Wednesday, October 7, 2009
The following excerpts are from essays written by my students for a final exam. I thought they were noteworthy and wanted to post them.
The essay question was to compare and contrast ancient Babylonian gods with the one, true God.
"...They both interact with humans by living with them. Our God lives with us. The Babylonian and pagan gods only show themselves if they want something. The people even believed that their kings were gods. They interact with themselves by talking to one another. Our God is triune and that's how he interacts. The Babylonian gods interact with one another in council."
"...There are many differences between the Babylonian gods and the one and only God of Israel. One of the many ways they're different is God punishes for reasons such as the people being wicked or sinful. The Babylonian gods punished the people for stupid reasons such as the people being noisy or not sacrificing enough. Another difference between the true God and the impostors is God is three in one; He is Father, Son and Holy Spirit."
"...The Babylonian gods...are selfish, and they say one thing and do another....Our God, on the other hand, is loving and just. He is always fair and is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. He made the world and does things how He sees fit. Some people may say that He is selfish for glorifying Himself, but He is not. He has a right to glorify Himself; He is worthy of it...He can never let anything be swept under the rug. He has to punish sin. You might think that when He has to punish sin it's not fair for Christians to get away with stuff, but we don't. Our sin has already been punished through Christ."
"...The Babylonian gods are...childlike and selfish. They don't really like people...They don't even get along with each other. They aren't on the same page as one another and one might do one thing and the other do something else. Our God...is triune; He is one, so there is no confusion."
12 comments:
This is true!All of yall did a great job telling the diffrece between the two. Im amazed at how yall um,... showed the diffrence. It was really desciptive for just 7th graders! Great job. Hope to see more of that on the site!
yall really did do a good job on yalls report!! i remember having to do something like that last year.:)whoever said that the Babalionan gods were like children i thought that was well put never thought of it like that!!!
When you say your amazed at how we told the difference, are you saying that we werent capable of it or are you saying that since we are 7th graders you were surprised that we did such an awesome job......????:)
Yeah that was good saying that, I didnt write that just so you dont think Im just saying that (:
I know who did!!!!:0
What are Jim Crows laws? Kenzo i would like to know if you know but it is okay if you dont know i was just wonderin'!!?!!:>
JC laws were laws enacted to enforce prejudice in our country. They were passed during the latter half of the 1800's. For example, laws that required African American individuals to attend different schools than other Americans. Does that help?
Dont Get Me Wrong, I am NOT Meaning This In A Mean Way, But p31 Girl Still hasnt Answered My Question About The Essays, I Sure Would Like To Know...(:
Livo- it's silly to post under "Anonymous" when you continue to capitalize every word :p I know it's you!
Actually, Its not Livo, its Kenzo Sorry for capitalizing them, I forgot:/
Yea, what magistra said (about JC laws, I Guees) , Anonomous..
Yeah!!!!!! it wasn't me who wrote those anonymous posts ,it was Kenzo lol. She has started capitalizing the first letter of every word :p
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