DB FORUM BOARD INTERACTION 1

Moralistic Therapeutic Deism This discussion board will serve as the first of your interactions with the text and your classmates and will assist you in thinking through one of the prevailing worldviews in American culture. Christian Smith calls this “moralistic therapeutic deism.” After watching the presentation titled Moralistic Therapeutic Deism, respond to the following prompt:

• Do you think Moralistic Therapeutic Deism is an accurate reflection of society today?
• What are relevant examples you can provide that support your conclusion?

In your discussion, indicate to which of the points of Moralistic Therapeutic Deism you are responding throughout your post. You must contribute to the discussion in at least 2 posts of between 200–300 words each.Submit your 2 interactions by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday.

DB Interaction Instructions are attached

Following is the link to the presentation mentioned above, which can be found on itunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/introduction-to-christian/id555392904

You will post written replies to at least 2 students’ threads from Module/Week 1. Responses should include a new topic that was not discussed in the thread, including the page number of the concept, its benefit(s) to the organization, and how the application of the topic reflects God’s purpose or design.

Attached are the 2 Discussion Board threads that I chose.