Reflection Question #9

The meaning of Christmas according to “The Nativity Story” and “Joy to the World” is the birth of the Holy Savoir, Jesus. The verses from the carol “Joy to the World” 

Joy to the World, the Lord is come!


Let earth receive her King;


Let every heart prepare Him room,
 

And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven and nature sing,


And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing

explain how the world is now filled with great joy and happiness because our savior has finally come to Earth. The Earth and the people finally received their king and so we must prepare to praise him. The last bit “Heaven, nature sing” talks about how glorious the birth of the Christ is and how everyone is praising this tremendous day. I believe Mary and Joseph had a huge role in the story of the birth of Jesus Christ. Obviously Mary was important because she was the mother of Jesus in human form. Joseph was important because he guided and protected Mary when traveling to Bethlehem so Jesus can be born safely. The Sheppards were necessary because they were one of the first to come see baby Jesus and this symbolizes how Jesus not only came for just the rich but also the poor—for everyone. The Persian astrologers were necessary because they were the ones who recognized the King and the savior and so followed the star and gave three special gifts to Mary. The bible and the movie explains Jesus as God’s son and the one who came to Earth to die for the ones who sin—to save his people. He is a great man that no one else can even imagine to become. He is none like the others. Jesus is one who loves, the one who only shows how to love. I believe that God sent Jesus to Earth in a form of a baby for people to feel more comfortable. Because Jesus grew up as a low status man, others felt more eased to go talk and spend time with him. Also, according to the bible, to save others from their sin, another human being must sacrifice himself. However, because everyone in Earth was a sinner from birth, there wasn’t anyone who could’ve died for others. Therefore, God sent Jesus as a human being so He can sacrifice himself for others. Thanks to God sending Jesus to his people, we can all celebrate Christmas, and praise the Lord :D.

Reflection Question #8

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/12/05/iran.nuclear/index.html?iref=allsearch

Recently in Iran, they called for a meeting to talk about the nuclear program. They have said they will make a nuclear program for a nuclear fuel cycle. As this talk was held in Turkey, United States and other cuntries do not believe Iran and thinks that they are actually trying to plan for a nuclear bomb. However, Tehran keeps denying the fact that the nuclear programs is for milititary reasons. One senate republican in the States announced how the United States is planning to go against Iran’s navy and air force if they decide not to cancel the nuclear program. As this nuclear talk between Iran and P5 +1 group was on hold for a year, Iran chose to open up and talk about it again. Along with this Islamic republic recently chose to make yellowcake that is usually used for nuclear objects. As Iran says its for their energy program, all the other countries think it’s acutlaly for a nuclear bomb. Beause the mine for yellowcake in Iran is limited, they do not have enough to produce a nuclear bomb. However, if Russia chooses to keep supplying them with this it can cause a problem.

http://www.jamejamonline.ir/en/newstext.aspx?newsnum=100892736918

This article was written in the Iran point of view about the Iran declaring nuclear talks. In this article, it pointed out how they will not be talking about the nuclear issue with the P5+1 because it has been resolved already. It also points out Clinton announced that the talk will have to for sure negotiate about the nuclear program. Furthermore this article states out about certain nuclear fuel exchanges between Iran and other countries. In conclusion, it wraps up by saying they will not be talking about the nuclear program with the P5+1 but will be talking about nuclear swaps.

Between these two articles, there were many differences compared to similarities. Both articles were about Iran holding a talk with the P5+1 about the nuclear program. As the US version, it says they will be talking about Iran's plans of how they will be using their nuclear sources, the Iran version opposes to this. In the Iran article, it states how they will not be talking about it, but rather just talk about nuclear fuel exchanges. The article from CNN states about the fuel exchanges but did not say that the talk will be about it, and rather to talk about how they should somehow stop this. Also, in the US version of this topic, they announced their opinion about Iran's nuclear program. They actually think it is for a nuclear bomb plan, so Iran's navy and air force could be powerful. Again, the Iran version did not include this portion because this statement goes against their facts.