some special retreat did the teachers have direct contact with the ordained minister about the content of their task.

One of the most constructive emphases of the Amsterdam Conference was that it is the whole Church — not professional evangelists or even ministers only, but laymen as well — that is called to witness to the gospel and transmit it to others.

My neighbors comprise one fellow laywoman, one layman, and nine priests, as well as dozens of seminarians who are here because the main dormitory is full.

The point I am leading up to is that for many laymen the gospel of liberal social activism offered to them by many pastors, denominational headquarters, and ecumenical leaders has not come as good news.

In such matters the layman has no choice but to inform himself as best he can (all sorts of tools are now readily available) and to accept the most convincing position.

But perhaps it is better to leave priest and layman to fulfill their vocations without mixing them; meanwhile, the Trappist monk going from the altar to milk the cows may serve to represent the principle that no honorable labor is unbefitting the priesthood as such.

I do think there is a slightly higher risk of suffocation (but probably not SIDS), as shown in the data, even when everything is done «right» (despite the fact that we don't have good data to show this and this is completely my non-medical, non-researcher, layman supposition), but there are risks to being a sleepless zombie for five months too!

International scientific organizations, such as AAAS or SPIE, should take the lead in harmonizing these structures in a very collaborative way, as well as the ethical norms and intellectual property policies that surround them, thus making science more accessible to laymen and policy - makers for a purer and standardized global research environment.

There seems to be an astonishing amount of papers on it, but as a layman it «s hard to get a good picture of benefits, sources etc. as I have n`t found that many trustworthy places like this that have compiled the info.

A great article about some of the science (in layman's terms) for why camel milk is beneficial for the immune system, as well as for autistic children.

If your work entails programming or anything related to the nuts and bolts of digital technology, you're unlikely to encounter anything in this brisk feature that you haven't contemplated at length; but if you spend a good portion of your waking life online, as increasing numbers of viewers do, but take it for granted, you may appreciate the way Herzog comes into the the subject: from a borderline - layman's perspective, wry and curious.

Ryan's joined by seasoned, retirement - bound astronaut Matt (George Clooney, as alternately goofy and confident as ever), who tosses off stories of Mardi Gras in 1987 — juxtaposing the casual layman banality of everyday conversation against the distractingly beautiful multi-miled view from space — as well as self - esteem - boosting pep talks.

From this experience as well as close observation of practices, methodologies, and results in a range of environments, I can testify as a layman that we know what works.

I come to you as a layman to understand debt funds and how can I use them best.

In laymen terms if you think of «normal» as a well risen even sponge cake, with the air bubbles one below the other making a free drainage area.

In the department of American and British paintings, we are indebted to curatorial assistant Zoë Samels and her predecessor, Nicole Stribling, as well as to Ellen Layman for assisting with myriad research questions, compiling artist biographies, and coordinating our efforts with other Gallery divisions.

pat - «Similarly many environmental activists believe that man's influence is a form of sin and nature (Gaea) will soon strike back...» You can phrase the position of a fictitious group any way you want of course, without rebuttal, because they don't really exist, though there are people who fit the description — especially if by «many» you mean more than three — but the more accurate reality is most of the human beings you would lump under the rubric «environmentalist» would more accurately be described as believing that short - sighted and greedy human attempts at total control and domination and complete disregard for the healthof the environment have gotten us out of balance with what was an interlocking web of balanced and dynamic systems, and would appear to have unbalanced many of those systems as well, including the still poorly understood cycles of climate; or weather, as we laymen call it.

A very good and relevant discussion so far, for me as a layman.

Still, I am compelled, as an educated layman, to share a few thoughts, even if they are «not well formed».

As a layman arguing with other laymen (and women), it is good to know that there is at least one prominent society that does not lend credence to the consensus.

The best point was that we are all «comparative laymen» — and the answer is that as individuals we do not know the answer to global warming — and we are probably split on who we like and who we do not.

The advantage that the lay policy - maker has over the highly - specialist scientist is that the policy - maker, particularly if he has done his best to read the scientific literature extensively and carefully, may be able to acquire a better overall view of the subject than any specialist who is deeply read in his own specialism but not widely read outside it, though of course the layman will not know anything like as much as the specialist about the narrow field that is the specialist's specialism.

As for putting this into layman's language to combat con men like Flanery, well, that's up to us!

And btw, what comes to sensitivity, my Layman view would give it a range from 0,3 C to 4C where less is much more likely than more (1C would be my best guess as well).

That picture shows what I as a layman understood at the start, but says it better than I ever could.

again i appreciate the time and effort required to respond to layman as well as the more informed poster, very different to the position maintained by others who would do well to follow the example.

My understanding is that this is exactly the place for «laymen'to interact with scientists in order to get as clear an understanding as possible of what the latest, best science telling us about the state of the climate at this point, no matter how grim it gets.

It is being attended by some of the world's foremost climate scientists, as well as experts in policy formulation and conflict resolution, and some laymen and women with an interest in climate science, including yours truly — me!

I suppose the layman's logic is as follows: Well, it is usually hot when we have droughts, and it is hot in deserts, so therefore if the world gets hotter, we will have droughts and deserts.

His single volume version, Fundamentals of Securities Regulation is an excellent resource for the layman, as well as for the attorney who does not practice securities law every day.

Everything was always explained in layman's terms which is nice because I apparently didn't understand legal jargon as well I thought I would!

Using the Term Insurance Calculator is quite convenient, as the user only needs to provide some key details to get the best results and a layman can also use this calculator for buying the best term plan.

Running commands on Linux seems so complicated for the layman that it may as well be a foreign language.

Offered with ease of access for the layman as well as being easily customised by developers, NVO seeks to serve the end - user in maintaining that private keys and assets remain on the client devices and do not pass through a 3rd party or a custodian i.e. an exchange, at any time.

Light accounting duties as well as explaining insurance processing issues in layman's terms to patients.

As former teachers, we know the best way to educate you about the condition of the components of a property in layman's terms so that our clients will understand, even if they have no previous knowledge about construction practices.

From this layman's perspective it's all about providing the consumer with easy online access to the best information available and providing this information in as complete a form as possible ala googles Place Pages.