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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 ministry of Fellowship of Christian Athletes (the organization I work for) operates from a monotheistic (and specifically Christian) worldview.
- Deism: Albert Einstein was an example of someone who believed in a God but did not believe God to be personal or knowable.
- Naturalism: The show Limitless with Chris Hemsworth (featuring Chris Hemsworth) promotes a naturalistic worldview. The last episode, entitled Acceptance, features Chris Hemsworth wrestling with his fear of mortality and his held belief that there is nothing after death.
- Nihilism: The character, The Joker, from the Batman comics and movies would be an example of a nihilistic character who throws off traditional morality and rejects any concept of good and evil.
- Existentialism: The Myth of Sisyphus (which is a 1942 philosophical essay by Albert Camus) is an example of a story written from an existentialist worldview, highlighting the meaninglessness and the absurdity of life and the need to discover one’s self-created meaning.
- Pantheism: The Baghavad Gita (ancient Hindu scripture) is an example of a book written from a pantheistic worldview.
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monotheism – bible, my church, FCA
Deism – Thomas Jefferson, some college friends
Naturalism – Big Bang Theory tv show
Nihilism – politics and many parts of current american culture of objective truth
Existentialism – Nietzshe
Pantheism – New Age Movement, Star Wars movie philosophies
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Monotheism – The Chosen is a Christian show based on Jesus Christ and his time on earth.
Deism – Bruce Almighty is a movie that ultimately includes many “faiths” so it would highlight that there is a god, but that he /she is whatever we want them to be, including staying out of our everyday life.
Naturalism – Anything that involves Charles Darwin and the theory of evolution – Seems like the Planet of the Apes movies would be an example of this.
Nihilism – The Big Lebowski discusses this worldview.
Existentialism – Crime and Punishment, although I have yet to read it, would be an example of a book that includes existentialist worldview.
Pantheism – The Star Wars movies would be an example of Pantheism.
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Diesm – thomas jefferson
Monotheism – the Bible
Naturalism – bill nye the science guy
Nihilism – my brother
Existentialism – atheists
Pantheism – new age movement stuff
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Monotheism – an old friend of mine was a unitarian; she believed Jesus was special but not our Savior
Deism – according to a google search, many of our founding fathers were deists, like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
Naturalist – Charles Darwin – theory of evolution
Nihilism – the movie Groundhog Day – same day over and over with no meaning, slips into depression, suicidal
Existentialism – a coworker of mine claims to be an atheist, believing in no God; however, he is always curious about our Christian beliefs. I think he feels he has to believe no God because his wife and her family do.
Pantheism – I had a Hindu friend in college. I remember sharing the Gospel with her. She listened, but I don’t know if she would ever have the courage to believe something different than her family.
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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 the two most alike are deism and naturalism in that each world has a beginning, but progresses on its own.
The two most dissimilar might be Christianity, with its foundation in a God who has revealed absolute truth, and nihilism where there is no objective truth to be understood and embraced.
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Monotheism says God is the creator and exist. Nihilism says he doesn’t. Both Nihilism and existentialism share the same viewpoint
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I think a lot of people would say Christianity and naturalism but I think it would actually be Christianity and nihilism. The vast majority of the natural world can be explained through natural means, even by Christian standards but nihilism and Christianity are in stark contrast to each other when it comes to why things matter.
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I think Christianity and Judaism, One is directly based on the other and the difference solely relies on their views of one man and who he is. Ideally they have the same values and concerns with the world yet a different view on Jesus.
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There are several ways to answer this, but I’m going to go with….
Nihilism and existentialism are the most similar because both basically view life as meaningless.
Monotheism and naturalism are exceptionally dissimilar because they differ from the very beginning of existence.