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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
Deism – Thomas Jefferson
Naturalism – College biology professor
Nihilism –
Existentialism – most disney movies
Pantheism – friend from high school -
Monotheism – the Bible
Deism – Thomas Jefferson’s view that a God created the universe but now does not interfere with life
Naturalism – John Dewey’s view that there are no unchanging realities
Nihilism – Ivan Turgenev view that existence is senseless and useless
Existentialism – Jean-Paul Sartre view that existence precedes essence
Pantheism – Heraclitus and the work “The Doctrine of Flux and the Unity of Opposites” -
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
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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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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.
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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.