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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 – Bible, my church
Deism – Thomas Jefferson
Naturalism – Star Wars movie
Nihilism – could be Star Wars as well…
Existentialism – Kungfu Panda 3 is a movie we recently watched where meditation and transcendentalism rules the day
Pantheism – recently watched and can see that Star Wars points to science and God having no bearing on it. -
Monotheism – Bible, my church
Deism – Thomas Jefferson
Naturalism – Star Wars movie
Nihilism – could be Star Wars as well…
Existentialism – Kungfu Panda 3 is a movie we recently watched where meditation and transcendentalism rules the day
Pantheism – recently watched and can see that Star Wars points to science and God having no bearing on it. -
Monotheism – Christianity
Deism –
Naturalism –
Nihilism –
Existentialism –
Pantheism – -
Monotheism–Corrie Ten Boom, christian
Deism-James Madison , American founder and past president
Naturalism–Steve Irwin, famous crocodile hunter
Nihilism Anton Chekhov, author
Existentialism-Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote
Pantheism Emily Dickinson, poet -
Monotheism- Bible
Deism- The clockwork universe
Naturalism-the origin of species
Nihilism-Fathers and Sons
Existentialism- Jean-Paul Sartre
Pantheism- Vedas
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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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The most similar worldviews would be Monotheism and Deism because they both share the core belief in one God creating the world at the beginning and that we are creations of God and everything on Earth was created by God. They differ in their views of God and the impact of God in the day to day life of people and the earth. They also differ in views on the purposes of God, but both share a foundation of a belief in a world created by God.
The most dissimilar would be Monotheism and Nihilism. Monotheism shows an intense purpose and meaning to life- being created by God and designed by God, whereas Nihilism is a complete rejection of everything that Monotheism is believing in. Nihilism seeks to prove that life is meaningless, and is a rejection of all religious principles and values.
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The two most a like are Monotheism and Deism both believing in one higher power but very different on that higher powers intentions and ability to engage with its surrounding creation. Nihilism and Existentialism because nihilism seems to basically reject everything while existentialism seeks to find some meaning in everything.
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Of the six worldviews listed, the two most like are Judaism and Christianity. Both believes in one God and that God is an external spirit who brought our material world into existence.
The two most dissimilar worldviews are Christianity and Naturalism. The Naturalist does not believe that there is a Creator but rather believes that matter is all that exists and the best way of exploring truth is through the scientific method. -
I would feel like Nihilism and Existentialism are most alike. Both of them would deny the existence of God all together and in a lot of ways try to find meaning in life through rebelling against the ways in which people have traditionally viewed the world. The two which are most dissimilar would be Monotheism and Nihilism. One would view the world from the perspective that God is creator and involved at a high level while the other would see God as nonexistent and any values that come from Him are baseless.
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Nihilsm =nothing would be off from just about any that can see God in experience like Deism or Pantheism that sees God through everything.