In the strict sense, however, agnosticism is the view that humanity does not currently possess the requisite knowledge and / or reason to provide sufficient rational grounds to justify the belief that deities either do or do not exist.

After those successes, however, the group began to fade from view.

Representing a traditional view, however, some prominent scholars and historians view the book of Acts as being quite accurate and corroborated by archaeology, while agreeing with the Pauline epistles.

In this view, Christianity is seen as a religion in its own right, rather than a subset of Judaism, if one makes the common assumption that Judaism is not universal, however see Noahide Laws and Christianity and Judaism for details.

Alan Cameron, however, argues that it should be interpreted as referring to Plato, and that when Proclus writes that " we must bear in mind concerning this whole feat of the Athenians, that it is neither a mere myth nor unadorned history, although some take it as history and others as myth ", he is treating " Crantor's view as mere personal opinion, nothing more ; in fact he first quotes and then dismisses it as representing one of the two unacceptable extremes ".

In his Divina Commedia, however, Dante changes his view to another that treats the Adamic language as the product of Adam.

The Gaussian theory, however, is only true so long as the angles made by all rays with the optical axis ( the symmetrical axis of the system ) are infinitely small, i. e. with infinitesimal objects, images and lenses ; in practice these conditions are not realized, and the images projected by uncorrected systems are, in general, ill defined and often completely blurred, if the aperture or field of view exceeds certain limits.

The situation is complex, however, because the relatively free Russian media is allowed to transmit television programming, sell newspapers and conduct journalistic activities in Belarus ( though some Russian journalists have been expelled by the Belarusian government ) thus giving some members of the public, typically those in large cities with many Russian residents, access to an alternative point of view in the Russian language ( nearly all Belarusians understand and most of them speak Russian ).

This view, however, is contradicted by the archeological evidence, which shows continuous habitation from at least the third century BC onward.

As Augustus, he would retain the trappings of a restored Republican leader ; however, historians generally view this consolidation of power and the adoption of these honorifics as the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire.

Rodman, however, disagreed with this view:

This view is not tenable, however, under the natural definition of size.

* Marge Piercy's He, She and It presents a rather feminist view on the cyborg issue with Yod who, however, is provided with some male attributes.

His Impressionist contemporaries, however, continued to view his independence as a “ mark of integrity ”, and they turned to him for advice, referring to him as “ Père Pissarro ” ( father Pissarro ).

Regarding the alleged human rights violations by the contras, however, the ICJ took the view that the U. S. could only be held accountable for them if it would have been proven that the U. S. had effective control of the contra operations resulting in these alleged violations.

A transaction must transform a database from one consistent state to another consistent state ( however, it is the responsibility of the transaction's programmer to make sure that the transaction itself is correct, i. e., performs correctly what it intends to perform ( from the application's point of view ) while the predefined integrity rules are enforced by the DBMS ).

A transaction must transform a database from one consistent state to another consistent state ( however, it is the responsibility of the transaction's programmer to make sure that the transaction itself is correct, i. e., performs correctly what it intends to perform ( from the application's point of view ) while the predefined integrity rules are enforced by the DBMS ).

This view receives no support, however, in surviving mid-4th century Roman legislation on Jewish matters.

This view changed, however, with the publication of James Clerk Maxwell's 1873 Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism in which the interactions of positive and negative charges were shown to be regulated by one force.

August Wilhelm's Vienna lectures on dramatic art and literature went through four editions between 1809 and 1846 and, in them, he opined that Euripides " not only destroyed the external order of tragedy but missed its entire meaning ," a view that came to influence Friedrich Nietzsche, who however seems not to have known the Euripidean plays at all well.

Recent historians, however, have taken a more complicated view of Elizabeth.

The Japanese have traditionally accepted this sovereign's historical existence, and an Imperial misasagi or tomb for Annei is currently maintained ; however, no extant contemporary records have been discovered which confirm a view that this historical figure actually reigned.

The Japanese have traditionally accepted this sovereign's historical existence, and an Imperial misasagi or tomb for Itoku is currently maintained ; however, no extant contemporary records have been discovered which confirm a view that this historical figure actually reigned.

The Japanese have traditionally accepted this sovereign's historical existence, and an Imperial misasagi or tomb for Kōan is currently maintained ; however, no extant contemporary records have been discovered which confirm a view that this historical figure actually reigned.

Some historians have found his point of view not to their taste, others have complained that he makes the Tory tradition appear `` contemptible rather than intelligible '', while a sympathetic critic has remarked that the `` intricate interplay of social dynamics and political activity of which, at times, politicians are the ignorant marionettes is not a field for the exercise of his talents ''.

Menfolk can ride in the forward cockpit where the helmsman has a clear view.

The opposition to this point of view has its staunchest support in the work of Miller ( '50 ).

From the point of view of syntactic analysis the head word in the statement is the predicator has broken, and from the point of view of meaning it would seem that the trouble centers in the breaking ; ;

That tumultuous, painful and costly experience shows clearly that a law expressing a moral judgment cannot be enforced when it has little correspondence with the general view of society.

The current exhibition, which remains on view through Oct. 29, has tapped 14 major collections and many private sources.

A common criticism has been that many social science scholars ( such as economists, sociologists, and psychologists ) in Western countries focus disproportionately on Western subjects, while anthropology focuses disproportionately on the " other "; this has changed over the last part of the twentieth century as anthropologists increasingly, also study Western subjects, particularly variation across class, region, or ethnicity within Western societies, and other social scientists increasingly take a global view of their fields.

Swift ’ s use of gripping details of poverty and his narrator ’ s cool approach towards them create " two opposing points of view " that " alienate the reader, perhaps unconsciously, from a narrator who can view with ' melancholy ' detachment a subject that Swift has directed us, rhetorically, to see in a much less detached way.

This view was widespread prior to the 1960s, but has almost no supporters among specialists today.

Recent influence of the New Perspective on Paul movement has also reached Arminianism — primarily through a view of corporate election.

" Ever since the time of my ancestor Ali, the first Imam, that is to say over a period of thirteen hundred years, it has always been the tradition of our family that each Imam chooses his successor at his absolute and unfettered discretion from amongst any of his descendants, whether they be sons or remote male issue and in these circumstances and in view of the fundamentally altered conditions in the world in very recent years due to the great changes which have taken place including the discoveries of atomic science, I am convinced that it is in the best interest of the Shia Muslim Ismailia Community that I should be succeeded by a young man who has been brought up and developed during recent years and in the midst of the new age and who brings a new outlook on life to his office as Imam.

One of the Dead Sea Scrolls ( 4Q535, Manuscript B ) is written from Amram's point of view, and hence has been dubbed the Testament of Amram.

This point of view has been subject to severe criticism in the research of the 20th century.

The contrasting view that " Achaeans ", as understood through Homer, are " a name without a country ", an ethnos created in the Epic tradition, has modern supporters among those who conclude that " Achaeans " were redefined in the fifth century, as contemporary speakers of Aeolic Greek.

No poet has ever presented evil in such stark and tragic terms yet he had an exalted view of Zeus, whom he celebrated with a grand simplicity reminiscent of David's Psalms, and a faith in progress or the healing power of time.

Esler, who advanced this legitimation view, has suggested that in Luke ’ s community there were Roman officials who were recent converts and they wanted to make sure that their new found faith could successfully coexist with their allegiance to the empire.

Although a committed Christian, she has characterised the issue as one of life and death on which her view had been the same when she was agnostic.

In this view, human evolution has accompanied the Earth's evolution throughout the existence of the Earth.

Waldorf education is one of the most visible practical applications of an anthroposophical view and understanding of the human being and has been characterized as " the leader of the international movement for a New Education ,"

This view has certain similarities to the concepts of Christogenesis advocated by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.

This view has, for the most part, been changed, and now almost all Hindu temples ban meat from temple premises.