Minutes for February 19th by David

- Class began at 9:32a.m. with Girl Scout Cookies® and hand sanitizer
- Cory absent—all others present
- HW for next class – one question and answer from any story in Chapter 4
- Received HW from previous class – cover letter and resume
- Previous class minutes were read and passed with flying colors (ROYGBIV)

Class Discussion on Thinking Like a Mountain pg. 132

• What are your inner thoughts and feelings when you reach the summit of a mountain?
• Why might an aesthetically pleasing view release endorphins?
• Why does one wish to hike up to the top of a mountain or hill?

What is Science?

• A branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws*
• History of Science – Rome, Greece, Aristotle, Darwin

Religion vs. Science

• Science got lifted out of the Qur'an
• Claim that the Qur'an is predicting modern scientific discoveries.
• Used by many Muslims as a major proof for the divine origin of the Qur'an.**

Word To Know: Weltanschauung – World View

What are the basic elements of Science?

• Darwin vs. Christianity
• Is it a rabbit or bird!?
• All laws and rules may never be true and are limited by things like scope/range

What does it mean to think like a mountain?

• Thoughts about the future and how many generations after us will we affect?


Class closed at 10:48a.m.

* - Borrowed from www.merriam-webster.com
** - Borrowed from answering-islam.org