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While reading chapters thirty-one through thirty-four, my mind was blown multiple times! These chapters clearly demonstrated how differently we react to the same situation based on how a question is framed; this thought had never occurred to me before. I have always thought that I am a consistent and fair person, someone who responds to every situation with the same reply. However, these chapters illuminated that that probably is not the case. When this realization is juxtaposed with the example of Christ who truly remains constant, we can see just how quickly we fall short of being perfect; this is what makes us human and flawed. Chapter thirty-four examined what Kahneman called “Empty Intuitions,” in which people are given two scenarios,
It is the reader and his or her interpretive community who attempts to impose a unified reading on a given text. Such readers may, and probably will, claim that the unity they find is in the text, but this claim is only a mask for the creative process actually going on. Even the most carefully designed text can not be unified; only the reader's attempted taming of it. Therefore, an attempt to use seams and shifts in the biblical text to discover its textual precursors is based on a fundamentally faulty assumption that one might recover a stage of the text that lacked such fractures (Carr 23-4).
...are confronted with the question of moral absolutes, we are forced to wonder when and to whom justice truly applies. Hopefully, we will look at our world and our ideas of right, wrong and retribution in different ways, ways that will enlighten and enrich our lives, and the those of the an audience of readers 2,000 years from now.
The whole chapter entitled, "On Living Peaceably With the Mysteries of Faith" was really interesting. The one line that hit me the hardest was, "Some issues…are indeed troubling, but less so once we realize that if God's thoughts and ways were like our own, God wouldn't be God, or else we would be gods, too" (Myers 33). Although this idea seems simple, and one that should be obvious to everyone, it was a different way of thinking for me. So often, something goes wrong in my life, and I wonder how on Eart...
To me, this whole chapter seemed like he was saying that the Bible is just a bunch of stories; since they’re all so similar. Also it was pretty hard over all to follow along with what exactly what was being argued. I feel that Alter also goes off into weird tangents which cause the reader to stop and question his writing. I can usually grasp the meaning of most text; I consider myself I good reader, but there were some parts of this chapter where it was very hard to read what he was trying to say. Several times he jumps from character to character. But overall, I understood most of what he was trying to say (at least I believe I do). I’m not sure if I would have any challenges for him, mainly because I don’t think I understood some of it (to be completely
Discuss this statement and show how your critical understanding of the text has been strengthened by at least two different readings.
As I read the book, simple as the book may be, my list of questions only got bigger. I only found what I already knew and everything that I have already been told. I found myself questioning her reasoning and whether I caught her exact perspective on others. This questioning presented itself on page 44 as she elaborated on the topic of God’s anger. On page 43 it says “Anger isn’t always a sin”, and yes I agree with that. I do believe there is righteous anger, but I do not completely understand where she stands as to God’s judgment. On page 44 she
Chapter 7 is entitled, “God Unchanging.” In this chapter, Packer lists six ways God is unchanging. God’s life, character, truth, ways, purposes, and Son do not change, and His people are supposed to have these characteristics. After chapter seven, each chapter of Part II lists characteristics of God—majesty, wisdom, truth, love, grave, justice, wrath, goodness, severity, and jealousness. Packer titles chapter ten, “God’s Wisdom and Ours,” he gives the two ways to wisdom. The first, “We must learn to reverence God,” means that we must fear God and be humble to receive God’s knowledge, and the second, “We must learn to receive God’s word,” says that in order to receive God’s wisdom, one must “apply themselves to God’s revelation (101).” When Packer discusses the topic of wrath, he says today it is not talked about as commonly as it was in the old and new testament days. He quotes A.W. Pink who says that there are more references to God’s wrath, judgement, and jealously then there are of love and
The Intuitionist, a novel written by Colson Whitehead, illustrates many aspects of society through the parody of a detective novel. Since elevator inspectors have no detective talents, the idea is just a cover, underneath which lies a myriad of the author's opinions on society. The book, published only in the year nineteen-ninety-nine, is filled with miniscule clues that pilot one toward substantial metaphors. Among these are racism, politics, one's place in society, and so on and so forth. This novel is an ocean of allegories in its youth, its depths waiting to be explored.
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Waiten,W., (2007) Seventh Edition Psychology Themes and Variations. University of Nevada, Las Vegas: Thomson Wadsworth.
From an American Psychologist. Vol. 19, pp. 848-852, 1964.
From "Mind" to "Supermind": A Statement of Aurobindonian Approach. ABSTRACT: In contrast to Western theories of mind, Aurobindo’s theory is comprehensive and holistic. This theory derives from his ontology.
“He knew now that he would have to take a beating. It would last an hour or two hours, and it would be difficult, but if he modulated his inevitable resentment to the chastened attitude of the reformed sinner, he might win his point in the end” (10). “All of them felt their nerves straining, and for the first time in a year Charlie wanted a drink” (12).
...f God’s glory and for those that have questioned their faith. The book urges the reader to consider the sacrifices Jesus made, his role as a messenger and mediator, and the ability of people to find salvation through the acceptance of Jesus. These are central messages that other portions of the Bible touch on but do not discuss with the same degree or urgency.
As you were reading, what other texts were you reminded of? Be specific in you comparisons.