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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 – Chris Pratt, actor, has often times referred to his belief in God during award ceremonies
Deism – My friend believes there is a God, doesn’t know what kind, believes in an order and lives to be a “Good Human”
Naturalism – Big Bang Theory, Often mentions how science can explain life
Nihilism – Divergent, A book and movie series has what I believe a Nihilist view.
Existentialism – Gods not dead, a movie, the professor seemed to be like this until a near death experience
Pantheism – Hinduism
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Monotheisms – The belief that there is one God. One example is Christianity and the Bible.
Deism– a belief that God created a well-ordered world that operates on its own, can be understood through the perspectives of notable figures. For instance, American leaders like Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin were known to be deists.
Naturalism– The believe that matter is all that exists and is best understood through science. The most famous naturalists I discovered were Charles Darwin and Steve Irwin, “Crocodile Hunter.”
Nihilism– The philosophy that positive values are to be questioned and dismissed. Therefore, nothing or what is now being termed “Nones”. Many of our young people today are starting to pick up this belief.
Existentialism– Life has little objective meaning, so significance must be subjective and created within. The belief that we self-authenticate.
Pantheism- Everything exists is God (Sprit). Matter is an illusion. All is God. Albert Einstein and Elon Musk are on the list of people considered to be a pantheist.
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Monotheism – The Bible has OT for Judaism, OT & NT for Christians. The Koran for Islam.
Deism – This reminds me of several of our founding fathers such as Thomas Jefferson and Ben franklin.
Naturalism – I think of Darwin and his theories. So many believe in evolution as fact nowadays instead of a creator.
Nihilism – nihilism is an existential atheism, but not all artists are nihilists.
Existentialism – I think of the person who wants what he wants when he wants it, and nothing can get in the way.
Pantheism – this reminds me of a universalist church pastor who told me that god was the sum spirit of all living beings and animals in this world.
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Monotheism – The Bible
Deism – Thomas Jefferson
Naturalism – THe Orgin of Species
Nihilism – Friedrich Heinrich
Existentialism – Athiests
Pantheism – Hinduism
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To be precise, I came across two friends. One friend believed in Charles Darwin theory. Human come out through process natural selection. Human appear first like Apes. Then go the natural process till becomes of human being.
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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 that monotheism and deism are quite similar in that fact that they both affirm the existence of a Creator. Similarly, nihilism and existentialism espouse that there is no objective truth, but existentialism answers this by saying we must create our own meaning.
I think that monotheism and naturalism are the most dissimilar in that monotheism says all things are because of God, and naturalism says that nothing is because of God.
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Existentialism and Nihilism would be the two most similar in my opinion. They both focus on the here and now with no regard for the future.
Monotheism and Deism would be the most alike because they both believe in a higher power.
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I think the two most alike are Existentialism and Nihilism. Both of these lean towards “this is it” and “don’t over think” because “it doesn’t matter” beliefs.
I think the two most dissimilar are Naturalism and Pantheism. Nationalism is all about scientific matter, making the spirit an illusion. Pantheism is all about the spirit, making scientific matter an illusion.
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I think Existentialism and Nihilism would be the two most similar, since they both emphasize the meaninglessness and absurdity of life. I think Monotheism and Nihilism would be the most dissimilar, since one believes in a personal God who reveals Himself to humanity and one believes that all religious and moral principles are to be rejected and life is meaningless.
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Nihism believes that truth and values are to be questioned and dismissed. This is somewhat similar to Existentialism when it comes to the conclusion that there is no objective meaning to life – so significance must be subjectively created within. Both of these seem to be heading in a similar direction.
Monotheism highlights the existence of God and His involvement with the universe. This varies greatly with Existentialism seems to put self on the throne of one’s life, and authenticates teh individual through their own choices – apart from a divine interaction.