16 September 2007
Origins of Evil: the Garden of Eden.
This week it is all about looking at the way in which the Bible explains the origins of evil in the world.
Homework:
1. Read the Genesis text (chapters 2 and 3) for yourself.
2. Present your own version of this story (notes/diagrams/whatever).
3. How far do you agree with this view of the origins of evil?
LOST? There is a whole section on the garden of eden story here.
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God's Existence? For and Against Arguments.
This week I shall be aiming to cover five for/against
arguments used when it comes to God existing or
not*.
Homework:
Do a review of the arguments with a few of your family/friends/aquaintances: which ones are the most convincing? Which are the least? Why?
*it should be acknowledged that for many people, the idea of arguing this is neither here nor there. Hardened atheists like Hawkins make the assumption that you are a fool for believing it in the first place, and conversely there are tons of theists who find it bizarre at we should even be asking the question because it is obvious that there is a creator (see Psalm 19 for an example).
Homework:
Do a review of the arguments with a few of your family/friends/aquaintances: which ones are the most convincing? Which are the least? Why?
*it should be acknowledged that for many people, the idea of arguing this is neither here nor there. Hardened atheists like Hawkins make the assumption that you are a fool for believing it in the first place, and conversely there are tons of theists who find it bizarre at we should even be asking the question because it is obvious that there is a creator (see Psalm 19 for an example).
Nice assembly!
21/09/07 16:44 Category: 6th form
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Year 7 and Year 8: worldview surveys
Thanks to all who took part in the surveys. Very
interesting results. I hope that you had fun doing it
and thinking about who you are in the world.
If you want to read up on some real responses then you can get them from the worldviews page.
If you want to read up on some real responses then you can get them from the worldviews page.
Year 9 and 10 GCSE revision notes.
The notes for GCSE revision can be found on this page. These are useful for doing a bit of your own reading up on any of the units, and also if you haven't got the book yet.
Nice sculpture (but not very safe).
Year 10: FOSSIP/the problem for believers in God
The Homework involves two activities*:
1. Remember the FOSSIP thing?
- faith: it builds your faith (or trust) in God
- others: can be helped by you if you have experienced suffering.
- success: cannot happen without it. No pain, no gain is what they say...
- strength: lots of people who face suffering find that it makes them strong in unusual ways
- isn't pointless: there is a reason for you to go through it.
Rate these responses in order of importance, saying why.
Include if you think any aren't worth bothering with.
Have you ever seen them happening?
2. The problem of being a believer in God when suffering and evil affect you.
Explain (in your own words) the problem that was outlined for you in class and the 'solution' that Rama provided. Don't forget to say what you think.
*of course - they might have been partially covered in class, so just go along with it.
1. Remember the FOSSIP thing?
- faith: it builds your faith (or trust) in God
- others: can be helped by you if you have experienced suffering.
- success: cannot happen without it. No pain, no gain is what they say...
- strength: lots of people who face suffering find that it makes them strong in unusual ways
- isn't pointless: there is a reason for you to go through it.
Rate these responses in order of importance, saying why.
Include if you think any aren't worth bothering with.
Have you ever seen them happening?
2. The problem of being a believer in God when suffering and evil affect you.
Explain (in your own words) the problem that was outlined for you in class and the 'solution' that Rama provided. Don't forget to say what you think.
*of course - they might have been partially covered in class, so just go along with it.
Podcasting will soon go live.
16/09/07 22:00 Category: Podcasting
Year 7 and 8: where do you fit?
The homework for this week, folks, is to
1. Produce a decent version of the worldviews diagram (if you haven't done it already).
2. To do some interviews with up to 3 people using the four questions.
3. Put yourself and the people you interviewed on to the map.
1. Produce a decent version of the worldviews diagram (if you haven't done it already).
2. To do some interviews with up to 3 people using the four questions.
3. Put yourself and the people you interviewed on to the map.
Year 9 - real examples and real arguments.
If everything goes according to plan this week then
you will have dug into the following things:
1. Some real examples of TOMPIPI and TOOOsHd.
Your homework:
a. complete any notes from the lesson - they MUST be readable and revisable for you (and checkable by me).
b. include a reflection on how you are similar or different from the two examples.
These sausage rolls came up when I typed in 'tompipi' into google images...
1. Some real examples of TOMPIPI and TOOOsHd.
Your homework:
a. complete any notes from the lesson - they MUST be readable and revisable for you (and checkable by me).
b. include a reflection on how you are similar or different from the two examples.
These sausage rolls came up when I typed in 'tompipi' into google images...