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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 Bible describes the work of a divine Creator.
Deism – Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of our nation, was a Deist.
Naturalism – Emile Zola is commonly noted as the key figure in the beginning of the naturalistic thought: That only natural laws are the forces that keep the world in order.
Nihilism – Friedrich Nietzsche is the father of Nihilism, the belief that nothing can be known or understood. There is no foundation of knowledge or communication.
Existentialism – Sarte is most known for this philosophy. A mostly Godless worldview that views human existence as only what is carved out by each person. There’s no proof of a God or purpose of creation.
Pantheism – The Avatar movie
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Deism: Many of my friends who consider themselves “intellectuals” chose to be deist. Many of them actually work or associate with Christians, talking about God, creationism and, usually, taking care of God’s world. Sometimes I find them easier to talk with than other Christians because they see the need of taking care of a God-given world for which we are totally responsible.
Naturalism: the battle I have with this group is that I have a science degree from the university, and I do believe in science. I tell them “I believe in science because I believe God created everything – says so in the Bible. It seems that being a nurse just makes it harder to talk to them because they are sold out to science and all things “naturally occurring” and I have studied the human body and spirit in light of God’s creation. It isn’t even a stretch for me to say “And who do you think made all this awesome stuff?”
Nihilism: What was Nietzsche’s theory?
Nietzsche claimed the exemplary human being must craft his/her own identity through self-realization and do so without relying on anything transcending that life—such as God or a soul.
There is no god, there is no heaven or hell so make yourself who you want to be and forget the religious side of it.
Existentialism: I love this quote about existentialism. “I took a test in Existentialism. I left all the answers blank and got 100.” Woody Allen
Well, there you have it. I have a good friend who is an existentialist and if you can pin him down on anything – good luck.
Pantheism: I have two good friends (among others) who are pantheistic. One of them told me years ago when I asked where she would go when she died she said “I don’t know. I will just become a part of the Universe – a part of god you know because we all make up god and the universe. We don’t really have individual personalities at all.”
Monotheism: Jesus, the Christ said, “I am the truth, the life and the way and NO ONE can come to the Father except by me.” I’ll stick with this one. -
Monotheism – The Bible
Deism – Neil Armstrong, the first man to step on the moon, indicated on a NASA form that he was a deist.
Naturalism – Theory of evolution (Charles Darwin & Carl Sagan)
Nihilism – Friedrich Nietzsche, the 19th century German philosopher
Existentialism – Jean Paul Sartre was a key figure in the existentialism philosophical movement, and his work
has had a significant influence on 20th-century sociology, postcolonial theories and general literary studies.Pantheism – Ethics by Baruch Spinoza
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Monotheism – The Passion of the Christ
Deism – Thomas Paine
Naturalism – John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath
Nihilism – A Clockwork Orange
Existentialism – Life of Pi
Pantheism – Albert Einstein -
Monotheism – The Passion of the Christ
Deism – Thomas Paine
Naturalism – John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath
Nihilism – A Clockwork Orange
Existentialism – Life of Pi
Pantheism – Albert Einstein
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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 alike having a sovereign God.
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The two most alike to me are deism and monotheism due to both of them having one sovereign God. The two most unalike would be monotheism and really any other worldview.
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Monotheism and Deism both acknowledge a God. Monotheism and Existentialism are quite different in that Existentialism argues there is no inherent meaning to life where a Monotheistic world view would argue there absolutely is meaning if a God is in control.
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Nihilism and Existentialism are alike because they remove the importance of objective truth. Pantheism and monotheism are different because one is one god the other is everything is a god.
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Existentialism and Nihilism are most alike.
Pantheism and Monotheism are the most dissimilar.