On 5/8/02 11:25:00 AM, Michelle Mc Clintick wrote:
>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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>>
>> 1.
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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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>> 4.
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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.
>How many different religions are there
>about in the world? How is a person
>suppose to know what religion to
>practice? How do you know what is true
>and what is false? I like the question
>"Why is the topic of god so
>uncomfortable to people?" because there
>is probably a number of different
>reasons and I actually have a hard time
>talking about religion because it is so
>easy to argue while talking about
>religion.
>>
I would like to hear about the relationship between these two words "freedom" and "religion", is being with GOD means that we are lossing our freedom .... tell me about it.



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