Stand up if Religious Studies is your favorite subject
Stand up if you have a religious background
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My lessons
School rules and expectations
Active work attitude during the lesson
Hard working = (alsmost) no homework
1 person talks (=the rest listens)
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Religious Studies
Learning about Religion and important things in life
Looking at current themes in the world from a religious point of view
This year
First semester (half a year)
2 chapters: 1, truth and 2, science
Study guide in Magister (ELO: studiewijzer)
Test is a practical assignement
This period
Chapter 1: What is truth
Purpose?
Test: script (task1 from the book) and custom poster assessment
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What is truth?
Oxford dictionary: 'The quality or state of being truthful'
How do we know when something is true or untrue?
Is truth simple or complicated?
Reductionism: to reach the truth, you need to get the simplest possible explanation.
Descartes: 'i think, therefore i am'
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Your own truth
Influenced by everything around you
Examples: your friends/family, education, country, media etc.
6 ways of finding truth
Consience
Reason
Authority
Feelings
Peer group
Culture
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Conspiracy theories
Oxford dictionary: 'the belief that a secret but powerful organization is responsible for an event'
Pizzagate
''paedophilia ring involving people at the highest levels of the Democratic Party is operating out of a Washington pizza restaurant''
December 2016
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Exercise
Which of the six ways of finding truth do you trust the most? Why? Give 2 reasons for your answers
Which of the six ways of finding truth do you trust the least? Give 2 reasons for your answers
Search a conspiracy theory. Explain what it's about and why people believe in that theory. Give youre opinion on what you think is the truth in this situation