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process in which marrow is ejected
the place where Mrs.Hope Guidry-Groves works
I appreciate the comments that were left concerning my project. Donating bone marrow is a serious, helpful situation. I have benn talking with Mrs.Hope Guidry-Groves and am hoping the drive will be sometime at the beginning of February. I’m thinking of making it have a valentine’s theme…something like “give love, donate marrow” I’m not too sure yet, but I’m psyched. For now, the part of my project that has been in session is spreading the knowledge of bone marrow donation to everyone through brochures and informational packets. Teaching them and helping them know how easy and beneficial it can be. I feel like spreading this knowledge primarily will ultimately affect the turnout rate at the drive. Instead of creating a big surprise or scare at the drive, people will be educated and can talk to others who might possess that same fears they used to. A better turnout rate means a positive trend and a chance taken to improve the bone marrow registry to save lives. Learning about bone marrow and the part it plays in a lot of health victims lives can teach us more about pathology as well.
Textual criticism has to do with the study of bible, or written manuscripts of it to determine the authentic or original form of the text. Scholars perform a detailed analysis of a certain text or passage to figure out its original structure and meaning. However, source criticism is basically the study of how different types of informational sources are utilized in texts, such as the bible.
The story of Tobit is rather interesting. Tobit is happily married with a wife and a kid. One day he falls asleep in the at his job in the graveyard and the birds defecate on his eyes, blinding him. He wakes up wishing to die. At the same time a lady by the name of Sarah that resides in Media wishes to die as well because of her horrible luck with husbands. She’s been married seven times and every time it comes the night for consummation, her husband is killed by a demon, Asmodeus. She has becomes miserable and hopeless in keeping a husband. Therefore, God sends down the angel of healing, Raphael, to help answer Tobit and Sarah’s prayers’. One day Tobit asks his son to travel to Media to collect money that is owed to him by a man. Tobias is accompanied by the man-form of Raphael (Azarias). During their journey, Tobias is almost killed by a huge fish that jumps out of the water. Luckily Raphael and Tobias kill it, eat it, and save the fish heart, liver, and gall bladder for medicinal uses. When they reach Media, Tobias and Raphael stay at Sarah’s house. While there Tobias and Sarah fall in love and marry. Sarah’s father who doesn’t have much confidence in Tobias surviving the first wedding night digs out a grave for Tobias in advance. However, Raphael give Tobias advice to burn the fish heart and liver and the smoke it produces scares Asmodeus, the demon away to Egpyt (where Raphael imprisons him). Everyone becomes happy because Tobias survives the weeding night. They travel back to Tobias’ home and return the debt money to Tobit. They also rub the fish gallbladder in Tobit’s eyes which allows him to see again. The story ends happily with Tobit rich and enabled to see his son happily married. Raphael comes out and reveals himself as an angel as well. The moral to the story is rather vague. I’d assume its saying to never give up on God because he hears your prayers. Just because you don’t see results doesn’t mean he’s not working on you or your life. Also, no matter how bad things seem, there is always a chance things will work out.
People consider the Maccabees to be heroic because they chose not to yield to Antiochus IV’s decrees. Antiochus IV disrespected the Jerusalem temple by worshipping idols on its altar. He also banned circumcision, traditional Jewish sacrifices, and the reading of the Law of Moses. Therefore, the Maccabees took a step up and fought to eventually take back Jerusalem instead of continue to obey Antiochus out of fear, like most did.
Jesus is counter cultural in the sense that he did what was right, no matter what common theories or perceptions the people had of it. Being counter cultural involves “rejecting or opposing the dominant values and behavior of society.” Basically being your own person and possibly doing was is morally or spiritually right, speaking in the sense of Jesus. He didn’t yield to the outside pressures he followed god, and was accepted by some and hated by some. Regardless he lived his life righteously, and even though he was crucified and mistreated, he presented an honorable downfall for all humankind. I wouldn’t say my project is counter cultural because it’s not going against any common societal values or anything for that matter. It’s merely an attempting to create compassion and give humans the opportunity to take a simple stance and save someone’s life. Maybe a lot of people don’t know about such opportunity so therefore it wouldn’t necessarily be considered as against someone’s culture or cultural values.
Jesus was crucified because nobody believed who he really was, the son of god. They thought he was mocking the Lord and didn’t understand the wondrous abilities he was given by God himself. They judged him because he was different. And when on trial they asked him he was the son of “the blessed one”, he honestly replied yes and for this they stoned him. They couldn’t believe what they couldn’t explain and I feel as if they didn’t know any better. However, this never gave them the right to be so cruel to an individual. I feel as if their actions not only sprouted out of the unknown, but out of envy and power greed. I like to draw an analogy to Jesus using the Hulk. Most of the time people fear what they don’t understand. Many people feared The Hulk because of his strength and size and abilities. They had never seen anything like him, they couldn’t control him, nor could they figure him out. Most of the time when people fear something they don’t understand, they act negatively towards it, repelling it or trying to eliminate what’s out of the ordinary.