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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 Holiness of God by R.C. Sproul
Deism- Thomas Jefferson
Naturalism- Darwin
Nihilism-The Joker in The Dark Knight
Existentialism- Sartre
Pantheism- Pocahontas
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Monotheism – Hassidic Jews
Deism – Many college students who believe in God of their choosing that doesn’t require much response from them
Naturalism – Native Americans
Nihilism – Richard Dawkins
Existentialism – Jean Paul Sarte
Pantheism – Meditative Yoga
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monotheism–the Bible;
deism–Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin;
naturalism–Charles Darwin;
nilhism–Frederich Nietzsche;
existentialism–Kierkegaard;
pantheism–transcendental meditation
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Monotheism – Billy Graham
Deism – Isaac Newton
Naturalism – Charles Darwin
Nihilism – Friedrich Nietzsche
Existentialism – Samuel Beckett
Pantheism – Nancy Rerucha
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Monotheism – Pope Francis
Deism – Benjamin Franklin
Naturalism – Modern medicine
Nilhism – The Big Lebowski
Existentialism- Sartre Society
Pantheism – Baruch Spinoza
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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 would say that Judaism and Christianity are the most alike. They both believe in the God of Israel, that the Old Testament is God-breathed, and that a Messiah is the one that brings salvation, Jews just do not believe that Jesus was the Messiah and that they are still waiting on Him.
The most dissimilar are probably Christianity and Nihilism–primarily because of the origin story and how one believes that life is purposeless and the other believers that everything has a purpose.
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Monotheism & Pantheism are most dissimilar – they disagree deeply on God and His nature
Existentialism and Nihilism are most alike – they both lean towards a meaningless life.
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Monotheism & Deism both believe in a creator.
Naturalism says matter
is all that exists. Pantheism says matter is an illusion. So they are most dissimilar. -
Existentialism and Nihilism appear to be similar belief systems since both trend towards the meaninglessness of life. The slight difference being the existentialists are free to create their own meaning while the nihilist says nothing matters.
Monotheism and Pantheism are on opposite ends of the spectrum with the prior believing in one God and Creator of the universe and the later believing that God and the universe are the same thing (everything is God).
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Existentialism and Nihilism are most alike in that they both seem to have a meaningless of life. Nihilism debunks truth and positive values while bowing down to know authority or principle of faith. It is more of an attitude than philosophy. Existentialism has significance created from within and they both are centered on the individual and both do not believe in a creator.
Monotheism and Existentialism are most dissimilar because Monotheism believes in a creator of all things, and He is to be worshipped and trusted by faith. Existentialism says there is no creator and life is meaningless, and it’s all about the individual.