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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 – Billy Graham, Bishop Baron, Muhammad Ali
Deism- Thomas Jefferson
Naturalism – Clint Eastwood, John Muir
Nihilism – Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Marx (Satanic)
Existentialism- Hamlet (Shakespeares character)
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Monotheism – There is one true God who created the universe and is involved in the universe.
Deism – Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin considered themselves deists because they believed God created the world and then left it alone. “Let the chips fall as they may.”
Naturalism – The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. Matter came to existence on its own, life as we know it has just been a series of trail and error, survival of the fittest.
Nihilism – Fredrick Nietzsche is perhaps the most popular when it comes to Nihilism , believing that life has no meaning or value.
Existentialism – People believe you can create meaning and purpose in your lives by the decisions we make. I think most people today hold this belief, whether they even know it or not.
Pantheism – The ancient Hindu believe you can meditate and eventually reach a state where you become one with the universe. And “god” isn’t so much a being, but is all around us and is the universe itself.
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Monotheism – The Bible points to God’s orchestrated and planned redemptive goal for the World.
Deism – Many of my unbelieving friends would point to the fact that there is a God but have an incredibly low view of Him, thinking Him not to be concerned with their affairs or ability to impact the world around them.
Naturalism – The Big Bang Theory is a literally a show based on the premise of accidental particles (or people) colliding and forming a universe (or friend group).
Nihilism – The Big Lebowski.
Existentialism – This is a popular trend in modern entertainment, used to give credit to the “YOLO” mindset.
Pantheism – Any of the individuals who use numeration or stones to “discern” direction for their lives.
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Dmitri Mendeleev (1834–1907), Russian chemist and inventor. He is credited as being the creator of the first version of the periodic table of elements.
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Deism – Thomas Jefferson and Neil Armstrong
Monotheism – The Bible Christians
Naturalism – Charles Darwin. Carl Sagan
Nihilism – White a few of the news stations and reporters
Pantheism – Buddism and Hinduism
Existentialism – Atheists
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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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Deism & Monotheism – both believe in God, just not that He sits on the throne for both.
Naturalism & Monotheism – faith vs science -
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.
What is worse than the truth? Lies or deceptions or untruths mixed in with the truth. -
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.
