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1. Describe the Nickel Mines school incident and how the value of forgiveness was demonstrated. Your answer should include who, what, where, and why (i.e., what motivated the guilty party). Who- Charles Roberts 1v was the shooter, and the victims were 10 girls What- Five school girls were killed and five others were wounded Where- In an Amish school near Nickel mines in Pennsylvania Why- Charles Roberts was angry 2. How does the Amish demonstrate forgiveness in Nickel Mines connected with at least two of the following: a. Gelassenheit/yielded ness - Gelassenheit is full submission to God. It also is similar to forgiveness in the sense you don't seek revenge b. Dirk Willems and the Martyrs' Mirror - He was an anabaptist who was imprisoned and escaped. During his escape, he crossed a frozen lake and after getting by it, someone who was chasing him fell through. Willems went back and helped him out but when he was helping, he was recaptured and killed. c. The Lord's Prayer - Very important prayer in Christianity. It means forgiveness because in part of it, it talks about in Matthew that we must forgive others to forgive us. d. Amish view evil within their church and outside of their church - They think evil comes from satan. Started when he got Eve to eat the apple which then cursed Earth and now Earth is full of evil. They know they sin, and they think that affects their community. 3. How does the Amish forgiveness response compare to the likely response of mainstream American society? Consider messages you may have had around forgiveness in your schools, family and friends, and faith communities as relevant. What questions does this raise for you about the Amish? Give some thoughts and observations from your own experiences of mainstream culture. We will discuss these questions in class to help us expand on the readings. - Just in terms of school shootings, the entire world holds children's lives higher than any other. In a situation like Sandy Hook, the nation was calling for the head of the shooter, whereas in the Amish example, those chose rather to forgive him through the grace of god. It kinda makes me wonder if the Amish truly forgive him, or are just doing it through their faith. 8. How did the Amish ethic of forgiveness compare with Elie Wiesel? - The Amish forgive everything, where as Elie Wiesel couldn't forgive.

5. Write the people in the group and their roles: you need a Vocalizer and a Scribe #1 If more than two –you should have a facilitator and Scribe #2, -The Vocalizer should be someone whose - Tommy-Facilitator - Teddy-Scribe - Daniel Vocalizer 6. Discuss insights from your answers to the poll and the class aggregate answers. Discuss one thing you discussed to help each of your questions 1 and 2 to improve your before-class questions. Write a few notes on both If someone did something to us we want to get back. As a group, we agreed that it's hard to overcome taking someone we care about lives. The Amish have been taught to forgive in their religion at a young age, and forgiveness gets them closer to god. 7. Pick one question that connection both Amish/non- Amish sentiments around forgiveness and put that here - Do the non amish people see eye to eye when pertaining to forgiveness about the amish school shooting? Does this cause controversy between the two?

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