Richard DawkinsのThe God Delusionを読んでいます。
Bob Barth, the spiritual director of the Missouri prayer ministry which supplied some of the experimental prayers, said: 'A person of faith would say that this study is interesting, but we've been praying a long time and we've seen prayer work, we know it works, and the research on prayer and spirituality is just getting started.' Yeah, right: we know from our faith that prayer works, so if evidence fails to show it we'll just soldier on until finally we get the result we want.
祈りに効果は絶対にあると信じている人は、効果のテストは良い結果が出るまで行えば良いと主張している様です。この "soldier on" の意味を調べます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: soldier on) informal Carry on doggedly; persevere.: Graham wasn't enjoying this, but he soldiered on.
・Collins Dictionary: If you soldier on at something, you continue to do it although it is difficult or unpleasant.: The government has soldiered on as if nothing were wrong.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to continue doing something although it is difficult: I admired the way she soldiered on when her business ran into trouble.
Bob Barth, the spiritual director of the Missouri prayer ministry which supplied some of the experimental prayers, said: 'A person of faith would say that this study is interesting, but we've been praying a long time and we've seen prayer work, we know it works, and the research on prayer and spirituality is just getting started.' Yeah, right: we know from our faith that prayer works, so if evidence fails to show it we'll just soldier on until finally we get the result we want.
祈りに効果は絶対にあると信じている人は、効果のテストは良い結果が出るまで行えば良いと主張している様です。この "soldier on" の意味を調べます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: soldier on) informal Carry on doggedly; persevere.: Graham wasn't enjoying this, but he soldiered on.
・Collins Dictionary: If you soldier on at something, you continue to do it although it is difficult or unpleasant.: The government has soldiered on as if nothing were wrong.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to continue doing something although it is difficult: I admired the way she soldiered on when her business ran into trouble.
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