Reflection paper #2

A paradigm represents a well spoken shared view of events or phenomenon. It has its own set of assumptions that imposes itself to what it perceives, according to the article. I believe that most of man's inventions have turned on a switch in a room where a large amount of people has never step foot into. While reading the section on paradigms I didn't come across any mind changing premises but I did read a couple that I was able to relate my already beliefs to. For example the short versions of the story of Original Sin analyzed exactly want I study at church. It explained the story of Adam and Eve and explained the scenario of that specific story. Adam and Eve indeed did become sinners and Eve did fall prey to enticement and tempted Adam. As a child I was told that the serpent was the obsession that persuaded Eve into eating the forbidden fruit. As I became older I heard from certain individuals that there was no serpent and that Eve was lusting after Adam. For the most part this paradigm allowed me to stick to what I learned as a child. As mentioned in the article, it takes a great deal of effort to change a paradigm. Another premise that was mentioned was a fact (to me) that God is a punishing God. The paradigm mentioned the punishments God positioned for both Adam and Eve and the serpent that hoaxed them into doing what were evil. Because of their sin we as their descendents have to suffer. Men have to go out and work hard for their family, women have to endure the pain of child birth, and snakes have to slither on their bellies to move about. To many that don’t really base there life’s on doctrines and Biblical teachings I think this paradigm may be the start of a new conviction. One Paradigm that I disagreed with was the constellation of assumptions created by an atheist structured to support the decision to disbelieve in God. Everything that was written in this paradigm I disagreed with. He mentioned that God isn’t omnipotent. I disagree because that’s not what I grew up believing. According to my constellations from the Holy Scriptures God does exist and He’s an all powerful God that can do all things. This paradigm didn’t change the way I view God and I don’t think it ever will. In the Paradigm Shifts section of the article the figure-grounds and ambiguous figure illusions penciled in most of my intention. The figure ground was the profile of two faces but in the middle it was actually a vase. Looking from both perspectives I saw both the vase and the two faces. The figure illusion was the profile of an old lady with a hat but at the time it was the profile of a young girl’s back with a hat on. I thought it was very interesting to stare at.