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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- are the three major religions of the world. (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) These religions focus on God. The importance of everlasting life after death.
Deism- Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin asserted that God didn’t intervene with human affairs.
Naturalism- Charles Darwin’s belief that that life keeps evolving.
Existentialism – Jean-Paul Sartre belief that God doesn’t work exist. We create our own meaning.
Pantheism- Hindu that believe that we reach the universe by mediation.
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Monotheism- the Bible
Diesm- Benjamin Franklin
Naturalism- Charles Darwin
Nihilism- Friedrich Nietzsche
Existentialism- Atheists
Pantheism- New age yoga
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Monotheism – The Christian who lives a life for Jesus and holds to the word of the Bible.
Deism – Thomas Jefferson believed that God made the world but does not interfere with the world.
Naturalism – Darwin put out the thoughts that the world came about by chance. He denied this belief on his death bed.
Nihilism – Friedrich Nietzsche philosopher said there is no authority or need to have faith in anything other than self.
Existentialism – Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) as an Existentialist Philosopher. In the public consciousness, at least, Sartre must surely be the central figure of existentialism.
Pantheism – They believe god is all and all is god.
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Deism – me before I knew that God actually runs the world and that everything is his servant
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Monotheism – Blue Bloods – shows Sunday dinner and prayer
Deism – someone who believes that there was a supreme being who created the Earth, but he has total control of his own decisions
Naturalism – The Big Bang Theory – proof for things rather than belief in God
Nihilism – Anything on the news
Existentialism – Life has no meaning
Pantheism – New Age Movement
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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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Monotheism and Deism are similar in that both believe in a single God.
Pantheism would be the extreme opposite of Monotheism. Pantheist believe that everything is God.
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I find that those which are existential all seem very much alike. In fact, when I discuss with my New Age type friends sometimes it all runs together. On the other hand, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are so close sometimes I can’t see why we cant come together better. All of us in these three beliefs are children of Father Abraham.
I feel that, as a Christian, I have more problems talking with existentialists of any type, especially nihilists because many of them figure it doesn’t matter which path you follow as long as you follow it “religiously”. -
Monotheism & Deism are most alike because they both believe in one God.
Naturalism & Pantheism are most dissimilar because…naturalism believes matter is all that exists & pantheism believes that everything that exists is God (Spirit). Matter is an illusion.
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Monotheism and pantheism are the most similar because they both believe in one God, just different aspects of God
And monotheism and nihilism are the most dissimilar because one believes in God while the other does not -
I think monotheism and pantheism are similar because they both see God as Spirit and in meditation even though their mediations may differ. The two that are dissimilar are deism and naturalism in that deists believe in a Creator God, while naturalists believe in random chance.
