"It is not a conclusion as to whether or not scientology is a religion, or whether it is inherently theistic or otherwise," he told the court, insisting that the "essential ingredients" of religious worship are absent from scientology meetings".
Senator Marco Rubio of Florida on Thursday denied having embellished the story of his family's immigration into the United States from Cuba, calling the allegation "false" and insisting that "the essential facts of my family's story are completely accurate".
In Hayward's opinion, "The show also departs from the rape paradigm not only by insisting on the essential 'goodness' of Powell Lord...but even more startlingly by redeeming the evil Todd".
To be fair, while every football analyst and outsider I have ever read, including the Football Outsiders, insist on the essential superiority of the passing game in winning in the N.F.L., every football insider I have ever spoken to insists with equal vehemence that football is at heart a simple game, and that the team that wants to hit more generally wins more.
(And perhaps throw in "abstract," a touch-and-go qualifier for an artist who insisted on the essential realism of even his most abstruse forms).
The fire is considered to be the "eternal witness," and texts on dharma insist upon the essential nature of the fire in Hindu weddings.
The authors insist on the essential point for paediatric patients, i.e. the dynamics of growth and weight gain, which justify a higher nutrition intake than in adults.
But, he insisted the cuts were essential.
Mr Paterson insisted the cull was essential to reduce the number of badgers who are known to help spread bovine tuberculosis.
