When religion is seen in terms of " sacred ", " divine ", intensive " valuing ", or " ultimate concern ", then it is possible to understand why scientific findings and philosophical criticisms ( e. g. Richard Dawkins ) do not necessarily disturb its adherents.

Barnett also gives the text of a document from 1769 in the records of the Gilead Lutheran Church " When it had pleased the Almighty and Merciful God in His goodness to plant the Evangelical Lutheran Church in this American part of the world also, and especially in the State of New York, during the reign of Queen Anna, and also in this neighborhood and district called Hosek Road, in Rensselaerwyck, Albany County, then more than twenty years ago, a small body of adherents of the above said Lutheran church, disposed to that end did build and erect a prayer and church House to the Honor of God, and for their convenience, upon that lot of ground which our most worthy Patroon generously gave to promote and perpetuate the service of God and for the better maintenance of our preacher, for which purpose he presented us with a Deed of Gift which We acknowledge with heartfelt thanks towards our Good Lord in Heaven, and that in addition He grants us all hereabouts by His grace that we through the permission of the Government are allowed to carry on our pure Lutheran Church service free and without hindrance.

When Buddhism entered China, it encountered stiff opposition from the Confucian adherents to ancestor worship.

When the name of the president is used by adherents, it is usually prefaced by the honorific title " President ".

When bin Saud took Medina in 1805, his followers, adherents to Wahhabism, destroyed nearly every tomb dome in Medina in order to prevent their veneration, and the Green Dome is said to have narrowly escaped the same fate.

When the claims of indigenous medicine become rejected by a culture, generally three types of adherents still use it – those born and socialized in it who become permanent believers, temporary believers who turn to it in crisis times, and those who only believe in specific aspects, not in all of it.

When David Attenborough asked one of its adherents if it was rational for them to be still waiting for Frum to re-appear after 50 years, he was told that Christianity had been waiting 2, 000 years, so waiting for Frum was much more rational than that.

# When you are trying to understand another religion, you should ask the adherents of that religion and not its enemies.

When his father died in 86 BC, the young Marius assumed leadership of his father ’ s adherents and clients, although overall control of the Marian faction was held by Cinna, who was elected consul on consecutive years until his death in 84 BC.

When they were first written, there was evidently no thought of their being published, and those which refer to the writer's love for Mrs. Meynell particularly have the ring of truth.

When used in a historical context, the term Boer may refer to an inhabitant of the Boer Republics as well as those who were cultural Boers.

When Westerners speak of Chinese food, they usually refer to Cantonese cuisine.

When one wishes to emphasize the connection, one may use the term differential compression to refer to data differencing.

When capitalized and without modifiers ( that is, simply the Diaspora ), the term refers specifically to the Jewish diaspora ; when uncapitalized the word diaspora may be used to refer to refugee populations of other origins or ethnicities.

When a diffusion process does not follow Fick's laws ( which does happen ), we refer to such processes as non-Fickian, in that they are exceptions that " prove " the importance of the general rules that Fick outlined in 1855.

When refer to mammalians and plants, the major part of genome is composed by repetitive DNA.

When STD 1 is updated again, it will simply refer to a newer RFC, but it will still be STD 1.

When trial by jury replaced this, the jury members were expected to find the insane guilty but then refer the case to the King for a Royal Pardon.

When used as a general concept, " language " may refer to the cognitive ability to learn and use systems of complex communication, or to describe the set of rules that makes up these systems, or the set of utterances that can be produced from those rules.

When speaking in terms of a labor theory of value, value, without any qualifying adjective should theoretically refer to the amount of labor necessary to the production of a marketable commodity, including the labor necessary to the development of any real capital employed in the production.

When Madhavacharya compiled Sarva-darśana-samgraha ( a digest of all philosophies ) in the 14th century, he had no Cārvāka / Lokāyata text to quote from, or even refer to.

When surgical intervention is required, the neurologist may refer the patient to a neurosurgeon.

When manually powered, the term " handpump " is often used to refer to both the pump and the associated handle.

When STD 1 is updated again, it will simply refer to a newer RFC that will have completed the standards track, but it will still be STD 1.

When used as a historical period in traditional Spanish and Portuguese historiography, the term Reconquista has often been used to refer to a period extending from 718 ( or 722 according to other sources ) to 1492, when the last remaining Islamic state in Iberia, the Emirate of Granada, was defeated.

* When possible, refer all matters to committees for “ further study and consideration .” Attempt to make the committees as large as possible-never less than five

When used professionally by the military to study warfare, " war game " may refer to a simple theoretical study or a full-scale military exercise.

When the shit hits the fan is usually used to refer to a specific time of confrontation or trouble, which requires decisive action.

* When programming in a language that uses dynamic typing or that is completely untyped, the decorations that refer to types cease to be redundant.

When we speak of the referential uses of language we are talking about how we use signs to refer to certain items.

When film traders buy and sell 16 mm prints they often refer to the print through its production method, that is an " original ", " reversal ", " dupe down ", " double dupe ", and " double dupe down ".

When the terms are used in a scientific context, holism and reductionism refer primarily to what sorts of models or theories offer valid explanations of the natural world ; the scientific method of falsifying hypotheses, checking empirical data against theory, is largely unchanged, but the approach guides which theories are considered.

When no direction is specified, " gain " is understood to refer to the peak value of the gain.

When translated into Latin, this name was thought to refer to the plant Erysimum officinale, and so was translated into a Latin name for this plant,.

When Fosdick showed the letter to Baker his negative response was: `` For God's sake, Raymond, don't show this to the President or he'll stop the war ''.

When two of the founders of that society, Helena Blavatsky and Henry Steel Olcott, moved to India at the end of that year, he was constituted as the President of the American body.

When former President Kolingba attempted a coup d ’ état in 2001 ( which was, according to Patassé, supported by France ), the Movement for the Liberation of Congo ( MLC ) of Jean-Pierre Bemba in DR Congo came to his rescue.

When Chiang became President of China after the Northern Expedition, he carved out Ningxia and Qinghai out of Gansu province, and appointed Muslim Generals as Military Governors of all three provinces: Ma Hongkui, Ma Hongbin, and Ma Qi.

When Dien Bien Phu fell in May 1954, Ike refused to intervene despite urgings from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the Vice President and the head of NCS.

When W. Grant McMurray became Prophet – President, he declared that instruction specific to leadership changes would no longer be included, so that the focus of the work could be more doctrinal in nature, and less administrative.

When the Democrats took control of the Senate in December 1845, they chose Atchison as President pro tempore, placing him third in succession for the Presidency, and also giving him the duty of presiding over the Senate when the Vice President was absent.

When Territorial Governor Andrew Reeder objected, he was fired by President Pierce, a Doughface.

When Cabbie reveals that he has the secret tape, the President demands it, but Snake takes it.

When President Aristide returned to Haiti, some improvements did occur in the manufacturing sector.

When reelected in 2000, President Aristide promised to remedy this situation but instead introduced a non-sustainable plan of " cooperatives " that guaranteed investors a 10 percent rate of return.

When François Mitterrand was elected President of France in 1981, he laid out an ambitious plan for a variety of construction projects.

When Graydon Creed was running for President ( with a heavy anti mutant campaign ) Bobby was chosen to infiltrate in the campaign, his father stand out in a crowd and spoke in favor of the mutants, this came as a surprise to Bobby.

When Hitler was appointed Reich Chancellor of Germany on 30 January 1933, Goebbels was initially given no office: the coalition cabinet Hitler headed contained only a minority of Nazis as part of the deal he had negotiated with President Paul von Hindenburg and the conservative parties.

" When it comes to Monroe's thoughts on religion ," Bliss Isely notes, " less is known than that of any other President.

When advised of his nomination, Polk replied: " It has been well observed that the office of President of the United States should neither be sought nor declined.

When as a result, Tiso had the Slovak regional government issue a declaration of independence on 14 March 1939, the ensuing crisis in Czech-Slovak relations was used as a pretext to summon the Czecho-Slovak President Emil Hácha to Berlin over his " failure " to keep order in his country.

When word leaked concerning President Cleveland's Hawaiian policy, the President was convinced Landis was the source of the information and demanded his dismissal.

When Kaunda was released from prison in January 1960 he was elected President of UNIP.

When the election of 1836 came up, Jackson was determined to make Van Buren, his personal choice, President to continue his legacy.

When President George W. Bush announced that he would veto the Senate's bill supporting the research, she said, " This is an intelligent human being with a heart, and I don't see how much longer he can deny those aspects of himself.

When the U. S. Legation asked President Adolfo Díaz to ensure the safety of American citizens and property during the insurrection, Díaz replied that he could not and that ...

When the medal With Distinction is awarded, the star may be presented depending from a neck ribbon and can be identified by its larger size than the standard medal ( compare size of medals in pictures below ; President Reagan's was awarded With Distinction ).