A common reply to this criticism is that it was precisely the alarmist rhetoric that prevented the catastrophes he warned of.

While the group is one of the most well-known mainstream environmental groups of the country, it has also come under criticism, such as in 2010 when Prime Minister John Key accused them of engaging in " predictable scaremongering " when the group warned that a yet unreleased government report proposed to allow mining in 7000ha of high-value conservation land in Paparoa National Park, Great Barrier Island and the Coromandel Peninsula.

Modern Christian teachings on meditation at times include specific criticism of the transcendental styles of meditation, e. g. John Bertram Phillips stated that Christian meditation involves the action of the Holy Spirit on Biblical passages and warned of approaches that " disengage the mind " from scripture.

Mr. Richard Preston, executive director of the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission, in his remarks to the Governors Conference on Industrial Development at Providence on October 8, 1960, warned against the fallacy of attempting to attract industry solely to reduce the tax rate or to underwrite municipal services such as schools when he said: `` If this is the fundamental reason for a community's interest or if this is the basic approach, success if any will be difficult to obtain ''.

The editor of the Daily Journal warned, `` that if such a demonstration be made, it will not find support or countenance from any of the men whose names are recognized as having a right to speak for Providence ''.

However, Peterson, president of Bell & Howell, warned 800 U.S. marketing leaders attending a national conference at the Ambassador, that the future will belong to the industrialist of creative and `` unconventional wisdom ''.

In October 2009, when visiting Yerevan, the World Bank ’ s managing director, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, warned that Armenia will not reach a higher level of development unless its leadership changes the " oligopolistic " structure of the national economy, bolsters the rule of law and shows " zero tolerance " towards corruption.

The official warned that the debt servicing payments of the Armenian government will surge by 2013 and absorb " quite significant part of tax revenues.

Bardot warned Newman that if the project progresses " sparks will fly ".

# Deeds are recorded: The persons thoughts and deeds are said to be recorded and the faithful is warned that these will be read out in the presence of the " Lord of Dharma ".

The author exhorted them to encourage " love and good works " and warned them that if they " sin willfully " by denying Jesus ' sacrifice it will become ineffective for them.

The gospel warned us, " Be on the watch for the last day, the day when the Son of Man will come ," because it will spell disaster for those it finds secure as they are now – secure for the wrong reasons, I mean, secure in the pleasures of this world, when they ought to be secure only when they have dominated this world's lusts.

*' Zimbabwe will collapse if you go, whites are warned ' in The Guardian

According to, while Jeroboam was engaged in offering incense at Bethel, a " man of God " warned him that " a son named Josiah will be born to the house of David " who would destroy the altar ( referring to King Josiah of Judah who would rule approximately three hundred years later ).

Lenin warned that Stalin has “ unlimited authority concentrated in his hands, and I am not sure whether he will always be capable of using that authority with sufficient caution ”, and formed a factional bloc with Leon Trotsky to remove Stalin as the General Secretary of the Communist Party.

However, they warned that the recycling rates of some rare metals used in applications such as mobile phones, battery packs for hybrid cars and fuel cells are so low that unless future end-of-life recycling rates are dramatically stepped up these critical metals will become unavailable for use in modern technology.

God ’ s personal prediction to Jeremiah, " Attack you they will, overcome you they can't ," was fulfilled many times in the biblical narrative as Jeremiah warned of destruction of those who continued to refuse repentance and accept more moderate consequences.

" However, he warned against any kind of premature triumphalism, because " crushing the rebels will take time.

Indeed, such was the perceived threat of the Ottoman Empire under the reign of Suleiman that ambassador Busbecq warned of Europe's imminent conquest: " On Turks ' side are the resources of a mighty empire, strength unimpaired, habituation to victory, endurance of toil, unity, discipline, frugality and watchfulness ... Can we doubt what the result will be ?... When the Turks have settled with Persia, they will fly at our throats supported by the might of the whole East ; how unprepared we are I dare not say.

Experts have warned that inhabitants will have to evacuate the province by the end of the century unless a comprehensive cleanup program is undertaken.

The Baker recalls that his uncle once warned him that, though catching Snarks is all well and good, you must be careful ; for, if your Snark is a Boojum, then you will softly and suddenly vanish away, and never be met with again.

Moro's widow later recounted Moro's meeting with U. S. President Nixon's advisor, Henry Kissinger, and an unidentified American intelligence official, who warned him not to pursue the strategy of bringing the Communist Party into his cabinet, telling him " You must abandon your policy of bringing all the political forces in your country into direct collaboration ... or you will pay dearly for it.

When he saw the addition of woman suffrage, Henry Stanton warned his wife " you will turn the proceedings into a farce.

He warned Virgil, " If you ever again follow us as close as you did, then you will have to fight anyway.

The report warned that the recycling rates of some rare metals used in applications such as mobile phones, battery packs for hybrid cars and fuel cells, are so low that unless future end-of-life recycling rates are dramatically stepped up these critical metals will become unavailable for use in modern technology.

Often, such users will be warned they have been flagged, in an effort to deter collusion.

They then spent $ 30, 000 to publish a full-page advertisement in USA Today that warned of catastrophic judgment to befall the Earth.

Eighty prominent Mormons signed the so-called Danite Manifesto, which warned the dissenters to " depart or a more fatal calamity shall befall you.

* " H. G. Wells warned us how it would feel to fight a War of the Worlds ", by Niall Ferguson, in The Telegraph, 24 Jun 2005.

As the Germans had broken the Turkish diplomatic codes, Ribbentrop was well aware as he warned in a circular to German embassies that Anglo-Turkish talks had gone much further " than what the Turks would care to tell us ".

" Edmond Ludlow warned both the army and key members of Parliament that unless a compromise could be made it would " render all the blood and treasure that had been spent in asserting our liberties of no use to us, but also force us under such a yoke of servitude, that neither we nor our posterity should be able to bear.

In an interview in 2000, Mikhail Gorbachev, in response to the comment " In the 1980s, you warned about the unprecedented dangers of nuclear weapons and took very daring steps to reverse the arms race ," said " Models made by Russian and American scientists showed that a nuclear war would result in a nuclear winter that would be extremely destructive to all life on Earth ; the knowledge of that was a great stimulus to us, to people of honor and morality, to act in that situation.

Nobody had warned me that Mayer was a better actor than any of us, and I was unprepared for what happened next.

The random universe Stephen Crane warned us about — the berserk cosmic impulse that causes earthquakes and famine and AIDS — is nowhere better depicted than in the scene where Tom Neal stands by the roadside, soaking in the midnight rain, feeling for the first time the noose drawing tighter and tighter around his neck.

A Muslim is warned that this world is very insidious and charming and can easily overwhelm and beguile those of weaker character and force them to forget the real reason we ( as human beings ) are here ; that is, to work hard and do the good acts and deeds of worship and charity that would eventually save us on Judgement Day.

While he reasoned that " the seed of Abraham " was hardly predominant in a second generation after conversion to Christianity, he still warned of the " thousands which by the Russian tyranny will now come upon us even more abounding from Poland ", " the impure flood from the East ".

Stalin warned that without an end to economic backwardness " the advanced countries ... will crush us.

Experience has often warned us that nothing can so surely destroy our spiritual heritage as futile disputes over property, money, and authority.

From the 1950s until the 1970s they warned us again of a coming ice age.

If the Congress insisted again on treating the Canadians as friends sharing common interests with the other colonists, it however warned the people not to " reduce us the disagreeable necessity of treating you as enemies.

On one hand, he was recognized as “ a distinguished explorer, author, and naval officer .” On the other, he “ had a reputation as a stubborn, overzealous, impulsive, and sometimes insubordinate officer .” Treasury officer George Harrington had warned Seward about Wilkes: “ He will give us trouble.

Milne received a letter from Lyons on June 14 that said he did not “ regard a sudden declaration of war against us by the United States as an event altogether impossible at any moment .” Milne warned his scattered forces, and in a June 27 letter to the Admiralty asked for further reinforcements and deplored the weakness of the defenses in the West Indies.

In this Address, Kennedy warned “ Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty .”< sup > 1 </ sup > He also called upon the public to assist in “ a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself .”< sup > 1 </ sup > It is in this address that one begins to see the Cold War, us-versus-them mentality that came to dominate the Kennedy administration.

She also warned that the threat from international terrorism would be " with us for a good long time ", which was why new legislation had been introduced.

His six-hour speech against the Removal Act was delivered over the course of three days, and warned of the dire consequences of the policy: Let us beware how, by oppressive encroachments upon the sacred privileges of our Indian neighbors, we minister to the agonies of future remorse.

Franklin warned they want to " shut us up within the Appalachian Mountains.

The PQ government was quick to label Sun Life " bad corporate citizens " and claimed that if " they had only warned us, we could have worked something out.

* Facsimile and excerpt from We are the people our parents warned us against by Nicholas Von Hoffman ( historically interesting particularly for its demonstration of homophobia within a hippy social context preceding the freak scene's more enlightened attitude

* We are the people our parents warned us against by Nicholas Von Hoffman