Phil 8 Quiz #1

1. I was in a serious relationship that lasted for over three years. This man meant the world to me and I used to believe that I would do just about anything for him. The first two years were amazing and conflict free. Until the last year came by and he started to what most people may refer to as, “showing true colors.” I would describe myself as a very strong willed person, but at the same time if I care about someone I put my heart into anything I do for them. Now, he knew this about me and eventually started to slowly manipulate me into doing whatever he wanted me to do. I was so in love with that man that I was so blinded by the actions he did towards me. It first started by him trying to blame me for things that went wrong in his life. Then, it gradually started to become more intense by him lashing out at me in public by yelling at me. All these bad situations happened when he drank, but in my mind I knew that’s never an excuse. I stood with him for so long dealing with this emotional toll he would put me through. I loved him so much even with him mistreating me. I was so emotionally attached to him, but I thought things through and understood that I was and still am worth more than that. I thought rationally and got out of the relationship immediately; although, it was painfully hard but I succeeded through. I’m done with the heart break and abuse, and I must say that’s one of the smartest decisions I ever made.

When I was a freshman in high school I was the most naïve and gullible person I knew. I remember after school I walked to the grocery store that was located near my school, and I went inside to buy a candy bar. When I exited the grocery store a little girl approached me asking me for money. I asked her why, mind you that she never told me. So, when I asked her why she told me that she was hungry and she wanted to go inside the store to buy a premade sandwich. I thought in my head, “Where is your family?” Nonetheless, I felt so bad that I took out my wallet and handed her a five dollar bill. I guess she saw more cash in my wallet because she asked for more money. Again, I couldn’t help but to feel pity, so I pulled out my ten dollar bill (which is all that I had left in my wallet) and handed it to her. She said thank you and God bless you and walked away. I started to walk towards home feeling good about myself, but I then looked back to see if she would enter the store and she did not. I saw her walk to the side of the grocery store. I walked over to the side to see where she was going and I saw the little girl give the money, I handed her, to a woman that seemed to be her mother. Beyond all that I saw her “mother” give her a high-five right after the little girl handed her the cash. I allowed my emotions to get the best of me and not really take a moment to analyze the situation and question it.

About two years ago I went to Seattle, Washington with my best friend. We travelled alone together. She and I love to venture out and meet new people. We arrived in Seattle and settled in our hotel room. That evening we decided to go out and go to a club. We took public transit to our destination and while we were waiting for our stop a man approaches us and started to talk to us. He seemed very interested in my friend. He looked our age and he seemed fairly normal, but I could not help to feel that something about him was off. I did not get a good vibe from him, for I did not know what his intentions were. Our stop was coming up and he wanted my friend and I to go to his place to drink. I said no because we had plans and that’s obviously not a smart decision. Although, my friend really found him attractive and she was actually considering wanting to go with him. I told her no and that was should stick to our original plans. Our stop came and she seemed so torn on her decision. I pulled her arm to follow me out of the train and the guy got upset. He got off the train too and started to follow us to where we were heading. My friend then realized that he was being creepy. My instincts told me that he was a complete psycho and I got us a taxi to take us to where we were going. I learned that perhaps wanting to be adventurous is not always the safest route to take.

2. One situation that was an unusual coincidence was when I was at work about two months ago, I was telling my coworker that I was super hungry and I happen to forget my wallet at home. The bad part was that I was closing up the shop so I was not going to be able to eat for about 6 hours. My coworker did not have any money to give me to buy something either. Half way through my shift this women comes in and tells me, “Hey, I work at the bakery right next door and my associate made too many donuts and bagels for the day. Do you or any of your staff want some?” I literally gasped and agreed to take them off her hands. Out of the all stores she could have gone to, to offer those pastries she came into mine. I seriously thought at the moment that God was answering my prayers and gave me food. Although, if a skeptic really looked at my situation they would say that the bakery is literally next door and the odds are more likely that they would go to you then go to the other stores around them. Especially if the store on the other side of them are a vegan/ organic medicine shop. This situation was convenience more than luck.

Another situation of an unusual coincidence would be when I went to Mexico about a year ago. I went to a famous cathedral in a major city and they were so famous because they are known to have a “treasure.” This treasure is a cloth that has Jesus blood. It is said that, that very cloth is the cloth that Mary Magdalene gave Jesus to wipe him face when he was carrying the cross on his back. Coincidentally the blood smudges on the cloth has a shape of a face, and it is believed that the face is the face of Jesus. A skeptic may say in this situation that (not to offend anyone or their beliefs) it is fake. That the church may have did it themselves. Or that it could be blood from someone else. The weird part is that they give stories about the cloth and how they got it, but they never stated what kind of testing they did to conclude that it’s Jesus’ blood.