"John has a low view of human beings," Ms. Pagels said, pointing out that for John, Jesus is a divine being who descended to earth.
In general, the people most worried by the prospect of liberalising the law on assisted suicide are the professionals, whether doctors or clergy, who take a low view of human nature, having seen too much of it.
Lane grew up in a business that venerated writers but expected publishers to take a low view of themselves, as if they were little better than valets or porters.
This, he argues, is "an abysmally low" view of the divine nature, as "If God is not a person or agent, then God does not know anything, cannot act, cannot choose, cannot be morally good, cannot be worthy of worship" (401).
The years of doing this line of work has given me a pretty low view of the church.
I'm tired of being told they have a low view of scripture, or a worldly view of gender and sexuality.
Fact is, because many Australians have such a low view of "dole bludgers", it's unlikely a government will ever publicly express sympathy for them.
The brothers held a low view of women, writing "Woman is an evil, stupid animal... she is incapable of dreaming, thinking, or loving".
So I emailed Cook, who hosts KLZ's Grassroots Radio Colorado, and I asked why she had such a low view of the intellect of Jeffco teens.
Given my language regarding the body as a tyrant, one might leap to the conclusion that I have a low view of the physical body.
