To Matt:
I felt that your blog post was really interesting, being able to explore the choices that correlate between faith and non faith was a very good idea. the one specific line i enjoyed was "She said that her mother had no sense of a afterlife, she had utterly no hope of ever seeing her beloved husband again. She abandoned all the faith she had after he died." i felt that this was very descriptive the thought of how she lost her faith, i was more curious as to what she had faith in to begin with which could have been a good question that you could have asked.
To Arden:
Your blog post as usual was very thoughtful. i felt your analysis was very strong and contained no "bubbles" but instead all somewhat deep thoughts. my favorite part was when you said "It is a helpful way for loved ones to gain emotional support. A Memorial or a funeral is a public display of acknowledgment of the persons life. Some are held with traditions and some not as much. I was intrigued by the religious tradition addressed in this interview. Due to my lack of knowledge about it in the fist place. From this conversation I began to search for excerpts from the Torah. Ideas of the after life seem to be vaguely discussed." i thought that you went above and beyond what most students would have done and actually did your own research into the subject of your specific religious afterlife beliefs.
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From Steven (protege)-
Im glad that you were able to really think deeply about this topic, and it is clearly represented in your analysis paragraphs (2 & 4). For example, in the second paragraph, you dont only analyze your mothers point of view, you follow up with some questions about how her point of view vs. our point of view would change the way we thought about certain ideas. You did a great job analyzing your dads opinion because you immediately connected it to utilitarianism and you were able to draw a conclusion about what he believes and follow that up by asking a relavant question.
However, i think that you made a pretty big assumption. You said, "The only reason we don’t react like that is because we are used to the idea, our understanding is much more broad". I actually personally dont think this. It doesn't freak me out, but it certainly is a scary idea. Its a little nerve wrecking to think of your body basically being put into a furnace and left to turn into ash. I still think your question is applicable, but i also might add onto it by asking besides our decisions, but about our beliefs based on culture and generation.
From Matt-
You did a nice job in this post Sharif. I liked how you really analyzed your interviews,You did a great job At building a contrast between your mother's /father's point of view and "our view's". You also asked some great questions.
However I disagree somewhat when you say "The only reason we don’t react like that is because we are used to the idea, our understanding is much more broad. We were lucky enough to grow up in a generation where tradition isn't something that is held to as high a standard as the ones before us, which allows us to be able to accept things the my mothers generation and culture really could not, which then begs the question how much does our culture/ generational norms effect our decisions?"
I think that in alot of ways we as a generation have still been made to believe in certain taboos of death. So which your statement is more then valid. I think we are more close minded then we even realize
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