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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 Cross Centered Life by CJ Mahaney
Deism – Thomas Jefferson
Naturalism – The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Nihilism – Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
Existentialism – Jean-Paul Sartre
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Monotheism: The Bible
Deism: Thomas Edison
Naturalism: Big Bang theory
Nihilism: News
Existentialism: Bhudism
Pantheism: Yoga -
Monotheism: Charles Spurgeon
Deism: Thomas Jefferson
Naturalism: Charles Darwin
Nihilism: Frederick Dolan
Existentialism: Sorien Kierkkagard
Pantheism: Albert Einstein
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Monotheism – Gail Bradley I believe in Jesus Christ I am monotheist.
Deism – Benjamin Franklin was a Deist,
Naturalist – Charles Darwin, a scientist and biologist, was a naturalist.
Nihilist – Karen Leslie Carr, philosopher, is Nihilist.
Existentialist – Albert Camus, novelist and Jean Paul Sartre, playwriter and screen writer, Existentialist,
Pantheist – William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) Du Bois (1868 – 1963) was a pioneering American sociologist, Pan-Africanist, civil rights activist and organizer, and author.
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Candace Cameron Bure = actress who is a born again evangelical christian
Mahatma Gandhi = social activist who was Hindu (Pantheism)
Jules Verne = Though raised catholic, Verne gravitated towards Deism, many believe his novels reflect a Deist view point
Charles Darwin = Likely the most famous, well known naturalist, as well as geologist and biologist and creator of the “evolution theory”
Friedrich Nietzsche = Philosopher who claimed “God is dead”, arguing we had destroyed him through scientific discovery
Simone de Beauvoir = well known French existential writer and feminist
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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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Monotheism and Deism are the most similar in their affirmation of God or the existence of general deity. This causes moral law to be defined and consistent (for the most part) for the following disciples of each teaching.
Nihilism and Pantheism seem the most dissimilar. Nihilism being “nothing” and pantheism being “everything”. While for the nihilist nothing has meaning and everything is relative, for the pantheist everything has some form of value when everything is God/spirit.
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I think Nihilism and Existentionalism are most alike. Both views rely on self to figure out life and don’t believe any external forces have an effect.
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I would say Monotheism and Naturalism are the most different. One talks about God being the Creator, and the other is saying Science can explain everything. No deity exists outside of time, space, and matter for Naturalism.
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I think that the Nihilism and the Existentialism are similar because neither one believes in God. The Deism and the Pantheism are very different because the Pantheism belief focuses on mediation.
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Most alike- monotheism and diesm because they believe in a higher power in creation.
Most dissimiliar- Monothiesm and nihilism/existentialism. Nihilism/existentialism believe there is no purpose to life, monotheism believe our purpose in life is to glorify God in all that we do.
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Monotheism and Pantheism are very dissimilar.
Deism and Naturalism are similar as they both believe all on earth just happens.