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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 – Prince of Egypt
Deism – Benjamen Franklin
Naturalism – Charles Darwin
Nilhism – Carl Marx
Existentialism – No exit
Pantheism – Hinduism
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Monotheism – The Chosen
Deism – Thomas Jefferson
Naturalism – Darwin
Nilhism – The Big Lebowski
Existentialism – Athiests
Pantheism – “God is all” (Buddhist)
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Monotheism – The Chosen
Deism – Thomas Jefferson
Naturalism – Darwin
Nihilism – Heath Ledger’s the Joker
Pantheism – Amira Attar; Bali Yoga Instructor — believes that we can all be spirit
Existentialism – self authentication
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Monotheism – The Passion
Deism – The Age of Reason, Thomas Paine
Naturalism – Darwin
Nihilism – Nietzsche, Big Lebowski
Pantheism – Henry David Thoreau – Walden
Existentialism – Notes from Underground
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Monotheism – Christianity, Judaism, and Islam believe there is one God.
Deism – Thomas Jefferson
Naturalism – Darwin’s book: <b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: inherit;”>On the Origin of Species
Nihilist – The Big Lebowski
Pantheism – ‘God is all, and all is God.’
Existentialism – Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Charles Sartre
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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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Existentialism and Nihilism are very similar. Nihilism as a philosophy questions everything and discredits any new school of thought. Existentialism emphasizes that there is no objective meaning and the emphasis is on personal belief. In both, schools of thought the emphasis is on the personal belief of discrediting the views of others.
Monotheism and Existentialism seem to be on opposite ends of the spectrum. Monotheism at the core recognizes that there is one creator of all things that reigns supreme over all. Worshiping this creator is central to the faith. Existentialists on the other hand say there is no objective meaning for life and the emphasis is placed on the individual.
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I would say that Existentialism and Nihilism are very similar. Both do not believe in a creator or maker of the universe and instead believe that life came from random chance. While Nihilism is more of an attitude than a philosophy, believers in both are centered on the individual. Both would hold that life is meaningless and insignificant so just do whatever you want to make the most out of it.
I would argue that both of these are extremely dissimilar to Monotheism. All religions that believe in Monotheism would hold that life does have meaning and life is not random, but rather life was created by one God. Someone who believes in Monotheism would live a radically different life than someone who believes in Existentialism or Nihilism.
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Monotheism and Deism are the most alike because they both believe in the existence of God.
Nihilism and existentialism are the most dissimilar world-views because nihilist believe are skeptical of moral values while existentialist have their own ideas about the world and themselves.
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Existentialism and Naturalism are most alike because they focus on science or an attitude to explain the way the world is.
Pantheism and Naturalism – are most dissimilar because one acknowledges God and the other bases existence on science
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Most alike – Monotheism and Deism both acknowledge God as the creator of the universe
Most dissimilar – Monotheism believes in intelligent design and Naturalism believes in randomness