Assignment #9

First of all, I did not know the history of the "alter call" and that it even had a history.  Anyway, this article was very interesting to me because it has talked about some things that I have thought about before but, never really have been able to decide on.  The article basically talked about the history of the alter call, and the debated pros and cons of it.  Pros: It gives sinners the opportunity to accept Christ.  Cons:  People might confuse their physical act of "walking the aisle" with actually being saved, not all people would be strong enough to be able to get up in front of people to walk down an aisle to find their savior.  But despite these Cons, the alter call is still used to day in my church in know and many many other Baptist/Methodist/Presbyterian churches today.

Assignment #8

     We watched glee today in bible class.  The episode was about a guy named Finn who thought he had found Jesus on a slice of grilled cheese and Curt, who's dad had a heart attack and is in the hospital.  In this episode, the characters of Glee show what the writers of the show believe about our faith.  Most of what they say is innacurate, but there was one thing that Curt said on the show that is somewhat accurate.  The innaccurate things they portray in the show is that God is like a genie that is there to grant you wishes and give you what you want.  They also portray in the show that God is just something to hold on to when you are sad or things aren't going your way.  But one thing that Curt (who is gay, by the way) said was something to the effect of:  I don't believe in God because how could I believe in someone who made me gay, and then tells his followers to look down on me everyday.  What he says about God making him gay is not true (it is a sin just like lying and murder) and God doesn't make mistakes, so yeah.  But it is really sad how we treat the people that struggle with that sin and we think that homosexiality is worse than lying or cheating but it really isn't and i think the show got that thing somewhat accurate.