http://nojesusfreak.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] nojesusfreak.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2008-01-07 10:43 pm

Interactive Religion [Tuesday, January 8]

Biff was perched on a desk, feet kicking against the wood as the students filed in.

"Hello," he said, the accent to his English barely noticeable. "My name is Levi bar Alphaeus of Nazareth. Please call me Biff. Everyone does. Welcome to Interactive Religion. Today, in a shocking change of pace if I understand the radio correctly, we'll do introductions, and then talk about what you believe the purpose of religion to be."

He leaned forward, resting his hands on his jeans. "And don't believe you have to be all sunshine and light at me. I've seen both sides of religion: the power it has to transform lives and the blithering stupidity people will stoop to in order to preserve what they see as the status quo."

He grinned. "Hey, I still remember Latin. Cool." He pointed to a student at random. "You. Name, nickname if you have one--if not, I'll give you one--and what you think about religion. Oh, and I suppose I should mention this upfront. It seems that my best friend established a pretty major one around here about 2000 years ago: Christianity? But we'll get into that a little later."

Re: Answer the questions!

[identity profile] slr-mercury.livejournal.com 2008-01-08 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Humans are good at assimilating conflicting information." was all Ami said.

Re: Answer the questions!

[identity profile] slr-mercury.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
"Really? It is what makes us unique and different from machines and prevents true artificial intelligence."

Re: Answer the questions!

[identity profile] slr-mercury.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
"I think maybe people have evolved?"

Re: Answer the questions!

[identity profile] slr-mercury.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh well, there are always throwbacks"