Religion is now viewed by many as a placebo or emotional crutch precisely because that is how we often pitch the gospel to unbelievers
It's no fun to have HIV even though it's viewed as a chronic, controllable disease. It means being wedded to the health system.
In campaigns, promises are usually treated skeptically. Past positions are viewed as the one reliable way to gauge a candidate's instincts.
One of the problems with organized religion is that it has always kept women in a second-class position. They have been viewed as the daughters of Eve.
As a viewed myself in a fragment of looking-glass..., I was so impressed with a sense of vague awe at my appearance ... that I was seized with a violent tremour.
When sustainability is viewed as being a matter of survival for your business, I believe you can create massive change.
A great deal of American T.V. viewed on Hulu, which is superb - '30 Rock', for instance, is on very good form.
The truth is that women want to be viewed as sexy. It brings out a different side of you, which is incredibly liberating.
A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.
For a time I didn't want to answer any questions about Queen. I'd like to be viewed as something alive and relevant, not some fossil.
I think that when I first suggested the idea that knowledge should be viewed as a natural kind, many people thought this was just crazy.
Sports psychology or mental training has been viewed as a weakness, and I think that's a pretty silly way to look at it.
To the extent that I can serve as a role model or mentor for other women in what might be traditionally viewed as a male-dominated field, I welcome that.
Increasingly the evidence suggests that people benefit so much from contact with nature that land conservation can now be viewed as a public health strategy.
Businesses always have competitors nipping at their heels. Historically, cities have not viewed themselves as subject to that same type of competition. But that's wrong.
He was constantly reminded of how startlingly different a place the world was when viewed from a point only three feet to the left.
I was afraid to admit feeling ill because even when I was 4 or 5, I knew that my father viewed sickness as a sign of weakness, of sin, of disobedience.
Rightly viewed no meanest object is insignificant; all objects are as windows through which the philosophic eye looks into infinitude itself.
The phenomena of nature, especially those that fall under the inspection of the astronomer, are to be viewed, not only with the usual attention to facts as they occur, but with the eye of reason and experience.
Viewed from a certain distance and under good light, even an ugly city can look like the promised land.
Keynes, far from being a wholehearted lover of freedom, viewed with some sympathy the fascist and Communist ‘experiments’ of the 1930s.
America is perhaps best viewed as an 'authoritarian democracy' within its own territory and as 'a global state' of a new kind when considered internationally.
Corporate competition is fierce, viewed by many as economic warfare where all is fair. But politics... now, this is something unique.
The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge alters what we seek as well as what we find.
Now that the black experience isn't viewed as box-office death, people are catching up to untapped auteurs.
When you are in the public eye, it is really counterproductive to think about how you're viewed in the eyes of others. You just have to be who you are.
In an age where television is viewed as the best medium to 'tell stories,' narrative often stands in for substance on would-be prestige shows.
The Savior was selfless. He viewed himself and his own needs as secondary, and he ministered to others tirelessly, lovingly, effectively.
The 1857 uprising in India did not free the subcontinent, but it changed the way the British viewed and sought to govern it.
For me, glamour has nothing to do with make-up and costumes. Even the most insignificant thing can seem glamorous if viewed with the right perception!
Unlike life, a work of art never gets taken for granted: it is always viewed against its precursors and predecessors.
Apple has struck a cultural nerve, especially with Generation X and Gen Y, while Windows and PC are viewed in essence as 'My parents' computer'.
Americans have been remarkably devoted to the capacity for belief, to idealism. That's why we get into trouble all the time. We're always viewed as naive.
Viewed systematically, religion can be differentiated from other culturally constituted institutions by virtue only of its reference to superhuman beings.
Part of the problem with America is that letting go of emotions is viewed as a weakness, but it's my strength. That enabled me to write my songs.
There are still people who have an issue working with a woman director. Women can be viewed as 'difficult' even though they work in the same way as men.
Being unhoused in America must no longer be viewed as an individual shortcoming, but rather as an unacceptable, life-threatening policy failure.
Used to be marketing was viewed as the people with crayons and scissors who did creative work. Now it's seen as central to driving growth.
I'm fortunate to have viewed our Earth from the moon and that vision has convinced me that technology and commitment will conquer any challenge.
It's good if people see me as a running nine but I wanted to be viewed as an all-round scrum-half, who can do anything at any time.
Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.
For much of my life as a journalist, I've viewed myself as being embedded with civilians and with those people who live on the other side of the barrel of a gun.
At the end of the day, you have to admit that it's just not cricket anymore; it is a multi-billion-dollar entertainment industry, that has to be viewed in a correct and sober perspective.
We are the ORIGIN of our art, its homeland. Viewed this way, ORIGINALITY is the process of remaining true to ourselves.
CHILDHOOD IS THAT STATE WHICH ENDS THE MOMENT A PUDDLE IS FIRST VIEWED AS AN OBSTACLE INSTEAD OF AN OPPORTUNITY
Memphis is a basketball town, but we're not viewed that way on the national map. Maybe it's because the Grizzlies aren't on TV as much.
In its early days, Trump's presidency ought to be viewed as the arduous start to the complicated task of draining the Washington swamp.
The transition to clean energy should not be viewed as a burden to be overcome but, rather, an extraordinary job creation opportunity for the United States.
Green base ballers don't want to be viewed as unhealthy. Young players are constantly judged and evaluated on every layer of their being.
If we have white persons in the March, we are certain to have trouble with the Communists, and it may not be viewed as a true expression of the Negro's protest.
The intolerant can be viewed as free-riders, as persons who seek the advantages of just institutions while not doing their share to uphold them.
Trump was elected in part because enough Americans viewed him as a capable and strong leader, someone who is 'decisive' and 'competent.'
I have trust issues with allowing other individuals to know my innermost secrets for fear of how I may be viewed. Everyone has this.
In academia, I discovered that issues and insights, commonplace among the scholars, are viewed as highly controversial and even as 'heresy' in the churches.
Any Southern nationalist movement, especially one that wraps itself in the Confederate flag, is going to be viewed with suspicion, given the historical record.
Charles Darwin viewed the fossil record more as an embarrassment than as an aid to his theory.
For decades, Turkey was widely viewed as a reliable NATO ally: prickly at times, but safely in America's corner.
The genius of culture is to create an ontological system so compelling that what is inside and outside of a person are viewed as of a piece, no seams and patches noticeable.
We are becoming a society where traditional values and free speech are being diminished and the religious are viewed as having a backward mentality.
There is a valid nationwide sentiment of concern over public pensions, and poor funding ratios are viewed negatively by financial markets.
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