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Lesson OneWhat Are the Major Worldviews?3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoQuestions a Worldview Seeks To Answer - Part I3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeQuestions a Worldview Seeks To Answer - Part II3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourDistinctives of a Biblical Worldview3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FiveWhich Worldview Will You Choose?3 Activities1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
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Discussion Questions
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List a television show, a book, a friend’s opinion, or some other source that illustrates each of the six worldviews listed. Example: Deism—Neil Armstrong, the first man to step on the moon, indicated on a NASA form that he was a deist.
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Monotheism – The Bible
Deism – Thomas Jefferson
Naturalism – THe Orgin of Species
Nihilism – Friedrich Heinrich
Existentialism – Athiests
Pantheism – Hinduism
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To be precise, I came across two friends. One friend believed in Charles Darwin theory. Human come out through process natural selection. Human appear first like Apes. Then go the natural process till becomes of human being.
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Monotheism – The Bible is an example of monotheism. It holds that God is one God in three persons.
Deism – This makes me think of Christian Evolutionists that created the world, but have no hand in it.
Naturalism – I have friends that have a hard to understanding something to be created out of nothing. They say if it cannot be explained by science, then it cannot be.
Nihilism – This reminds me of the scriptures where it talks about the people doing what is right in their own sight. This is a thought that every moral law is not objectively true. It focuses on MY TRUTH.
Existentialism – I think of the person who buries themself in what the do to define meaning into their life. Identity in what they do and create.
Pantheism – This remind of star wars. Like using the force and everything around me is part of some sort of being.
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Monotheism books would include the Torah, Bible and Koran.
Deism-Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” states that God lives beyond the stars and not close to us.
Naturalism came to television with Carl Sagan’s program called Cosmos.
Nihilism song that comes to mind is “Riders on this Storm” by the Doors.
Existentialism song would be “I did it My Way”
Pantheism songs from John Lennon, “All you need is love”.
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The Legend of Bagger Vance is Pantheistic and loosely based on the Hindu sacred text the Bhagavad Gita. Monotheism is clearly the view of The Chosen Series, Thomas Jefferson was a famous Deist, Bill Nye The Science Guy is a Naturalist, Friedrich Nietzsche was a leader of existential thought, Clockwork Orange is a movie with Nihilistic view.
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Of the six worldviews listed, which two are most alike? Which two are the most dissimilar? Explain.
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Most alike: Nihilism & Existentialism as they both have no meaning in life
Most dissimilar: Monotheism & Pantheism
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Most dissimilar are monotheism and belief that God is sovereign and in control and gives us a purpose and nihilism…no God…nothing to live for.
Most alike…existentialism (being free from God) and naturalism (we evolved over time and in control of ourselves).
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Monotheism and Deism are the most similar in their affirmation of God or the existence of general deity. This causes moral law to be defined and consistent (for the most part) for the following disciples of each teaching.
Nihilism and Pantheism seem the most dissimilar. Nihilism being “nothing” and pantheism being “everything”. While for the nihilist nothing has meaning and everything is relative, for the pantheist everything has some form of value when everything is God/spirit.
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I think Nihilism and Existentionalism are most alike. Both views rely on self to figure out life and don’t believe any external forces have an effect.
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I would say Monotheism and Naturalism are the most different. One talks about God being the Creator, and the other is saying Science can explain everything. No deity exists outside of time, space, and matter for Naturalism.
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I think that the Nihilism and the Existentialism are similar because neither one believes in God. The Deism and the Pantheism are very different because the Pantheism belief focuses on mediation.
