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ok… It’s part of the journey” (Hayley Williams). As I encountered another religion, the sacred book used acts as a guide for its followers. Sacred books act as a road map to help followers live a fulfilling spiritual life because of the instructional text and moral compass that can be acquired. I visited Christian Baptist Church in Linwood, NC. I debated on whether or not I would go to the early morning service or the evening service. I decide that I would go to the morning service on Sunday,…

Matthew Richard Schlimm, who wrote “This Strange and Sacred Scripture” raises a plethora of questions to sections of the Bible people have always thought to have had answers too. As someone who has always taken the Bible at face value and believed everything to be true; both the Old Testament class and Schlimm’s book make me question what I truly know as a fact from the Bible. Both the class and the book make me wonder why God did certain things in a particular way too. One of the first topics…

Today in America, there is a silent epidemic of internet behavior that is leading individuals to feel unfulfilled in their daily lives. With speed being the internets greatest quality it is surprising to many that it takes so much time away from one 's life. Along with the speed of the cell phone and internet it is no wonder individuals get impatient to check their phone while driving. This quick check is enough to cut in line on death row. The internet has many names another would probably be a…

My Self-Concept Paper Just from being in my communication, class for a while now I have noticed that one of the most significant concepts in communication classes in my generation is self-concept. Self-concept defines as our beliefs, attitudes, feelings and values. It is who we are and what we stand for during our lifetime. Self-concept is a fittingly stable set of perceptions and emotional states. It is the way we see and understand ourselves, and contributes to how we perceive ourselves…

beneficial, they also have the potential to end lives if not used responsibly. Every year, countless civilians are injured or killed because someone decided to use their cell phone while they were operating a vehicle. The ad above, asking its audience if a text was worth it causes drivers of all ages to reconsider their actions. The use of dark colors and the image of a deceased young woman encourage drivers to act more responsibly while driving and to keep their cell phones put…

Losing your face The article “Stop Googling. Let’s Talk” by Sherry Turkle explains to concerned educators and adults how technology and multitasking is splitting our attention, hindering our ability to properly communicate, and express empathy for one another. Using logos and ethos, Turkle promptly displays a concerning amount of evidence of the degradation of our face to face communication skills; however, by immediately countering any arguments for cell phone usage Turkle leaves the pathos of…

As young children, everyone is told how to cross the street safely, but what happens when phones are brought into the picture? From children to adults, everyone is wrapped up in their phones nowadays, whether it's at home or even crossing the street. Texting while walking might not seem like that much of a problem, but in 2016, more than 6,000 people have died from it, in the U.S. alone. As more and more people are becoming more addicted to their phones, more people are becoming susceptible to…

Alexander Graham Bell was the inventor of the telephone in 1874. From this generation on, the evolution of the phone has impacted our society immensely. Phones have gone from a simpler way to communicate without travel or write a letter, to everyone having them as a daily item in their pocket you can't forget. If something were to happen to your present day phone, it's easy to freak out, especially if you forget it at home, or drop it to the ground (or break it with a discus). However dependent…

1. In one to two paragraphs, summarize the secondary source for which you completed the Secondary Source Analysis Worksheet in learning block 2-4. Focus on the secondary source’s thesis, arguments, use of primary sources, potential biases, reliability, and usefulness to a beginning researcher. In the article, the Search for Middle Ground written by J. Samuel Walker, the author J. Samuel Walker addresses a chronically and fueled debate between many well-known scholars about Truman’s decision to…

askes some question that are honestly intriguing these questions are: “If the computer breaks, will children not know how to write with a pencil? And If e-books are taken out of the classroom, will children no longer know how to read in a traditional text?” these questions may seem silly but are in fact reasonable to…