Tuesday, December 1, 2009

year of living biblically

Answer the following questions on the blog or hand in a hardcopy by Friday, December 4th.
  1. On Page 208 Jacobs is told to stop using the Bible as a "self help" book. Based on the the information given by his adviser Yossi what is the role of religion and why is Jacobs on "thin ice?"
- Only using the Bible as a self help book is selfish while religion is about serving God. The role of religion should be to teach selflessness rather than selfishness.
Thin ice is associated with fragility. I guess the reason Yossi said that to Jacob is that he solely focused on self-contenting "Thanksgiving prayers", excluding selfless glorifying god prayers, which broke the balance of the goals set in religion.
  1. On page 219 - 220 Jacobs describes his experience of being "hit" with a realization like a punch in the stomach and then he "praises the Lord." What was his realization and how does this reconcile a problem he previously had in his search of religion?
-he realized the might of God that created almost perfect world by himself, which solved the issue with saying praising prayers to God. this realization and the prayers humbled Jacob and made him realize how small his existence is

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