almost 10 pm on Tuesday evening, Feb. 15

Hello,
I truly apologize for such late notice and realize that some of you may not read this in time. I have hoped I would feel a lot better with resting most of the day, but I actually feel worse. I am going to cancel class tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb. 16th. I am attaching below the In Class Writing Response 2. Please complete and bring to class on Friday. Please take no longer than about 35 to 40 minutes to write the response. And again, I really do not like to cancel class, and if I have to, I never like to give you such late notice. See you Friday.

A. J. Jacobs’ Year of Living Biblically (video on TED Talks)

At the very beginning of his talk, Mr. Jacobs tells his viewers that he sees his life as a series of experiments. He continues by explaining why he chose to live his life as best he could (for a year) by taking everything written in the Bible literally. He offers many examples to clearly indicate how the task of living by the Bible, literally, proved extremely challenging and in many cases, impossible. He concludes his talk by relating some of the valuable lessons he learned from this experiment. One of these lessons is “thou shalt pick and choose” – put another way, live life in “cafeteria style.”

Briefly, but specifically, address the following three questions:

1. What does Jacobs mean when he recommends living life in “cafeteria style?”
2. Do you believe Jacobs’ year-long commitment to living biblically gives value to his recommendation to live life in a “cafeteria style”? Why or why not?
3. Do you believe Jacobs’ experiment was a well balanced and valuable one? Why or why not?