So, last week we discussed what deems someone pure and polluted within a society. With that being said, let me lay the foundation for the following experiment...
Our class can be considered a small society, no? We are a group of people who meet together regularly. We have standards within the classes that we must follow. If we do not follow these standards, we are punished. Maybe not to the degree of being an outcast of the society, but there are repercussions when we do not do what is "pure" in our little society.
Bam, foundation laid. Agree or disagree if you want, but that is my position. Ok, with that being said, lets work with this foundation. As an experiment, i decided to see if by blogging late i would be considered polluted within our society. As a non-official participant in this experiment, what are your thoughts? Am i polluted for turning in the assignment late, or do i remain Pure?
Monday, September 20, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Cut the chatter...im thoughting!
I really enjoyed our class discussion Tuesday about what faith is (wait, did i really just say that...take mental note). I guess it is intriguing to understand what the writers of the text actually meant, but at the same time it is so very sad we lose so much in the translation process. I have had multiple classes dealing with language (2 semesters of Spanish, 1 of Greek, and small pieces from Dr.Borders whenever he goes on a rant) and have really had the time to think about language. During that thinking process I came to 2 conclusions:
1. The English language is so simple
2. The English language stinks
I thought the English language was simple because all other languages seemed to be more complex, such as the Greek way for having 3 words to describe love, whereas the English language has only one word. I have a good one for the spanish, but i do not think there is a way i can type it without it being confusing. All the same, my thought was, "English was simple, why cant all other languages be simple?"
But that is the problem I think. In our attempt at creating a 'simple language', we lose far too much...and as new generations are born and the old pass away, these thoughts and ideas become foreign to us, but they can help us understand so much more (such as describing something as a verb instead of a noun...faith). Even though I speak English, I find the more I learn about other languages (especially ancient ones), the more I begin to dislike the simplicity of my own.
1. The English language is so simple
2. The English language stinks
I thought the English language was simple because all other languages seemed to be more complex, such as the Greek way for having 3 words to describe love, whereas the English language has only one word. I have a good one for the spanish, but i do not think there is a way i can type it without it being confusing. All the same, my thought was, "English was simple, why cant all other languages be simple?"
But that is the problem I think. In our attempt at creating a 'simple language', we lose far too much...and as new generations are born and the old pass away, these thoughts and ideas become foreign to us, but they can help us understand so much more (such as describing something as a verb instead of a noun...faith). Even though I speak English, I find the more I learn about other languages (especially ancient ones), the more I begin to dislike the simplicity of my own.
Friday, September 3, 2010
The Authority of Truth
Well, we have certainly had much debate in class on what truth is. Is it a single, underlying truth? Can truth be multiple things (or are there multiple truths)? Maybe you have come to your own conclusion on what truth is, or maybe you haven't. But, could truth possibly tell us itself that it is truth? This idea comes to me from a phrase i have heard many times, "you know truth when you hear it". Is truth something so tangible, so powerful, so real and so TRUE that is it something we cannot miss...something we cannot possibly mistake for anything but the truth? What about when the scriptures say, "When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law." (Matt 7:28-29) What is this authority? Is it indeed truth? But just because it may be truth does not mean everyone recognizes it or accepts it. What are your thoughts on it? Is truth something so true we know it when we hear it? Or is truth something we know based off personal experience and culture?
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