"We question the reasonableness of it," says Joel Matsunaga, vice president at Verizon's Hawaii unit.
Some Christians see methodological naturalism as weakness, arguing that it ignores the possibility of God's action, a fundamental conviction of their faith.14 ID proponents question the reasonableness of self-imposed naturalistic restrictions, claiming that methodological naturalism is "philosophically inadequate" because it restricts the search for truth.
Benedict's lecture was devoted to the question of the "reasonableness" of Christian faith in an age when most people believe that rationality means science and implicitly excludes religious belief.
"If they think they have a good case, and it's not about credibility, and it's not about sympathy," he said, "it's a cold question of the reasonableness of the police reaction, and the reasonableness of the police officers, and you have a judge who's sympathetic to those arguments, I'd still be scared to death".
In September 2006 Pope Benedict XVI gave a speech on the question of the "reasonableness" of the Christian faith, to the University of Regensburg in Germany.
The study design raises a lot of questions, from the reasonableness of assessing learning growth after only three full semesters of college to the reliability of the C.L.A. itself.
Responding to Ms. Tinley's questions about the reasonableness of the relaxed new rule, the air quality office defended it, saying it allowed utilities to improve efficiency, safety and reliability; enforcement officials said the rule would most likely eviscerate the air enforcement program.
It seems that there is room for improvement of this form, especially for questions concerning the reasonableness of the alternatives, and the independence of the consultation.
"Serious questions remain regarding the reasonableness of the price the government agreed to pay in this noncompetitive process," Mr. McCain wrote last Thursday to John W. Warner, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Carl Levin, the ranking Democrat on the committee.
The question of reasonableness is one for other experts in the field to rule on.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor observed at the argument, "At some point, empirical evidence has to mean something in terms of us judging the question of reasonableness".
