Questions for the Week
- How do religion and other forms of spirituality give meaning and purpose to human life?
- How does science?
- Are religion and science compatible or at odds?
"The Creation" by Eduardo Galeano
1. Illustrate the passage.
2. Make an interpretive claim about the passage
3. Discuss: What questions is Galeano answering? How does this passage relate to the questions of the week?
Watch Rick Warren's TED Talk"A Life of Purpose"
- How does his faith give him purpose?
- Are his arguments convincing?
- Even if you are not religious, what can we learn from his example?
Synthesize "The Meaning of Life" reading. If you have not read it yet, please do so and answer the following questions in your comp book. If you have read it, just answer the questions.
1. What are the two points of view the author presents about how we can deal with the question of the meaning of life? Which do you agree with more?
2. What criteria generally seem to lead to a happy life?
3. How/Why does religion help people answer the questions of our existence?
4. What new ideas does this reading give you about the meaning of life?
IN YOUR COMP BOOK: Add more to your starter after the thinking you did today. What role does religion play in human life?
OPTIONAL HOMEWORK
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