On 5/6/02 11:50:00 AM, porter smith wrote:
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>Exercise 2.1: Finding the
>Questions
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>In the space below, write the
>title of your tentative topic
>(e.g. Internet addiction)
>God and People Today
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> 2.
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>Briefly state why you chose
>this topic.
>I chose this topic because it
>is a very interesting subject
>to me. It is uncomfortable to
>a lot of people and I want to
>know why. It is very important
>yet nobody hardly talks about
>it.
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> 3. -
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>Spend about five minutes
>listing what you already know
>(if anything) about your
>topic. For example, are you
>aware of any interesting
>facts, common
>misconceptions, your own
>assumptions, important people
>or institutions involved, key
>schools of thought, the extent
>of the problem, current
>trends, etc.?
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>I know that we have freedom of
>religion
>- " separation of church
>and state.
>- I heard that in college, 80%
>of people come in believing
>there is a god and that 20%
>come out still believing.
>- I know its a very important
>subject.
>- scandals in the Catholic
>church
>- 9/11
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>Now spend at least fifteen
>minutes brainstorming a list
>of questions about your topic
>you’d love to learn the
>answers to. Make this list as
>long as you can, and
>don’t worry whether every
>question is a good one.
>How do people see God in the
>world today? How do people in
>america see God that is
>different from other
>countries? Why is the topic of
>God so uncomfortable to
>people? Why cant teachers
>teach God in public school
>when they can teach evolution?
>what were the changes that
>occured over this century and
>why did they change? What is
>Americas relationship with God
>after september eleventh? If
>the college fact is true, why
>does this happen? What does
>the declaration of
>independence say? How has
>todays government interpreted
>it? What does the Bible say?
>What about religious sdchools?
>Are they effective? What are
>they trying to do? What are
>the reasons for no prayer in
>school? What happens if
>someone does? Why is it a
>problem when people try and
>teach the Bible, when teaching
>almost anything else is Ok?
>What do everyday people have
>to say about it?
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> 5.
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>If you’re working in a
>computer lab (or generating
>hard copies of the exercise),
>your instructor may ask you to
>comment on other students’
>responses to Steps
>1-4. Focus particularly on
>what your classmates did in
>the fourth step. For each you
>view, do two things: add a
>question you would like
>answered about the
>student’s topic, and mark the
>question you find most
>intriguing.
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porter i think you have a very intresting subject, but i also think it needs to be more narowwer. you the focus of your christian belief system, i would try to focus on the love of the religon as just an added foot note
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