Many examples in the book made me consider perspectives that I had never thought of before. In my opinion, this book definitely stirred up a reassurance of my place in society and what can be done to liberate the oppressed. I believe the voices represented in this book can cause negative reactions from some churches because it goes against what is and has been normal. Churches would not really like to change the view of “white” Christ to be a diverse Christ of another race because it would change certain aspects and power. The church is called to be one diverse body of God, but as churches can remain dominant to one race, it becomes difficult to incorporate diversity into what already is established.
A lot of people in the world don’t like who they are or what they’ve become for many reasons such as: looks, weight, personality, family, job, etc. Whatever the reason may be few people in this world wouldn’t change a thing about themselves, I’m one of those people. I’ve learned to accept all my flaws and realize god made me his way for a reason. If I were to change anything about myself, even the
I am an atheist however I still make time to talk to my clients about their religion and sometimes have prayer time with them, even though my own beliefs it is not something that I choose to do as I know it makes the client happy it makes me happy to do this as I know it is something that they feel so strongly in. It is part and parcel of the work that I do and part of showing the clients that we care about what makes them happy and respect their beliefs even if ours are different. It is important to remember that my own personal preferences are different to others and I can’t expect others to think, act and feel the same way as I do. For example I
Maurice Orlando Anderson Reflection Paper 2 THEO 104 38B JULY 2, 2013 Introduction: As I sit back and think about what topics to write about I realize while taking this course I have learned a lot of things about my Christian faith and certain principles that I would like to address. The two topics I would like to address would be Temptation, Teaching/Instruction. I will try my best to sum up these two topics to the best of my ability. I have been tempted to do many things throughout my life hanging with the wrong people but by the grace of God He pulled me through all my trials and tribulations. Section One- Temptation Theological Definition: Our Lord was in this way tempted in the wilderness.
Instead, it stayed rather true to Donald Miller’s real life yet still is able to keep the audience intrigued due to its relevancy in many daily lives. The story’s relevancy lies in the fact that many people, especially college age students, question their faith and who they are. Regardless if a person is religious or not, people still, almost indefinitely, will go through somewhat of an identity crisis at some
Reading some versus from the Koran I really felt as if I was in a different time because of the vocabulary. Although it was similar to the Bible it was still a little different and at times difficult to understand. I was also left confused about how inconsistent the rights or women were. Some versus complimented them and some versus degraded them. Overall the Koran teaches its believers to be good people and it has very good core values I found inspiring.
In particular, when speaking of Spies, the lines are not as clear as they do not accept the tenets of Christianity but see activities such as prayer or forgiveness as useful to the secular world. Because of this area of debate, the idea of absolutes is not possible. Without absolutes, how can we actually give someone guidance on how and where to go in their lives? Without a spiritual path that is laid out and definite, where does someone with a troubled soul go? I am grateful for the door that the book opens by illustrating how the two worlds of psychology and Christianity can be married yet as in any marriage, there is always areas that are not
“The Enemies of Reason” “There are two ways of looking at the world, through faith and superstition, or through the rigors of logic, observation, and evidence through reason.” I believe this statement is true since there are those who believe things such as superstition and psychics can help you through life and there are those who base life off of hard evidence and facts. Richard Dawkins does not completely understand why people put faith in mediation and astrology. They are ways of having hope and a way to just relax because we are constantly stressed. People don’t have all the answers to life, so they turn to superstition and parapsychology to make decisions. We have done studies, such as the Wiseman study in Chapter 2, stating that psychics and everyday students have nearly the same results at predicting statements, yet people still pay to have their “minds read” or “predict the future.” It is fine to choose to believe in the irrational, but accepting money is another story.
My overall understanding of my topics as well as many others truly stunned me at how uneducated I was in this area. I believe that the two of these play roles that complement one another. I believe that we must understand both and learn to live our lives in a manner we would portray God’s will. II. Eternality of Christ a.
k. “Dost thou know who made thee” l. Why does the lamb exist? m. “Little Lamb I’ll tell thee” n. Introduction of Jesus Christ and God o. Made in God’s image p. The lamb also symbolizes Man, and Man’s desire to know his origins and why he exists iv. Setting q. Country life r. “by the stream and o’er the mead” s. Literary setting for us as readers v. Conclusion “The Lamb” is a Christian poem written by William Blake that utilizes a lamb to symbolize and explain how God created everything in the universe.