Month: September 2015

“The Bible is the best guide we can have when making moral decisions”

Agree 

I agree with the statement “The bible is the best guide we can have when making moral decisions” The evidence for this is self experiences. The bible helps you to make wise decisions because it was inspired by wisest person of all, which is God. People in the bible were inspired by God and he never makes mistakes. If God never makes mistakes then he is probably the best person to go to when making very important decisions. The bible is written by God because he told people what to write in the bible. The bible is a book that has passed down throughout the generations which explains how loads of people have written in it. This is the first reason why I believe the statement “The bible is the best guide we can have when making moral decisions”

Another reason why I agree with the statement is because of the outcomes I have seen happen in other peoples life. I have seen people struggle with making a decision, and they have used the bible as a guide to help them make a decision. They have also been happy with the decision they have made. This means that they have done the right thing and they were not wrong to read the bible. They have also thanked God after for helping them. When people are happy with someone else they thank them and that’s what people do. Reading the bible is a way that God can speak to you. Sometimes we don’t need to use the bible or God as a helpful resource because they can make the decision out of their own willpower.

Disagree

I disagree with the statement “The bible is the best guide when making moral decisions”. The reasons for this are because anyone can make a decision using a responsible adult or someone who has gone through the same thing. If someone has gone through the same thing then they can tell you what the best decision based on their experiences.  For instance if I use an atheist. There are many successful atheists who have not used the bible and had similar outcomes as to if they had used the bible. This is why I believe that the bible is not the best guide when making moral decisions.

Another reason why I don’t agree with the statement is because people can be very happy with their life and the choices they have made throughout their life without using the bible. If the bible was the best guide to use when making moral decisions then everyone’s life would be great, but because not everyone knows God they can’t interact with him and ask him questions. There are some decisions you can make by yourself and you don’t need to use God because the outcome is not that bad. Such as if I didn’t know whether to choose a chocolate biscuit or custard cream biscuit. This is  the other reason why I believe that the bible is not the best guide when making moral decisions.

This is the end of my arguments FOR & AGAINST

Task 1

a) Portia feels like her dad is being very controlling because he is choosing who she can and can’t marry. She feels like she has a right to choose who she wants to be with for the rest of her life.

b) 

Five main points

1) Jews were seen as a threat to christianity

2) Venice tolerated jews and looked after them

3) The jews were crammed into one flat

4) The jews were useful because they gave to the poor

5) The jews were also useful because they were very good at handaling money

Summary

In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries Jews were not tolerated, they were seen as a threat to christians and humanity wanted nothing to do with them. Venice were the only place who tolerated them. they used the Jews talents as an advantage and used them as workers. Although the Jews helped the christians in Venice they crammed the Jews into one big flat. One thing that the Jews were good at was handaling money and making profit. The Jews were very nice and often gave to the poor.

These to religions might be different but they are both very nice people and should like each others differences.