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.

Supporters of this view believe that the Roman Empire does not threaten the spread of the gospel of Jesus Christ because Luke “ simply recognizes its existence as a political reality, but he is clear that God is greater .” Throughout Acts, believers like Paul are being charged with spiritual crimes concerning “ teaching against Israel, the law, and the temple ” ( Acts 21: 21, 28 ; 23: 29 ; 24: 5 ; 25: 8, 19 ; 28: 17 ) or being a civil disturbance ( Acts 16: 20, 21: 38, 25: 8 ) rather than political charges.

Supporters of this view claim that spontaneous order is superior to any order that does not allow individuals to make their own choices of what to produce, what to buy, what to sell, and at what prices, due to the number and complexity of the factors involved.

Supporters of this view will note that the page file is rarely read or written in sequential order, so the performance advantage of having a completely sequential page file is minimal.

Supporters also share a rivalry with Torquay United, a club whose supporters view Exeter as their main rival.

Supporters of this view, such as Phil Zimmermann, argue that anti-surveillance technologies help to equalize power between governments and their people, which is the actual reason for banning them.

Supporters of the Iraq war tend to agree with the view that Iraq regained its sovereignty in June 2004, and that the occupation has thus ended.

Supporters uphold the legitimist view of royal succession, as well as regional autonomy under the monarchy, tradition and Catholicism.

Supporters of living childfree ( e. g. Corinne Maier, French author of " No Kids: 40 Reasons For Not Having Children ") cite various reasons for their view:

Rovers stayed put and it was against this background that a group of fans set up Albion Rovers Supporters ' Trust with a view to benefit the club and local community.

Supporters of this arrangement claim it is a good opportunity for both parties to elaborate on the views expressed, while opponents argue that it offers only a narrow range of points of view and marginalizes debate as part of a larger deficiency in the media's confrontation of politicians.

Supporters of this view point to the amount of detail in the story.

A few days later, on 30 January, reports emerged that the Manchester United Supporters ' Trust had held meetings with a group of wealthy fans with a view to buying out the Glazers ' controlling interest in the club.

Supporters of Anselm's ideas about atonement, such as Bernard of Clairvaux, entered into public conflict with Peter Abelard and other supporters of the moral influence view.

Supporters of the mixed economy, including R. H. Tawney, Anthony Crosland and Andrew Shonfield were mostly associated with the British Labour Party, although similar views were expressed by Conservatives including Harold Macmillan.

Supporters of Scottish independence continued to hold mixed views on the Home Rule movement which included many supporters of union who wanted devolution within the framework of the United Kingdom.

Supporters of Vale Tudo counter that the sanctioned mixed martial arts style that developed in the United States is now so different from traditional Vale Tudo that it should be treated as an entirely different sport, just as Kickboxing is considered different from Muay Thai.

Supporters point to the many development projects completed or planned under his watch, including the restoration of City Hall and historic waterfront buildings ; the setting in motion of one of the city's largest ever mixed use development projects in Mission Bay, and the development of a second campus for the University of California, San Francisco.

Supporters of voucher models school choice argue that choice creates competition between schools for students.

Supporters claim that Clean Elections matching funds are so effective at leveling the playing field in Arizona that during the first full year of its implementation, disproportionate funding between candidates was a factor in only 2 % of the races.

Supporters of the excise argued there was a difference between taxation without representation in colonial America, and a tax laid by the elected representatives of the American people.

Supporters of the King alleged a conspiracy between Baldwin, Geoffrey Dawson, and Cosmo Gordon Lang, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Supporters of the use of animals in experiments, such as the British Royal Society, argue that virtually every medical achievement in the 20th century relied on the use of animals in some way, with the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences arguing that even sophisticated computers are unable to model interactions between molecules, cells, tissues, organs, organisms, and the environment, making animal research necessary in many areas.

The formal description, or blazon, of the Arms is: Quarterly Gules and barry wavy Argent and Azure a Fesse of the second charged with a Ram statant proper between in chief a Garb and a Thunderbolt and in base four Apples and a Branch of Hops all Or ; For the Crest On a Wreath Argent and Gules: A Lion statant Gules resting the dexter fore paw on a shovel and a Pick-axe in saltire proper: And for Supporters, on either side A Tasmanian Tiger proper, with the motto " Ubertas et Fidelitas "

Prior to this, the team's three supporters groups ( The Crew Supporters Union, The Hudson Street Hooligans, and La Turbina Amarilla ) sat apart because of differences between the groups ranging from age to ethnicity.

Supporters argued that high welfare rates had created disincentives to find entry-level jobs, and that poverty levels remained relatively unchanged between 1995 and 2005.

Supporters of sovereignty for Quebec believe that the current relationship between Quebec and the rest of Canada does not reflect Quebec's best social, political and economic development interests.

In 2003 the Bath Supporters Club was at the centre of a minor controversy when, unlike the Bristol Rugby Supporters Club, it did not publicly oppose the proposed merger between the two clubs.

* Supporters: Dexter a lion rampant guardant gules, armed and langued azure charged with a label of five points argent the points harged with two thistles between three crosses of St George gules ; Sinister a talbot argent collared gules the collar charged with a label of three points argent

Supporters of the party contend the effect was greater: one estimate claims between 25 and 30 seats.

The station is on the northeasterly edge of the town next to Poulsom Park and playing fields, and was at one time used to transport beer from the Castletown Brewery as well as cattle and other livestock ; remnants of the cattle dock are still visible at the station which is open seasonally between March and November as well as weekends at Christmas ; there is a small volunteer group the Friends Of Castletown Station who tend to the area in association with the Isle of Man Steam Railway Supporters ' Association, a local charity.

The football section continued to grow over the ensuing years and is now Leyton Orient Football Club-a fact acknowledged by an annual match between the College's football team and that of the Leyton Orient Supporters Club.

Supporters argued that proper leadership training eliminated the need for a separate rank within the pay grade ; moreover, the rank created disparity between individuals earning the same pay and benefits and, often, performing the same duties, since often there were no additional junior airmen in a given duty section for a new buck sergeant to supervise.

( The party's constitution distinguishes between ' Members ', ' Registered Supporters ' and ' Supporting Subscribers ' ( Third Way Constitution 2000 ).

The Third Way constitution distinguishes between ' Members ', ' Registered Supporters ' and ' Supporting Subscribers ', and they also operate through a number of Limited Companies and Associations.

Supporters of Newman, however, claimed that the new policies were collectively agreed upon and were intended to create the conditions for broad-based independent electoral efforts by connecting with and building bridges between multiple communities.

Supporters said there is no conflict between worldly and spiritual riches, and that Rawat did not advise anyone to " abandon the material world ", but said it is our attachment to it that is wrong.

Supporters of the democratic globalization movement draw a distinction between their movement and the one most popularly known as the ' anti-globalization ' movement, claiming that their movement avoids ideological agenda about economics and social matters.

Supporters of this claim have drawn links between Madoc and the Mandan mythological figure Lone Man, who, according to one tale, protected some villagers from a flooding river with a wooden corral.

Both Supporters are placed on a grassy mount from which at the base of the shield three wavy streams in pairle reversed Argent each surcharged with another Azure flow into a barry wavy ‘ lakefront ', below which is placed the Scroll with the Motto: Diversity Our Strength between two Maple Leaves Gules, veined Or at the extremities of the Scroll.

Supporters of the withdrawal argued that it was a necessity in order to test and build a limited National Missile Defense to protect the United States from nuclear blackmail by a rogue state.

Supporters of coffee shops state that such claims are often exaggerated and ignore the fact that higher content means a user needs to use less of the plant to get the desired effects, making it in effect safer.

Supporters of the theory that prairie dogs are communal breeders state that another reason for this type of infanticide is so that the female can get a possible helper.

Supporters of Trujillo claim that he reorganized both the state and the economy, and left vast infrastructure to the country.

Supporters of MARTA are critical of the almost complete lack of state and regional support of MARTA.

Supporters of open discussion state that methods information is widely and legally available ; that information might prevent number of permanent injuries resulting from lack of knowledge about methods, like paracetamol overdoses.

Supporters of the measure argued that state infrastructure had been neglected through many years of growth, while opponents argued that California's budget crisis has been exacerbated by budgeting inflexibility from past spending set-aside propositions like this one.

Supporters of the measure said it was the first step towards a " colorblind " society, while opponents felt that it would make it more difficult for the state to provide services and identify and correct racial disparities.

Supporters state that this information was not publicly available in 2000 or 2001 when Titor made his declaration, and Titor himself stated that this feature was " discovered " as late as 2036 when Unix, as the underlying source behind all computer operating systems still running local infrastructures and other computational tasks, was only two years away from no longer functioning due to 32-bit integer limitations.

Supporters of colovaginoplasty state that this method is better than use of skin grafts for the reason that colon is already mucosal, whereas skin is not.

" Supporters of a Palestinian state must avoid the kind of inflammatory rhetoric and actions that this session represents, which only stoke tensions and erode the chances for peace ," he added.

Supporters of the proposal then turned their attention to state legislatures, where their efforts were met with far greater success: Eventually, all but 11 states ( Arkansas, Connecticut, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, and West Virginia ) passed laws that meet the general criteria for designation as " Blaine Amendments ," in that they ban the use of public funds to support sectarian private schools.

Supporters of Eugene Talmadge were unsure of Eugene's chances of surviving until he was sworn in, so they did some research into the state constitution and found that if Eugene died, the Georgia General Assembly would choose between the second and third place finishers.

Supporters of photo ID laws contend that the photographic IDs ( such as driver's licenses or student IDs ( in some states ) from state schools ) are nearly universal, and that presenting them is a minor inconvenience when weighed against the possibility of ineligible voters affecting elections.

Supporters of C-300 state that the Bill is a better representation of the Obudsman than the recently created Office of the Extractive Sector CSR Counsellor, because C-300 can force investigations and impose sanctions.

* Supporters of the Partido Restaurador del Peru, the name given to the official party of state that Odría had set up in 1948.

Supporters of the theory of state capitalism in the USSR ( such as Tony Cliff and Chris Harman ) and scholars such as Andre Gunder Frank have also believed that the law of value operated in Soviet-type societies.

Supporters of theories of state capitalism such as the International Socialists reject the definition of the capitalist mode of production given above.

Supporters of the ordinance have argued that such legislation by local governments is necessary to fill the vacuum in policy left due to inaction from federal and state governments.

Supporters of Dowling argue that within theosophical thought, figures such as Meng-Tse, Matheno, Miriam, Moses, Elijah and Vidyapati exist in an ascended state.

Supporters of Zilant referred to the state insignia of the Khanate of Kazan.