Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. Hebrews 11:1
The most difficult task that a human encounters is the search for truth. Every time we grasp for it we find someone who can speak or write to challenge our grasped beliefs. In a world filled with "truth," an information superhighway running through every class, living, and bedroom, how are we to extract The Truth. We have watched to see how easily we can be manipulated to believe, how can we guard ourselves against deception?
Reflect on how we determine what is true, both in the media and in the rest of our lives.
It is easy to believe in the mind, but belief in anything only gains credibility as a belief when it is put into action. Discuss how we then should live in a world of mass media.
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Deb Jarvis here - I meant it when I said I love talking about this kind of thing. Here are my thoughts: In our postmodern world (post-postmodern?) truth is all relative. It's great that I'm a Christian - it's great that you're a total athiest - both of those truths must exist in the society we've created and that we're living in. If Jesus says "I am THE way, THE truth and THE life" then how do we reconcile "I'm OK and you're OK" with our beliefs? (I've had this actual conversation with someone, and they didn't seem to have a problem with it).
ReplyDeleteThere's so much "truth" out there that is so full of lies...and yet God can redeem everything...right? I think a good place to start is to become aware of what "truth" looks like and where lies lurk.
I was serious when I said this is cool stuff to think about - it's HUGE in the society we live in to understand how much of what we're surrounded by is lies, and how to seek the truth within this world.
The other day, I read an article on Coltan and its link to the child-soldiers. Perhaps one of you could look into the "truth" about this mineral that is needed to make our cellphones work. Is it true that those cool gizmos cost the lives of children? And if so, should we worry about that at LCS? Should our cellphone culture change/ be redeemed? Should we all be buying the more expensive models that are not made with "blood coltan," to borrow a phrase from "blood diamond"? How would we go about convincing our school community of this?
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