The major influencer of marriage life is sex. We born because of sex ,we think along our sexual behaviors,we make rules to distinguish acceptable sexual values and we make our marriage relationships strong along the sexual attitudes. You don't agree? Lets go down together discussing the sexual attitudes in the marriage life and how it makes us have children.
The word 'sex' in a wedlock means intimation of couples passing romantic sexual phases up to their climax enjoy the natural romantic gift of sexual love.
According to Abraham Maslow's hierachy of needs sex is part of of the basics which a man can not live without.Does that mean someone 's life is impossible simply because he lacked a partner to intimate with? NO! In this case sex is now a complex word which include the way we think ,our behaviors as be formulated by how we look to others and how others say comments about us.Aristotle once says human beings are both sexual and social animals. Sex begins in the womb and ends in the tomb.''Children are exposed to many visual ,stimulating sexual images through television ,radio and advertisements.It's normal for them to simulate intercourse and discover the pleasure of self-stimulation(masturbation)It doesn't mean that they're experiencing arousal and organism in the same way that an adult(couples in the marriage) would. It's merely a soothing ,ticklish ,pleasant feeling.''(Living &Loving January1999) And other new habits adopted in society from other societies,new dress code,from celebrities ,new way of designing our homes in short means sexy thinking.The way we are sexually motivated in the wedlock is more impact even to the way we conceive and on the behaviour of our children in the family.
''Good sex helps conception ,Canadian scientists have found that a woman 's more likely to become pregnant if she has an orgasm when making love. Women were tested two hours after they'd sex to measure the sperm content in cervical mucus. Only 10 percent who said they'd bad 'good' sex had a negative test result compared to 50 percent who didn't. So if you're trying to conceive ,start planning a few romantic surprises for your partner.''How perfect is this study to reveal sexuality in marriage (Living &Loving January1999).
In the marriage life sex plays important roles of conception and sexual affection.
It is necessary for the wife and husband should teach and learn to each other to get involved in sexual moral values about the way they need to enjoy sex and plan for their painless conception in romantic sex.In other words when they are exploring sexual needs ,be it caressing ,fondling or sexual messaging ,let it be understandable to the couples in all forms of sexuality to be celebrated rather than punished.
Even during pregnancy sex is very safe, some pregnant women thought it risk to their health and their sexual desire fluctuates more often during pregnancy,usually at the first pregnancy phase because of some rapid changes taking place in the body ,the desire for sex is evaporated , despite the husband need to have sex. But during the the last two phases of pregnancy the desire of sex perhaps is at its strongest ,hence couples should inclusively enjoyed as the vagina is well-lubricated and remember in very few months the baby will greatly disturb your sexual needs.
Although it is very safe and perfect to enjoy healthy sex during pregnancy ,in contrast it may be hindered by vaginal bleeding ,pain during penetration ,history of miscarriages and frequent pregnant pains.
Possibly the problem of placenta praevia cause by the placenta being partially implanted over the cervix or completely affected.In this case sexual intercourse should be avoided except other forms of sex. Therefore consult medical practitioner to be helped to indulged into penetrative sex.
Ironically some couples experience one partner with NO desire for sex especially the wives. According to gynaecologists ,nothing kills sexual desire as quickly as having children. Yes babies are the most killers of romantic sex in couples as they cry for their time to be attended to exclusively! Mothers failed to please their husband on their sexual matters since their desire for sexual intimacy taken away naturally few weeks after childbirth.This challenge needs brave decision to double both your child and husband needs. Remember the family is composed of these people altogether ,whilst your baby is sleep its a comfortable time to call your husband to play in all sexual activities ,don't opt to sleep before engage your hubby in romantic sexual activities never ever!
Sexy objects include things like flowers,colours, facial expressions,hugs ,kisses, affection and sexy attitudes should be available in the wedlock.
If you and I come to the notion that we are sex-based. And ,in doing that we are sexing ourselves. We are settling for a view of ourselves in extremes ,says life is nothing more than what sex work within our five senses.Espeacially on it primary social institution in the family marriage life's relationships
Friday, December 3, 2010
THE THREATS OF PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIALS TO SEXUAL EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOURS.
Since the biblical disobedience of the first family . The sinful nature which we inherited passed onto to a man seeking fulfilment which including the sexual emotions of consuming pornographic materials.
This is the major reason pornographic sites are driving more traffic on the search engines.According to the University of Montreal in Canada researchers examined the impacts of pornography on men reviewed that ,those age twenties almost all of them consumed pornography.And recent survey done in USA ,found out that 44% of adolescent boys seen atleast one nude picture of a female classmate online or via cell phone(Awake!May 2010).
Lustful behaviours comes almost naturally to every individual with very strong desire to view sexual activities.
Pornography is defined as ,'pictures,writing, or films intended to arouse sexual excitement'. Pornography strongly emphasised because of lustfulness as viewers or readers enhanced to be addicted to them as they see them harmless ,but then emotionally trapped into harmful thoughts ,fantasies which can have detrimental effects in the moral needs of the society.
Some people may argued that they can't be hooked and enslaved into pornographic materials.If you are one of them with such mind you are really fooling yourself as those who thought were clever are easily trapped in their subconscious reasoning. Pornography hooked you into a lifetime habit and tuned to do what supposed to be done next time. Thus tampering with utilities of time to engage in other meaningful business for the development of individual social life.
The major drawback of pornographic addiction is that it never let you get satisfied and can enslaved you to have a strong desire to see more as being driven to get new influential shots. Pornography gradually hooked you into a lifetime habit and enforce you to become syndrome and remain hooked to this illicit products which are not good for emotional health sexual behaviours rebelled against good moralisation and may be regarded as normal way of life . Be aware of being trapped into pornographic polization.
Pornography spearhead the use of other people for lust without proper appreciation for them as equal partners in the community. Pornography satisfies illicit nature which obstructs sexual morality and is not pleasing to the development of moral standards of the society for humanity as it dehumanise both the pornographers and viewers.
In addition pornography creates guilt that is hard to shake stains in memories and influences promiscuity in thoughts and attitudes resulting in contracting many sexual transmitted diseases.
And pornography driven you to live a double life without honest about life ,worse still involve into something not concerned with family's social wellbeing.
The consequences of pornography are that it devalues moral sexual behaviours and damages social acceptable sexual relationships ,commercialize sex ,lustifulness and eventually gratification.
In contrasts pornography lost the importance of true sex for spiritual emotional and physical satisfication and condemned it into divorce ,lack of wedlock relationship skills and deprive the survival of the families foundation on a husband and wife with true lifelong relationship of mutual dignified love.
Despite pornography's multi-billion dollar sector ,nevertheless the industry is equivalent to money laundering ,drug trafficking as it thrives on addition which destroys emotional personalilty . Please avoid it at all cost!:
•Make it a promise to avoid pornographic materials.
•Don't show children pornographic or never open pornographic sites whatsoever.
•Spam emails with porngraphic materials.
•Don't flick channels which may have pornographic shows or movies. Be vigorous on avoiding movies DVDs ,CDs ,websites ,magazines .You can opt to order those that are moral good to the social sexual behaviours.
•Completely win this victory and be alert to the tempetation of pornography and you mighty easily fall into the trap ,so to get considerable support associate yourself with good friends who nurture you to avoid pornography or join a church org which promote good sexual behaviours. The fewer the temptations you are likely to win the war against porn addiction.
Remember pornography is not the route for natural sexaul desires ,but rather it deprives good sexual habits. If not resisted today it becomes out of control as it is a powerful tool to transform one into lustful sexual activities . Like drugs it is seductive as may be cheaper and immediate gratification,but the results are bitter with disasterous sexual consequences.
In the final note cut off habit of pornographic viewing and stay safe at home. Your internet is not for you to view pornography . Why not use it wisely to look for business to work at home ,study ,blogging and good moral entertainment.
This is the major reason pornographic sites are driving more traffic on the search engines.According to the University of Montreal in Canada researchers examined the impacts of pornography on men reviewed that ,those age twenties almost all of them consumed pornography.And recent survey done in USA ,found out that 44% of adolescent boys seen atleast one nude picture of a female classmate online or via cell phone(Awake!May 2010).
Lustful behaviours comes almost naturally to every individual with very strong desire to view sexual activities.
Pornography is defined as ,'pictures,writing, or films intended to arouse sexual excitement'. Pornography strongly emphasised because of lustfulness as viewers or readers enhanced to be addicted to them as they see them harmless ,but then emotionally trapped into harmful thoughts ,fantasies which can have detrimental effects in the moral needs of the society.
Some people may argued that they can't be hooked and enslaved into pornographic materials.If you are one of them with such mind you are really fooling yourself as those who thought were clever are easily trapped in their subconscious reasoning. Pornography hooked you into a lifetime habit and tuned to do what supposed to be done next time. Thus tampering with utilities of time to engage in other meaningful business for the development of individual social life.
The major drawback of pornographic addiction is that it never let you get satisfied and can enslaved you to have a strong desire to see more as being driven to get new influential shots. Pornography gradually hooked you into a lifetime habit and enforce you to become syndrome and remain hooked to this illicit products which are not good for emotional health sexual behaviours rebelled against good moralisation and may be regarded as normal way of life . Be aware of being trapped into pornographic polization.
Pornography spearhead the use of other people for lust without proper appreciation for them as equal partners in the community. Pornography satisfies illicit nature which obstructs sexual morality and is not pleasing to the development of moral standards of the society for humanity as it dehumanise both the pornographers and viewers.
In addition pornography creates guilt that is hard to shake stains in memories and influences promiscuity in thoughts and attitudes resulting in contracting many sexual transmitted diseases.
And pornography driven you to live a double life without honest about life ,worse still involve into something not concerned with family's social wellbeing.
The consequences of pornography are that it devalues moral sexual behaviours and damages social acceptable sexual relationships ,commercialize sex ,lustifulness and eventually gratification.
In contrasts pornography lost the importance of true sex for spiritual emotional and physical satisfication and condemned it into divorce ,lack of wedlock relationship skills and deprive the survival of the families foundation on a husband and wife with true lifelong relationship of mutual dignified love.
Despite pornography's multi-billion dollar sector ,nevertheless the industry is equivalent to money laundering ,drug trafficking as it thrives on addition which destroys emotional personalilty . Please avoid it at all cost!:
•Make it a promise to avoid pornographic materials.
•Don't show children pornographic or never open pornographic sites whatsoever.
•Spam emails with porngraphic materials.
•Don't flick channels which may have pornographic shows or movies. Be vigorous on avoiding movies DVDs ,CDs ,websites ,magazines .You can opt to order those that are moral good to the social sexual behaviours.
•Completely win this victory and be alert to the tempetation of pornography and you mighty easily fall into the trap ,so to get considerable support associate yourself with good friends who nurture you to avoid pornography or join a church org which promote good sexual behaviours. The fewer the temptations you are likely to win the war against porn addiction.
Remember pornography is not the route for natural sexaul desires ,but rather it deprives good sexual habits. If not resisted today it becomes out of control as it is a powerful tool to transform one into lustful sexual activities . Like drugs it is seductive as may be cheaper and immediate gratification,but the results are bitter with disasterous sexual consequences.
In the final note cut off habit of pornographic viewing and stay safe at home. Your internet is not for you to view pornography . Why not use it wisely to look for business to work at home ,study ,blogging and good moral entertainment.
PAIN IS THE MAIN SOURCE OF HAPPINESS INSPIRATION WITHIN THE BODY !
The book by Philip Yancey(2001) Where is God when it hurts? A comforting healing Guide for coping with hard times, is one of the most exciting book I ever come across which stimulates me to write some articles on pain and suffering.
The word pain , it is an unacceptable condition which shouldn't be found grieving within our bodies.And to most of us suffering is a curse upon us because of wickedness.
Nevertheless to be frank enough with you pain is the extremely useful ,for us to be joyful. Really! Yes ,thus why athletes endure painful of thigh and cardio-muscles tearing and wearing away whilst on the race course, the perseverance is simply because there is a reward after crossing the finishing line. Mothers complaign of the painful complications during pregnance and at giving out births ,but they can have 2,3 ,4 or 5 babies ,because pain diminished as the tears of joy takeover the endurance of pain.
The fact in this real life situation according to George Wald a Nobel prize winner cited by Yancey(2001)says, ''When you have no experience of pain ,it is rather hard to experience joy.'' Wald was supported by co-writer of the book ,Philip Yancey(2001) 'Where is God when it hurts? A comforting healing Guide for coping with hard times' Doctor Paul Brand,postulates that,''At one time ,I thought of pain as the opposite of happiness.'' Dr Brand illustrates pain and happiness on a graph as two contrasting conditions we experience in our bodies.where pain is on X-axis and happiness on the Y-axis. When pain is at peak we experience acute unhappiness. Whilst peak happiness or ecstasy there is no pain at all.In between according to his graph is a quiet normal living. "My goal I thought ,was to face firmly towards happiness and away from pain . But now I see things differently ,if I drew such a graph today . It would have a single central peak with a surrounding play . The peak would be life with a capital L ,the point at which pain and pleasure meet. The surrounding plain would be sleep or apathy or death." Adds Dr Brand in analysis of his graph.
In addition to Dr Brand's analysis of pain and joy . Chinese Philosopher Lin Yutang in his book My Country and My People quoted by the aforementioned author above ,combines plain with pleasure ,"To be dry and thirsty in hot and dusty land -and to feel great drops of rain on my bare skin -ah is this not happiness: To have an itch in the private part of my body -and finally to escape from my friends and to a hiding place where I can scratch -ah is this not happiness." This long list of happiness experiences was tallied by Augustine in the same author that,"Everywhere a greater joy is preceded by a greater suffering."
Therefore problem with our contemporary world today is to promote comfortable life controlled in an environment where we have tendency to blame our happiness on pain which we identify as the great enermy."If we could somehow exercise pain from life ah ,then we would be happy."(Yancey 2001).
Finally I want to left you a recipe for thought that never dream to live a happy life without pain, you are daydreaming in an utopian world which never be in real life situation ,in order to fight problems of obesity,heart diseases we should embark on the comfortable painful regular exercises to get our bodies refreshing into our joyful excitements. Happiness lies not on avoiding pain completely ,but rather its role as a protective warning system and harnessing it to work on your behalf sarcastically against you.Remember No Pain No Gain is a common adage which popular associated with the Christians who say,strain your body following Christ to enjoy ever lasting life. If you involve in exercises you help your to avoid obesity,and prolongs life.The only route to live a comfortable life is to avoid sedentary lifestyle and condition your body to fight cardio-diseases and improve blood circulation.
The word pain , it is an unacceptable condition which shouldn't be found grieving within our bodies.And to most of us suffering is a curse upon us because of wickedness.
Nevertheless to be frank enough with you pain is the extremely useful ,for us to be joyful. Really! Yes ,thus why athletes endure painful of thigh and cardio-muscles tearing and wearing away whilst on the race course, the perseverance is simply because there is a reward after crossing the finishing line. Mothers complaign of the painful complications during pregnance and at giving out births ,but they can have 2,3 ,4 or 5 babies ,because pain diminished as the tears of joy takeover the endurance of pain.
The fact in this real life situation according to George Wald a Nobel prize winner cited by Yancey(2001)says, ''When you have no experience of pain ,it is rather hard to experience joy.'' Wald was supported by co-writer of the book ,Philip Yancey(2001) 'Where is God when it hurts? A comforting healing Guide for coping with hard times' Doctor Paul Brand,postulates that,''At one time ,I thought of pain as the opposite of happiness.'' Dr Brand illustrates pain and happiness on a graph as two contrasting conditions we experience in our bodies.where pain is on X-axis and happiness on the Y-axis. When pain is at peak we experience acute unhappiness. Whilst peak happiness or ecstasy there is no pain at all.In between according to his graph is a quiet normal living. "My goal I thought ,was to face firmly towards happiness and away from pain . But now I see things differently ,if I drew such a graph today . It would have a single central peak with a surrounding play . The peak would be life with a capital L ,the point at which pain and pleasure meet. The surrounding plain would be sleep or apathy or death." Adds Dr Brand in analysis of his graph.
In addition to Dr Brand's analysis of pain and joy . Chinese Philosopher Lin Yutang in his book My Country and My People quoted by the aforementioned author above ,combines plain with pleasure ,"To be dry and thirsty in hot and dusty land -and to feel great drops of rain on my bare skin -ah is this not happiness: To have an itch in the private part of my body -and finally to escape from my friends and to a hiding place where I can scratch -ah is this not happiness." This long list of happiness experiences was tallied by Augustine in the same author that,"Everywhere a greater joy is preceded by a greater suffering."
Therefore problem with our contemporary world today is to promote comfortable life controlled in an environment where we have tendency to blame our happiness on pain which we identify as the great enermy."If we could somehow exercise pain from life ah ,then we would be happy."(Yancey 2001).
Finally I want to left you a recipe for thought that never dream to live a happy life without pain, you are daydreaming in an utopian world which never be in real life situation ,in order to fight problems of obesity,heart diseases we should embark on the comfortable painful regular exercises to get our bodies refreshing into our joyful excitements. Happiness lies not on avoiding pain completely ,but rather its role as a protective warning system and harnessing it to work on your behalf sarcastically against you.Remember No Pain No Gain is a common adage which popular associated with the Christians who say,strain your body following Christ to enjoy ever lasting life. If you involve in exercises you help your to avoid obesity,and prolongs life.The only route to live a comfortable life is to avoid sedentary lifestyle and condition your body to fight cardio-diseases and improve blood circulation.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
PAIN THE WEAPON OF SUFFERING HELP TO DEVELOP MORALITY!
We don't want to suffer from loneliness , we fear painful experiences which are hard to tolerate in our healthy body conditions.
The major reason why religions fluorish worldwide is because they preached the principles which disdain suffering,helping to reduce loneliness. In other words suffering has some moral importance in exposing our needful state as mortal creatures on this groaning world. Suffering is the core of our basic beliefs about God into questions.Pauline letter to the Hebrews(5:8)says,"Though he were a son yet learned he obedience the things which he suffered."(Authorized King James Version).
Whilst loneliness because of migration,loss of a loved ones,divorce ,separation ,unwanted singleness and possibly youth inexperience or old age build in a strong fear to ensure we don't fall in such horrible situation by having a sense of friendship and love to keep us not seeing isolated as it push us towards others(Yancey 2001).
Fear is also another painful condition in which the body uses minute quantities of adrenaline to speed heart rate ,increase skin friction ,highten reaction time and supply added strength -all this in a millisecond of the frightened person. The pain of fear help us to be saved our body from dangers through its fearful warning system with an advanced benefits of functioning against harmful threats to our bodies.
The Swiss Writer and Physician in Yancey(2001) says,"Everything that worthwhile in life is scary, choosing a school ,choosing career ,getting married ,having - all those things are scary. If it is not fearful ,it is not worthwhile."Hence this helped us to get rid of our fears.
In addition as Yancey(2001)puts, "US court system defines sanity as the ability to discern between good and evil and a world with no guilt would tilt towards insanity."Therefore human beings consider guilt as another apparent enemy ,a univesal human response that many people want to purge from lives.Germany thinker ,Professor Kosfeld discovered that trust is biologically and naturally induced in our minds because of a hormone called oxytocin which stimulates trust.Guilt conscience in our minds is a sense of informity that something is wrong and should be dealt with ,so guilt is a painful message to the conscence.The pain of guilt is a directional symptoms of a state that requires urgent attention to significantly deal with the root cause ,although at times it won't help us in long term relief guilt feelings ,unless being adopted a strong guide toward morality of forgiveness and reconciliation.
Moreover Yancey(2001) interviewed Londoners who survived the second world war ,their happiest period in life was the 'Blitz' when the Germany's bombardment and Hitler's Operation civil stopper ,of fat luftwaffe bombers would dump tonnes of explosives on the London city,pounding tallest buildings flattened to the Earth as heap of useless rubbles, which consequently the victims memorised as the time with nostalgia! During that groaning time the Londoners subconsciusly learned to huddle together and strive towards their common goal as they evaluated to opt for the values of courage ,unity ,sharing and hope in such needy demanding crises.
Suffering comes to our attention as unwelcome painful tokens of personal misery . The warning system to a specific cause ,networked pain seemed well designed and rationalized.Take on to a view of what happened into humanity- a suffering of ,starving ,bleeding ,cancerous progression of most of human beings matching towards one of the painful experience which every is not feel comfortable with 'death'.This problems arise for more the royal responses of nerve cells(Yancey 2001).
The painful suffering we experience because of floods or droughts ,thus typhoons in some countries and famine because of eratic rainfall patterns ,but getting rid of them it means we experience no more rain nor hot conditions good for our survival. The natural laws because of the principle of creation of the physical world and the need for human freedom cause a lot of suffering on this planet.
Nevertheless ,"somehow pain and suffering multiplied on Earth as a consequences of the abuse of human freedom. ...believe that the sole purpose of life is to be comfortable gorge yourself : build a nice home ,enjoy good food have sex ,live the good life." Suffering is screamed because it is something wrong with the entire human condition of life wars and violence ,diseases and the other human tragedies.
Generally people's attitudes determine the effect of suffering because of cell intensity responded differently.
The major reason why religions fluorish worldwide is because they preached the principles which disdain suffering,helping to reduce loneliness. In other words suffering has some moral importance in exposing our needful state as mortal creatures on this groaning world. Suffering is the core of our basic beliefs about God into questions.Pauline letter to the Hebrews(5:8)says,"Though he were a son yet learned he obedience the things which he suffered."(Authorized King James Version).
Whilst loneliness because of migration,loss of a loved ones,divorce ,separation ,unwanted singleness and possibly youth inexperience or old age build in a strong fear to ensure we don't fall in such horrible situation by having a sense of friendship and love to keep us not seeing isolated as it push us towards others(Yancey 2001).
Fear is also another painful condition in which the body uses minute quantities of adrenaline to speed heart rate ,increase skin friction ,highten reaction time and supply added strength -all this in a millisecond of the frightened person. The pain of fear help us to be saved our body from dangers through its fearful warning system with an advanced benefits of functioning against harmful threats to our bodies.
The Swiss Writer and Physician in Yancey(2001) says,"Everything that worthwhile in life is scary, choosing a school ,choosing career ,getting married ,having - all those things are scary. If it is not fearful ,it is not worthwhile."Hence this helped us to get rid of our fears.
In addition as Yancey(2001)puts, "US court system defines sanity as the ability to discern between good and evil and a world with no guilt would tilt towards insanity."Therefore human beings consider guilt as another apparent enemy ,a univesal human response that many people want to purge from lives.Germany thinker ,Professor Kosfeld discovered that trust is biologically and naturally induced in our minds because of a hormone called oxytocin which stimulates trust.Guilt conscience in our minds is a sense of informity that something is wrong and should be dealt with ,so guilt is a painful message to the conscence.The pain of guilt is a directional symptoms of a state that requires urgent attention to significantly deal with the root cause ,although at times it won't help us in long term relief guilt feelings ,unless being adopted a strong guide toward morality of forgiveness and reconciliation.
Moreover Yancey(2001) interviewed Londoners who survived the second world war ,their happiest period in life was the 'Blitz' when the Germany's bombardment and Hitler's Operation civil stopper ,of fat luftwaffe bombers would dump tonnes of explosives on the London city,pounding tallest buildings flattened to the Earth as heap of useless rubbles, which consequently the victims memorised as the time with nostalgia! During that groaning time the Londoners subconsciusly learned to huddle together and strive towards their common goal as they evaluated to opt for the values of courage ,unity ,sharing and hope in such needy demanding crises.
Suffering comes to our attention as unwelcome painful tokens of personal misery . The warning system to a specific cause ,networked pain seemed well designed and rationalized.Take on to a view of what happened into humanity- a suffering of ,starving ,bleeding ,cancerous progression of most of human beings matching towards one of the painful experience which every is not feel comfortable with 'death'.This problems arise for more the royal responses of nerve cells(Yancey 2001).
The painful suffering we experience because of floods or droughts ,thus typhoons in some countries and famine because of eratic rainfall patterns ,but getting rid of them it means we experience no more rain nor hot conditions good for our survival. The natural laws because of the principle of creation of the physical world and the need for human freedom cause a lot of suffering on this planet.
Nevertheless ,"somehow pain and suffering multiplied on Earth as a consequences of the abuse of human freedom. ...believe that the sole purpose of life is to be comfortable gorge yourself : build a nice home ,enjoy good food have sex ,live the good life." Suffering is screamed because it is something wrong with the entire human condition of life wars and violence ,diseases and the other human tragedies.
Generally people's attitudes determine the effect of suffering because of cell intensity responded differently.
The Pain of Suffering Why we Endured It?
Suffering is part of our real life,we experience painful suffering almost everyday. This is the reason why we all expect the messianic era or the second coming of Jesus Christ to remove all the wickedness blamed for all the suffering we are enduring!But do you know that apart from religious advocacy to end all sufferings on this world ,suffering has both purpose and importance to enrich our souls as noted by
Martin Luther King Junior who says,"What doesn't destroy me makes me stronger. And Lewis asserts,"I am not convinced that suffering ... has any natural tendency to produce evils(anger and cynism). I didn't find the frontline trenches of CGS. More full of hatred,selfishness ,rebellion and dishonesty than any other place . I have seen men ,for the most part grow better not worse with advancing years and I have seen the most uncompromising subjects ..." The world viewed as a 'vale of soul making' ,so it is fulfilling its core function.
Yancey (2001) quoted a long list proposed by a catholic nun called Monic Hellwig, which outlines the advantages of suffering:
•Suffering the great equalizer brings us to the point where we may realize our urgent need for redemption.
•Those who suffer know not only their dependence on God and on healthy people ,but also on their interdependence with one another.
•Those who suffer rest their security not on the things which often and may soon be taken away ,but rather on people.
•Those who suffer have no exaggerated need of privacy . Suffering humbles the proud.By suffering people realised the importance of religion be it Christianity ,Islam ,Hindu or Bhuddha as much enduring on helping those suffering to develop morals of spiritual dependence ,humility ,simplicity , co-operation abandon in these qualities the value spiritual life with those live in comfortable life view as nosenses.
•Those who suffer expect little from competition and much from co-operation .
•Suffering teaches patience ,often a kind of dogged patience born of acknowledge dependence.
•Suffering teaches the difference between valid fears and exaggerated fears.
•To suffering people the gospel sounds like good news and not like a threat or a scolding . It offers hope and comfort.
•Those who suffer can respond to the call of gospel with a certain abandonment and uncomplicated totality because they have so little to lose and are ready for anything.Are you excited about the how suffering develops moral values in you ,but not so excited about the painful suffering. One moment you are fine the next your heart is pounding and you are sweating with fear such typical is found in most of us. Hence thousands of people suffer from panic disorder and it affects more women than men . Its not good to suffer in silence! *Are you managed to identify the moral values on the above long list which is derived by the suffering souls. I hope you shall endure suffering with a hope and purpose
Martin Luther King Junior who says,"What doesn't destroy me makes me stronger. And Lewis asserts,"I am not convinced that suffering ... has any natural tendency to produce evils(anger and cynism). I didn't find the frontline trenches of CGS. More full of hatred,selfishness ,rebellion and dishonesty than any other place . I have seen men ,for the most part grow better not worse with advancing years and I have seen the most uncompromising subjects ..." The world viewed as a 'vale of soul making' ,so it is fulfilling its core function.
Yancey (2001) quoted a long list proposed by a catholic nun called Monic Hellwig, which outlines the advantages of suffering:
•Suffering the great equalizer brings us to the point where we may realize our urgent need for redemption.
•Those who suffer know not only their dependence on God and on healthy people ,but also on their interdependence with one another.
•Those who suffer rest their security not on the things which often and may soon be taken away ,but rather on people.
•Those who suffer have no exaggerated need of privacy . Suffering humbles the proud.By suffering people realised the importance of religion be it Christianity ,Islam ,Hindu or Bhuddha as much enduring on helping those suffering to develop morals of spiritual dependence ,humility ,simplicity , co-operation abandon in these qualities the value spiritual life with those live in comfortable life view as nosenses.
•Those who suffer expect little from competition and much from co-operation .
•Suffering teaches patience ,often a kind of dogged patience born of acknowledge dependence.
•Suffering teaches the difference between valid fears and exaggerated fears.
•To suffering people the gospel sounds like good news and not like a threat or a scolding . It offers hope and comfort.
•Those who suffer can respond to the call of gospel with a certain abandonment and uncomplicated totality because they have so little to lose and are ready for anything.Are you excited about the how suffering develops moral values in you ,but not so excited about the painful suffering. One moment you are fine the next your heart is pounding and you are sweating with fear such typical is found in most of us. Hence thousands of people suffer from panic disorder and it affects more women than men . Its not good to suffer in silence! *Are you managed to identify the moral values on the above long list which is derived by the suffering souls. I hope you shall endure suffering with a hope and purpose
Saturday, October 16, 2010
MULTI-FAITH APPROACH OF TEACHING RELIGIOUS AND MORAL EDUCATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS!
In a society normally we expected to have more than one form of religion practiced. Although their are many societies around the world found to have a single religion ,but some of their members are forced to migrate by one or two of these factors. It is good to promote multi-faith approach as to equip children with all forms of religions which make up the world.
Multi-faith approach refers to the teachings of many religions ,that's drawing moral values from religions for example Christianity,Islamic,Hinduism,Budhaism,Judaism ,African Traditional, Bahai faith or others.
The background of multi-faith approach realised teachings of religious and moral education should consider the world as a multi-faith of nations composed to subscribe to various religons. For example in Zimbabwean society the colonial era education system was only Christianity because many schools built by christian missionaries who condemned other religions in promotion of their own religion.To correct this fatal mistake a number of approaches were needed to be employed in the moral education policy inorder to produce a multi-cultural oriented people through adopting multi-faith approach in the primary educational system.
The rationality for the adoption of multi-faith approach is to understand world as a multi-faith and egalitarian society.Therefore it is vital to treat religions as equal by helping the learning children to know about other religions as they are likely to encounter them. So that they understand the religious difference and appreciate the similarities.
Pupils should developed the attitudes of respecting those whose beliefs differ from theirs,hence developing a spirit of tolerance and co-operation as they are co-habiting in the world of religious diverse.This broadens their minds ,instills confidence and develops a sense of worth and belonging. An open approach which accepts mankinds as given by their religious practices and pupils have the opportunity to explore various religions and have a much deeper understanding of their own religion and morals.
When applying the multi-faith approach the teacher is expected to make use of different religions in teachings of different people. The teaching concepts for example 'caring' is found in all religions ,the christians use the parable of a 'good Samaritan' who helped a robbed Jewish person lying by the side of the road and took him to the clinic, Islam has 'armsgiving where sharing with the need the items like money ,clothes ,food ,accommodation etc. And African Traditional Religion the shona people in particular believe in inheritence 'nhaka' which emphasises caring for the family of the deceased.
The sources of matter as references like the sacred records the bible,qu,rãn and other different faith scriptural books and pamphlets which should not be used as historical texts ,but as to teach moral values.Rituals and ceremonies must be used for pupils to understand the benefits and interactions believers get from them.
The full knowledge of the facts in the specific religion,faith or ceremony is more beneficial for learning angles of moral values and what might pupils drawn from the lessons.
Inconclusion the teacher should not indoctrinate pupils with specific religious ideas or convert pupils to his/her own religon or any form of bias to any religion.
Further reading
Cox ,E.(1983)Problems and Possibilities for Religious Education .
Haar,G.T(1982) Faith of our Forefathers Studies on Religious Education in Sub -Saharan Africa.
Manonge and Mukandatsama (1990)Religious and Moral Education :A handbook for student teachers.
Multi-faith approach refers to the teachings of many religions ,that's drawing moral values from religions for example Christianity,Islamic,Hinduism,Budhaism,Judaism ,African Traditional, Bahai faith or others.
The background of multi-faith approach realised teachings of religious and moral education should consider the world as a multi-faith of nations composed to subscribe to various religons. For example in Zimbabwean society the colonial era education system was only Christianity because many schools built by christian missionaries who condemned other religions in promotion of their own religion.To correct this fatal mistake a number of approaches were needed to be employed in the moral education policy inorder to produce a multi-cultural oriented people through adopting multi-faith approach in the primary educational system.
The rationality for the adoption of multi-faith approach is to understand world as a multi-faith and egalitarian society.Therefore it is vital to treat religions as equal by helping the learning children to know about other religions as they are likely to encounter them. So that they understand the religious difference and appreciate the similarities.
Pupils should developed the attitudes of respecting those whose beliefs differ from theirs,hence developing a spirit of tolerance and co-operation as they are co-habiting in the world of religious diverse.This broadens their minds ,instills confidence and develops a sense of worth and belonging. An open approach which accepts mankinds as given by their religious practices and pupils have the opportunity to explore various religions and have a much deeper understanding of their own religion and morals.
When applying the multi-faith approach the teacher is expected to make use of different religions in teachings of different people. The teaching concepts for example 'caring' is found in all religions ,the christians use the parable of a 'good Samaritan' who helped a robbed Jewish person lying by the side of the road and took him to the clinic, Islam has 'armsgiving where sharing with the need the items like money ,clothes ,food ,accommodation etc. And African Traditional Religion the shona people in particular believe in inheritence 'nhaka' which emphasises caring for the family of the deceased.
The sources of matter as references like the sacred records the bible,qu,rãn and other different faith scriptural books and pamphlets which should not be used as historical texts ,but as to teach moral values.Rituals and ceremonies must be used for pupils to understand the benefits and interactions believers get from them.
The full knowledge of the facts in the specific religion,faith or ceremony is more beneficial for learning angles of moral values and what might pupils drawn from the lessons.
Inconclusion the teacher should not indoctrinate pupils with specific religious ideas or convert pupils to his/her own religon or any form of bias to any religion.
Further reading
Cox ,E.(1983)Problems and Possibilities for Religious Education .
Haar,G.T(1982) Faith of our Forefathers Studies on Religious Education in Sub -Saharan Africa.
Manonge and Mukandatsama (1990)Religious and Moral Education :A handbook for student teachers.
MULTI FAITH APROACH TO THE TEACHING OF HINDUISM
Some may ask why too much talking of multi-faith approach in religious and moral education and regards to hinduism in particular?
We use multi-faith to down play scholary views which felt to consider or regards Hinduism as a religion. Down play that view of hinduism as a social system. As a vast family of religious tradition,contrasting and conflicting King Richard objected the term hinduism as viewed from western import which was brought by missionaries.
The term hinduism is believed to be coined by missionaries wanted to unify a variety of discourse. Hinduism is commonly known by its believers doing worship known as 'puja'. A ceremony of making offerings to their gods using coconut,flowers and apples . A priest leading the function of applying a spot of red or yellow pigment ,the tilak to the foreheads of the followers . Annually believers mostly in India flock to the river Ganges to be purified by being immersed in the river's waters.
According to Smith hinduism is certainly a concept with Indians and the term is unknown to classical Hindus. Most scholars then agreed that hinduism is not meaningful unity of discourse ,because it covers ethical issues ,philosophical and social dimensions. Hence Smith observed that in hinduism there is any hardly single theme which can be shown to be varied for all the hindus.
One God is believed to be superior being and may be considered inferior with other hindus. To understand hinduism one should put it in the context of other religions. Lets explore to prove whether hindu can be proved to be a religion.Why hinduism to be taught like other religions?
Hinduism has most components of a religion as defined by various scholars.As noted by Hutchson(1969) religion may be defined as a system of holy forms which range from beliefs, practices ,ways of thinking and feelings. According to a historians and phenomenologist of religion ,like Nathan Soderblom ,Rudolf Otto and Geradus Van Der Lew they hold the sacrelity of holiness to be the holymark of religion and its essence.
Cultural systems beliefs can't be given the title religion as they is nothing which is believed sacred by the believers.
The western culture is so alien to hindu which tend to see life as chronological line of events in history.Hinduism is a different way of understanding life as a self-repeating cycle in which mankind's history is of less significance.
There is something the hindus adore Brahman. Who is the ultimate being 'God'.Brahman is believed to be a supreme of holy or equivalent to the supreme being ,according to their holy writings known as 'upanishards' which viewed Brahman as internal ,eternal ,unchanging and timeless.
He(Brahman) is a unifying reality,outstanding power of the universe and ultimate reality of all things depend.
Definition of hinduism is so complex since it has no definite creed,priestly hierarchy or governing board.However it have swamis(teachers)and spiritual guides (gurus).
Hinduism qualifies to be a religion as a belief in spiritual beings. Central to hinduism is beliefs in spirits and most scared places for example mountains ,rivers ,crossroads are believed to be the home of spirits or gods.
We use multi-faith to down play scholary views which felt to consider or regards Hinduism as a religion. Down play that view of hinduism as a social system. As a vast family of religious tradition,contrasting and conflicting King Richard objected the term hinduism as viewed from western import which was brought by missionaries.
The term hinduism is believed to be coined by missionaries wanted to unify a variety of discourse. Hinduism is commonly known by its believers doing worship known as 'puja'. A ceremony of making offerings to their gods using coconut,flowers and apples . A priest leading the function of applying a spot of red or yellow pigment ,the tilak to the foreheads of the followers . Annually believers mostly in India flock to the river Ganges to be purified by being immersed in the river's waters.
According to Smith hinduism is certainly a concept with Indians and the term is unknown to classical Hindus. Most scholars then agreed that hinduism is not meaningful unity of discourse ,because it covers ethical issues ,philosophical and social dimensions. Hence Smith observed that in hinduism there is any hardly single theme which can be shown to be varied for all the hindus.
One God is believed to be superior being and may be considered inferior with other hindus. To understand hinduism one should put it in the context of other religions. Lets explore to prove whether hindu can be proved to be a religion.Why hinduism to be taught like other religions?
Hinduism has most components of a religion as defined by various scholars.As noted by Hutchson(1969) religion may be defined as a system of holy forms which range from beliefs, practices ,ways of thinking and feelings. According to a historians and phenomenologist of religion ,like Nathan Soderblom ,Rudolf Otto and Geradus Van Der Lew they hold the sacrelity of holiness to be the holymark of religion and its essence.
Cultural systems beliefs can't be given the title religion as they is nothing which is believed sacred by the believers.
The western culture is so alien to hindu which tend to see life as chronological line of events in history.Hinduism is a different way of understanding life as a self-repeating cycle in which mankind's history is of less significance.
There is something the hindus adore Brahman. Who is the ultimate being 'God'.Brahman is believed to be a supreme of holy or equivalent to the supreme being ,according to their holy writings known as 'upanishards' which viewed Brahman as internal ,eternal ,unchanging and timeless.
He(Brahman) is a unifying reality,outstanding power of the universe and ultimate reality of all things depend.
Definition of hinduism is so complex since it has no definite creed,priestly hierarchy or governing board.However it have swamis(teachers)and spiritual guides (gurus).
Hinduism qualifies to be a religion as a belief in spiritual beings. Central to hinduism is beliefs in spirits and most scared places for example mountains ,rivers ,crossroads are believed to be the home of spirits or gods.
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