Unfortunately, the Bible, which frequently uses God's power over earth and seas as the sign of his majesty and intervening power, supports the first view; and the history of humanity's lonely suffering decisively suggests the second.
Just two years after Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana, voters in Oregon, Alaska, and Washington, DC, have decisively followed suit — suggesting that America's seismic shift in favor of ending pot prohibition is gaining momentum.
It also suggested that the Socialist leader would win decisively by 54% to 46% in a second round of voting on 6 May.
He suggested that another reason companies had not acted decisively could be a growing sense among industry experts that the threat of cyberterrorism had been overstated.
The good judgment of her chosen candidate may be tested on Tuesday; rumours from the campaign trail suggested the Vermont senator may concede if the numbers go decisively against him this week.
Each of those groups of Republicans broke decisively for Senator John McCain, suggesting more viewed him as a critic than as a supporter of the administration.
Ms. Spellings suggested that Mr. Romney had so far failed to overcome Mr. Obama decisively among undecided voters only because "some of them haven't been paying attention".
The Stern review suggested $15bn a year is the kind of sum needed to decisively turn the trend of tropical rainforest loss, which accounts for up to 96% of emissions from deforestation.
Rather than make excuses for his behavior, as some in society and fashion circles have done in recent days — note the socialite who suggested that "creative and commercial pressures" led to his embarrassing conduct — Dior acted decisively.
"Some observers suggested," says Spector, "that finally we'd reached a point where airpower alone could decisively cripple the other side.
It might be suggested that entitlement to theistic doxastic venture may still be defended by analogy with the propriety of decisively trusting another beyond one's evidence.
