3. Worldview Flashcards
worldview
an organised collection of beliefs about how one views the world; especially how one views life’s ultimate question
Out of all the choices out there how do we know Christianity is the absolute truth
The evidence points to the existence of God and the Christian worldview explains it best.
Six Ultimate Questions
Truth, reality, origins, meaning, morality, and destiny
Truth: How can we know truth?
Reality: Does God really exist?
Origins: How did everything get here?
Meaning: What is our meaning?
Morality: Do good and Evil Exist?
Destiny: What happens after we die?
3 Worldview key points
Everyone has a worldview
Worldview answer all ultimate questions
Worldviews should be evaluated for absolute truth
Socrates
Ancient Greek philosopher (470-399 BC), often credited as a father of philosophy, and best known for his method of using a series of questions to arrive at truth.
Atheism
Truth: Science and Reason/ Don’t trust religion
Reality: Just matter and Forces
Strength: Led to great scientific advances
Weakness: Doesn’t accept God evidence. No basis for absolute truth in meaning or morality.
Monism
Truth: Spiritual and material realm both exist, truth is realised through meditation.
Reality: Spiritual and material realm are one, it’s all God
Strength: Focus on unity and community in humanity
Weakness: confuses spiritual and physical realm, no basis for absolute truth in meaning or morality.
Post Modernism
Truth: Don’t know absolute truth, suspect everything
Reality: reality is your own creation
Strength: correct to say path to absolute truth is hard
Weakness: incorrect to say it’s impossible. Self defeating worldview.
Theism
Truth: truth is known by the bible, science, reason, experience
Reality: God exists. Spiritual and Material world exist but overlap
Five arguments for the case for christian theism
Religious encounter
Moral Argument
Karam Argument
Fine Tuning Argument
Bible Argument
Religious encounter
God speaks to people all the time and even though it is maybe not happening physically it still feels real.
Moral Argument
Guilt is an emotion we all feel but if there is no God than there is no right or wrong.
Karam Argument
If the world was off on its measurements at all the earth would not exist therefore it’s impossible for that to happen by chance.
Fine Tuning Argument
Even in the small details in the world it is impossible they came to be by chance.
