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To: Salvation

You’re welcome. I sympathize with the government of El Salvador. Crime and violence, especially gangs, are a serious problem in El Salvador, and of course among Salvadorans in the US as well. However, having students read, perhaps, the Sermon on the Mount - with no discussion, no examples, no effort to apply the words to the problem of violence in their society - seems likely to be of little effect. Maybe they’d learn a new vocabulary word.

It’s almost magical thinking ... *just* listening to a few words from the Bible is expected to address a serious societal issue.


51 posted on 07/11/2010 2:45:12 PM PDT by Tax-chick (We made a proactive decision to postpone the originally scheduled nightlife activities.)
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To: Tax-chick
It’s almost magical thinking ... *just* listening to a few words from the Bible is expected to address a serious societal issue.

Ya sorta like say a few words over a cracker and it becomes the "body of Christ"

"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."Romans 10:17

95 posted on 07/11/2010 5:56:54 PM PDT by RnMomof7 ( sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me)
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