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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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Abraham monotheism, Edward Herbert deism, John Dewey naturalism, Paul Tillich existentialism, stoics pantheism, Ivan Turgenev nihilism
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Monotheism – Charles Spurgeon. Famous pastor.
Deism – Thomas Jefferson famously cut out miracles of Jesus from his bible because they contradicted his belief that God does not interfere with the natural order.
Naturalism – Charles Darwin
Nihilism – Friedrich Nietzsche
Existentialism -Nicola Abbagnano
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Monotheism – Tim Tebow is outspoken about his Christian faith.
Deism – Thomas Jefferson was rather notable for his deism.
Naturalism – Big Bang Theory takes this stance, but occasionally wrestles with it. Also, Richard Dawkins – very outspoken.
Nihilism – No Country for Old Men – depicts a murderer with no remorse.
Existentialism – “Life is what you make it.”
Pantheism – Yoga is growing in popularity all around the country. -
Monotheism: Elisabeth Elliot – “Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.” The Bible.
Deism: Thomas Pain author of Age of Reason
Naturalism: movie Raging Bull – character Jake La Motta
Nihilism: tv show House – character Gregory House
Existentialism: movie The Truman Show – character Truman Burbank
Pantheism – Marcus Aurelius – “Never forget that the universe is a single living organism possessed of one substance and one soul, holding all things suspended in a single consciousness and creating all things with a single purpose that they might work together spinning and weaving and knotting whatever comes to pass.” -
Monotheism – The Bible
Deism- Thomas Payne
Naturalism –Linnaeus
Nihilism – Gorgias
Existentialism- Oprah
Pantheism –Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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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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Christianity and Judaism seem to be the most similar, although they differ on Jesus as the Messiah. Both recognize the Old Testament as truth.
Christianity which explains the meaning of life and existentialism finds no meaning in life seems to be most dissimilar.
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Monotheism and Deism both recognize a creator.
Monotheism vs. Nihilism seems to be the most dissimilar. Nihilism appears to reject anything and everything.
Most of these worldviews contain elements of truth.
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I believe that Christianity and Judaism seem to be the most similar. They both believe in the same God. They are both involved and each other’s stories. Jesus quotes the pentateuch several times thus bringing the two together. The only difference is the ending of the story.
Naturalism and pantheism seem to be diametrically opposed. Naturalism believing that matter is reality or truth proven through science. Pantheism believes matter is an illusion and all that exists spirit.
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Nihilism and Existentialism are very similar to me because neither value life and view the word as absurd and have no moral values.
Judaism and Christianity are the most similar because they both state hope is in the Messiah. -
I think Deism and Naturalism have a lot in common. Both believe in the idea that humans are intelligent beings that are capable of autonomy and in the reality of nature playing a large role in their beliefs about what is real and who we are.
The most most dissimilar are Monotheism and Nihilism. Monotheists believe in a Creator, in human beings having inherent value as image bearers of God as well as purpose in being in relationship with their God, and having a knowable and hopeful future. Nihilists believe essentially all the antithesis of these things — that we don’t have meaning, morals, purpose, or a knowable future.
