Verity I LOS ANGELES PACIFIC UNIVERSITY My LAPU 50°F Rain showers X Discussion 1 | Christi X https://course.lapu.edu/mod/forum/view.php?id=1383045 Fear Dance Workshee X M Inbox (32,638) - saya x M Toolbox week 1 Chris x + A Home Dashboard My courses Helps APU Library Tech Support by Shimia Racks - Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 1:45 PM Good afternoon, Professor, and classmates. Happy week one. In Entwistle text the difference between Christian and secular thinking is Open course indexly outlined, highlighting the subtle way that people approach amerent parts of life. This examination leads us to look at how well, and how poorly can be inside of Christian and secular framework. Using my own personal experience, we take a dive into Christian thinking performed well Christian thinking that was not expressed in the best way. Partnered uinwith secular thinking in the same light. When it comes to the thought process of a Christian and the executed properly, it can express deepness and genuineness, it can promote an integrated world view that combines faith with reason and compassion. I had a personal experience with someone that exuded the Christian principle of forgiveness, even when they were faced with wrongdoing of others, they showed exactly how powerful grace can be. This behavior in my opinion shows strength it also Q Search 10 Q Activities CD Assignments Choices Feedback → Forums Learning Extras Resources a X 8:39 PM 3/6/2024 X + PRE Verily I LOS ANGELES PACIFIC UNIVERSITY My LAPU Breaking news Unfolding now X Discussion 1 | Christi X https://course.lapu.edu/mod/forum/view.php?id=1383045 Fear Dance Workshee X M Inbox (32,638) - saya: X| M Toolbox week 1 Chris x + A Home Dashboard My courses Helps APU Library Tech Support methodology, and the quest of knowledge for the betterment of humanity. To give an example would be advancement in medical research. Scientists use experimental evidence to develop life-saving treatment. This is an example that showcases the strength of secular Open course indexing because its goal is a step forward in the common good of society. Just like in Christian thinking secular thinking can be poorly done. In some cases secular thinking can become very reductionist and can dismiss spirituality and morals. An example of secular thinking being done poorly is when technology and their advancements, efficiency, and convenience take priority without taking into consideration ethical implications. it is crucial to acknowledge that secular thinking can face challenges when it becomes overly reductionist, neglecting broader ethical dimensions and resulting in unintended consequences (Jones, 2020) In the long run this can lead to consequences that can be avoided. Secular thinking, characterized by an emphasis on rationality and empirical evidence, is exemplified Q Search 10 Q Activities CD Assignments Choices Feedback → Forums Learning Extras Resources a X 8:39 PM 3/6/2024 X + PRE Verity I LOS ANGELES PACIFIC UNIVERSITY My LAPU Breaking news Unfolding now X Open course index Discussion 1 | Christi X https://course.lapu.edu/mod/forum/view.php?id=1383045 Home Dashboard My courses Helps APU Library Tech Support by an emphasis on rationality and empirical evidence, is exemplified in the scientific community's commitment to evidence-based reasoning and rigorous methodologies (Smith, 2018). To wrap this up, Christian and secular thinking just like anything in life has positives negative sides. If you critically evaluate these ideas, you can grate the two contributing to better understanding of Christian and secular thinking. Fear Dance Workshee X M Inbox (32,638) - saya: X| M Toolbox week 1 Chris x + A Smith, J. A. (2018). The Intersection of Science and Ethics: Navigating the Challenges of Technological Advancements. Journal of Applied Ethics, 15(2), 123-145. Jones, R. B. (2020). Secular Thinking and Ethical Considerations: Balancing Reductionism in the Modern Age. International Journal of Philosophy and Ethics, 28(4), 567-582. 572 words Q Search. H 10 Q Activities CD Assignments Choices Feedback → Forums Learning Extras Resources a X 8:39 PM 3/6/2024 X + PRE Verity I LOS ANGELES PACIFIC UNIVERSITY My LAPU Breaking news Unfolding now X Discussion 1 | Christi X https://course.lapu.edu/mod/forum/view.php?id=1383045 Home Dashboard My courses Helps APU Library Tech Support grace can be. This behavior in my opinion shows strength it also promotes healing, compromise, and shows in real time what Christian virtues should look like. On the other Christian thinking can be well done it can also be done Open course index ly. When done poorly it can come across as rigid, legalistic, and extremely judgmental. One example that I can think of is when someone misuses scripture to fit their narrative. For example, Exodus 20:12 when it says honor your mother and father. I have seen situations where parents use this verse in context of it does not mat what I do you must honor what I say. But they completely skip over Ephesians 6:4 do not provoke your child to anger. This kind of thinking completely undermines the meaning of scripture. It also neglects the fundamental teachings of love and acceptance. Giving mislead understanding of the harmonious nature of the bible. As we move into secular thinking, when secular thinking is well done. It can be seen as commitment, evidence-based reasoning, exact methodology, and the quest of knowledge for the betterment of Fear Dance Workshee X M Inbox (32,638) - saya x M Toolbox week 1 Chris x + A Q Search 10 Q Activities CD Assignments Choices Feedback → Forums Learning Extras Resources a X 8:39 PM 3/6/2024 X 3 + PRE/n Verity I LOS ANGELES PACIFIC UNIVERSITY Breaking news Unfolding now My LAPU X Discussion 1 | Christi X https://course.lapu.edu/mod/forum/view.php?id=1383045 Home Dashboard My courses Helps APU Library Tech Support by Richard Pendleton - Saturday, March 2, 2024, 8:07 PM Superstition Faith and Reason Fear Dance Workshee X M Inbox (32,638) - saya x M Toolbox week 1 Chris x + A Hello, my classmates. I am not a born-again Christian, but I love and adore my Christ-centered friends. It is challenging to self-observe our worldviews, especially in a world that is discussed in abstractions. We learn and grow by studying ourselves in specifics. Please feel free to chime in if I miss the mark on the Christian worldview. Finally, I see Christianity as the antidote to cultural Marxism that is contaminating the ideas of our Judio-Christian founding ideals. Discuss when the Christian way of thinking is done well. Good Christian thinking is done well when it is based on clear Christian ideals. Before we discuss Christian thinking, we have to Q Search H 10 Q Activities CD Assignments Choices Feedback → Forums Learning Extras Resources a X 8:38 PM 3/6/2024 X + PRE Verity I LOS ANGELES PACIFIC UNIVERSITY Breaking news Unfolding now My LAPU X Discussion 1 | Christi X https://course.lapu.edu/mod/forum/view.php?id=1383045 Fear Dance Workshee X M Inbox (32,638) - saya: X| M Toolbox week 1 Chris x + A Home Dashboard My courses Helps APU Library Tech Support Christian ideals. Before we discuss Christian thinking, we have to look at the origin of the Christian belief system. According to Entwistle (2021), "To think Christianly is to accept all things with the mind as related, directly or indirectly, to man's eternal destiny as the redeemed and chosen child of God" (p. 14). I will make a personal observation, and that is I find my Christian friends to be less angry and happier than my left-of-center, sometimes hostile secular friends. I believe this is because their thinking is influenced by the ideas of Jesus Christ: Love, compassion, and forgiveness. Take, for example, America's obsession with professional sports. Many Americans worship in the "Church of Baseball" (Shelton, 1988). Christians have a spiritual purpose beyond frivolous entertainment, so they attend Church every Sunday to worship God. Christians' thinking is affected by the clear choices they make in life because they are grounded ir. Godly understanding of the world. The Christian way of thinking is done poorly. "It could be this; it could be that God willing" (The Talmud Q Search 10 Q Activities CD Assignments Choices Feedback → Forums Learning Extras Resources a X 8:38 PM 3/6/2024 X + PRE Verity I LOS ANGELES PACIFIC UNIVERSITY 50°F Rain showers My LAPU X Discussion 1 | Christi X https://course.lapu.edu/mod/forum/view.php?id=1383045 Home Dashboard My courses Helps APU Library Tech Support could be that God willing" (The Talmud) .... Fear Dance Workshee X M Inbox (32,638) - saya x M Toolbox week 1 Chris x + A As I was reading Entwistle's book, he sometimes professes left-of- center ideas that are misguided in discussing a Christian worldview. Since he is a Christin, I will point them out. His most egregious flawed thinking revolves around Covid-19. The author who professes the need for perspective, oddly has little on this subject. (maybe because his book was published in 2021?) "He uses worn-out follow-the- science argument. "Good Christian thinking needs to begin with a Christian framework in dialog with rational, scientific, and other forms of evidence" (Entwistle,2021, p. 15). While I agree with Entwistle about the need for "rational, scientific, and other forms of evidence" there is a lot that is unknown about the long-term effects of Coved 19 and the vaccines mandated to constrain it. As we have discovered sometime "science" is myriad in politics, false hypotheses and large sums of money. Who is more superstitious those Christians who believe they "are immune to the virus, that they can be healed by touching their Q Search 10 Q Activities CD Assignments Choices Feedback → Forums Learning Extras Resources a X 8:38 PM 3/6/2024 X + PRE Verity I LOS ANGELES PACIFIC UNIVERSITY 50°F Rain showers My LAPU X Discussion 1 | Christi X https://course.lapu.edu/mod/forum/view.php?id=1383045 Fear Dance Workshee X M Inbox (32,638) - saya: X| M Toolbox week 1 Chris x + A Home Dashboard My courses Helps APU Library Tech Support "are immune to the virus, that they can be healed by touching their televisions, or that the winds of prophecy were blowing away the virus" (Copeland, as cited by Entwistle, 2021, p. 15). Or those who believed that if they took the vaccine, they would never get the COVID-19 virus? Tompkins (2021) writes, "Researchers are trying to figure out how 246 fully vaccinated Michiganders contracted the coronavirus - including three who died - from January to March 2021" (para. 2). Entwistle himself makes a perfect example of Christian thinking done poorly. What type of secular thinking is done well? Most people suffer from not knowing the difference between imagination and intellect. We spend our lives controlled by old thinking patterns; we can barely separate superstition from reality. Secular thinking is best served when people operate from reason. Two examples of secular thinking done well are mathematics and Q Search 10 Q Activities CD Assignments Choices Feedback → Forums Learning Extras Resources a X 8:38 PM 3/6/2024 X + PRE Verity I LOS ANGELES PACIFIC UNIVERSITY 50°F Rain showers My LAPU X Discussion 1 | Christi X https://course.lapu.edu/mod/forum/view.php?id=1383045 engineering. Home Dashboard My courses Helps APU Library Tech Support Fear Dance Workshee X M Inbox (32,638) - saya x M Toolbox week 1 Chris x + A How can secular thinking be done poorly? Provide examples. One of the basic theories of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CPT) of thinking done poorly is the idea of black-and-white thinking. This is where a person sees the world in polarities and is unable to perceive or discuss the gray areas of life. According to Entwistle (2021), "The tendency to buy into a dichotomy between the sacred and the seculars at the heart of seeing Jerusalem and Athens as mutually exclusive categories" (p. 16). This is an excellent example of poor secular thinking is blindly "following the science" and being hostile to religious wisdom. A second example of secular thinking done poorl is when negative emotions dominate our thinking. For example, when we have a sense of shame, from feeling of being rejected or overly worried about what others think of us our thinking can come frozen. We are unable to think clearly because the mind is consumed with Q Search H 10 Q Activities CD Assignments Choices Feedback → Forums Learning Extras Resources a X 8:38 PM 3/6/2024 X + PRE