To say this, of course, is to take up a position on one side of a controversy going on now for some two hundred years, or, at any rate, since the beginning of the distinctively modern period in theological thought.

This was the tour to New Zealand where the tourists now standard blue jerseys caused some controversy.

Counter-Strike faced controversy in April 2007 when Jack Thompson, now a disbarred attorney from Florida, predicted that the perpetrator of the Virginia Tech Massacre had been trained to kill in the game, well before Seung-Hui Cho ( the shooter ) was identified.

This has been a source of quite some controversy, both now and in the past.

Because of the controversy surrounding Palmerston's removal as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs because of his letter to the French ambassador endorsing Louis Bonaparte's 2 December 1851 coup, Palmerston could not now be appointed Foreign Minister again so soon after his removal from the same position.

At one point in the video, Sinatra shared a kiss with Sammy Davis, Jr. She has stated " The kiss one of the first interracial kisses seen on television and it caused some controversy then, and now.

In spite of the controversy, the rebuilt Potsdamer Platz now attracts around 70, 000 visitors a day, rising to 100, 000 at weekends, and some critics have been surprised by the success of the new quarter.

There has been much controversy over this move, as it is now very hard to find a taxi in Doha.

" " Sociobiology is now part of the core research and curriculum of virtually all biology departments, and it is a foundation of the work of almost all field biologists " Sociobiological research on nonhuman organisms has increased dramatically and appears continuously in the world's top scientific journals such as Nature and Science. The more general term behavioral ecology is commonly used as substitute for the term sociobiology in order to avoid the public controversy.

It was at this time he began his controversy with Simon Episcopius, who, in attacking the Coronis, railed against the author as having been " a disturber of the public peace in his native country, so that the English magistrates had banished him thence ; and now, by his late printed Coronis, he was raising new disturbances in the peaceable Netherlands.

Liberal arts colleges in the United States like New England College, Wesleyan University, and Bryn Mawr College are now offering complete online degrees in many business curriculae despite the controversy that surrounds the learning method.

The authenticity of the poems is now generally doubted, though they may have been based on fragments of Gaelic legend, and to some extent the controversy has overshadowed their considerable literary merit and influence on Romanticism.

Their consummation problems have now been attributed to other factors, around which controversy and argument still continue today.

A controversy in the 1980s over the Peters map motivated the American Cartographic Association ( now Cartography and Geographic Information Society ) to produce a series of booklets ( including Which Map is Best ) designed to educate the public about map projections and distortion in maps.

In March and July 2005, the members of the 1954 – 55 group, now billed as simply The Comets after decades of controversy over the use of the name, made several high-profile concert appearances in New York City and Los Angeles organized by Martin Lewis as part of celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of rock and roll, the release of Blackboard Jungle, the 50th anniversary of " Rock Around the Clock " hitting Number 1, and the 80th birthday of Bill Haley.

Until 2011, the award category had to be activated by the Awards Board each year, whereas now it is a standard category This led to controversy over whether the film was deliberately snubbed of the nomination by the Academy.

The controversy regarding the political status of Taiwan ( or " Taiwan Issue " as referred to by the Communist Party of China ) hinges on whether Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu should remain effectively independent as territory of the Republic of China ( ROC ), become unified with the territories now governed by the People's Republic of China ( PRC ), or formally declare independence and become the Republic of Taiwan ; furthermore, on whether its existence and status as a state (" country ") is legitimate and recognized by the international community.

In Boone's youth, his family became a source of controversy in the local Quaker community that existed in what is now present day Lower Gwynedd Township, Pennsylvania.

The subject of controversy when it was first built, it is now considered among the most prominent examples of modern American academic architecture.

However, controversy would now raise its head for a second time that evening.

The question is now significantly more complex due to the fact that many of the original artists who were still living when the controversy arose are now dead.

Particularly since the 1960s, there has been some controversy concerning the 346 British and Imperial troops — including 25 Canadians, 22 Irish and 5 New Zealanders — who were shot for desertion, murder, cowardice and other offences during the war, some of whom are now thought to have been suffering from combat stress reaction or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (" shell-shock ", as it was then known ).

Because the harvesting of ambergris involves no harm to its animal source, it remains one of the few animalic fragrancing agents around which little controversy now exists.

The controversy revolves around the fact that " contemporary Burmese " sometimes carry alleles for the " Head Fault ", a lethal head defect.

Pei-Yuan Wei was at the center of a controversy over patents relating to embedded objects in a web browser, which revolves around whether his browser, ViolaWWW, had the capability to launch embedded objects, prior to the date a patent was filed by Michael David Doyle of Eolas, and the University of California.

Much of the controversy stated in Sri Gur Sobha revolves around bhaddar, the ritual shaving of head after death of a close relative, which was discouraged by Guru Gobind Singh.

The film has also been the subject of controversy, which revolves around the fact that the President and Senator Hanson, the primary protagonists, are both Democrats, and the primary antagonist is the Republican Runyon.

Much of the controversy regarding the clothing label revolves around their first logo, featuring a combination of a * tiwaz rune and a * sowilo rune.

The episode " Best Friends Forever " revolves around the Terri Schiavo case, and originally aired in the midst of the controversy and less than 12 hours before she died.

Greengrass's future plans include directing They Marched into Sunlight, a book by David Maraniss which revolves around the controversy surrounding the Vietnam War, focusing on one day, when a major battle was occurring in Vietnam and a major protest was simultaneously happening in the US.

Mansoor Ijaz was involved in the memogate controversy, which revolves around a memorandum seeking help of the Obama administration to avert a military takeover of the civilian government in Pakistan in the wake of the Osama bin Laden raid, and to assist in a civilian takeover of the military apparatus.

The selections have caused some controversy, mainly because of the predominance of VFL players at the expense of those who played in other leagues in the years before there was a national competition.

Elagabalus, barely fourteen years old, became emperor, initiating a reign remembered mainly for sexual scandal and religious controversy.

During the sojourns at Antioch and Constantinople he was mainly occupied with the Arian controversy, and especially with the schisms centering around Meletius of Antioch and Lucifer Calaritanus.

At the same time, the assertions of the book were discussed as a source of controversy, especially the implicit assertion that " third culture thinking " is mainly an American development.

Religious controversy surrounding the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone along with the rest of the Harry Potter series have stemmed mainly from assertions that the novel contains occult or Satanic subtexts.

In the first years of the Republic, controversy arose within the Reformed Church, mainly around the subject of predestination.

Today considered a classic of English literature, Wuthering Heights met with mixed reviews and controversy when it first appeared, mainly because of the narrative's stark depiction of mental and physical cruelty.

The marriage caused some controversy, mainly because of Joan's chequered marital history and the fact that marriage to an Englishwoman wasted an opportunity to form an alliance with a foreign power.

The Spectator caused controversy in 1994 when it printed an article entitled " Kings of the Deal " on a claimed Jewish influence in Hollywood, written by William Cash, who at the time was based in Los Angeles and working mainly for The Daily Telegraph.

There was a great expansion of the cult of Mary after the Council of Ephesus in 431, when her status as Theotokos (" God-bearer ") was confirmed ; this had been a subject of some controversy until then, though mainly for reasons to do with arguments over the nature of Christ.

Religious controversy surrounding Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and the other books in the Harry Potter series mainly deal with the claims that novel contains occult or Satanic subtexts.

In 1991 there arose a controversy between Statoil and local environmentalists, mainly from Natur og Ungdom and Friends of the Earth Norway, who protested the building of a new research and development centre at Rotvoll in Trondheim, Norway, wetlands area close to the city with significant bird life.

The video generated some controversy in Britain, mainly due to the scandal involved with the " Sex Dwarf " clip.

To avoid controversy during the Nazi occupation of Belgium, Tintin's adventures now focused mainly on non-political issues such as drug smuggling ( The Crab with the Golden Claws ), intrigue and treasure hunts ( The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's Treasure ), and a mysterious curse ( The Seven Crystal Balls ).

According to Shrimpton, who claimed that the brevity of the skirt was due mainly to Rolfe's having insufficient material, the ensuing controversy was as much as anything to do with her having dispensed with a hat and gloves, seen as the essential accessories in such conservative society.

In university politics, which at that time wore mainly the form of theological controversy, he was a strong advocate of comprehension and toleration.

While Israel saw the utilization of bulldozers as a security necessity, it drew controversy for the destruction it caused to Palestinian property ( mainly the destruction of Palestinian houses ), especially in Rafah and in Jenin ( during Operation Defensive Shield ).

This caused immediate controversy, as the hand-picked compensation committee consisted mainly of representatives from NYSE-listed companies over which Grasso had regulatory authority as head of the Exchange.

The measure generated controversy, mainly in the US, Israel, France, Spain and Italy, particularly from prospective parents who had filed papers for adopting a Romanian child but whose efforts were halted by the ban.

There was some controversy regarding the appointment of mainly loyalist MPs to the Standing Committee assigned to review the Bill.

New Melones Dam has come under even greater controversy than Shasta Dam, mainly because of the project's conflicts with federal and state limits and its impact on the watershed of the Stanislaus River.

The controversy over whether the Macedonians were originally Greek or not is caused mainly by contradictory ancient accounts, but also due to the peculiar features of a few Macedonians words, though most words are consistent with Greek ( see Ancient Macedonian language ).

This frog legs haraam status had sparked the controversy in Demak, Indonesia, where the official authority urged the swikee restaurant owners not to associate swikee with Demak city, since it will tarnish Demak image as the first Islamic city in Java, and also opposed by its inhabitants that mainly follow Safii school that forbade the consumption of frog.

The Big Issue has been the centre of much controversy among publishers of street newspapers, mainly because of its business model.