https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1 Bulletin Board Assignment en-us 2017-09-04 15:29:28 UTC 2025-11-15 10:01:27 UTC hello@padlet.com sarbear_alvarez https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1/wish/185325706 I found this video incredibly interesting. It's a spoken poem called "Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus." In his poem, he calls religion "behavior modification." I thought this was very similar to how Freud views religion. Religion has always been something that tells you what to do and how to act. It tells you what morals to have. As Freud would say, it is an illusion that we use to give ourselves a moral compass. However, Christianity is much different than just that, and this guy touches on it. I just really liked how similar his beliefs on "religion" is to Freud and how he explains how Christianity is different than what we believe religion to be.]]> 2017-09-06 21:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1/wish/185325706 sarbear_alvarez https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1/wish/190494176 To comment on Kant, many people in this age have passion, but they do not take action. Many of our "causes" simply become a hashtag or a "challenge." I bet most people who participated in this challenge had no idea what ALS is or why they should support it. I think it is quite ridiculous how we turn real issues into fads and games for us to amuse ourselves with. What most people did not know about the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was that you were also supposed to donate as well as do the challenge. However, I do not think most people actually donated to the cause. We do this with so many causes, and I think it's sad.]]> 2017-09-24 01:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1/wish/190494176 sarbear_alvarez https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1/wish/192718094 Weber (as well as we did, very passionately) discussed people's "callings" and questioned whether this is found in the Bible or not. I found this article that describes the different callings from God found in the Bible and ends with a conclusion of what that means for our jobs. I agree with this article some in that we should focus on the calling to be good Christians and if we are doing that, it does not really matter what career we choose. However, I do believe God can call you to a particular line of work. Whether He does that for everyone, though, is undetermined for me. However, His call for us to be loving and kind and Jesus-like will always be more important.]]> 2017-10-01 01:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1/wish/192718094 sarbear_alvarez https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1/wish/194950837 On Tuesday, one of the biggest parts of the conversation I remember was a debate on whether or not Jesus was a Communist. There was a point I had attempted to make, but I could not find an "in" to the conversation in order to share it. However, I found this article that shares almost the exact point I wanted to make: that Jesus was not trying to make the rich equal to the poor in terms of Capitalism, etc., but that he wanted them to humble themselves and perform acts of charity on behalf of the Church. One's view on this debate is heavily changed by determining Jesus' intent on his teachings instead of simply a cold reading of the Bible.]]> 2017-10-08 00:52:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1/wish/194950837 sarbear_alvarez https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1/wish/197074319 One of my personal favorite shows on Netflix is called "Black Mirror." It's a show similar to the Twilight Zone, in that each episode is different and unrelating to each other other than the fact that they play on fear and make commentaries on today's society and where it could lead. One of my favorite episodes is Season 3's "Playtest." This episode is about a horror video game company who is testing a new virtual reality game. One man signs up to test it, and they put a chip in his head to begin. The rest is what his own mind makes up. He creates a horror world all of his own, and he suddenly has trouble knowing the difference between reality and imagination. As I was rewatching it, I thought this was a good parallel for this week on Postmodernism thought, since it focuses on the individual. Postmodernism seems to be set in how the individual determines things and that life is subjective. It's interesting that, even during Fall Break, you cannot escape the thoughts and ideas from Honors class!]]> 2017-10-15 02:35:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1/wish/197074319 sarbear_alvarez https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1/wish/199300831 It's no secret that I love the world of superheroes, so when I found this video, I got extremely excited. However, I also hold the uncommon opinion in that I actually strongly dislike "Superman." He is, by far, my least favorite superhero. So it seems fitting that Nietzsche - the man who believes God is dead and basically nothing is actually real - with whom I find myself disagreeing with on many points would hold a positive opinion on "The Superman." This video has very little to do with the actual superhero and more about how Nietzsche saw the human race evolving, but intriguing, and definite click-bait nonetheless.]]> 2017-10-21 21:10:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1/wish/199300831 https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1/wish/201452899 This is an interesting article that summarizes almost my exact thoughts on religion. We had a very interesting discussion on this topic Thursday, which I enjoyed leading. This article states that the meaning of religion is changing from what we used to understand it as. It mentions how almost anything can be a religion nowadays, which I find incredibly accurate. There is no, and probably never can be, a definite definition of this word. It is relevant to each person, which is an idea that Rorty and almost every philosopher we've been studying has touched on. It's part of the "language game" described by Lyotard. It's an "illusion" according to Freud. And it's losing all meaning according to myself and this article.]]> 2017-10-29 02:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1/wish/201452899 sarbear_alvarez https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1/wish/212518566 I had the privilege of sitting down with my Pastor, Travis Agnew, and interviewing him for my Interview Paper. He had so many interesting ideas about how Modernity and Postmodernity affect the church. I also delved into topics that were entirely irrelevant to our class, but got a lot out of the interview itself. Below, I have linked his blog where he posts many great articles on different topics. The best way he was able to describe how the tension between modernity and postmodernity affects the church is how it's really the different generations competing, almost. He also shared with me a quote from Robert Jastrow that says, "[The scientist] has scaled the mountains of ignorance, he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries." I love this quote because it really is nearly spot on to how I perceive the relationship between science and faith, and wanted to share it along with you all.]]> 2017-12-02 15:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1/wish/212518566 sarbear_alvarez https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1/wish/212518598 As a child, I knew and loved CS Lewis as the author of some of my most beloved childhood books and movies. Now, I am being reintroduced to him as a philosopher, of some sort. Below is one of my absolute favorite quotes from The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. Peter suggests that they should believe the beaver because "He said he knows the faun." Susan, however, brings in some logic and reason and replies, "He's a beaver; he shouldn't be saying anything." While this is probably one of the most accurate and hilarious quotes, it makes me think of how CS Lewis perceived education. Lewis believed that we shouldn't discourage learning or curiosity. Instead, we should nurture the learners and the apathetic. Similar, in a sense, to today's version of education: you should never share your opinion. You're not a minority, you shouldn't say anything, etc. Lewis suggests we should all be more like Lucy: curious and always searching to learn more and share what you have discovered with others.]]> 2017-12-02 15:53:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1/wish/212518598 sarbear_alvarez https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1/wish/212518657 It's no secret no anyone who knows me that one of my favorite movies is The Princess Bride. Going all the way back to language games, I found this wonderful little gif from the movie that I feel sums it up pretty well. From a modern perspective, the word "inconceivable" has a universal meaning. There is no question about it, and anyone who uses it incorrectly is just wrong. However, from a postmodern perspective, he could be using it right- just in his own way and the way that he has decided it is correct. Personally (and I think I speak for most everyone), I think he's using it wrong because he's just not that bright. But according to postmodern thought, that's okay! We just have different perspectives on truth.]]> 2017-12-02 15:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1/wish/212518657 sarbear_alvarez https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1/wish/212518686 Watching A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is one of my family's biggest traditions. Bringing it into a modern/postmodern perspective, it is obvious when Peppermint Patty complains about Thanksgiving that she and Charlie Brown have very different views on what Thanksgiving means. Same goes for the Christmas special, as well, which I also love very much (except in that one, it's Lucy's turn to misunderstand a holiday). Peppermint Patty represents a modern perspective: keeping to the roots of what Thanksgiving is and should be. However, Charlie Brown brings a postmodern perspective when he just tries his best to give the best "Friendsgiving" he can when P. Patty invites herself over.]]> 2017-12-02 15:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1/wish/212518686 sarbear_alvarez https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1/wish/212518710 As an English major, I love all things relevant to any English theory or criticism. That's why Jensen's questioning of why we tell stories in order to understand things better really excited me: it reminded me of Carl Jung's theory of a universal consciousness. He suggests that all stories follow the same basic principles/timeline and archetypes. In this article, you can read about how Star Wars was created with the "monomyth." I do see the pattern that this comes about. Every story has the same archetypes, etc. I can't say whether that is because all of humanity shares the same unconscious, but it could be because we all have the knowledge of God and Jesus in the back of our minds. The idea of the monomyth creates the "hero's journey." In many ways, this is very similar to Jesus' story as well. If we tell stories that follow the same theme and timeline, it could be because we crave to understand the world, and in the back of our minds, we know the answer is Jesus Christ.]]> 2017-12-02 15:54:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sarbear_alvarez/hon201st1/wish/212518710