Are Miracles Real?

Do you believe in miracles? And are miracles in violation of natural law?

You may use outside resources to support your opinion.

Choose a quote from at least one of these songs and include it in your argument

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjdbXdTt48E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gu4M2rz5Cw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKNl0WJB57g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6MYfKuYrNQ

Mark Frankenstein?

1.       Discuss the allegorical dimensions of Frankenstein implied by its subtitle, The Modern Prometheus.

      Read the following article. There are some spoilers, particularly in the first paragraph, but you can skate over that part and still get the gist of it.

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2017/01/why_frankenstein_is_still_relevant_almost_200_years_after_it_was_published.html

So, argue the for or against the following statement:

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is today's Dr. Frankenstein

So Many Arguments, So Little Time!

 Brian Fitzpatrick writes a poignant article about Mary Shelley and Frankenstein. He makes MANY arguments in this article. READ IT carefully. Make a list of all of his arguments, large and small. Choose one and develop that argument further. For example, the following is a quote from the article:

"Though Frankenstein is a tale of terror, the original philosophical themes that actually make it terrifying have been forgotten. Insipid terror has largely replaced intellectual terror, and thus has Mary Shelley’s avant-garde masterpiece been reduced to a banal monster piece."

Because I have read and studied Frankenstein, I would choose this particular line and develop an argument about how the literary work has been minimalized into a simple "monster piece". I would develop and thesis and argue my point that this work is an avant-garde masterpeice. 

You have not yet read this novel. Fitzpatrick tells you in this article about all of the very important topics that are contained in its pages. Choose one. Talk about it. Develop and argument about it. NO REPEATS. There are plenty for everyone, if you read it carefully. 

Something to Think About!

Bioethics

So, this is a very interesting TedTalk about bioethics. Wow!

 And here is a link to the NCBC

What is the crux of the argument presented in the TedTalk? What strategies, find at least 2, does the speaker use to argue his point?

Then, find a topic about bioethics on the NCBC website and tell us what you think about it. No repeat topics please!