Comm/505 Learning Team's Beliefs And Morals

Learning team's beliefs, values, and morals
Gail Johnson
Com/505
December 19, 2010
Lisa Schulz

Abstract

We as a society have accepted certain standards that we hold true. These are beliefs that we have faith in such as religion and the “right to bare arms.” The religious belief that as a Christian “Christ “will protect us but morally we purchase fire arms for protection from certain individuals within society that choose not to follow the norm. Is it right for a religious person to purchase a fire arm in order to protect their family against another individual? For example if there has been a rampage amount of violent house burglaries and the individual that breaks into the house is injured. Was it right for
The “social principles” or value indicates that we accept these beliefs, morals and values as a part of American society. The Second Amendment allows an individual the “right to keep and bear arms.” The moral lesson of this is that an individual will eventually be injured. Right or wrong these are the standards (values) that an individual accept within a society.

We as individuals have certain beliefs and will whole to these beliefs even when there is no merit. For example Santa Claus as young child I believe in this fictional person but as I grew older I realize there was no Santa only my father. But through the years I arbitrarily pass the same fictional beliefs in Santa onto my nieces and nephew. My beliefs of a man in a red suit, white beard, coming down a chimney with a bag of presents and riding a sled pulled by eight reindeers I infuse my knowledge on to them. But each Christmas I realize I am not the only Americans that form these fictitious beliefs.
I ask myself is it morally wrong to tell them that Santa is real. My religious and faith in “God” say that I celebrate this holiday because it is “Jesus” birthday. I tell my nieces and nephew yes there is a Santa but the real reason we celebrate Christmas is because December 25 is the birthday of “Jesus” it is when he was
I recently read a newspaper article about “Job” the news article was about good and evil of man. The author Salley Vickers(2010) stated that the Bible “combines lyrical beauty with a modern nihilism.” In the story of Job, there is conversation going on between the Lord and Satan. The Lord asks Satan where he was going and he says to and fore seeing who I can devour. The Lord asks Satan had he consider his servant Job. Job was a good man never did anything evil. Satan told the Lord if he would take the fence from around him that he could make him sin. The Lord agreed to take the protection form around Job. Job suffers a great many mishaps he loses his wealth, children all die and body become cover in sores. His friends accuse Job of sinning because he was in God favor and now is suffering. The irony of this story is that Job never sin and he was a good man. I would say that the good that Job receives was through the Lord which reflected on to him making him a good person through God giving. But the evil that was reflected on him was by Satan. Sometimes I think that people are either good or evil it is the circumstances surrounding them in which they can appear good or