Sentence examples for General affirmation from inspiring English sources

But the theory of evolution goes far beyond the general affirmation that organisms evolve.

Most important of the latter is the general affirmation of the centrality of the person for philosophical thought.

One expert made a general affirmation: "It could either lower or increase it - depends on the products and the countries involved".

Although some vigilante activities during this period were criticized by citizens and civic leaders, there was a general affirmation of their purpose and contribution to law and order in a growing territory.

He said Church leaders were not trying to make "general affirmations of a specific psychological nature" and offered Church statistics that showed that two-thirds of incidents of abuse of adolescents by priests involved homosexual priests.

Our paleomicrobiological analysis provides new information, and a substantial part of these data do not support some postulates and general affirmations about pyritization.

Each group had a sense of uncertainty, mixed emotions, and stifled aspirations that lent a questioning counterpoint to the general chorus of affirmation in American life.

Having weathered another such onslaught during the primary earlier this year, Mrs. Roukema deserves a strong vote in the general election as affirmation of the G.O.P.'s better instincts.

Also, the Enlightenment includes a general recovery and affirmation of the value of pleasure in human lives, against the past of Christian asceticism, and the flourishing of the arts, of the criticism of the arts and of the philosophical theorizing about beauty, promotes and is promoted by this recovery and affirmation.

The arrogance we have become so accustomed to: "I maintain the strong conviction that if I were to run, I would be able to win the primary and ultimately, the general election," and an affirmation of what is truly important to this very wealthy man: "Ultimately, however, business is my greatest passion and I am not ready to leave the private sector".

In fact, the archbishops' Letter on Marriage is little more than a re-affirmation of general Catholic teaching on marriage and human relationships; much of it could be applied to same-sex civil unions without even entering into debates about same-sex marriage per se.