CIE100: Common Intellectual Experience - Gospel Writing Prompt (10 Points)

Assignment Goals

The goals of this assignment are:

1. To reflect upon the course texts in preparation for thoughtful discussion
2. To organize thoughts into a concise and cohesive response to a targeted question
3. To consider multiple viewpoints about ideas

The Assignment

In this writing prompt, you will consider the questions below and write a 1-2 paragraph that thoughtfully reflects upon them. Provide your thoughts or opinions about the topic, along with a quote or two from the text that reinforces your point of view. Consider also what a counter-argument or alternative viewpoint might be, and briefly discuss that as well. Provide a quote that illustrates this alternative viewpoint, or a quote that might contradict this alternative viewpoint.

Writing Prompt

1. Reflect on the Parable of the Good Samaritan. How does this story inform your understanding of community and responsibility to others?

2. The Sermon on the Mount contains many challenging teachings, such as turning the other cheek and loving your enemies. Reflect on a time when you were faced with a moral dilemma that required forgiveness or self-sacrifice. How did you respond, and how does that experience align or contrast with the teachings in the Sermon on the Mount?

Submission

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