My New Philosophy

My favorite talk in the last General Conference was "Value Beyond Measure" by Joy D. Jones. The most poignant part of the talk for me was when she talked about the difference of worth and worthiness. Worth is an integral part of who we are. An analogy commonly used is that a  dollar bill is beat up and crinkled. It doesn't look very pretty, but the worth of the dollar bill is still the same. This is a perfect example of how Heavenly Father looks at us. That our worth is never lessened in his eyes. Life may leave us a little worse for the wear, but our internal worth is integral to who we are. It can not be taken away or changed. Worthiness on the other hand, is achieved through obedience.  Sister Jones uses pathos by telling the story of three women at the beginning of the talk. The first woman was brought into the church through learning more about the law of chastity and the Prophet Joseph Smith. Sister Jones talks about how interesting it was that this woman was brou...

This semester I intend to increase the number of issues that I write about. I am horrible at writing for the thrill of it and really want to increase the speed and quality of my writing.  My first goal for the semester will be to write daily in my journal. I will write from between half a page to a full page each night. I will write just before I get ready for bed. This will help me get in the habit of writing. Since I will be writing about what has been happening in the day it will give me a good basis of what to write about so I won't hit writer's block.  My second goal will be to read one fun book once a month. I will explore different genres by picking a different style of book to read each month. For the month of October, I decided to explore the horror genre. I picked the novel "Misery" by Stephen King. I was intrigued by this book as I heard that it was an analogy of his struggles with overcoming his cocaine addiction. For the month of November, I chose to...

Elder Bednar talks about the prevalence of social media in our daily lives. We have become over saturated with Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Reddit. Although these social media platforms have the potential of distracting us, and keeping us from truly seeking God, we can use them to our benefit. Elder Bednar talks about how we can use social media to figuratively flood the earth with good messages. With the internet it is easier than ever before to spread the gospel and invite happiness into other people's lives.  Elder Bednar's talk is very inspiring. He uses pathos to rally us up to do good in the internet era. He talks about how using a distracting media can be beneficial to the people around us. He uses logos by using the Prophet Brigham Young's quote that, "Every discovery in science and art, that is really true and useful to mankind has been given by direct revelation from God, though but few acknowledge it. It has been given with a view to prepare the way ...

I was originally going to write my paper on women in leadership positions in christian churches. However, after going through it, I became uncomfortable with a lot of anti-christian memorabilia that was circulating. I decided to venture further into my major, by researching more about Alzheimer's disease. I have always been interested by diseases and disorders of the mind, like Alzheimer's and Aphasia and Apraxia. I decided it would  be more beneficial to learn about Alzheimer's disease because as a Speech Language Pathologist I will be dealing heavily with Alzheimer's patients. One of my dreams in life is to create a way to enhance communication between those with disorders. While writing my paper on modern ways to diagnose Alzheimer's disease and the ethical issues that arise from treating it, I really became fascinated with Alzheimer's disease. Currently, there are no specific ways to diagnose or treat it. Many patients are shepherded around to different nu...

I am studying whether women should be given the priesthood, or how women can be given more leadership positions in organized religion. I am studying this because I want to find out if limited leadership positions for women in religion is a result of systematic sexism, or is doctrinal. In order to help myself to understand the position of women in religion I will hold myself accountable to only looking at reputable sources. I will look at the doctrine of different religions including: Catholicism, Mormonism, and Presbyterianism. Audience: My general audience will be people of the Christian faith. A specific audience would be people interested in seeing the reasons for a lack of women leadership in many denominations. My audience might find my claim unacceptable at first as many will be strong Christians. I feel that my audience will value that I will be going straight to the source of their doctrine to find examples of why there is a lack of women leaders. I believe that my audience w...