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Response to Thread # 1 Both the threads talk about the benefits of joining a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), and a church. Finally, they draw conclusions by showing the similarities between the benefits of the two above mentioned actions. The first thread mentions five reasons why a country would join an FTA. The first benefit is the increased market access enjoyed by the FTA partners, and how an FTA helps the partner countries obtain products and services that are not available in their own lands. But it does not clearly show how joining an FTA makes it possible for a country. There are many countries in the world that are not part of any FTA, but they still enjoy different kinds of exotic products and services through regular export and import activities. Promoting investment is the second benefit of FTA mentioned by this thread. This point is also correct, but again it fails to properly demonstrate how an FTA serves this purpose. There are …show more content…
The writer explains this point well and supports his argument with a verse from the Bible. Next, the writer says joining a church increases our sense of accountability, which is actually true. In this regard, Rance (2011) said that we get good biblical lessons from a church, which in turn helps us to be good and ethical decision makers in our professional and personal lives. And, churches remind people of the basic principles of humanity, Christianity, and good human behaviors. These eventually help us become better persons. However, the writer says that joining a church basically makes us accountable to the ‘likeminded’ people. But this is not true actually. We meet different kinds of people in the church and in our regular lives. Ethical principles make us accountable to everyone for our actions, not just to the likeminded ones. The third point (to get more educated in God’s word) was
Response to Thread # 1 Both the threads talk about the benefits of joining a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), and a church. Finally, they draw conclusions by showing the similarities between the benefits of the two above mentioned actions. The first thread mentions five reasons why a country would join an FTA. The first benefit is the increased market access enjoyed by the FTA partners, and how an FTA helps the partner countries obtain products and services that are not available in their own lands. But it does not clearly show how joining an FTA makes it possible for a country. There are many countries in the world that are not part of any FTA, but they still enjoy different kinds of exotic products and services through regular export and import activities. Promoting investment is the second benefit of FTA mentioned by this thread. This point is also correct, but again it fails to properly demonstrate how an FTA serves this purpose. There are …show more content…
The writer explains this point well and supports his argument with a verse from the Bible. Next, the writer says joining a church increases our sense of accountability, which is actually true. In this regard, Rance (2011) said that we get good biblical lessons from a church, which in turn helps us to be good and ethical decision makers in our professional and personal lives. And, churches remind people of the basic principles of humanity, Christianity, and good human behaviors. These eventually help us become better persons. However, the writer says that joining a church basically makes us accountable to the ‘likeminded’ people. But this is not true actually. We meet different kinds of people in the church and in our regular lives. Ethical principles make us accountable to everyone for our actions, not just to the likeminded ones. The third point (to get more educated in God’s word) was