Individual Task 5

Read the following bible passages and identify the moral virtues that Jesus is trying to convey. 

 List of Virtues 

Journal Entry 15

Read the following scenario and answer the questions:

Roger Smith, a quite competent swimmer, is out for a leisurely stroll. During the course of his walk he passes by a deserted pier from which a teenage boy who apparently cannot swim has fallen into the water. The boy is screaming for help. Smith recognizes that there is absolutely no danger to himself if he jumps in to save the boy; he could easily succeed if he tried. Nevertheless, he chooses to ignore the boy’s cries. The water is cold and he is afraid of catching a cold — he doesn’t want to get his good clothes wet either. “Why should I inconvenience myself for this kid,” Smith says to himself, and passes on.

1.) There are always TWO sides to a conscience. What would Roger’s conscience be telling him?

By this story, Roger’s conscience is telling him to place his own needs of maybe catching a cold, wetting good clothes, etc…………., instead of using his skills to help a innocent child in need.

2.) Think of an example of Jesus’ teaching and explain how his teachings can help us to make an appropriate decision?

‘love you neighbour as you love yourself’

This teching can help us to make an appropriate decision by placing yourself in the Kid’s position and finding out how he feels being in that position and watching someone that can help him walk past without recognising him.

Journal Entry 13

1. What does being in a relationship with God require me to do?(at least 3 examples)

Being in a relationship with God requires me to respect and love God no matter what happens, to abide by the ten commandments at all times, Acknowledge God as the only God, and more……………………

2. What does loving my neighbour as myself require me to do?

I need to be friendly and welcoming, to be prepared to help them, share what I have with them, and more…………………..

Journal Entry 12

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

1. copy out the 10 commandments:

1. ‘You shall have no other gods before Me.‘
2. ‘You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.‘
3. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.‘
4. Honor your father and your mother.‘
5. ‘You shall not murder.‘
6. ‘You shall not commit adultery.‘ 
7. ‘You shall not steal.‘
8. ‘You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.‘
9. you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife
10. You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbour. 

 1. Give the values that underline each commandment:

1. Recognising God as the creator and giving God due reverence.
2. Respecting God’s name.
3. putting the ‘Lords Day’ at the centre of our worship.
4. Respect for parents and rightful authority.
5. Respect for human life.
6. Appreciation of and respect for human sexuality.
7. Respect for other people’s property.
8. Respect for the good name and the reputation of others.
9. Respecting the total commitment of two people for each other in marriage.
10. Avoiding jealousy.

Journal Entry 14

 THE BEATITUDES:  

• Blessed<!––> are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• blessed are the gentle: they shall have the earth as their inheritence.
• blessed are those who mourn; they shall be comforted.
• Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for uprightness; they shall have their fill.
• Blessed are the merciful; they shall have mercy shown them.
• Blessed are the pure in heart: they shall see God.
• Blessed are the peacemakers; they shall be recognised as children of God.
• Blessed are those who are persecuted in the course of uprightness; the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

BEATITUDE VALUES:

• Putting trust in God, and in not things.
• peacemaking, loving those who are hard to love.
• getting involved, helping the downtrodden; working for the equality of people.
• patient suffering and enduring hardships reap their reward.
• humility in all we do; nonviolence
• loving God with one’s whole heart, whole mind, whole soul.
• mercy and forgiveness.
• being willing to suffer for the right thing even if abused mentally or physically; accepting the consequences of living a good life.

BEATITUDES FOR TODAY:

• blessed are you in your poverty; you are not shut in the false world of convention, riches, and human security.
• blessed are you because you are gentle, you refuse violence and aggressiveness.
• blessed are you at all times and at every moment you want to be an instrument of peace; seeking reconciliation above all things.
• Blessed are you because you hunger and thirst for justice; your heart beats in the rhythm of the heart of Jesus.  
• Blessed are you because you are merciful; you attatch your heart to misery; you will recieve mercy.
• Blessed are you because your heart is pure; you do not accept compromises.
• Blessed are those who create peace among the world, for they will be seen as the children of God.
• Blessed are you because you have now allowed your own conscience to develope; you have accepted persecution; you have not been affraid to proclaim the truth.   

Individual Task 4

1.) Give a brief description of who the Dalai Lama is?

He is the head of state and the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. They believe that the Dalai Lama is a reincarnation of Buddha. Also he is a teacher, by teaching hundreds of pilgrims the way of Buddhism.

http://www.tibet.com/dl/biography.html

2.) Evaluate how the actions of the Dalai Lama in regard to the riots in Tibet would be regarded as exemplary moral integrity.

Because the people that he has taught the ways of a buddhist have still gone out and started a riot, so the Dalai Lama threatens to quit because he sees that his beliefs are incompatible with these riots, and that he has made more fundamental ethical commitments.

Journal Entry 11

1.) Describe the term ‘interactive TV’.

Being able to choose what you want to watch on your television by downloading shows via broadbrand.

2.) Explain the reasons why interactive TV is now called TV 2.0.

Interactive T.V is called 2.0 because it interacts with using the internet.

3.) Outline the positives and negatives of implementing interactive TV.

positives:

• you are able to watch what you want, when you want.
• a better way of watching T.V
• What you download can be viewed from your phone, or computer.
• you can sort of make your own ‘channel’

negatives:

• you can get addicted to it
• you can over download and waste lots of money
• Instead of just turning on the T.V and watching a show that you want, you have to download the show, and this will take up more time.

4.) Apple released recently Apple TV - Take 2. Describe the reasons why it needed to be changed.

The update removed the requirement for another computer running the iTunes software client to stream or load content to the device. The update adds the ability to rent and purchase movies and music from the iTunes Store directly from the device, as well as download podcasts and stream photos.

Journal Entry 10

 1. Watch the following video:

1.) Explain the purpose of using ‘youtube’ as a source of digital media advertising?

Because most people today would more likely use the internet and video casts as their source of information rather than reading a newspaper or listening to the radio.

2.) Discuss how collaborative media sites such as youtube, myspace and bebo have changed the current boundaries of media such as news, advertising ect.

because at this moment most of the population of the world either enters or has one of these social media sites, and this a great way to put out news or advertising because it will make the person want to look at it because it is on the site.

3.) Provide a link to an advertising commercial on youtube.

individual task 3

1.) Define the term ‘moral integrity’

Moral integrity is a complex and subtle ethical notion. A person’s moral integrity is central to a person’s sense of meaning.

2.) Describe why Maximillian Kolbe is regarded as a Christian of exemplary moral integrity.

Because he believed that the other prisoners deserved better than this so he created more fundamental ethical commitments like holding a place to store all the dead prisoners bodies, and then the final commitment of giving up his life for a fellow man that had a wife and children.

3.) Outline Maximillians ethical actions/principles that he demonstrated in Auschwitz.

As I have said he held a place to store dead prisoners bodies that he had carried and placed there and his final action was giving up his life for a fellow man that had a wife and children.

4.) Evaluate whether you think he made the right decision and provide research to support your answer. i.e. Catholic teachings.

Yes I think he made the right decision because Jesus did exactly the same thing, by giving up his life to give his fellow people a chance, just like what Maxilimlian did.

Journal Entry 8

Scenario 1: You are on a train coming home from a day at the beach. The train stops at a station and a group a youths get on the train and start bashing an elderly ethnic man. You notice people getting off the train.

I would try to get the attention of the people getting off the train to help me brake up the group of youths from bashing up the eldery ethnic man.

Scenario 2: You get a message from a girl that you are interested asking you to come over her house. When you get there a number of her friends are present and they say they are bored. One of them promotes the idea of going for a walk and causing a riot. At first you tell them “No way”. However, the girl you like states that “she will like you more if you go”.

I would simply tell her “you are crazy!!!!!!!!!” then I would leave and cancel any form of contacts with her and her friends.