12 Initiating Questions for Conversation in Akama’s Religion Classes (1) What are your feelings towards religion (or religio’) ?? (2) Do you have a clear and distinct sense of what your religion (or religio’) is ?? (3) What is your attitude towards other religions ?? (4) What do you think about the idea that the meaning of life is to understand and realize for yourself what the meaning of life is ?? (5) Do you think that life has meaning in itself or is it only the meaning(s) that we human beings assign to it. ?? (6) What is life as you presently understand it ?? (7) Do you think it is possible to have a settled answer that you find for yourself regarding the question: What is the meaning of life ?? (8) What is presently the most meaningful aspect of your life ?? (9) How do you find meaning in life ?? Where is the meaning of your life to be found ?? (10) How do you think this class may be useful to you in finding meaning in your life ?? (11) Have you ever seriously looked at what is meaningful in your life and asked real “soul searching” questions of yourself ?? (12) Do you have a core question that you are seeking to find some clarification on in your life ??