Nabe’s (A)Nalysis of Melanie Mock’s article of Church and State

This piece seems to be geared towards those people of Christian beliefs that are for the combination of church and state. Melanie Mock tries to appeal to this particular audience by means of using a strong descriptive opening made up of positive adjectives to describe Christmas time. Pathos is represented more throughout than other rhetorical elements. Majority of the points claimed have some type of emotional tie to the author, For example, Mock claims “The reasons for my own beliefs are complicated, wrapped as they are in my church denominations history of persecution by church-states”. She seems to display her views through this article because of her background of beliefs rather than providing facts toward persuasion. It was particularly interesting and disappointing of how many times she used “I” to support her claim. After reading this article, I felt somewhat unsatisfied and unchanged by her arguments. Personally, I do not feel that this argument is very effective; Mock should have provided a more logos within her argument to have her audience to act on the separation Christmas and state.