Thoughts in a Haystack

"In all thy ways, acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths."

The idea of this class was not created on the spur of the moment. I believe that this is the class that the Lord wanted me to teach.

And despite all odds, I am teaching the class.

Some will look at this and say, "well, she has another motive ... such as to preach the Gospel." But you know that was not my intention.

My motives were honest and sincere, in that all I desired was to present an educational experience to give the students an opportunity to hear and study about the philosophers of design, to be able to critically analyze them and to learn to examine the opinions or philosopies (sic) and to weigh them . . . to ask who made the statement, what is their bias, what is their philosophy, what evidence do they bring?

Each student in my class will have the opportunity to hear and study philosophies concerning the origin of life.

These ideas represent atheistic, agnostic, liberal and Christian views. We are looking at the ways these views have shaped and changed our world views, and I am challenging these students to know what they think and what those thoughts are based on.

To know it because they believe it, not because someone else says ‘it is so,’ but to become critical thinkers who can express their own beliefs.

--Sharon Lemburg,
Philosophy of Design instructor
January 8, 2006

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