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**CUT the evil**

Challenge #1
===1. Choose a team name. Your team name must have something to do with the themes of the 10 Commandments, The Beatitudes or Good and Evil. ===

2.List 3 - 5 laws that you know of: Why do we have laws? How do they help us to live better and more safely? What would life be like if we didn't have laws in society?
===- No Killing, So no one dies and is affected by the loss. === ===-  No Stealing, So no ones goods are gone. === ===-  No Drugs, So no one overdoses or becomes addicted. ===

===3. Read the following short stories about the exodus from a children's website...these will help you get the background you need to understand the 10 Commandments: (Read through the stories in pairs/groups and disucss your answers, but each of you is to record and label your own response.) ===

3) Remember to keep holy the day of the LORD
===4) Honour your mother and father === ===5) You shall not kill === ===6) <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">You shall not commit adultery ===

7) <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">You shall not steal
===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">8) <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">You shall not bear false witness against thy neighbour === ===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">9) <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">You shall not covet your neighbours wife === ===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">10) <span style="background-color: #b300ff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> You shall not covet your neighbour's goods ===

===<span style="background-color: #beff66; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Make a list of all the commandments which are stated in the negative (eg "Thou shalt NOT") - for each of these, re-write them as a postive commandment to guide us in how we should live today. (As an individual - re-write each negative commandment into a positive and label your own work. === ===<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">1) <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I the LORD am your God. I Shall Be your only God === ===<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">2) <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">You Shall use my name only for good === ===<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">3) <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Remember to keep holy the day of the LORD ===

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">5) <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">You shall help your neighbour's
===<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">6) <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">You shall stay truthful to your wife/husband ===

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">7) <span style="background-color: #b300ff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">You shall buy what you need
===<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">8) <span style="background-color: #b300ff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">You shall tell the truth about your neighbour === ===<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">9) <span style="background-color: #b300ff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">You shall respect your neighbour's wife ===

===<span style="background-color: #beff66; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">5. For homework, you and your partner must locate images/headlines of people who are NOT following the 10 Commandments. Paste links or images onto your team page and provide an explanation of what the image/headline is telling us about people who have NOT followed the commandments. Explain how a failure to follow the Commandments, in general, impacts on modern society. (Locate images/stories/headlines together, but you each must write and label your own explanations) ===

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/osama-bin-laden-dead-reports/story-e6frg6so-1226048340687
=<span style="background-color: #beff66; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Challenge #2 =

===<span style="background-color: #beff66; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">2. Read "The Beatitudes" as found in Matthew 15: 1 - 12 [|The Beatitudes: Matthew 5: 1 - 12]. Also, read through the two explanations of the Beatitudes found on the Wiki's "Beatitudes" page. ===

<span style="background-color: #beff66; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">- Discuss what you have read in your team.
===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart,for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. ===

===**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">What we read were the Beatitudes Jesus preached about. He taught us by being humble, meak etc. we are rewarded by our Father **===

<span style="background-color: #beff66; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">**- As a team, construct a list of synonyms for the words "Blessed" and "Happy" - you can make two separate lists, upload a table, or do a word web or mind map - be creative! You can start with what is in your heads, and add to this using an online tool such as [|Synonyms online].** <span style="background-color: #beff66; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">**- Explain what the Beatitudes mean. You must write in complete sentences and use some of your synonyms in your response. (Individually, what does each Beatitude mean? As a whole - What do they mean for us as Christians?...)(Type and label your own answer)**


 * ** Synonyms **
 * for **
 * Blessed: ** || ** Synonyms **
 * for **
 * Happy: ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">-Fortunate **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">-Golden **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">-Holy ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">-Blessed **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">-Blissful **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">-Bright ** ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; color: #000000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Daniel: Beatitudes means supreme blessedness,blissfulness,brightness and exalted happiness **


 * <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Pawil: The beatitudes Guide and point us and teach us about the values of god and shows us that christ cares about us. These values if followed, can not only bring a believer into a state of peace and happiness but they Give us right **
 * <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">into the kingdom of God. **


 * ===<span style="background-color: #beff66; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Read this passage "The Widow's Offering" and explain in a short paragraph which Beatitudes are illustrated through this passage: [|The parable of the Widow's Offering M][|ark 1: 41-44] [|Explanation of the parable] (You will receive a C or less on this part of the criteria if you choose this option). ===
 * ===<span style="background-color: #beff66; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">OR using your bibles, or searching online, locate a parable or other passage in the New Testament which illustrates one or more of the values from the Beatitudes. Try this as a starting point: [|List of parables] . Describe in your own words which Beatitudes are illustrated in your chosen parable. (for an A or B you must do this option). ===

===<span style="background-color: #beff66; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">4. What does it mean to be marginalised or outcast? As a team make a Venn Diagram or other chart which compares who the outcasts or marginalised were in Jesus' time, and who are those left on the margins of society today. (for example... a widow or a tax collector was an outcast in Jesus' time - today, it might be the or refugees. ===



===<span style="background-color: #beff66; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">OR think about society today - write your own description of a real life situation where someone is outcast or marginalised. Then, explain how this situation illustrates or relates to the Beatitudes today. ===
 * ===<span style="background-color: #beff66; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Read one of the scenarios about Human Rights and Children from Amnesty International linked here: [|Scenarios] .Explain in a short paragraph how this relates to the Beatitudes today. (C response...) ===

**<span style="background-color: #beff66; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">2. Brainstorm and create a list of synonyms( words with a similiar meaning) for each of the following terms **
===**<span style="background-color: #beff66; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Good: **<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Honourable,good,respectable,worthy === ===**<span style="background-color: #beff66; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Evil: **<span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Bad,wicked,vicious === ===**<span style="background-color: #beff66; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Conscience: **<span style="background-color: #d039d0; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Duty,censor,principles, right and wrong ===

===**<span style="background-color: #beff66; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">3. Paste onto your team page two media items( movie,link,clip,)... one that portrays good and the other evil. **===

**<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Pawil: Batman vs The joker portrays good and evil. **

 * <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFNlu5b6PPg **

**<span style="background-color: #beff66; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">For each media item, EXPLAIN why each item portrays "good" or "evil" **
===**<span style="background-color: #beff66; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Write a 300 word reflection statement on the following: "What is often accepted as "good" in society is not always "good" in Christian life". Refer to an aspect of mainstream society that your conscience tells you might be acceptable for others, but you know in your heart isn't quite right (eg, consumerism, only wanting name brands, casual/binge drinking, damage to the environment, focussing on being "popular", etc...). Each group member should focus on a different aspect of society to reflect on. **===

**<span style="background-color: #beff66; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Embed a hyperlink to that song /lyrics on your team page. (see the wiki "help" section for how to hyperlink. **

 * <span style="background-color: #b300ff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Keep Ya Head Up - 2Pac **
 * <span style="background-color: #b300ff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfXwmDGJAB8 **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I give a holler to my sisters on welfare **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Tupac cares, if don't nobody else care **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">And uhh, I know they like to beat ya down a lot **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">When you come around the block brothas clown a lot **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">But please don't cry, dry your eyes, never let up **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Forgive but don't forget, girl keep your head up **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">And when he tells you you ain't nuttin don't believe him **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">And if he can't learn to love you you should leave him **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Cause sista you don't need him **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">And I ain't tryin to gas ya up, I just call em how I see em **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">You know it makes me unhappy (what's that) **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">When brothas make babies, and leave a young mother to be a pappy **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">And since we all came from a woman **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I wonder why we take from our women **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Why we rape our women, do we hate our women? **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I think it's time to kill for our women **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Time to heal our women, be real to our women **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">And if we don't we'll have a race of babies **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">That will hate the ladies, that make the babies **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">And since a man can't make one **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">So will the real men get up **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I know you're fed up ladies, but keep your head up **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">[Chorus] **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Keep ya head up, oooo child things are gonna get easier **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">ooooo child things'll **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">get brighter [2x] **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Aiyyo, I remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing ta me **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">He had me feelin like black was tha thing to be **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">And suddenly tha ghetto didn't seem so tough **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">And though we had it rough, we always had enough **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Ran with the local crew, and had a smoke or two **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">And I realize momma really paid the price **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">She nearly gave her life, to raise me right **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">And all I had ta give her was my pipe dream **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Of how I'd rock the mic, and make it to tha bright screen **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I'm tryin to make a dollar out of fifteen cents **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">It's hard to be legit and still pay tha rent **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">And in the end it seems I'm headin for tha pen **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I try and find my friends, but they're blowin in the wind **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Last night my buddy lost his whole family **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">It's gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">It seems tha rain'll never let up **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I try to keep my head up, and still keep from gettin wet up **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">You know it's funny when it rains it pours **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Say there ain't no hope for the youth and the truth is **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">it ain't no hope for tha future **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">And then they wonder why we crazy **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I blame my mother, for turning my brother into a crack baby **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">We ain't meant to survive, cause it's a setup **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">And even though you're fed up **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Huh, ya got to keep your head up **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">[Chorus] **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">And uhh **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">To all the ladies havin babies on they own **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I know it's kinda rough and you're feelin all alone **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Daddy's long gone and he left you by ya lonesome **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Thank the Lord for my kids, even if nobody else want em **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Cause I think we can make it, in fact, I'm sure **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">And if you fall, stand tall and comeback for more **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Cause ain't nuttin worse than when your son **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">wants to kno why his daddy don't love him no mo' **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">You can't complain you was dealt this **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">hell of a hand without a man, feelin helpless **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Because there's too many things for you to deal with **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Dying inside, but outside you're looking fearless **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">While da tears, is rollin down your cheeks **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Ya steady hopin things don't fall down this week **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Cause if it did, you couldn't take it, and don't blame me **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I was given this world I didn't make it **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">And now my son's getten older and older and cold **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">From havin the world on his shoulders **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">While the rich kids is drivin Benz **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I'm still tryin to hold on to my survivin friends **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">And it's crazy, it seems it'll never let up, but **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffeb00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">please... you got to keep your head up **

===**<span style="background-color: #beff66; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">EXPLAIN how that song promotes good. Make sure you quote specific lines from the song and explain those lines. **===


 * <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">The Song 'Keep Ya Head Up' by 2Pac is a song which talks about respect to women. It is a message to both them and men, to treat them right, and for the women to 'keep their heads up'.it mentions how the world treats each other, and notes how women are subjected to denied basic rights, rape, hate, abuse and worse, and more importantly, how this should stop. **

**<span style="background-color: #beff66; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Copy and paste the scripture passage and its bible reference onto your team page. **
===**<span style="background-color: #beff66; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Write about a time in your life when you had a choice whether or not to "do good". Explain how applying this scripture passage to your life may have helped you with that choice (ie, you didn't choose good, but on reflection could have; or you did choose good, what influenced you?) **===