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Post by Mrs. Spencer on Oct 10, 2016 23:26:51 GMT
Please respond to the following prompt in 100-150 words. Support your answer with some type of argument/evidence. Don't forget that your classmates can see what you write  . Does one person really matter when it comes to social justice? |
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Post by Avery Lewis on Oct 13, 2016 3:11:16 GMT
In my opinion I have a more logic run frame of mind. The idea that for one persons suffering, whole countries gain prosperity. This idea is partially supported with the knowledge that Jesus was sacrificed in the same manner. On the other hand, from my Christian perspective, I stand strong also in the belief that all humans are made to work like gears in a clock. One cannot move without the other, and all is stronger together. This idea gives me hope in the situations that we face today, and provides me strength with the knowledge that one person does matter, but it's also how we use each other, and our gifts or decisions matter too.
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Post by Zoey Alyward on Oct 13, 2016 19:04:19 GMT
All life has value, no matter who you may be. Some may be better off than others, but at the end of the day we are all human beings. With people in slavery they are taken advantage of what they do rather than who they are. I liked what Avery had to say that "all humans are made to work like gears in a clock." We are designed to live in community and work together. As in the primitive tribe we watched (The God's Must be Crazy), they valued everyone's life and when someone was hurt, they all hurt. With more advanced communities (like Omelas, today's society) they have people suffering at the expense of others. This isn't how God designed it to be. As the body of Christ we should feel other's pain and help them. Of course, the world is corrupted so we think about ourselves and what's best for the most people. Although this isn't ideal, this is how the world is, but with that in mind, it doesn't make it right.
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Post by Willy Hoeft on Oct 13, 2016 20:39:23 GMT
So asking that one person does or does not matter is something that anybody would answer with a no or a yes. In my case though, it is the latter, because if you question what another persons life is worth, what does that make you or your family? It's something easy. The truth is, your life and worth is much the same as anybody else on the planet.
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Post by Hannah Day on Oct 14, 2016 19:26:36 GMT
An often asked question especially in the subject of social justice is does just one person who does things to make a difference matter? There are hundreds or thousands of people in the world dealing with injustices daily. Does one person trying to make a difference actually do anything? I believe that every little things that you can do helps. Whether you are just one person or in a group of people; it all helps. I think that this is often an excuse that is used so people do not have to do anything, "well it is just me trying to save a village, but it doesn't matter because I cannot do it all on my own." But the truth of the matter is that when even when you and only you cannot help thousands of people on your own, every little bit counts. Going to Mexico showed that when we built a house for one family only, instead of the whole town, it helped because we shone God's light on a whole community and we have inspired others to do the same. All it takes is one person to take a stance and so much more can come out of it. Only one person needs to make a decision to make a difference and many people will see how amazing it is and start to do the same. All lives matter in God's eyes and everything has a purpose, everything. God can do great things through people, even if it is only one.
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Post by Kayleigh Morris on Oct 14, 2016 19:27:16 GMT
I think that every person matters. After watching the video in class about slavery, one of the things that stood out to me the most was that some people who are slaves in other countries are thought of as disposable. That is an absolutely horrible mind set to have. As North Americans, if we continue to use our cheap and non- far trade objects without giving it a second thought, we are basically saying that our comfort ad the objects that we have are more important than the people who are being held as slaves. I don't understand why the people on earth have such diverse qualities of life. The topic of slavery around the world reminds me of the City of Omelas and how some people live in hardship so that we have a good quality of life. I find it very difficult to wrap my head around the diversity of living conditions in the world and I find that sometimes it doesn't feel "real" in everyday life.
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Post by Dianna Hoeft on Oct 14, 2016 19:30:54 GMT
Yes! If to say that one life doesn't matter is like saying all life doesn't matter. If my life doesn't matter in comparison to the world then your life doesn't matter in comparison to the world. When will it stop, because as long as there are more than one person other than you in the world your life would be 'unimportant'. I believe life is more valuable than any valuable jewel ever created. To say to even one person their life is unimportant is to say the same to yourself. Not to mention who are you to say such words to someone? If you are anti-abortion, anti-suicide, and against murder or even euthanasia you will agree.
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Post by emilyneufeld on Oct 17, 2016 2:47:23 GMT
In my opinion one person does matter, whether they are 5 or 50 every person counts. What if you were being abused and someone came along and helped you out of the situation you were in, does that person matter has that person not just helped you out of a situation that is a issue of justice? What if that person hadn't came along side you to help you? Or think about elections for a minute, there have been times where literally one vote decided who was the prime minister or president. What if that one person hadn't voted, what would happen then? Every decision we make matters, every person who decides to vote for the next president in this election matters. Every person who stands up against world hunger and child abuse, sex trafficking; they all matter because it is all changing someone's world, every person that adopts a child is making a difference in that child's world. On the same point every rapist, every trafficker makes a difference to the person that was raped or abused. So yes, Every person matters.
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Post by Holly Bruce on Oct 17, 2016 4:16:16 GMT
Do you feel human? If you were in a situation of need and someone could help you, would you want them too? Can you feel pain, hurt, hunger? Can you love? I don't think that this is a ligit question. Of course every human matters. Every human has a soul and can feel. Every human has been created in the image of God. Every human is loved by God. "Dear friends, let us love one another, because love if from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God. The person who does not love does not know God, because God is love." 1 John 4:7-8. We are all known and loved by God, so we must also love others and treat everyone as the children of the king whom they are.
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Post by Mrs. Spencer on Oct 17, 2016 6:18:01 GMT
Thank you all for your responses! I enjoyed reading them |
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Post by Breanna Wikkerink on Oct 17, 2016 19:09:17 GMT
Every life matters to God so every life should matter to us as Christians. If we see the situation of the fictional city of Omelas as wrong then we should see the problems of social justice in the world as wrong. Whether it is one person being forced into misery for the happiness of a small city or if it is thousands of people suffering for the benefit of the world it is still wrong. It is wrong to let other people suffer so that you can have a better life. Allowing that to happen is like saying that your life is more important than the lives of all those people suffering, but every person matters equally to God.
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