Why is consumerism good?

Cindy is 18 years old. cindy's parents and her 23-year old brother rich are going away for the weekend. renee, cindy's best friend, is pressuring her to throw a huge saturday night party for all their friends since no one will be home. renee even asked rich if he could pick up a few kegs for them. rich brought back two kegs of beer, a bottle of vodka, and a few bottles of wine, which he hid in the basement. renee also spread the word around school for everyone to show up. cindy now has over $100 worth of alcohol hid in the basement, an empty house for the weekend, and several friends expected to show. what should she do?

Why do you think that historians use the word “revolution” to describe important changes in agriculture? how did the green revolution and other agricultural revolutions change the lives of billions of people? < < read less

An 8-year-old boy named “george” was diagnosed with a rare constellation of five auto-immunediseases; two of these diseases were terminal and could take his life. at the time of diagnosis, thediseases were very aggressive; he faced the possibility of being completely bed-ridden in the next couple of months and facing death within five months. however, george received aggressive treatments and experienced the support of a loving family. after two years of treatments, george began to be angry about his condition. one night, his older brother was goingto bed and he saw his younger brother on the floor. he nudged him and asked, “what are you doing? ” george responded that he was praying because he did not want to be angry at god. he then asked his older brother, “why did god allow these diseases to happen to me? ” the older brother then said, “let’s go and talk to mom and dad.” george approached his parents and posedthis question: “why did god give me all of these diseases? ”the mom and dad come to you and ask, "what should we share with our son? " consider the following questions as you complete your thread: what are the doctrinal issues to consider in this situation? how would these doctrines aid you in sharing with the parents? if the parents requested that you counsel their son, what information would you counsel george?