1. How has religion influenced your life? Did you grow up in a specific religious tradition? If not, how was religion viewed by your family? 2. What compliments and criticisms do you have of your religion or of the way your family participated in or refrained from religion? 3. How much proof of a deity do you need to believe? Is scientific proof necessary? Is emotional experience enough? Are there those who have tried to argue you into believing what they believe (whether religious or other)? How successful was that? 4. Which of the philosophers that you read for this week most appealed to you? Why?
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