I. There are many similarities between Christianity and Islam. Both say that there is One God. And that God is sovereign, he rules history. The existence of Angels is another similarity. Islam and Christianity both have Prophets and prophecy (Including many of the same characters Adam, Noah, Abraham, David, Jesus). Both believe in a Heaven and Hell and God's future judgment.
Although Muslims believe in one God, as do Christians, they reject as heresy that this one God is three persons. Jesus is given great honour in the Qu-ran, his status as a prophet and as a miracle-worker, even as God's Christ is strongly affirmed. But he's not God. In contrast the Bible is adamant that far from being just a created being, that Jesus is God himself become a human being.
N.p., n.d. Web. 23 May 2011. <http://www.christchurchcentral.co.uk/toughquestions/islam>.
II. This week in class we talked about the principles of magic. We watched videos of different performers explaining the principles of magic and how they were used in tricks. We also watched a video of a magician that because he was able to understand magic he was able to expose scam artists. We then related magic to psychology.
Scam artists like horoscope writers and palms readers, can convince people that they are real by using vague prophases that could relate to anyone. If people wanted them to be real then they would convince themselves that the prophecy fit their life even if it didn’t. There was one video that gave a classroom of kids a horoscope and asked them who in the class’ horoscope related to their life. They all raised their hands, they then asked them to switch the horoscopes and it turns out they all had the same one. This showed how vague horoscope could convince people it really is about their lives.
III. Who is a famous scam artist that has been exposed? How were they exposed.
N.p., n.d. Web. 23 May 2011. <http://www.christchurchcentral.co.uk/toughquestions/islam>.
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