Jacqueline Pridgett
I really enjoyed reading her post about being good with out god. I found it very frank and honest and very well written. I totally agree with the fact that people can be bad but still believe in god.
Katie Kosturik
I felt that Katie did a really great job. She addressed the subject of good without god by recognizing that each religion is different and that because each is different there is no way that there can be one definition of "good". The only think that Katie could change would be instead of addressing the post like she did she should just go right into it. It doesn't need to be introduced.
Tasha Cerimeli
Tasha is an amazing writer. I loved her use of questions in her posts. Congrats on your final english class!
Monday, August 30, 2010
Directed Freewrite page 96
What is an idea? An idea is a belief, a thought, or a tiny voice deep inside you. Its created or implanted in you. An idea is almost a feeling. An idea is a thought taken for a walk. It starts as a simple thought and progresses into something more. This idea could be a few thoughts combined into one is or one thought that became more. This though was shaped and stewed on for quite sometime as the thought process continues it develops into an idea which is your opinion. This idea is your own that either you came up with or that someone started for you and you finished. The idea that you created is different than a thought because your idea is shared and more than likely will turn into an action.
So we then come to the question of what is a thought? A thought is a creation in your mind. Its something that you develop that your mind takes a hold of. Thoughts can be anything. Opinions, feelings, notions, anything that your mind creates. This thought is part of your everyday. You create thoughts with out processing the fact that your are well...thinking. Every time you hear, listen, smell, and basically function you are creating a thought. Each thought is unique and different and they help you process, walk, talk, and just get through your day. Thoughts are a basic part of life; just an everyday action that you do most of the time with out realizing it.
Where do thoughts and ideas come from? Thoughts and ideas come from within you. They are created inside your mind. They not only part of your basic everyday but they define you. Thoughts and ideas are part of you. They come from you and your personality so what you are thinking and feeling comes through you. People perceive you based on the way you act which comes from your thoughts and ideas which come from inside you; from your mind or your brain. You create your thoughts and ideas with your mind.
So we then come to the question of what is a thought? A thought is a creation in your mind. Its something that you develop that your mind takes a hold of. Thoughts can be anything. Opinions, feelings, notions, anything that your mind creates. This thought is part of your everyday. You create thoughts with out processing the fact that your are well...thinking. Every time you hear, listen, smell, and basically function you are creating a thought. Each thought is unique and different and they help you process, walk, talk, and just get through your day. Thoughts are a basic part of life; just an everyday action that you do most of the time with out realizing it.
Where do thoughts and ideas come from? Thoughts and ideas come from within you. They are created inside your mind. They not only part of your basic everyday but they define you. Thoughts and ideas are part of you. They come from you and your personality so what you are thinking and feeling comes through you. People perceive you based on the way you act which comes from your thoughts and ideas which come from inside you; from your mind or your brain. You create your thoughts and ideas with your mind.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Can we be good without God???
Can we be good without God? This controversial question is linked to a different answer depending on who you ask. Many believe that God is not necessary to make them a good person. Others hold the belief that God is all powerful, all knowing, and the supreme being and that without him we cannot be "good" people. Religiously I believe that God is the supreme being and that only by and through him can we be saved and exhalted with him someday in his kingdom. Given this statement I also believe that you can truly be a great person and not follow what I believe.
A greater part of a persons personality is what they believe. The simple process of believing in something shapes you and creates how you act and what you say. Belief in something defines you. I belong to the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. My beliefs are very different than that of the world around me today. I choose to be a very different person because of what I believe to be true. Simply, I believe in God and his eternal power to save me from my sins. Unfortunately this belief does not make me a good person. The way I decide to believe and shape my personality is up to me. It is not up to God or other followers of my faith. It is not up my belief system to make me a good person. Although these beliefs shape my personality and how I behave that is simply my choice. Life is full of these important choices that shape us and help us become these good or amazing people.
Having said all this I do not believe that God has made me a good person. God has definitely given me all that I have and I attribute every aspect of my life to him. Without God I do not see myself being the same person I am today. This does not mean that without God I would be a bad person. I chose to follow God and be a good person. Without God I still have the same opportunity to be a good person. You cannot define a person based on their religion or their belief in God. Every person has the opportunity to be a good person. Today there are many people that do not believe in God or a higher being that are great people. Good people are in every aspect of life. People should be defined by what they do and how they do it not by what they believe. You cannot judge a person and say that they are bad because they are without God. Good people should not be defined as followers of God. Everyone has the potential to be good without God.
A greater part of a persons personality is what they believe. The simple process of believing in something shapes you and creates how you act and what you say. Belief in something defines you. I belong to the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. My beliefs are very different than that of the world around me today. I choose to be a very different person because of what I believe to be true. Simply, I believe in God and his eternal power to save me from my sins. Unfortunately this belief does not make me a good person. The way I decide to believe and shape my personality is up to me. It is not up to God or other followers of my faith. It is not up my belief system to make me a good person. Although these beliefs shape my personality and how I behave that is simply my choice. Life is full of these important choices that shape us and help us become these good or amazing people.
Having said all this I do not believe that God has made me a good person. God has definitely given me all that I have and I attribute every aspect of my life to him. Without God I do not see myself being the same person I am today. This does not mean that without God I would be a bad person. I chose to follow God and be a good person. Without God I still have the same opportunity to be a good person. You cannot define a person based on their religion or their belief in God. Every person has the opportunity to be a good person. Today there are many people that do not believe in God or a higher being that are great people. Good people are in every aspect of life. People should be defined by what they do and how they do it not by what they believe. You cannot judge a person and say that they are bad because they are without God. Good people should not be defined as followers of God. Everyone has the potential to be good without God.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
self
As I consider the nature of myself in each community that I participate in I see myself as a different person with a different personality in each. In the online community I see myself as more laid back and less willing to go the extra mile or to do more than what is required in my online classes. My work community I find myself focused and controlling. I feel as though I am unwilling to let a mistake happen with the children I am watching on my clock. Each of these separate selves are different personality traits that represent me as a person. Each self is unique and different. Only people who see me everyday on every level from school to work and to home see me on each level of my self and know me personally and on a different level than others.
Previously stated is my online self. Laid back and unwilling to go the extra mile. Other online aspects of my self are shy, scared, unwilling to share my whole self, curious, and introverted. I believe that you can never fully know a person just through their online self. You can know their online personality but even then you are unable to know how they act or be able to see what weird quirks they carry when they walk and talk. All online selves are either a little shy or a little more outgoing then their real self. A lot of people are like me; unwilling to share information before they truely know the people that they are sharing this information with. In the world of today with our many technological advances many people have become comfortable with the internet and are a little more bold when they use it. This form of self see's the relationships they are forming in a different light. They believe that they will never meet these people and so they are more comfortable and they tend to be a little more bold when forming these relationships. In both aspects of self you never can know a person fully because of the differences in their real self that the everyday people see.
Now we consider the nature of morality. Does every self hold a moral compass? Is there just one moral self? Do you need to have a belief in God in order to have a moral self? I believe that ever person within themselves has some sort of moral self or moral compass that guides them. Not everyone decides to listen to their moral self but they all have one. Morality is not based on whether or not you believe in a higher order or a superior being but is simply a tiny voice deep inside you telling you what is right and what is wrong. Your moral self can be ignored and pushed deep down inside you so that your guilt and conscience will stop counciling you to choose the right way but it will always be there no matter how hard you try to get rid of it.
Previously stated is my online self. Laid back and unwilling to go the extra mile. Other online aspects of my self are shy, scared, unwilling to share my whole self, curious, and introverted. I believe that you can never fully know a person just through their online self. You can know their online personality but even then you are unable to know how they act or be able to see what weird quirks they carry when they walk and talk. All online selves are either a little shy or a little more outgoing then their real self. A lot of people are like me; unwilling to share information before they truely know the people that they are sharing this information with. In the world of today with our many technological advances many people have become comfortable with the internet and are a little more bold when they use it. This form of self see's the relationships they are forming in a different light. They believe that they will never meet these people and so they are more comfortable and they tend to be a little more bold when forming these relationships. In both aspects of self you never can know a person fully because of the differences in their real self that the everyday people see.
Now we consider the nature of morality. Does every self hold a moral compass? Is there just one moral self? Do you need to have a belief in God in order to have a moral self? I believe that ever person within themselves has some sort of moral self or moral compass that guides them. Not everyone decides to listen to their moral self but they all have one. Morality is not based on whether or not you believe in a higher order or a superior being but is simply a tiny voice deep inside you telling you what is right and what is wrong. Your moral self can be ignored and pushed deep down inside you so that your guilt and conscience will stop counciling you to choose the right way but it will always be there no matter how hard you try to get rid of it.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
My Bio
My name is Lauren Spencer. I am currently a sophmore at ASU and I am majoring in Speech and Hearing Science. I hope to someday get my doctorate in Speech and own my own private practice. I plan on going onto the speech aspect of speech and hearing science and I hope to become a Speech and Language Pathologist. One of the biggest reasons I decided to major in speech would be my place of work. I currently work at Lifetime Fitness in the Child Center and have been since I was sixteen years old. Working in the child center has given me the opportunity to work with many children that have speech impediments and other disablities. These children are my favorite. Listening to their adorable speech impediments and being sometimes painfully patient with these children is what keeps me pushing through the tough times in my degree.
Besides children and my degree I have many other interests. I enjoy sleeping, eating, hanging out with my sisters, reading, and watching funny movies. My favorite color is blue. My favorite flower is a daisy. I enjoy reading murder mystery stories. I spend a greater portion of my time at the gym either working or working out. I love to jump on a treadmill and run until my legs hurt. My nickname is Lo but only my very close friends and family call me that. Within the past couple of weeks I closed on a town house and moved out. I now live with my two sisters and a close coworker and I have realized that I have taken my family for granted. I spend a great portion of time at my parents house. My parents have been married for 21 years and have five children. Yep, we are mormon. Having lots of children to muliply and replenish the earth.
As previously stated I am a mormon in other words I belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I have a testimony of the restoration of the gospel and the fullness of the priesthood on the earth today restored by Joseph Smith. As this goes most of my friends have recently left on two year full time missions. My best friend and boyfriend of four years has been out for seven months in a couple of days. So yes, I am currently waiting for a missionary and when he comes how we plan on being sealed in the Mesa Temple for time and all eternity. Unfortunately all people ever hear about is the unhappy aspect of the girl getting married before the missionary gets home. But I truely believe that no matter what everything happens for a reason and that no matter what curve balls are thrown at me that life should be lived with a smile and that I need to be finding joy in the journey now.
Besides children and my degree I have many other interests. I enjoy sleeping, eating, hanging out with my sisters, reading, and watching funny movies. My favorite color is blue. My favorite flower is a daisy. I enjoy reading murder mystery stories. I spend a greater portion of my time at the gym either working or working out. I love to jump on a treadmill and run until my legs hurt. My nickname is Lo but only my very close friends and family call me that. Within the past couple of weeks I closed on a town house and moved out. I now live with my two sisters and a close coworker and I have realized that I have taken my family for granted. I spend a great portion of time at my parents house. My parents have been married for 21 years and have five children. Yep, we are mormon. Having lots of children to muliply and replenish the earth.
As previously stated I am a mormon in other words I belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I have a testimony of the restoration of the gospel and the fullness of the priesthood on the earth today restored by Joseph Smith. As this goes most of my friends have recently left on two year full time missions. My best friend and boyfriend of four years has been out for seven months in a couple of days. So yes, I am currently waiting for a missionary and when he comes how we plan on being sealed in the Mesa Temple for time and all eternity. Unfortunately all people ever hear about is the unhappy aspect of the girl getting married before the missionary gets home. But I truely believe that no matter what everything happens for a reason and that no matter what curve balls are thrown at me that life should be lived with a smile and that I need to be finding joy in the journey now.
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