In the article I’m Fine with God…but I Can’t Stand Christians Who Impose Their Morality on Others, authors Bruce Bickel and Stan Jantz critique the Christian faith’s self ordained position of society’s moral leaders. They write that Christians have no right to be in this position because of their low esteem within the culture, their hypocrisy, their lack of credibility and the blatant rejection by society’s new post-modern view. Bickel and Jantz begin with a discussion on society’s view of Christians, none of which are positive. They state that this is a known fact that even Christians agree with. They then begin to compare the Christians with legalistic Pharisees. In other words, just as Pharisees failed God’s commands so have …show more content…
These two points naturally connect to show that Christians are not seen positively or as relevant within society. Understanding that Christians act as hypocrites and as offensive dogmatists are also two seemingly connected ideas. The former and the latter do seem to rely in some way on each other as one cannot understand the premise that Christians are seen as hypocritical if one does not understand the feel, view, or perspective within society. This may appear as if the premises are therefore trustworthy within this argument however, this is not true. The conclusion may seemingly follow from the premises, however the points themselves are weak and in some respects blatantly wrong. To further test for mishaps in the logic each premise now will be separately critiqued. To begin, society is quoted in saying that Christians are judgmental, hypocritical, self-righteous and a host of other negative labels. These sub points stem, according to Bickel’s and Jantz’s own words, from “anecdotal research” and therefore make this premise plausible but hardly reliable. In order for this point to successfully support the conclusion the premise must be true and leave no room for counter arguments, which this point does not as one can simply say my town upholds Christianity as the only respectable moral way . Secondly, the authors reference Christians as Pharisees, listing long evidence on the legalistic and hypocritical
-Some may disagree with me because banning larger drinks will just make people buy more smaller sized drinks allowing them to take in more sugar and calories.
Out of the 381 million Americans living in the United states, 71% of them consider themselves a Christian ("US Christians Numbers 'decline Sharply'” 1). While the number of Christians in America has declined, their influence remains prevalent upon American society. Moreover, in terms of society, Christianity has influenced the development of the United States, and its social and cultural society.
But in a Christian’s religion they believe that there is a real and living God that can do everything for them, supply their needs, heal, guide and protect them. Their God can talk, hear and direct them in the right path; if they only accept and believe in him. Their religious opinions would lead them to unethical behavior and lower their ability to appreciate the cruel nature of their acts. We must turn the ethical principles to protect ourselves from narrow-minded and cruel religious practices. (Paul,
As Christians, we tend to believe that everyone has the same worldview as us. We believe that everyone thinks the way we do leading him or her to do the right thing. We assume the best and forget the worst. However, it becomes painstakingly real that is not the case in our world today. We are constantly faced with ethical issues in our profession and everyday life. Although we would like to believe that people always do the right thing that is not the case. This reality hits us in cases like the Tuskegee study, the obedience to authority study, and the Stanford prison experiment.
Yahoo announced in 2013 that it would no longer offer the option for employees to work remotely. Although technology has evolved and created the ability to work remotely, productivity can diminish if management is not in place to accommodate and support the endeavor. If implemented properly, companies can benefit from employees working remotely by realizing cost savings of office space and utilities, employee retention and broadening their candidate pool. However, working remotely will fail due to management oversite, not hiring the right people, and a lack of communication and collaboration between the company and its employees. In my opinion, Yahoo messed up…big time!
On 7/09/2015, at 1916 hours, I was on duty, in uniform, and driving a marked police vehicle (0913). Off. Martin and I were dispatched to the Gateway Transit Center (115 E Front Street - which is in the city limits of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington State) on report that Jodi Schweitzer was trying to start fights with others present.
The question on why was T. Hall got singled out for scrutiny is not a simple one in my eyes. T. Hall may have been singled out for a number of reasons. The first being because T. Hall was crossing dressing thus causing confusing within the community. The second being T. Hall born as a hermaphrodite (or intersexed) and saw herself/himself as both a man and a woman which put him/her under more scrutiny, although this only came into light after she/he was under scrutiny . One of Last thing I understood being reading the information is because she/he would take on the roles of both a male and female at different points throughout life. This caused T. Hall’s neighbors to have a trail to try to help them with the indentation of T. Hall’s role/place
The author concludes that Christians are to live faithfully by the values of the bible. As members of society, we are expected to play a critical role in in our community rather than isolating ourselves from those opposed to Christian worldviews. There are ways for Christians to live out their faith, but still remain active parts in the community.
“The greater the interests, and the more sacred the rights which may be at stake, the more resolutely should he appeal to the generous feelings, the noble sentiments, the calm considerate wisdom, which become a free, educated, peaceful Christian people (McGuffey Fourth Reader, pg 285).” This quote correctly identifies what the world does today. When certain rights are in jeopardy America turns to Christian beliefs. Therefore, we as Christians have the same responsibilities as those orators of pronounced positions. We, like American orators, must reject selfishness, jealousy, fear, and disrespect among our people. Additionally, we must encourage patriotism and
They Say I Say is extremely useful in learning how to write argumentative papers because the authors discuss the “I say” of an argumentative paper by providing many real life examples and templates for new writers to experiment with. For example, on page 60, templates are provided for disagreeing with an argument and using reasoning. One of the templates reads, “X claims that ___ rests upon the questionable assumption that ___”(Graff). On page 62, templates for agreeing are presented, one of which is, “X is surely right about ___ because, as she may not be aware, recent studies have shown”(Graff). It is also expressed in this chapter that students feel uncomfortable agreeing with arguments made or disagreeing. On page 63 the authors also recognize
The key question the author is addressing is What is truly our role as christians in society and what outlook should we have when dealing with politics?. Do we put our loyalties into
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Throughout the video, Joe Smith uses various opinions and facts to persuade viewers to save paper towels. For starters, he uses an opinion by stating that we could reduce the usage of paper. This is an opinion since it is subjective because Smith cannot prove that everyone will save paper. Therefore, the statement about reducing paper is a generalization since there is no guarantee that everyone will try to reduce paper. Furthermore, he uses hedging by using the word "we could" which is used to prevent some audiences from becoming offended that some of them might incapable of saving paper towel. Another opinion is that he states that the audience can save paper towels by just using one paper. This can be proven as an opinion from using the
Christian morality is centered on assessing the ethical implications of us as people. Who we ought and be, and what actions we ought to take or avoid based on an understanding of the scripture and relevant human experiences. I do not subscribe to the divine command theory (DCT) of ethics, as I believe you can have ethics without God. The DCT proposes that what is morally right is what God has commanded (for example, love thy neighbor), and what is forbidden by God is morally wrong (i.e. murder), yet there are many who agree that murder is wrong without reading the bible to recognize this. As such, I argue that the churches moral teachings are of
This material set-off in this fashion in the handout identifies the revision notation for these matters. Guidelines for the Argumentative/Persuasive Essay