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“Revisions” (Stargate SG-1)

This assignment is based on the Stargate SG-1 episode Revisions.
  1. How accurate do you think you memories are? (Write at least one sentence.)
  2. How do you know for sure an evil alien or demon is not altering your memories? (This is a question a philosopher named Rene Descartes brought up hundreds of years ago.) Answer this question from your own point of view. (Write at least one sentence.)
  3. What is the video’s answer to the question above? (Write at least one sentence; skip this one if you didn't watch the video.)
  4. What are some other ways we could be fooled about the things we remember? Make a list of at least three ways.
  5. Can you trust our memory to show you that your memory are accurate? Why or why not? (Write at least one sentence.)
  6. Can we trust other people to tell us our memories are accurate? (Hint: Would we have to remember what they told us?) (Write at least one sentence.)
  7. In the show, how do the people in the dome find out their memories have not been accurate? (Write at least one sentence; skip this one if you didn't watch the video.)
  8. Do you think the SG-1 team could have the same weakness as the people in the dome did? Explain your answer. (Write at least one sentence; skip this one if you didn't watch the video.)
  9. Who is the only person who could make sure that both your memory and his memories are accurate? (Write at least one sentence.)
  10. What is the most reliable way that this person communicates with us? (Write at least one sentence.)
  11. What form does that message take for Christians? (If it is a book, what is the title of the book?) (Write at least one sentence. Give at least one Bible reference to support your answer, and paraphrase the passage or write down at least two verses from it. Explain how the passage supports your answer.)
  12. What does the Bible say about whether or not your memories are accurate? (Write at least one paragraph. Give at least one Bible reference to support your answer, and paraphrase the passage or write down at least two verses from it. Explain how the passage supports your answer.)
  13. What opinion did the villagers have about the SG-1 team before the link was removed? (Write at least one sentence; skip this question if you didn't watch the video.)
  14. How is this like the way non-believers sometimes view Christians? (Write at least one sentence. Give at least one Bible reference to support your answer, and paraphrase the passage or write down at least two verses from it. Explain how the passage supports your answer. Skip this question if you didn't watch the video.)
  15. Just because Christians look “crazy” to the outside world, does it mean we’re wrong? (Write at least one sentence. Give at least one Bible reference to support your answer, and paraphrase the passage or write down at least two verses from it. Explain how the passage supports your answer.)
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 21 March 2006 )
 
Copyright © 2005 by Darren Hom
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