How do you convince and persuade people? Give me some names of authors who have written books on this art?
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http://usa2.ebooks.com/ebooks/book_display.asp?IID=196634\nhttp://www.1000ventures.com/business_guide/crosscuttings/persuading_people.html\nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471647977/103-1664850-9931033?v=glance&n=283155\n\nBauer, Joel; Levy, Mark\nVadim Kotelnikov
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Read Wilton Barnhardt's "Gospel".  In my opinion, it is of the same ilk (this isn't a new genre at all) but better, as I prefer his prose.\n\nI also think you could include new author Elizabeth Kostova, who just published a thriller in the same vein.\n\nThere have been many other authors who have written what I call "conspiracy novels" about the nature of Christ.\n\nThere are also some old school books like "The Talisman" by Sir Walter Scott, and "The Robe" by Lloyd Douglas.  The Talisman is really old school (almost 200 years old) and traces a coin that was won in the gambling at Christ's feet through the ages and its transport to Scotland with the heart of Robert the Bruce (in reality, the coin exists, in the bossom of our Clan Chief, Lockhart, in Ayrshire, Scotland).\n\nPoke around, there is lots of material including one novel about the a new set of dead sea scrolls that has Jesus's bones turn up in the tomb of Joseph...etc.\n\nAnd according to court accounts, you can read "Holy Blood, Holy Grail", which Brown is accused of plagiarising (remember the flap about Harry Potter being plagiarised?
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I like you're question. I wish more people thought this way. Thanks for the stimulation! I think people should think, think and think some more until they really understand what something represents and what the sources are of what ever is being taught.
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Firstly, look at how the ad is organized, where everything is placed (text at the bottom or top?). Next determine what the purpose of that ad is. What does it want the reader to believe? How does it attempt to persuade you to believe that? (colors, objects, text).\n\nHope I could help you.
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From what I've read there is a book about Islam and author wanted to have some images in it but no one will accept to paint.\nThe newspaper held some kind of competition about who dares to draw a caricature of Mohammad and paublished the result.\nIt seems that they have heard somethings about the Islamic rules around drawing Mohammad pics.
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I'm a bit rusty on langauge arts, but here goes nothing:\n\nMany of C.S. Lewis' writings allude to the Bible, and have gained popularity among church groups because of this.
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Bondage.com has a lot of info in their forum sections..  some filtering is needed as in any forum, but for the most part, the community is well monitored and there are moderators who shutdown inappropriuate discussions.  Safe, sane and consensual are the main ideas!!\n\nMany good books are sold by Blowfish (www.blowfish.com)
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An examination of the main character, Meursault, in "The Stranger" by Albert Camus would be excellent.  The book is a quick read, only about 120 pages or so.   One theme of the book deals with people's perceptions and the idea that just because people think something to be true does not make it true.  \n\nMany people judge the guilt of the main character based on certain observations of his behaviour, but none that should factor into his culpability regarding a certain act he commits.    \n\n(If you choose this topic, buy the Cliff Notes to read after you have read the book.  Quite fascinating.)
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Writers...don't believe me?\n\nResearch into the "Real World" series.\n\nThere are accounts of the writers putting thoughts into peoples heads to make them fight and have arguments.
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I suggest you check out the following resources:\n\nArt Business News (this is a big industry publication) http://www.artbusinessnews.com\nThe Business of Art book by Lee Caplin http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735200130/qid=1144751440/sr=1-8/ref=sr_1_8/102-8688497-6893719?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
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It really depends on who you want to convince...if it's someone you love/relative...usually the way to convince is to back off and show that you are not demanding but taking their wants into consideration (it really works in reverse).  However, if it's a professional or academic person that you want to convince, logic works best in your arguments. See to it that your logic has no flaws.  In business, you can convince people to your point of view if you let them see how the proposal/arrangement works to benefit their interest.\n\nWhen it comes to personal beliefs though, it becomes much harder to convince other people to adopt the same so you have to check on how committed they are to their beliefs or religion first.  As they say, you cannot seduce a happy man.
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Look up Simone Weil - or Truth is Beauty.  There's some fun philosophical stuff about it, all relating to reality and faith / lack of faith.  You could just blow your teacher's mind - fundamentally all is one and one is all.  Have fun.
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does your school prohibit giving them a book reference about that topic straight up?  I know it is a touchy subject.\nI would say, just have a lecture about a subject touching the topic.  Then say if you want to learn more about it I would highly recommend this.  That way you aren't telling them to buy it.  And the people who are interested in it will buy it.
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Man, loaded but great question.\n\nThere is not enough truth to convince people of anything they don't want to believe when it comes to God.  Its a faith based system, by his design.  Ever asked yourself why faith?\n\nBecause to truely put our faith in God, seeing him from a lost perspective, requires that we set aside our "me" mentality.  We have to put our faith in this thing we don;t understand based on information that seems less than convincing (from a lost perspective.)  But this all important step is all that is asked of us.\n\nBetter to pray the spirit call to a person's heart and start working on them to ask questions, than to seek truth to convince those who have already decided they want nothing to do with God.  We are truely powerless over others is swaying their beliefs.  All we can hope for is to plant seeds and allow the spirit to go to work.\n\nread through some of the posts on here.  Its CRAZy.  People are daring you to "make them believe" in God.  Its not possible.  It wasn;t meant to be possible.  Its a faith based thing.  Free Will + Faith = Individual Decision.\n\nI know I didn't answer your question directly, but trying to accumulate enough knowledge to "win souls" will be a really frustrating endeavor that will ultimately bring you back to realizing The Holy Spirit does ALL the work in a salvation experience.
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This guy - the founder of the art. He has a great story - Masutatsu Oyama, born Yong I-Choi. Check it out - it is fascinating! http://www.answers.com/kyokushinkai?gwp=11&ver=2.0.0.442
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Well I think that you need to formulate a thesis before you can make a title. It would be best to focus on his art work, since they were so captivating and often political. The Mystic, the artist, the visionary poet, William Blake. Something like that will suffice..or you can play on his view of religion and mysticism..William Blake: God and the paint brush.   \nHope that helps.
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People who have absolutely no idea will scream, "LIES" without even reading the book or investigating the history behind it. From what I was able to find, here is what's true and what's not:\n\n- Gnostic Gospels: True, except the text in the Gospel of Mary Magdaline where is says, "Jesus kissed Mary on the lips" is actually, "Jesus kissed Mary on the (hole in parchment)". Brown took a liberty here. Also, there are several references in the Gnostic gospels as well as the bible itself that refer to Jesus "favoring" Mary Mag but they don't go into detail...leaving room for speculation.\n\n- Priory of Sion: A real org., however every bit of information about links it to one of 3 men in the 1950s, and there's no information or reference of the org before that. It's thought to be a hoax.\n\n- Myth of Jesus's Family: The book is correct that Mary Mag was not a prostitute. The bible makes absolutely no reference to that at all. As for the legend of Mary Mag fleeing to France, the only evidence that I know of is a reference in a 15th century book, and an old French myth. Supposedly she had a daughter named Sara, which in Hebrew means Princess. So, the conclusion could be reached that she was the child of Jesus, but its a bit of a stretch.\n\nDa Vinci: Some agree 100% that Mary Mag is in the painting of the last supper. Several art historians claim that during the Rennesaunce (spelling) John was often painted feminine.\n\nConstantine: This was about 80% true from my research. Yes, Constantine formed the Christian religon as it is now (more or less). History is a little fuzzy though as to how much involvement he had choosing which books to include in the bible (some say it was him alone, some say it was several people over several years). However, he DID remove all other religions claiming to follow another messiah, and shape the Christian religion the way he wanted it and make it mainstream. Whether that's following God's influence or a personal agenda, you decide.\n\nOver all, as for the history and theory part of the book I'd say its about 50% fact, 40% legend-theory-assumption, and 10% false. Dan Brown even admits that, "the opinions in the book are conclusions drawn by the characters". He is himself a Christian.\n\nNow...isn't that better than an angry Christian screaming "LIES" when they don't have a clue what they're talking about?