Supporters of this view believe that “ to a hypothetical outside reader, presents Christianity as enlightened, harmless, even beneficent .” Some believe that through this work, Luke intended to show the Roman Empire that the root of Christianity is within Judaism so that the Christians “ may receive the same freedom to practice their faith that the Roman Empire afforded the Jews .” Those who support the view of Luke ’ s work as political apology generally draw evidence from the facts that Christians are found innocent of committing any political crime ( Acts 25: 25 ; 19: 37 ; 19: 40 ) and that Roman officials ’ views towards Christians are generally positive.

Some historians who have examined the life of Cotton Mather after Chadwick Hansen ’ s book also seem to yearn for a positive view of Cotton Mather.

Some examples include: to develop reasoning about perennial questions, to master the methods of scientific inquiry, to cultivate the intellect, to create positive change agents, or simply to teach pupils how to think.

Some euphemisms intend to amuse, while others intend to give positive appearances to negative events or even mislead entirely.

Some of these methods are denying the in-group ’ s harmful actions, denying responsibility, claiming actions by the in-group were just, focusing on positive aspects caused by the harmful action, and pointing out positive things in other areas to counterbalance the harm.

Some channels permit the passage of ions based solely on their charge of positive ( cation ) or negative ( anion ).

* Some modern devices have rail-to-rail output capability ( output can be taken to positive or negative power supply rail within a few millivolts ).

Some positive displacement pumps work using an expanding cavity on the suction side and a decreasing cavity on the discharge side.

Some political scientists seek to advance positive ( attempt to describe how things are, as opposed to how they should be ) theses by analyzing politics.

Some positive reviews were published: Entertainment Weekly noted that " on this hip-hop roast, new schoolers Nas and Fat Joe pay their respects with sparkling grooves .... Run's rhymes are still limber.

Some historians have begun to consider the word Renaissance to be unnecessarily loaded, implying an unambiguously positive rebirth from the supposedly more primitive " Dark Ages " ( Middle Ages ).

Some evidence indicates that regular exercise has a positive effect on the physical and mental health of those with schizophrenia.

Some examples might be use of an oil sealed rotary vane pump ( the most common positive displacement pump ) backing a diffusion pump, or a dry scroll pump backing a turbomolecular pump.

Some state in defense of this that there is perhaps a positive correlation between report frequency and academic achievement.

Some dispute the positive effects of compulsory treatment, questioning the methodology of studies that show effectiveness.

Some studies show a positive bias towards entrepreneurs ( Gartner, 2001 ).

Some authors use more general definitions of " positive definite " that include some non-symmetric real matrices, or non-Hermitian complex ones.

Some authors re-index the sequence in order to omit the odd-numbered Euler numbers with value zero, and / or change all signs to positive.

* Some nowhere dense sets with positive measure

Some religious responses have been positive.

Some studies have found a positive statistical correlation between intestinal tract cancer and the frequent intake of smoked foods.

Some economists consider the net long-term effect of eliminating tax shelters and other distortions to be positive for the economy, by redirecting money to the most inherently profitable investments.

* Some studies find that home ownership creates a positive externality in that homeowners are more likely than renters to become actively involved in the local community.

Some stories portray Rockerduck in a more positive light and portray him as friendly towards Scrooge's associates like Brigitta McBridge and Donald Duck, as he has nothing personal against them.

Some subsequent comments criticized the definition as overly broad in failing to limit its subject matter to analysis of markets.

Some of these RFCs would not be published at all today ; an early RFC was often just that: a simple request for comments, not intended to specify a protocol, administrative procedure, or anything else for which the RFC series is used today.

Some of the comments about this film indicate the lack of awareness about the red panda in the United States when the first film was released.

Some Considerations on the Primary / Secondary Quality Distinction "( includes comments by David Velleman ).

Some of the ministers heading congregations in the area attended the Seneca Falls Convention, but none spoke out during the sessions, not even when comments from the floor were invited.

Some events correspond to XML objects that are easily returned all at once, such as comments.

Some of the comments indicate editorial insertions (“ as a Czech writer I feel connected to the Czech people, with its Socialist past and future added ”).

" Some of his comments include:

Some critics felt that McDaniel not only accepted the roles but in her press comments actively affirmed Hollywood's stereotypical practices as appropriate, providing fuel for critics of those who fought for black civil rights.

The preface to Some Imagist Poets in 1916 comments Imagism does not merely mean the presentation of pictures.

Some vocalising by Lennon is faintly audible at the end of the song, picked up as leakage onto one of the drum microphones ( close listening shows Lennon making other comments to Ringo ).

Some of these comments may have arisen as a result of inadequate rehearsal time and unfamiliarity with Tippett's rhythmic innovations.

Some questions were " answered " in comments before a Researcher could answer.

Some of the comments consist of jokes about African American women being single mothers with a plentitude of children and how they live off of welfare.

* Some pictures of Rose Island ( including pictures of its destruction ) and comments from the daughter of one of the people responsible for the destruction ( Italian language )

Some comments in Brevis Historia Regum Daniae can be interpreted to support this view.

Some prominent Green Party members blamed the public discussion of strategic voting and the media's misrepresentation of Ms. May's comments during the election campaign for the failure of some promising candidates to reach Election Canada's 10 % reimbursement threshold, as well as reducing the party's federal funding based on popular vote.

Some critics would later complain that the large cast distracted from the solemnity, notably in the appearance of John Wayne as the Roman centurion who comments on the Crucifixion by stating: “ Truly this man was the son of God .”

* D. Slepian, " Some comments on Fourier Analysis, uncertainty and modeling ", SIAM Review, 1983, Vol.

Some commentators argue that red-baiting was used by John McCain, Republican presidential nominee in the 2008 United States election, when he argued that Democratic nominee Barack Obama's improvised comments on wealth redistribution to “ Joe the Plumber ” was a promotion of “ socialism ”.

Some related exhibition didactics of 2002 included comments about significant structural similarities between Judaism and the ancient Egyptian religion and how they easily coexisted and blended at Elephantine.

Some less-involved observers in the media have expressed the view that although Michaud's comments were borderline and controversial as they could be interpreted as trivialization of the Shoah, the comparisons made by his accusers to notable antisemites like Ernst Zündel were excessive and exaggerated Michaud's intent.

Some web-based brainstorming techniques allow contributors to post their comments anonymously through the use of avatars.

Some databases and bioinformatics applications do not recognize these comments and follow the NCBI FASTA specification.