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Worldview Video
Notes from GNED worldview video
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Undergraduate 1
09/05/2010

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what is a worldview?
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a way of looking at life and the world around us; our view on issues
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what is the "ultimate division" in terms of "systems" or worldviews?
Definition
the conflict between atheism and theism
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theocentric
Definition
the existance of God will be in the center of everything a person thinks
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anthopocentric
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has a man centered perspective
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what is "syncretism"?
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the idea of an indescriminate blending of opposing ideas and values from contradictory systems of though
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at what "point" is the conflict between "systems" most clearly seen?
Definition
at the point of ethics
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wat is "nihilism"
Definition
there is no meaning
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Sproul's purpose for reading Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" is to illustrate that...
Definition
if there is no God or hope then there is no point in living
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what are the four things a worldview should be?
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rational, supported by evidence, give a satisfying comprehensive explantion of reality, and should provide a satisfactory basis for living
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what are the four ocmponents or worldviews?
Definition
something exists, all people have absolutes, two contradictory statements cannot both be right, and all people exercise faith
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deism
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believes in God, but that God created and then abanadoned the univers, popular during the 18th century, but is almost extinct
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niilism
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see no value to reality; life is absurd; contemporary idea that is believed by many young people and intellectuals
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existentialism
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sees life as absurd, but sees man as totally free to make himself in the face of the absurdity; seen frequently even among unwitting Christians
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naturalism
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God is irrelevant, progress and evolutionary change are inevitable, man is autonomous, self centered, and will save himself, education is the guide to life, intelligence and freedom guarantee full human potential, scince is the ultimate provider both for knowledge and morals
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new age panthesm
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- all is one (no ultimate distinctions between humans, animals, or the rest of creation
-since all is one, all is god
-if all is one and one is god then each of us are god
- humans travel through indefinite cycles of birth, death, and reincarnaton in order to work off what is called "bad karma"
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