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 cross-dressers have periodically disposed of all their clothing, a practice called " purging ", only to start another collection later.

* Some nouns take-ice while matching verbs take-ise – for example, practice is a noun and practise is a verb ; in addition, licence is a noun and license is a verb.

Some religious denominations believe that the passages that directly or indirectly refer to homosexuality condemn it or its practice, while others have disputed their interpretations.

Some coprophiles engage in this practice.

* Some deists, usually referred to as Spiritual Deists, practice meditation and make frequent use of Affirmative Prayer, a non-supplicative form of prayer which is common in the New Thought movement.

( Some distinguished Protestant churches in the US had this practice in the 19th century, besides the Church of England and the Presbyterian Church of Scotland ).

Some Protestant communities including most Lutheran churches practice closed communion and require catechetical instruction for all people before receiving the Eucharist.

Some Lutheran churches practice congregational polity or a form of presbyterian polity.

Some US colleges are now going green by signing the " President's Climate Commitment ," a document that a college President can sign to enable said colleges to practice environmentalism by switching to solar power, etc.

Some people interpret the Bible, especially the New Testament, as teaching belief in, and practice of, faith healing.

Some geocachers act to mitigate this perception by picking up litter while they search for geocaches, a practice referred to in the community as CITO ( Cache-In-Trash-Out ).

Some identify two forms of gematria: the " revealed " form, which is prevalent in many hermeneutic methods found throughout Rabbinic literature, and the " mystical " form, a largely Kabbalistic practice.

Some Chinese martial arts, aikido and some eskrima systems — as well as medieval and Renaissance European martial arts — practice grappling while one or both participants is armed.

Some constitutions or fundamental laws provide for a head of state who is not only in theory but in practice chief executive, operating separately from, and independent from, the legislature.

Some of the characteristics of a presidential system ( i. e., a strong dominant political figure with an executive answerable to them, not the legislature ) can also be found among absolute monarchies, parliamentary monarchies and single party ( e. g. Communist ) regimes, but in most cases of dictatorship, their stated constitutional models are applied in name only and not in political theory or practice.

Some governors-general are considered de facto heads of state because, though not the de jure ( juridical or legal ) head of state, in practice they function like a head of state in most or all jurisdictions.

Some followers of the Golden Dawn tradition believe that the Secret Chiefs are not necessarily living humans or supernatural beings, but are rather symbolic of actual and legendary sources of spiritual esotericism, a great leader, or teacher of a spiritual path or practice that found its way into the teachings of the Order.

Some catalogs include books that were published with no ISBN but add a non-standard number with an as-yet unallocated 5-digit group such as 99985 ; this practice is not part of the standard.

Some of Mies ' curriculum is still put in practice in the first and second year programs at IIT, including the precise drafting of brick construction details so unpopular with aspiring student architects.

Some vegans and animal rights activists boycott the use of all items made from leather, believing the practice of wearing animal hides to be unnecessary and cruel in today's society.

Some machine guns have in practice maintained suppressive fire almost continuously for hours ; other automatic weapons overheat after less than a minute of use.

Some producers also tap in autumn, though this practice is less common than spring tapping.

Some must also first serve as an apprentice before being commissioned or licensed to practice their profession.

Some Christians actively condemn any form of magic as satanic, while others simply dismiss it as superstition.

Some of her recurrent themes are: issues of identity ; mother / child relationships ; the emotional resonance of food ; the magic and horror of everyday things ; the outsider in the community ; faith and superstition ; the joy of small pleasures.

Some vampires have an aversion to crucifixes, holy water and the like, but Newman portrays this a superstition ; vampires without such " silly ideas " show no ill effects from religious symbols.

Some years after the premiere, it was claimed that producer Harry Frazee, a former owner of the Boston Red Sox, financed the show by selling baseball superstar Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees, resulting in the " Curse of the Bambino ," which, according to a popular superstition, kept the Red Sox from winning the World Series from until.

Some of the more common superstition include purposely stepping on or avoiding stepping on the foul line when taking the field, and not talking about a no-hitter or perfect game while it is in progress, a superstition that also holds for fans and announcers.

Some even say that this is the reason for the ultimate acceptance of the former.

Some of this may prove to be true, or even considerable of it, whether by genetic ramification or by diffusion and coalescence.

Some have beautiful gardens -- some not even a blade of grass.

Some clarets do not come into their own until they are ten or fifteen years of age, or even more.

Some even boast two pools, one for adults and one for children.

Some interfaith tensions are not occasioned by theological differences at all, but by the need of men to have persons they can blame, distrust, denounce, and even hate.

Some people said Linda had just announced the engagement to jolt John into some action, but when John came home from a business trip to Cleveland with Edythe, with Edythe his bride, it could no longer be John-and-Linda even to sentimental wishful thinkers.

Some eastern Republicans even favored the reelection of Douglas for the Senate in 1858, since he had led the opposition to the Lecompton Constitution, which would have admitted Kansas as a slave state.

Some, such as the spadefoot toads, have strong biting jaws and are carnivorous or even cannibalistic.

Some people even focus on amateur telescope making as their primary interest within the hobby of amateur astronomy.

Some even laid aside the monastic habit altogether, and assumed a secular dress.

Some people scream, cry, have trouble breathing, have excessive sweating or even heart trouble when they come in contact with an area near spiders or their webs.

Some faiths and religions are even both pantheistic and animistic.

Some scholars have speculated that members of the Alemannic elite such as king Gibuld due to Visigothic influence may have been converted to Arianism even in the later 5th century.

Some have suggested that the title " Acts " be interpreted as " The Acts of the Holy Spirit " or even " The Acts of Jesus ," since 1: 1 gives the impression that these acts were set forth as an account of what Jesus continued to do and teach, Jesus himself being the principal actor.

Some scholars believe that the apologetic view of Luke ’ s work is overemphasized and that it should not be regarded as a “ major aim of the Lucan writings .” While Munck believes that purpose of Luke ’ s work is not that clear-cut and sympathizes with other claims, he believes that Luke ’ s work can function as an apology only in the sense that it “ presents a defense of Christianity and Paul ” and may serve to “ clarify the position of Christianity within Jewry and within the Roman Empire .” Pervo disagrees that Luke ’ s work is an apology and even that it could possibly be addressed to Rome because he believes that “ Luke and Acts speak to insiders, believers in Jesus .” Freedman believes that Luke is writing an apology but that his goal is “ not to defend the Christian movement as such but to defend God ’ s ways in history .”

Some scientific anti-realists argue further, however, and deny that unobservables exist even as non-truth conditioned instruments.

Some also include the western part of Hants County, including the towns of Hantsport and Windsor even further to the east, but geographically speaking they are part of the Avon River valley.

Some high performance permanent PSAs exhibit high adhesion values and can support kilograms of weight per square centimeter of contact area, even at elevated temperature.

Some expressed incomprehension or even hostility, varying from a rejection by the archaeological mainstream of what they saw as an archaeoastronomical fringe to an incomprehension between the cultural focus of archaeologists and the quantitative focus of early archaeoastronomers.

Some builders are installing waterless urinals and even composting toilets that completely eliminate water usage in sewage disposal.

Some even depict it as a horned, dragon-like creature with a serpent-headed tail and small, round ears, while others have both " necks " of equal size so that it cannot be determined which is the rear head.

Some even seemed to want an event similar to the French Revolution to come to the United States to overthrow the government.

Some thirty distinct populations of Mexican tetras live in deep caves and have lost the power of sight and even their eyes.