On Monday, I was in a science classroom this time to help assist students. The topic was the solar system and the differences between planets. The planet for the day was Saturn as it compared to Earth. I personally enjoy anything space related because its something I really don’t know about as well as its …
Monthly Archives: October 2019
Class Discussion 10/31
Today, at the end of class, we talked about the differences within a religion and how everyone in that religion do not all have the same beliefs or the same traditions. One example that was used was the differences between Catholics and Episcopalian as denominations of Christianity. We also then touched on the topic of …
Clickbait
In class today we were looking at the videos on youtube of the singers, and I believe the first one we looked at had around 30 million views! One of the next ones we looked had around 2 million views, but Dr. McGrath pointed out that the video was labeled incorrectly! The title made the …
Women in the Quran
In the process of doing this reading I was really struck bu Sura 4, about women. My own perception of women in Islam before reading this was very limited, just coming from media stories and the like. I thought that women were very restricted in their roles, and that this role came from Islam. But …
BCR Reflection
Last night I attended the religion seminar “The Most Merciful: Muslim Work with Ex-Offenders” and it was one of the most interesting seminars I have been to. The four presenting panelists were able to share stories, opinions, and a lot of wisdom on topics that I have never been exposed to or even considered. At …
Part 1 The Qur’an 10/29
The Pen, was one of the Suras assigned that stood out to me more so than others. Number 7 states :”Verily your Lord knows those who have gone astray from His path, and He knows those who are guided on the way.” In my opinion this made me think of some words that Christians and …
Qur’an vs. Bible (Oct 29 Class)
In class, we had a discussion about the Qur’an and how it is similar to or different from the Bible. I think it can be argued either way, because there are definitely some similarities and differences. Of course, the Qur’an uses mostly Arabic names in some cases, such as Allah for God, Yusef for Joseph, …
China Bans “Uncivilized Behaviors” on Subways
On October 29, state run Newspaper China Daily reported that eating, drinking, standing on seats, playing music on speakers, lying down, and other “uncivilized behaviors” will be banned nationwide starting in April 2020. This represents the first time that legislation has been passed which affects the entire country’s subway system, previously legislation was passed in …
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Islam and Christianity
After class today, I began thinking of the similarities and differences between Christianity and Islam. We talked in class about some of the similarities and differences between the Qur’an and the Bible but we did not discuss the religions in general. Both the Qur’an and the Bible have similar people in them such as Abraham, …
Class Discussion Today (10/29)
I found it hard to add to the discussion in class today because all we really talked about were religions, their similarities and differences. (something I don’t know a ton about). Remember that day in class when we talked about what we should show someone who wasn’t from the U.S. to help them understand American …