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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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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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Monotheism – Cape Light Series of books by Thomas Kinkade and Katherine Spencer which centers around many Christian themes
Deism – Albert Einstein – Learning was his effort to get answers in a created by God but left to operate on it own unassisted
Naturalism – Jane Goodall and John James Audobon – Both studied chimpanzees and birds in nature as scientists
Nihilism – Thomas Ligotti – Known for his philosophical writings on the pointless human condition
Existentialism – Samuel Beckett – Proponent of the theory of Absurdism
Pantheism – Emily Dickinson an Elon Musk believe that everything is Spirit including God and that matter is merely an illusion
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Monotheism – My children enjoy the television series, Torch Lighters, which retells the stories of Christian missionaries in history that served the One True God and shared Jesus Christ within a particular tribe, nation, language or people group.
Deism – I believe we saw evidence of Deist belief in American culture during the Coronavirus pandemic. Some people demonstrated a complete trust and faith in the Coronavirus vaccines’ ability to heal and protect, while some people attacked and demonized those who refused vaccination by trusted in the One True God’s power to protect and heal (i.e., God’s ability to intervene in our lives).
Naturalism – I believe an example of Naturalism could be found in the movie, Planet of The Apes, in which actual apes move beyond their limited animal abilities and are able to communicate, reason, and lead others like humans.
Existentialism – I think an example of existentialism could be the American Dream. The belief that one’s own efforts, through hard work and persistence, without any influence from our True God or other gods, is the sole reason why an individual achieves a certain level of success. Furthermore, existentialist believe they are the sole authority and captains of their own destiny.
Nihilism – An Nihilist is essentially an atheist. An individual that does not believe in or acknowledge a God or gods, and further believes we each create our won values.
Pantheism – Modern Hindus and Buddhists are essentially pantheist. God is everywhere and everything.
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Monotheism – The Cross Centered Life by CJ Mahaney
Deism – Thomas Jefferson
Naturalism – The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Nihilism – Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
Existentialism – Jean-Paul Sartre
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Monotheism: The Bible
Deism: Thomas Edison
Naturalism: Big Bang theory
Nihilism: News
Existentialism: Bhudism
Pantheism: Yoga
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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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I think that the nihilist and the existentialist are most alike. This is because neither of them believe in a God, they believe that everyone is entitled to their own opinions and at the end of the day, the meaningfulness of life is not something that is objective truth. The thing that makes them different is existentialists believe that meaning can be created, where there is “nothing” in nihilism.
The two that I feel are the most different are nihilism and monotheism. Monotheists believe in a God that has his hand in the universe and that we as humans need to seek and find God in order to be a part of the afterlife. Nihilism doesn’t believe in an afterlife or that there is any meaning of life to begin with. A monotheist builds his life around meaning while a nihilist dismisses it
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I think monotheism and deism are most alike because they only believe in one god. They are also extremely different in their beliefs about God’s role in the world.
These worldviews couldn’t be any more different: Pantheism believes everything is attached to god (illusion of matter), while naturalism holds the idea that matter is all that exists (no god).
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The two most similiar are monotheism and deism because both theories site the same source of life (God). However, the differ from there. The two most dissimilar are monotheism and existentialism because one believes life and it’s source have a purpose and the other says life is meaningless and from nothing.
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existentialism and naturalism are alike in that there is not much meaning to life and things just happen to be.
Monotheism and Nihilsm are dissimilar in that monotheism would bring purpose and meaning into every area of life while nihilism would not bow down to an ultimate authority.
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Judaism & Christianity– mainly Jesus is the only differing factor. Any of the top 3 and pantheism.