Lesson 15 (Gospel Doctrine): Brigham Young, The Water Drawing Rite, and Punctuation

[pelagius]

Originally Posted by Archaea

What about Hendy's Heavenly Heretic? Tour complete with Britney Spears DvD.

Well, I am a sucker for illiteration. I hope "Hendy" is a reference to the old "Home Town" because I can't think of anything else it could be referring to and I will feel kind of dumb when you have to explain it to me.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by pelagius

Well, I am a sucker for illiteration. I hope "Hendy" is a reference to the old "Home Town" because I can't think of anything else it could be referring to and I will feel kind of dumb when you have to explain it to me.

Yeah, you're a homie, that's for certain.

[pelagius]

Originally Posted by creekster

When my wife taught GD she did a very nice job of balancing these two approaches. She perceived that many people (at least in our ward) don't want to analyze the text very closely. That's not why they go to GD. OTOH, some people, like me, much prefer the pelagian approach. I think the difficulty in leading GD in a balanced ward is to try to meet th these separate needs. They are not necessarily mutually exclusive, but it can be hard to bring them together.

Creekster, I think these comments are right on in terms of teaching. Understanding your audience is so critical. I think an important part of being a good teacher is learning how to balance what your audience responds to and what drives your passion. Many times, students will cut you small slack with your approach if you do it with passion. Every teacher will screw-up the balance sometimes. For example, one lesson I mentioned (really in passing) that the story of Ruth might/probably have/has sexual overtones. ("Feet", the covering of them and the uncovering of them, is often an euphemism in the Old Testament.) While, this is an interesting issue (well, at least I think it is), I could have delivered the lesson without mentioning it (we were discussing why woman are mentioned in Jesus' genealogy in the gospel of Matthew) and I think it become a bit of distraction for some members of my class.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by pelagius

Creekster, I think these comments are right on in terms of teaching. Understanding your audience is so critical. I think an important part of being a good teacher is learning how to balance what your audience responds to and what drives your passion. Many times, students will cut you small slack with your approach if you do it with passion. Every teacher will screw-up the balance sometimes. For example, one lesson I mentioned (really in passing) that the story of Ruth might/probably have/has sexual overtones. ("Feet", the covering of them and the uncovering of them, is often an euphemism in the Old Testament.) While, this is an interesting issue (well, at least I think it is), I could have delivered the lesson without mentioning it (we were discussing why woman are mentioned in Jesus' genealogy in the gospel of Matthew) and I think it become a bit of distraction for some member of my class.

Yes every time I see a gal's feet, I get sexually stimulated. I can see the destraction.

[pelagius]

Originally Posted by Archaea

Yes every time I see a gal's feet, I get sexually stimulated. I can see the destraction.

LOL.