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[Serious] Interview Assignment
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RE: Interview Assignment
(November 14, 2019 at 12:21 am)Student Wrote: Hi, I am a Christian and I'm doing an assignment for one of my college classes. The assignment involves asking several different individuals a list of questions:
  • 1. How would you describe your own religious background and church involvement?
  • 2. How would you describe God?
  • 3. What do you think is important in life?
  • 4. What do you think it takes to be straightened out (or made right) with God?
  • 5. How would you describe Jesus?
  • 6. What are your thoughts about churches today?
If you have any questions for me I would be happy to answer them to the best of my ability, just list them at the end of your response to these questions.

I numbered each of your bullet-points for ease of reference and to save time and space quoting you.

1. Former Christian, current "None" raised by a somewhat devout Christian mother, and an atheist father. I attended Pentecostal church in my youth and briefly switched to Episcopalian during early adulthood before finally forgoing church altogether. My faith/god belief gradually declined over the years until one day it was no more, though I continued to have a deep respect and profound appreciation for certain aspects of Traditional African Spirituality and related Diasporic religions; Haitian Voodoo in particular, which I first began studying in my early teens. Though, I don't hold any god or supernatural beliefs, I would say that it informs my spiritual philosophy more than anything else.

2. A place holder, more or less.

3. Learning, knowledge of self, freedom, empowerment, the pursuits of justice and happiness, and making a genuine effort to live in accordance to my notion of "good".

4. I can't imagine why that would be a goal of any powerful Creator deity, to be honest.

5. A metaphorical figure

6. I guess they're as good or as bad as their Councils and the people sitting in the pews.


So...When do I get my Cup 'O Noodles?
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Interview Assignment - by Student - November 14, 2019 at 12:21 am
RE: Interview Assignment - by Fireball - November 14, 2019 at 12:24 am
RE: Interview Assignment - by Student - November 14, 2019 at 12:54 am
RE: Interview Assignment - by Silver - November 14, 2019 at 12:49 am
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RE: Interview Assignment - by Silver - November 14, 2019 at 1:53 am
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RE: Interview Assignment - by ignoramus - November 14, 2019 at 1:38 am
RE: Interview Assignment - by Student - November 14, 2019 at 1:44 am
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RE: Interview Assignment - by The Grand Nudger - November 14, 2019 at 2:12 am
RE: Interview Assignment - by Silver - November 14, 2019 at 2:18 am
RE: Interview Assignment - by The Grand Nudger - November 14, 2019 at 2:22 am
RE: Interview Assignment - by Pat Mustard - November 14, 2019 at 2:37 am
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RE: Interview Assignment - by ignoramus - November 14, 2019 at 3:34 am
RE: Interview Assignment - by LastPoet - November 14, 2019 at 3:53 am
RE: Interview Assignment - by Belacqua - November 14, 2019 at 4:03 am
RE: Interview Assignment - by brewer - November 14, 2019 at 9:10 am
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RE: Interview Assignment - by Athene - November 14, 2019 at 3:44 pm
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RE: Interview Assignment - by Student - November 14, 2019 at 6:03 pm
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RE: Interview Assignment - by Belacqua - November 14, 2019 at 6:49 pm
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RE: Interview Assignment - by Grandizer - November 14, 2019 at 7:23 pm
RE: Interview Assignment - by Student - November 15, 2019 at 12:26 am
RE: Interview Assignment - by notimportant1234 - November 14, 2019 at 7:31 pm
RE: Interview Assignment - by Haipule - November 15, 2019 at 1:16 am
RE: Interview Assignment - by Grandizer - November 15, 2019 at 1:57 am
RE: Interview Assignment - by The Grand Nudger - November 14, 2019 at 7:11 pm
RE: Interview Assignment - by Nay_Sayer - November 15, 2019 at 1:50 am
RE: Interview Assignment - by Student - November 15, 2019 at 2:24 am
RE: Interview Assignment - by Haipule - November 15, 2019 at 3:28 am
RE: Interview Assignment - by Alex K - November 15, 2019 at 3:36 am
RE: Interview Assignment - by Haipule - November 15, 2019 at 4:12 am
RE: Interview Assignment - by Student - November 15, 2019 at 11:51 am
RE: Interview Assignment - by Alex K - November 15, 2019 at 11:55 am
RE: Interview Assignment - by Student - November 15, 2019 at 12:45 pm
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RE: Interview Assignment - by brewer - November 15, 2019 at 3:15 pm
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