Response to Mazer

This reading was tough for me to get through. It wasn't because it was a hard read, I was expecting it to be much harder based on what we were told in class but it was relatively easy. The story itself is what was hard to stay focused on. I applaud the men that are part of the Power Team for thinking of a creative way to get their message out there and being so dedicated but I think they aren't the smartest tools in the shed. First, I highly doubt that these tricks are 100% real in any way. Second, if they are in fact 100% real then they are careless and teaching the young demographic they are aiming for bad things. I don't think they should go around breaking obnoxious amounts of ice with their head and bending steel with their teeth and then telling people if they believe in God they can have that strength too. That is going to give kids the wrong message and some daredevil is going to go try to do it because he will think he's protected by God and then end up dead. It's careless for these men to be doing this even when you think about their own risks, anything could go wrong and any time and someone could end up seriously injured or even dead. I think if they want to spread the Gospel they need to do it in a slightly less dangerous way or at least change their message. Mazer herself did an excellent job at displaying what the men are on stage doing, the message they are out there spreading and how effective it seems to be.