Religulous- Section Two

1.     1. Did Jesus condemn homosexuality? What is the Biblical justification for the Christian dogmatic condemnation of homosexuality?

2.What arguments does Maher put forward for why Christianity's condemnation of homosexuality is flawed?

3.Read the story of Jonah fleeing from the Lord:

  http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=39&chapter=1&version=31

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=39&chapter=2&version=31http://ww

 

There are many different types of Truth contained in the Bible. Some of these truths are intended to be taken literally; some are intended to be interpreted symbolically. This story you have just read contains a Symbolic Truth. Explain what you think the Symbolic Truth (the moral message) is of the story of Jonah and The Whale.                                                                                                                                                

4.Explain what Nationalism is. How is the message of Jesus incompatible with Nationalism?

5.The Biblical texts were primarily composed during The Bronze Age. Identify three (3) other beliefs from The Bronze Age.

6.What do Christian Fundamentalists believe about Evolution?

7.Father Reginald Foster - a senior Vatican priest - has many criticisms of Catholic dogma. Discuss two (2) criticisms he has of Catholic dogma and its changes.

8.Why do you think that most people - both in the documentary and in real life - become so aggressive when you question their religious beliefs? Why are they so unwilling to have their beliefs challenged when they are perfectly okay with accepting that facts can be interpreted (such as in science or in a Court of Law) in a variety of different ways?

9.Why do you think the holy texts were edited to incorporate so many pre-existing religious beliefs?

10. Do you think that we are all born with "a God-sized" hole? Discuss how people that claim to not be religious or to not believe in God often supplement their lack of Faith with other things? Why do they do this? Why is existence simply not enough for people?

Religulous - Section One

1. Explain what a self-fulfilling prophecy is.
2. Why do you think Maher goes to the trouble of giving you his childhood biography before beginning his criticism of Religion in earnest?
3. Why did Maher’s father “quit the Church”?
4. Identify two things mentioned by Maher, in the Trucker’s Church, that Christians believe but are not in the Bible.
5. How does Maher explain the fulfilment of Books of Prophecy?
6. Why would people be more motivated to believe in God when they are in poor circumstances? Refer to the Axial Era.
7. What parallel does Maher draw between the dress of pop stars and religions leaders?

Aboriginal Family and Kinship groups

The kinship chart above provides an example for the Pilbara Region Skin Group.

TABLE:

Panaka male marries Karimarra female
children will be Purungu
[A+B = C]

Karimarra male marries Panaka female
children will be Palyirri
[B+A = D]

Palyirri male marries Purungu female
children will be Karimarra
[D+C = B]

Purungu male marries Palyirri female
children will be Panaka
[C+D = A]