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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
Deism – Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson
Naturalism – Big Bang Theory
Existentialism – Friends who’s Dad is an Atheist and Madeline Murray O’Hair
Pantheism – Yoga
Nihilism – Antifa -
Monotheism: Jim Elliot in the book written about his life and death “Through The Gates Of Splendor” was a Christian martyr and thus a monotheist.
Deism: Thomas Jefferson indicated beliefs that line up with Deism.
Naturalism: Charles Darwin, a large influence in the Naturalism movement.
Existentialism: Many pop culture figures in the world, like Miley Cyrus, believe in and publicly share about “living your own truth” which is very much an Existentialist belief where morals are what make your existence matter, as well as purpose being what you say that it is.
Pantheism: Ralph Waldo Emerson led the Transcendentalist movement in the mid-19th century.
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Monotheism – The Bible
Deism – Thomas Jefferson
Naturalism- The Science Community
Nihilism- Antifa
Existentialism- The 300
Pantheism- New Age thinking, Movie “Soul”
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Monotheism-The Word of GOD/Bible
Deism- My cousin, believes there’s a God but doesn’t attend church nor believes in it.
Naturalism- A high school English teacher I worked with, didn’t believe in God but believed “there was something out there”. Huge evolutionist.
Nihilism- the news media
Existentialism- Atheist Groups
Pantheism- Hinduism
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Sources have said that George Washington was a deist.
Carl Sagan was a naturalist (the same for Stephen Hawking?).
The early Russian communists were likely nihilists. They tried to do away with religion, marriage, traditional families.
Existentialists may be some in the current protest movements (BLM, Antifa, etc.).
Pantheists may include JZ Knight who channels Ramtha, the Enlightened One, and operates a school in Yelm, Washington.
Personal combination includes the Rev. Ann Holmes Redding who claims to be a Christian-Muslim. An Episcopal priest and also a practicing Muslim. (Source: Seattle Times, published June 17, 2007.)
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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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