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**[Adair:]** (Exodus: New Creation) & (Exodus: In the Wilderness, on the Threshold) Who is God? What is God revealing about himself in Exodus 1? Exodus Precedes Genesis (comes before) - - - - Exodus: Not only about deliverance, it's about creation -Of Jewish people: have to abandon...

**[Adair:]** (Exodus: New Creation) & (Exodus: In the Wilderness, on the Threshold) Who is God? What is God revealing about himself in Exodus 1? Exodus Precedes Genesis (comes before) - - - - Exodus: Not only about deliverance, it's about creation -Of Jewish people: have to abandon their egyptian ways=400 years - - - - - - - - - Pharaoh: Anti-Creation Agenda -Doesn't know he's dealing with the God of all creation 1. Irony: Pithon and Rameses built-\>Joseph (Israelite) built store cities that saved grain-\>saved Egypt-\>BUILT STORE CITIES TO BRING LIFE=this pharaoh is building store cities for oppression - 2. Irony: Pharaoh's name is not mentioned once-\>forgotten in history. HOWEVER, the midwives (bottom of the ladder) are mentioned because of their faith - - - 3. Irony: "But let the girls live"-5 women undermine pharaoh-defiant, brilliant - "She saw that it was a fine child"-Humorous because Moses is writing this -Papyrus basket: can also mean ark-Genesis 6:14 Ark: anti-creational waters of the flood, pharaoh's anti-creational plan to kill - Moses=drawn from the water - - "As it goes with Moses, so it will go with Israel"; "As it goes with Israel, so it will go with all humanity" Legalistic obedience: obeying the letter of the law but not the intent - Acts 7: Moses's advanced education - - - - - - Moses-In-The-Middle "Who made you ruler and judge over us?"-Foreshadows to him being the ruler and judge -The Israelites ask him this in the wilderness also Israel Pharaoh God MOSES Israel Egypt Promised land \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-- Why plagues? So all will know that I am the Lord! "And I will bring judgement on all of the Gods of egypt" Monotheism-there is only one God "Big 3"=Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - - **[Davidson:]** (Art and Contemplation) & (Designed with Beauty) What's the difference between seeing, looking, contemplating? Contemplation: the action of looking thoughtfully at something for a long time What makes contemplation challenging? - - - - Why do we need it? - - - - - "Science may help us explain the world, but we still need to contemplate it" How can art help us be more contemplative? 1. 2. 3. 4. The average amount of time people spend looking at a work of art in a museum: 3 seconds - Info of piece What stirs my heart? Deeper themes and questions addressed? How will I live differently? \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-- Can one design be more beautiful than another? - - - - - **[Dockery:]** (Luther to Westphalia) & (A City Upon a Hill) & (God and the Founding Fathers) [Criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church:] 1. a. 2. 3. b. 4. 5. 6. 1 Timothy 2:5=Christ is our mediator-We don't need intercession because we have Jesus [John Wycliffe:] Englishman Theology professor at Oxford in the 1300's - - - [John Hus:] - - - [Girolano Savonarola:] - - - - - Catholic church did not welcome critics-What would you be willing to die a gruesome death for? Is there anything? What matters? [Martin Luther:] Most important critic of the catholic church - His beliefs: 1. 2. 3. 4. - - - - - - - Johannes Gutenberg and the printing press -Revolutionalized human civilization by allowing mass production of the printed page (Before, books were expensive and rare) Mind your p's and q's - [Diet of Worms:] "Verms" Diet=Tribunal/Council - "Unless I am convinced, I do not accept the authority of popes." "My conscience is captive to the word of God. I cannot recant anything, for to go against conscience neither right nor safe. Amen"-Martin Luther - - [Protestant church:] Protests teachings of the catholic church [John Calvin:] Predestination - - Predestination: God decided who to save and condemn before the foundation of the world Calvinism: Humans have no free will Calvinist Theory: Total Hereditary Depravity-Inherit sin of ancestors going to adam and eve \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-- +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | | Patrick | Roger | Benjami | Thomas | George | John | | | Henry | Sherman | n | Jeffers | Washing | Adams | | | | | Frankli | on | ton | | | | | | n | | | | +=========+=========+=========+=========+=========+=========+=========+ | Belief | | | | | | | | in God | | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | Belief | | | Probabl | | ??????? | Probabl | | in | | | y | | ??? | y | | Christ' | | | not | | | not | | s | | | | | Talks | | | Divinit | | | | | about | | | y | | | | | God but | | | | | | | | not | | | | | | | | Jesus | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | Belief | | | | | | | | in | | | | | | | | Provide | | | | | | | | ntial | | | | | | | | Interve | | | | | | | | ntion | | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | Belief | | | | | | YES!!! | | in | | | | | | | | Civic | | | | | | | | Benefit | | | | | | | | of | | | | | | | | Religio | | | | | | | | n | | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ - [Thomas Jefferson:] - - - - - "That it may become probable by supernatural interference!"-Not speaking like a deist, HOWEVER "The almighty has not attribute which can take side with us in such a contest" (If there is a war of slaves vs masters, there is nothing about God that would let him side with the masters) - July 2nd 1776, Continental Congress declares independence from Britain July 4th 1776, Congress votes to accept the Declaration of Independence 1823-Adams and Jefferson were running against each other. Jefferson writes a letter to Adams claiming that there is creator-Arguing design theory (the universe gives evidence of having been designed, therefore, there must be a designer) [Patrick Henry:] "Give me liberty, or give me death!" - [Roger Sherman:] - - - - - - [John Adams:] - - - - "An incarnate God!!! An eternal, self-existent omnipresent omnicient author of this stupendous Universe suffering on a Cross!!! My sould starts with horror, at the idea"-Interpreted that he does not beleive Jesus was divine - "Our consitution was made only for a moral ad a religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." [Benjamin Franklin:\ ] "As to Jesus of Nazareth.... I think the system of morals and his religion, as he left them to us, the best the world ever saw or is like to see; but I apprehend, it has received various corrupting changes, and I have... some doubts as to his divinity" - - "I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth-that God governs the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, it is probable that an empire can rise without his aid?"-Indicates that his belief has been a journey C.S. Lewis: If Jesus taught those things but wasn't divine, He's either a LIAR, LUNATIC, or LORD - Deism: Belief that God created the universe, but does not intervene of the workings of the universe, allowing it to be governed by natural law instead - - - [Washington farewell address:] "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political proseperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports"\..."In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these props of the duties of men and citizens" - - In the early Republic, all state constitutions except Virginia's gave special prominence to christianity! Conclusions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. **[Sandlin:]** (Identity: Story, Nature, Will) & Things that society asks about our identity: - - - - - - - - - - These are all temporary\^ What is eternal?\ -Transcendentals - - - - - - - - Define the word Is: \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-- Goodness: - - - - - - Euthyphro dilemma: Is something good because God wills it, or does God will it because it is good? **\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\--** **\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\--** Objective-external to the self Subjective-interior to the self **"Above all, do not lie to yourself"-Dostoevsky** 1. 2. We can't see beauty if we're in a hurry or in the wrong state of mind **[Keck:]** Scenes From Dante's Inferno Who are we? What matters? What are our responsibilities? [Dante Alighieri] - - - - - - - - - [What is the Inferno?] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Nine Circles Of Hell: 1. 2. 3. - - "When I had journeyed half of our life's way,/I found myself within a shadowed forest,/ for I had lost the path that does not stray" Canto 3: The gate of Hell - - - - - - -To have no desire will leave you between heaven and hell -You can't encounter Christ and not choose a path -God made the gate to hell -Hell also endures eternally -Faith, Hope, and Love are what makes you a dynamic human that can make change -God made you a being of change - - - - - - - Canto 6: Gluttony - - - - - - - - - - Canto 8: Circle of the Wrathful - - - - - - - Canto 9: Dis and Circle of Heretics - - - - - - Canto 26: 8th Bolgia-Fraudulent Counselors - 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. - - Circle 8: Malebolge Circle 9: Hell is Frozen Over-Cantos 32-34 - - - - - - Hell is a tomb - - **[SEE THE STARS]** - - - - **[Martin:]** The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Applied ethics -Specific, highly contextual questions Normative ethics -Utilitarianism: You should always do the act that maximizes utility (hapiness, pleasure) Mill and Bentham -Deontology: Morality comes from the law; respecting other people's rights Meti-ethics - - - - **[Sandlin:]**The Good: Ethics, Virtue, and Responsibility Sandlin 7/3 **[Garner:]** (Personality Profile: Is it All in Your Head?) & (The Social Animal) & (Alone Together) Analytic Driver ---------- ------------ Amiable Expressive - Introvert\-\-\-\--Extrovert Recieving energy iNtuition\-\-\-\--Sensing Take in information ESTJ Thinking\-\-\--Feeling Come to conclusion Judging\-\-\-\--Percieving\` Approach to the outside world - - - \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-- "You are what you click"-Brian Primack - - - - - 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brain wants to conserve energy [Law of Unintended Consequences:] You invent something and can't control it or the effects of it Level 1 enhancements: Bring you to a normal level Level 2 enhancements: Push you past a normal level - Transhumanism: What is real is materialism \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-- Oppenheimer: We should go ahead and create the technology, and worry about the consequences later. CRISPR: Can cut DNA and specializes creation Mitochondrial disease-passed from mother to daughter-taken mitochondria out of mothers egg and put another womans mitochondria in place Eugenics: Good birth Eugenics movement-Galton - - Buck vs Bell - - - - - - **[Heath Carpenter:]** (What We Think and Why We Think It When We Think It: How We Create a World View) & ("The Repugnant Cultural Other": When Thinking Goes Wrong) Worldview: How you believe other people and their surroundings operate based on their intentions - Is it possible to think for yourself? - What are my groups? The brain takes in millions of bits of information every second but only takes in 15-30 We are all capable of committing acts we would normally noty because we have a deep sense of wanting to know where we belong and fit-Group mentality Repugnant Cultural Other="Them" - RCO action online causes divide Do words have fixed definitions? - It is hard to communicate an idea in a world where there are so many other distractions going on There is a difference between an inner-ring and a true community - - - Broken on the floor: Debate concept-"You beat me, you won" \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-- +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | God | Plato | Jesus | +=======================+=======================+=======================+ | Mount Sinai | Allegory of the Cave | Sermon on the Mount | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 10 commandments | Darkness: Ignorance, | Retelling of the 10 | | | Closemindedness | commandments | | "Covenants" | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ The great consequence of sin is that we no longer enjoy God's presence Knowledge: -"Morally thick" vocabulary from our experiences -Sources of truth: Who to believe and in what context Kayfabe-WWE-We know it's not real, we don't care, we just like it Sanctified: My will is married to God's will **[Finley:]** Health The Dilemma: Promotion of diet culture