...presented by Dr. Towns, which argument do you find the most convincing? Explain why you think that it is a strong argument. Include at least 2 quotes from the article to support your points. The argument in which I found the most convincing from this week’s reading and presentation from Dr. Towns was, the unity of the message from different human sources. It is almost an unheard of task that there would be such unity in a book with a minimum 36 authors, over 1600 years, from such diverse occupations and regions. Elmer Towns states, “The Bible was written over 55 generations, yet there remains a singular unity. Only God who transcends all time could be its source.” Towns also wrote, "There is a unity of literary emphasis, even though there are numerous authors, so that the reader gets the impression that there was one mind that guided the preparation of the entire Bible." There are many different time periods, circumstances, situations, geographical, occupational, literary styles and much more separating the 66 books and authors that make up the Bible. But there remains one main theme throughout, the message of Jesus and Salvation of the World. The reason for such unity in the Bible is because although there are many physical authors, there is only one inspiration for the writings, God. This is known as dual-authorship, because God guided the...
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...the motives behind it. As people graduated from American High School, they attention veered towards the Civil Rights Movement and they feel it. Some communities are a predominantly black community in an inner cit. Many people in these communities do not seem as interested or affected by the historical movement. But everyone knew to follow the rules of not conversing nor interacting with whites. One person describes one hot July day, there was a rally held in Downtown Miami along with many other cities. The really lasted all day but messages were being spread. “I felt a sense of glory because it was the first time I felt a true connection with every other person in the country who was trying to make a difference in this country. “Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love,” A message from Martin Luther King, JR. that showed his passion to promote unity and non-violence during the Civil Rights Movement. During the times of the Civil Rights Movement, many African Americans were angry and had hatred towards white people because of the oppression they endured for years. As a result many African Americans resorted to violence and hostility towards whites. Malcolm X was a very powerful leader in the African American and Muslim community who many claimed him to be a leader who did not want to live in harmony with the white people but would rather be violent with them. Malcolm X initially...
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...The American Flag has come to symbolize the freedom and unity of the United States. Schools across the nation have placed the American flag in their classrooms where children can view this symbol of their nation. A pledge of allegiance to this symbol became part of the flag code in 1942 (Source A). This implication involved students pledging their allegiance to their flag and nation with their right hand over their heart. Yet, today, the Pledge of Allegiance has become a controversial topic in schools across America. Now the question is debated over frequently, should the Pledge of Allegiance be allowed in schools? The Pledge of Allegiance has a core message of liberty and pride in our nation and, although it has reference to religion, its...
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...the abstracted image a more natural quality. This development is what helped him eventually develop his own library of iconography. The personal iconography would lead Haring to build an artistic language by which he could communicate messages of political, social, or even sexual nature to his viewers. Using iconography, he sends messages about life, death, rebirth, social justice, sexuality, consequences, guilt, and dread. In his work, Haring often used familiar figures repeatedly to depict various acts in different ways. One example of such a figure is the body. Haring draws the shape and form of the body as well as the motion and actions that the body can produce. He demonstrates the movement of the body and in some cases just focuses on certain parts. In some of his works, he obsessively draws the male penis. He uses lines to represent motion or action that is happening within the painting. There are also other common pictures in his work, such as dogs, pigs, dolphins, and spaceships. Haring sometimes uses color to send a political message about the work that depicts the oppression of black man or the concept of death associated with religion. Haring was also outspoken on gay issues and gay Cistone 2 subculture. Several of his pictures...
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...Martin Luther King helped lead the Civil Rights movement in 1960’s America. In order to lead the advocates of racial unity, he needed be an effective speaker. With in Dr. King's multitude of speeches, he utilizes the rhetorical strategies of repetition as well as he appeals to the audience’s pathos in order to capture the audience's attention and help them to understand his message. With in his speeches, Dr Martin Luther King Jr implements the rhetorical strategy of repetition in order to guarantee that the audience understands the message he attends to portray. In his “Eulogy for the Young Victims of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing”, he incorporates the problem of racial discrimination and importance of racial unity within the...
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...QN: Communication is very important in any organization. Discuss Communication is an interactive process in which meaning is stimulated through sending and receiving verbal and non-verbal messages. Verbal messages refer to encoding of messages into words either written or spoken while non-verbal messages involve encoding of messages by means of facial expressions, body language and styles of dress. Organization is a social unit of people that is working together to achieve individual or collective goals. Organization communication lays the keystone to every organization for upbringing and grooming the environment of that particular organization. Communication can flow in four different ways in an organization as follow, Upward communication is the flow of information from the lowest level to the highest level in an organization. An example of upward communication includes reports of progress from subordinates to management, Complains/grievances, Suggestions. Downward communication is the flow of information from the highest level to lowest level in an organization. Examples when your boss shares information with you, its downward communication, because your boss, as your supervisor, is communicating with you as an employee. Horizontal communication is a flow of information between the same level employees in an organization, example sharing of ideas between employees of the same level or department. Diagonal communication is a flow...
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...In the world today there is a massive amount of controversy about the reliability of the scriptures in the Bible. The two arguments that I found quite compelling is THE EXTRAORDINARY CLAIMS THAT THE BIBLE IS FROM GOD and THE UNITY OF THE MESSAGE FROM DIFFERENT HUMAN SOURCES. The 1st argument “THE EXTRAORDINARY CLAIMS THAT THE BIBLE IS FROM GOD.” In the book Theology for Today (chap 5 pg. 4) it states, “Old Testament prophets used expressions like “thus saith the LORD or “The word of the LORD came unto . . . .” These expressions are themselves among the strongest arguments for accepting the Bible. Concerning the expressions “Word of the Lord” (debhar Yahweh), B. B. Warfield writes that it “is at once the simplest and the most colorless designation of a Divine communication.” He then goes on to note, “Both phrases [‘Word of the Lord’ and ‘Law of the Lord’] are used for any Divine communication of whatever extent; and both came to be employed to express the entire body of Divine revelation, conceived as a unitary whole . . . and both passed into the NT with these implications.” The way that God gave us the Bible is a confirmation and delineation of His affection for us. The expression "disclosure" or “revelation” essentially implies that God imparted to humankind what He is similar to and how we can have a right association with Him. These are things that we couldn't have known had God not perfectly uncovered them to us in the Bible. Despite the fact that God's disclosure of Himself...
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...will also need to back up your information on servers, so extra servers needed. A back up network would be necessary. Essentials items needed, power supply(A/C adaptor),router, servers, networks, a cisco unity express system. Add on’s could be needed are modems , GPS location , alternative power(solar panels). 2. Physical constraints such as poor cellphone signal levels...
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... For a century the Boy Scouts have been known to some as a household tradition. Grandfathers, fathers, and sons have all had the life in common, joining at a young age, striving to earn their badges and build character. What most don’t know is that for that century that the Boy Scouts has deemed it illegal for anyone who is gay to be a scout. Boy Scouts have been known for building character, unification, and building strong leaders of tomorrow. It seems almost petty and sad to think that such an organization would discriminate against anyone based on their sexual preference. Why should they, or anyone for that matter, reserve the right to tell others they can’t join based on sexual preference? Where is the message of unity and working together as a team? Just what message are they sending to scouts of the future? That it’s acceptable to just and exile others? The Boy Scouts have been known for being heavily faith based. It’s been no secret that many of its biggest supporters are churches. There is nothing wrong with that but one would certainly never guess that an organization that thrives on religion would find the time to discriminate against any one person or group. Every religion, of course, has its own beliefs. Many spread the word of love, all things that or good, or simply the good book itself. Many are followers of God and it seems at times they often forget the wise words to love one another or the saying, “only God can judge me.” What right does a religion or anyone...
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...art communication and bares the souls of those who express the struggles and experience of their everyday life. On the same note, hip-hop artists realize that those who did not grow up around the vast culture of hip-hop they tend to portray the music as chaos and never truly understanding the message behind the music. For others to understand and connect with hip-hop we have defended the use of typical stereotypes and believe that hip-hop is a culture inspiration and a global influence. Without the innovation of hip-hop and the artists’ hard work that drives the creativity of poetic justice, there would be not hip-hop....
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...210 Professor Jonathan P. Chestnut Textile of Unity Art Exhibit Textile of Unity: Ghanaian Kente/Kete Hand Woven Textile Exhibition consist of century art form which includes contemporary cloths including Ashanti and the North. Amongst the textile exhibits, Textile of Unity, African textiles and Adinkra are three of my favorites from the many selections of textile weaving. The cultural significance of African Textiles represents a form of identity with each tribe having their own unique pattern. The textiles include cloth that was made unique on each tribe through patterns and carry a meaning behind them with prestige and importance for what it represents. The African textiles are very symbolic and the colors have some spiritual meaning in some way. Also, the Ewe Kente Cloth expresses a high value of art appraisal. Ewe Kente consist of colors of weft thread, creating a speckled effect when you look at the patterns and stripes. Ewe weavers produce more simple cloths than the others I viewed in the gallery. The fascinating and diversity look of the Ewe cloth is very significant to its predecessor of textile selections. Adinkra textile is a cloth produced in Ghana which has Akan symbols stamped upon it. The adinkra symbols represent related depicted figures, or concepts uniquely related to abstract shapes. Adinkra cloth was replete with hidden messages in the design of the textile weaving. Overall, the Textile of Unity has a great selection you can view along with learning...
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...I feel things are always changing in our world as we progress through the years: Science, technology, politics, the economic state of countries, cultures, lifestyles and people. Therefore there are many characteristics that differ from todays’ generation and “yesterdays’” generations. But three characteristics that stick out to me are: family unity, responsibility, and communication. I think the unities of families in our generation today are a lot different than those in past generations. It seems like many families today are disconnected, involved with some type of discord, and/or are broken. This could be due to a variety of reasons, for example, less time sitting down as family eating dinner, or neglecting to take time out to spend time as a family unit on a vacation or getaway. I feel as if in past generations, it was common to see families sit around the TV together or eat dinner at the same time. Times like these are when meaningful and perhaps much needed conversations could take place. With such busy lifestyles that many of us are involved in, I think this may a reason why many families today are not unified. The second characteristic I think we as a generation today lack compared to past generations is responsibility. I feel in the past, people didn’t have all the technology and gadgets that we now have today. They didn’t have the smart phones that could remind them of meetings or appointments. They didn’t have cars that many young people obtain at such a young...
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...Name: Professor: Course: Date: The Dawn Appears with Butterflies Joy Harjo’s poem “The Dawn Appears with Butterflies” describes death and dying, familial relationships and spirituality. It is a story told in first person, of a young husband who has died suddenly, leaving his wife “to the grace (that) we pursue as wild horses (pursue) the wind,” (lines 17,18) and the young widow has to leave before dawn to prepare her late husband’s body for burial. It is the widow’s friend, who tells this story in prose, surmising that life is the “gradual return to the maker of the butterflies” (line 29). It is a story of grievance and preparation for burial that comes off as humorous as well as deeply unreasonable and confusing. The speaker and the young widow spend the night before the funeral, waiting for dawn and the depth of the widow’s loss is counterbalanced – “your tears made a pale butterfly, the color of dawn” (line 25)- by the depth of connection with the universe and the acceptance of the inescapability of death to us all. It is Harjo’s use of the butterflies-at-dawn imagery that infuses joy and triumph over the darkness in the incessant continuum of dawn versus darkness, and brings about thoughts on the nature of grief and the part that spirituality plays in the grieving process. In this poem, Harjo uses several elements. She uses metaphors in some instances “Your grief is the dark outlining the stars” (lines 18, 19), “Everything is a prayer for this journey” (line 58), and...
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...the Reagan administration. During the demonstration, Johnson burned an American flag, and Dallas police arrested him. According to US court, Gregory Lee Johnson was arrested and convicted of desecrating a flag in violation of Texas law, a conviction which questions ones guaranteed First Amendment, constitutional rights. Johnson's involvement in a political demonstration in Dallas, lead him to express his political concerns with the nation leaders and governmental policies. The State of Texas' conviction of Johnson was carried out due to Johnson's conduct, a physically expressive act, rather than a written or spoken one and based on two criteria: a responsibility to preserve the integrity of the flag representing the strength, pride and unity of our nation and whether Johnson's actions threatened societal order and peace. Both criteria, which serve as the basis for Gregory Lee Johnson's conviction, have been explored in depth, and this court concludes that, Johnson's form of political expression did not cause societal disorder or disrupt the peace. There were no violent outbreaks, either verbal or physical, from members of Johnson's protest, or...
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... humankind still finds it difficult to trust based on the soul of a person; | |we are more comfortable making judgements based on skin colour.” | Prejudice, courage and unity… TEXT COMPARISON Are we always champions of tolerance, courage and receptiveness to others? By the very definition of humanity, we must be. Humanity: benevolence, understanding and kindness towards other people. It is, arguably, our very human nature to feel compassion, courage, understanding, unity and empathy towards our fellow man. Unfortunately, prejudice and judgement also cling to the human condition like tumorous stains – traits which society still finds hard to surmount. Despite the efforts of governments, groups and individuals, humankind still finds it difficult to trust based on the soul of a person; we are more comfortable making judgements based on skin colour. Nelle Harper Lee through her 1960 novel, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ and Boaz Yakin through his 2000 film, ‘Remember the Titans,’ are text composers who tackle the ill-defined paradigms of ‘prejudice, courage and unity’ by painting a picture of the confronting face of racism. Prejudice, courage and unity are notions that are dealt with differently by both composers and, through their use of structural and linguistic features, each composer presents this concept in a manner which connects (or weakens a connection)...
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