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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 – Emperor Beyond the Sea (Chronicles of Narnia)
Deism – Clockwork Universe Theory
Naturalism – Spore (video game)
Nihilism – The Stanley Parable (video game)
Existentialism – “Let It Go” by Elsa (Frozen)
Pantheism – Appealing to/looking for signs from the “universe” (How I Met Your Mother) -
Monotheism: The Passion
Deism: a terrarium left on its own in a specific location
Naturalism: The Origin of Species
Nihilism: the thought of Sartre
Existentialism: played with in The Truman Show
Pantheism: Avatar -
Monotheism – the Chosen
Deism – the idea of Karma?
Naturalism – many of my college professors
Nihilism – the majority of Hollywood
Existentialism – when people say they need to “find themselves”
Pantheism – a friend of mine from college is Hindu -
Monotheism- Bible (which includes the Pentateuch), and the Koran
Deism- The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine
Naturalism- The Origin of Species
Nihilism-Fathers and Sons
Existentialism- Groundhog Day
Pantheism- Avatar -
Monotheism – Between two Trees (Book)
Deism – Thomas Jefferson
Naturalism – Charles Darwin
Nihilistic – Friedrich Nietzsche
Existentialism – 2001: A Space Odyssey (Movie)
Pantheism – Star Wars (Movie)
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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 and Monotheism because they both believe one god created the universe.
Monotheism and Existentialism are the most different because monotheists believe there is a purpose of life and existentialists believe life is meaningless -
I would say that Monotheism and Deism are the most alike in that they both assert that there is a Creator God. The difference lies in his involvement in his creation. Is he a personal God or a distant god? The two that are most dissimilar in my view would be Monotheism and Nihilism. In monotheism purpose and identity are derived from an active sovereign God whereas in a nihilistic worldview, nothing actually has a set purpose and there is no objective truth and so the individual derives meaning from whatever they please and they also set whatever standard for truth they please.
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Naturalism/ Existentialism & Christianity/ Nihilism
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I think Deism and monotheism are very similar because they believe in a single God who created the world. The difference is how the Lord interacts with the world he created.
The two that are the most different would probably be existentialism and monotheism. Really, existentialism and anything else could be the most dissimilar, because if you are an existentialist, you see the world as meaningless objectively, and anything you find significance in is from within.
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The most similar worldviews are Monotheism and Deism because they both believe in one God creating the world at the beginning and operating in and through creation. There are great differences between the higher powers, but they are alike in those ways.
The most dissimilar would be Christianity and Nihilism. Christianity reveals ways the world began, its purpose, and guides us on how to treat others and our culture. It addresses serious ntense purpose and meaning to life questions of the soul.
Nihilism seeks to prove that life is meaningless, and is a rejection of all religious principles and values. It deems us no greater than the animals.