Category Archives: In Class Exercise

Stand Your Ground ~ Tony Shilling

Posted on March 22, 2012 by tonyshilling

Stand Your Ground with Caution A rather new law, Stand Your Ground, permits the killing of an individual in self-defense; laws such as these, however, have a history of creating violent cultures. Under these “shoot first” laws, violent behavior in the … Continue reading →

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Stand Your Ground – Jesse Samaritano

Posted on March 22, 2012 by jessesamaritano

Stand Your Ground is a law that states someone is allowed kill someone else in self-defense and can create a culture of violence. Under the “shoot first” laws, a person can engage in violent behavior in the name of self-defense … Continue reading →

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Stand Your Ground with Caution

Posted on March 22, 2012 by davidbdale

Stand Your Ground with Caution There is a law called Stand Your Ground that says you can kill someone in self-defense. This is one of those kinds of laws that can create a culture of violence. Under these “shoot first” … Continue reading →

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Evaluating Arguments

Posted on March 6, 2012 by davidbdale

The criteria we use to evaluate evidence are in large part the same criteria we use to evaluate arguments. If mnemonic devices help you remember things, remind yourself that Sufficiency, Typicality, Accuracy, and Relevance spell STAR. Briefly, we’re not likely … Continue reading →

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Quotation Skills – Tikeena Sturdivant

Posted on February 28, 2012 by sturdi36

Church doctrine requires every temple baptism to be on record, however,”The Church has no way of knowing whether a person has accepted the baptism and thus does not consider such persons Church members.”

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Quotation Skills — Jon Gonzoph

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Blueitem (Jon G.)

[Not sure I entirely understand the idea behind this. But if we’re trying to spin the quotes to jive with our views, then this might be sufficient] Despite believing  “that certain sacred sacraments, such as baptism, are required to enter … Continue reading →

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Quotation Skills – Jesse Samaritano

Posted on February 28, 2012 by jessesamaritano

Church policy, Purdy added, is that members can request baptisms “only for their own ancestors” and that proxy baptisms of Jewish Holocaust victims “are strictly prohibited.”

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Quotation Skills – Tabitha Corrao

Posted on February 28, 2012 by tcorrao

The Church almost never learns about the problems within the church “because the temple baptism process depends on voluntary compliance by millions of Church members around the world.”

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Quotation Skills – Bill Brooks

Posted on February 23, 2012 by billbrooks175

Addressing the Jewish concerns the church states that “members had violated Church policy and submitted the names of thousands of Jewish Holocaust victims for temple baptisms”.

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Quotation Skills

Posted on February 23, 2012 by davidbdale

Rarely does the perfect quotation offer itself up for us to use right “out of the box.” Sources are notorious for phrasing their remarks awkwardly, or in ways that don’t fit into the sentences we had planned for them, or … Continue reading →

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