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[Reliant121]

It's not about what you answer, it's how you answer it. To be fair, the exam board changed how it marked the questions. an example question would be:

"Marriage is an outdated institution" - How might a religious believer agree/disagree, and include your own opinion?

You'd then have to say how two different religious traditions (Catholicism, Hinduism etc.) Would respond to the statement, with direct reference to key terms and preferably quotes from given holy text if you can provide them, and then your own opinion on the end.

That actually sounds like a pretty decent exam on the subject.

The RE exam for our equivilant tests over here are less than stellar.

To be fair, I wouldn't have a clue on half of those things to be honest purely because half of the terms are not what we are taught. That exam paper would be a sinch with the right information, all it requires is rudimentary fact recollection. We have to suppose and interpret. Say I was answering the question I wrote above:

"Marriage is an outdated institution" - How might a religious believe agree/disagree. Include your own opinion.

Some Catholics would disagree, because they hold marriage as a sacrament. Marriages are performed in Churches and Chapels so it can be witnessed by god, as marriage is the most critical commitment between a couple. Marriages are an absolute union, evidenced from the vow "Till death do us part", and are the only way to show a strong enough commitment to a union in order to bear children, the ultimate aim of a union.

A Hindu might also disagree. Marriage is a critical "Samskar" (Sacrament) in Hindu teachings, and begins the critical second stage of life concerning the creation of a family. Hinduism teaches that marriage is an important duty to uphold, and remaining celibate is ill-advised.

Personally, I agree entirely with the statement. I believe that the union a couple chooses to take is their decision alone, and they should not have to answer to any given deity for not getting their partnership "sanctioned" in the eyes of said deity.



- even that wouldn't be a perfect answer.

[Lighthawk]

I downloaded an snes emulator and bunch of old games, ah the memories.

Though fuck, I thought Contra III was hard back in the day, trying to get used to playing it with a keyboard instead of a controller is killing me, literally.

[Mikey]

We're actually doing better than that; both of us want to try and work out our problems.

That's excellent.

It won't, thats the problem with it. Though seeing that I went untreated, it seems I did fairly well. The strain I had is supposed to kill about 15% of those who get it.

Come on, man... even Maryland has doctors.

[Deepcrush]

Come on, man... even Maryland has doctors.

They do, but due to budget cuts, my section lost medical coverage. So we only have emergency care now.

[Captain Seafort]

And something with a 15% fatality rate doesn't count as an emergency?

[Mikey]

Come on, man... even Maryland has doctors.

They do, but due to budget cuts, my section lost medical coverage. So we only have emergency care now.

Well, that sucks ass.

[Deepcrush]

And something with a 15% fatality rate doesn't count as an emergency?

Not in Maryland because there's an 85% chance of making a recovery. Now if I were a criminal or a minority the state would pay out the ass for me. But I'm not so its just a SOL situation. Been in worse though.

Well, that sucks ass.

Welcome to the welfare state.

[Mikey]

So they'd pay out the ass if your lungs filled up or had congestive heart failure, but they won't pay a small fraction of that for an office visit and a handful of antibiotics to prevent it? Yeah, that makes sense.

[Deepcrush]

So they'd pay out the ass if your lungs filled up or had congestive heart failure, but they won't pay a small fraction of that for an office visit and a handful of antibiotics to prevent it? Yeah, that makes sense.

Welcome to American healthcare.

[Tsukiyumi]

...Welcome to American healthcare.

Can I go now?

[Deepcrush]

[Aaron]

And I pass my course with 96%, Val also passed with 90%. In other news, I've learned that civvies might just be the most anal folk in the world (around boomsticks) and lever actions are rubbish.

[Sionnach Glic]

Congrats.

What test was it, if you don't mind me asking?

[Aaron]

Canadian Firearms Safety Course, required to be issued a non-restricted licence.

[Mikey]

What does "non-restricted" cover up in the GWN? Can you have a shotgun with a 12" barrel, or does that just mean SA longarms and such?