plural

[*the following has been sanitized to protect the guilty]

but not to me
well at least not
in this particular area of my life

what am I talking about
well someone forwarded me
a sermon given by a Christian Pastor
in which a portion of my life
was used as an anecdote
to illustrate a point
[I was aware in advance that it was being used]

now sermons are on many things
and anecdotes can be used either to
positively or negatively reinforce a point

an example of positive reinforcement would be
Jack did X which is a good thing, so you should do X

an example of negative reinforcement would be
Jack did X which is a bad thing and so you shouldn't do X
[negative reinforcement generally also carries with it]
[some mention of consequence]
[i.e. Jack did X, and that cause Y, you don't want Y do you?]

so I am going to ask you two questions
the first is to choose which of the following
was most likely [to you] the subject of the sermon
and
secondly was the anecdote used as an example of
positive or negative behavior
i.e. this is a good thing, or this is not a good thing

[Poll #67179]

*wicked grin*

[oh and sanitized means I took out identifiable details]