robyn

[crookedking]

everyTime i try to cheat at majong (that's spelt wrong) it closes fnk. :(

[robyn]

to me, you'll always be a winner *right here*

[robyn]

(i'm pointing at my heart)

[crookedking]

i was a winner without cheating :(

[robyn]

you've always thought you were sooo much better than me

[crookedking]

don't worry, robyn. i feel that way about everyone.

[robyn]

your gf used to sell me delicious jamaican patties, i miss that.

[crookedking]

they still have them, you know. btw did you work with hollie at please mum?

[robyn]

she used to put them in the microwave for me and everything.

no i never worked with hollie, she must be the new me.

[crookedking]

a jamaican lady told her that they're nowhere near as good as the ones in jamaica. germans feel the same way about schnitzel.

haha, hollie may have taken over your place at that place, but, trust me, you two are as different as beans and peas. she's a weird one.

[sidekick]

mmm peas.

[wishbone]

hi jake

[sidekick]

hi jeff. let's make this thread all about us now.

[wishbone]

well, we are better than robyn, so it shoudl only naturally follow. I am going to write some essays now.

These are my topics, I have to choose two:

1) Compare and contrast the attitude to material reality/nature (including human earthly existence) in three or more of the works studied this semester


2) Compare and contrast the concept of God (the way in which God is represented) in three or more of the works studied this semester


3) Compare and contrast the attitude to the afterlife (and/or transcendent, ultimate reality) in three or more of the works studied this semester


4) Compare and contrast the attitude to the self in three or more of the works studied this semester


5) Compare and contrast the attitude to evil and/or suffering in three or more of the works we have studied this semester


6) Religion can be defined broadly as the human quest to explore the relationship between the lived moment which is ephemeral and its ultimate meaning. Discuss this phenomenon in relation to three or more of the works we have studied this semester


7) Compare and contrast the attitude to peace and violence in three or more of the works we have studied this semester


8) Compare and contrast the attitude to holy scripture or revelation in three or more of the works we have studied this semester


9) Compare and contrast the way in which three or more of the works we have studied this semester understand the relationship between faith and reason




I'm thinking 2 and 5.

[sidekick]

i would probably pick #5.

but i don't know what you read.

[wishbone]

Bible and the Qur'an for starters....and then I can easily branch out with Elie Wiesel's Night, or the bhagavad gita. If I was bold I could tie in some Pascal or Nietzsche but if I try and tackle the philosophers I always end up leaving a hole in my argument of which wise men can shoot me down :(

[sidekick]

peace and violence would be good too.

[Grapes]

Holy smartypants.

[wishbone]

Originally Posted by Grapes

Holy smartypants.

If we didn't have english majors, our skytrains wouldn't get built! <3

[Grapes]

It's been so long since I used my brain :(

[Grapes]

Well, specifically, the part of it that ponders questions like the ones you listed.

[wishbone]

Originally Posted by Grapes

Well, specifically, the part of it that ponders questions like the ones you listed.

english majors can build skytrain lines.

religious course kids can flag the traffic while the english majors do real work.

it all works out in the end.

WE ARE THE WORRRRRRLD

[sidekick]

don't forget about the creative writing majors that write the signs that the religious studies majors use to flag the traffic so the english majors can do the skytrain work!

[sidekick]

or the sociology majors who write papers on how it's all just SO UNFAIR

[wishbone]

Originally Posted by sidekick

or the sociology majors who write papers on how it's all just SO UNFAIR

and robyn, our anth major, can comment on all of our effects on culture and society.

BOOM THE CIRCLE IS COMPLETE.