To remove so many apparent discrepancies is surely a presumption in favor of any theory.
I would bespeak the candid attention of those sceptical minds, that are ever ready to imagine discrepancies between science and religion, to the views which I am about to present.
One after another have these apparentdiscrepancies melted away before the clearer light of further examination.
The union between these two cantons only subsists upon the map, and their discrepancies would soon be perceived if an attempt were made by a central authority to prescribe the same laws to the whole territory.
Presently, then, my charge and I set out for what I hoped was to be a peaceful and instructive day among objects of art, though first I was obliged to escort him to a hatter's and glover's to remedy some minor discrepancies in his attire.
In spite of serious discrepanciesin his attire, however, I saw that Mrs. Effie meant to lionize him tremendously.
Expression of the northern genius within Catholicism,--Internal discrepancies between the two.
If, for instance, we had only one Gospel instead of four, the difficulties caused by the discrepancies between them would disappear, but the argument in favour of Christianity would not be strengthened in consequence.
He seems to have thought it unnecessary in his Gospel to explain that they were at different times; and if St. Mark did the same, it would account for most, though not all, of the discrepancies between them.
These discrepancies then are not nearly so serious as is commonly supposed.
And we decided that these Narratives, in spite of some obvious discrepancies and omissions had every appearance of being thoroughly trustworthy.
In the first place it is important to notice that in spite of the discrepancies and omissions just alluded to, there is an extraordinary amount of agreement in the narratives.
Lastly, the utter absence of any attempt at harmonising the narratives, or avoiding the apparent discrepancies between them, also points to their extreme antiquity.
The discrepancies between the descriptions of Herodotus and Strabo he attributes to the probable decay or destruction of the upper storey in the intervening centuries.
We find, as we might expect, many wild exaggerations in individual descriptions and corresponding discrepancies between the various accounts of any particular monument, and this is to some extent the case with regard to the Egyptian Labyrinth.
Paley is discussing the discrepancies between the several Gospels), is, substantial truth under circumstantial variety.
How small must be the minds, or how strong the prejudices, of those who find support for their unbelief in discrepancies of which this is acknowledged to be one of the gravest examples!
These differences are not discrepancies at all; but there remains one which may fairly enough be so characterised.
In the first stage reflection does no more than to point out the essential discrepancies and absurdities of the current moral codes.
It is devoted to annulling the discrepancies between nature and human nature.
All the discrepancies which bestrew ordinary life are absent.
To the inquiring mind, purely theoretical difficulties or discrepancieswill provoke thought.
Generalizing thus from his own experience, the individual notes the similar disheartening discrepancies throughout human life.
It thus serves to some extent to check Pike's narrative, but is chiefly notable in this respect for some discrepancies which I have been unable to adjust.
Hence the necessity, according to Benny, of a third scribe whose notes might be used to correct any discrepancies in the reports of the other two.
Now, the fierce fire of skeptical criticism during all the ages has been centered upon the so-called discrepancies of the Gospel narratives.
But the Evangelists were guided by inspiration, the skeptics say; and discrepancies are inconsistent with the theory of inspiration.
Once more attention is called to the fact that these discrepancies negative completely the idea that the Gospel writers were conspirators, bent upon the common purpose of deceiving mankind by publishing a false history to the world.
The necessary result of this most sensible proceeding was the discovery, in advance, of discrepancies in the statements of witnesses and the eradication of all illegal testimony.
The slight discrepancies that undoubtedly exist would pass unnoticed, or be forever buried under the weight of an overwhelming conviction that they are, in the main, accurate and truthful.
In considering the subject of discrepancies it should be constantly kept in mind that contradictions in testimony do not necessarily mean that there has been falsehood or bad faith on the part of the witnesses.
But enough has been deciphered to show that the text employed in them exhibits discrepancies of the most remarkable and important character as compared with that of the received version of the Mosaic books.
But there are other discrepancies in the older view which have been known for some time.
In the Geographical Appendix reference is made to the discrepancies in the distances and latitudes of Gallego.
This circumstance should be borne in mind in order to explain the discrepancies that occur.
Contradictions in the Bible Serious Discrepancies in the Story of Jesus One Writer Makes Jesus Affirm What Another Made Him Deny PART VI.
Serious Discrepanciesin the Story of Jesus |BUT what about the New Testament?
Is the evidence of the Resurrection unaffected by the discrepancies on which harmonists have spent a fruitless ingenuity?
Like the discrepancies in the ideas which men have of beauty, they exist principally between the uncultivated and the refined: and the well-developed perceptions of the best in all ages and countries visibly agree.
His account differed in several particulars from the others, and his alarm and confusion when taxed with the discrepancies were unmistakable.
The mount satisfied him, and when, as they approached nearer, discrepancies in shape between the island and the map were pointed out to him he easily explained them by speaking of the difficulties of cartography to an amateur.
Every independent bearing on the earth's beginning is a check on other bearings, and it is through the study of discrepancies that we are to discover the refractions by which our lines of sight are warped and twisted.
There are great discrepancies in the accounts given by various authorities concerning the fate of Bulâkî and the other victims of Shâh Jahân.
With regard to such details the discrepancies in the histories are innumerable.
All the idea the men had was to stop the tongue wagging before the discrepancies became so glaring that we should be forced to take notice of them, and ask questions.
An apparatus was provided with a set of three pendulums, so that if discrepancies appeared in the results, the pendulum at fault could be detected.
In view of discrepancies between the results of various relative determinations, the Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1928 requested the National Bureau of Standards to make an absolute determination for Washington.
It is known by experience that children diverge from the nature of their fathers and show discrepancies of conduct and the like.
And on the whole," thought Durtal, "in spite of the discrepancies in some of its texts, the cathedral is legible.
He found it noteworthy that a study of the perturbations of the rings by the satellites should bring to light the invisible constitution of the planet itself: “Small discrepancies are often big with meaning.
The discrepancies between theory and observation attracted the attention of the astronomic world, and the idea of another planet began to be in the air.
He denied the Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch, and set forth in singularly clear and lucid language the discrepancies in which that work abounds.
It was successively worked up in various schools of priests and prophets, and this accounts for the host of discrepancies it contains, some of which have been noticed in the beginning of this essay.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "discrepancies" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
