Worldview Test

Question 1

What is a worldview?

Answer 1

A pattern of ideas, beliefs, convictions, and habits that help us make sense of God, the world, and our relationship in God and the world

Question 2

Biology

Answer 2

Study of life and organisms

Question 3

Economics

Answer 3

Study of management of resources

Question 4

Ethics

Answer 4

Study of moral conduct and values

Question 5

History

Answer 5

Study of past places, persons, and events

Question 6

Law

Answer 6

Study of ordinances design to help citizens coexist peacefully

Question 7

Philosophy

Answer 7

Study of knowledge,truth, and nature of ultimate reality

Question 8

Politics

Answer 8

Study of community governance

Question 9

Psychology

Answer 9

Study of human mind or soul

Question 10

Sociology

Answer 10

Study of human societies and institutions

Question 11

Theology

Answer 11

Study of God

Question 12

The evidence of a person’s worldview physically out in his/her what?

Behavior
Beliefs
Assumptions
None of the above

Answer 12

Behavior

Question 13

Which of the following is a religious worldview?

Islam
Marxism
Secularism
All of the above
None of the above

Answer 13

All of the above

Question 14

What does the statement “Ideas have consequences” mean?

Atheists always live immoral lives
Theists always live immortal lives
Our worldview affect how we live
All of the above

Answer 14

Our worldview affects how we live

Question 15

Which of the following questions does a worldview answer?

Who is God?
What does it mean to be human?
What is the foundation for right and wrong?
All of the above 
None of the above

Answer 15

All of the above

Question 16

All of the following can be utilized to guard against bad ideas except?

Indoctrination: continually reinforcing the same position
Inoculation: exposing ourselves to opposing positions
Refutation: providing the rolls think through opposing positions
Both A and B

Answer 16

Indoctrination: continually reinforcing the same position

Question 17

Everyone has a worldview?

True or False

Answer 17

True

Question 18

A worldview is like a mental map that tells us how to navigate the world.

True or False

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Romans 12:2

ESV

Answer 19

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Question 20

1 Peter 3:15

ESV

Answer 20

but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,

Question 21

What is a Worldview?

Answer 21

Idea or belief that helps make sense of God, world, and relationship with God and world

Question 22

What are the 6 dominant Western world views covered in this course?

Answer 22

Christianity 
Marxism
Islam
New Spirituality 
Post Modernism
Secularism

Question 23

What are the 4 tests for evaluating worldviews? Summarize.

Answer 23

• Test of Reason: is it reasonable? Can it be logically stated and defended?
• Test of Outer World: is there some external, corroborating evidence to support it?
• Test of Inner World: does it adequately address the “victories,disappointments, blessings,crisis, and relationships of our everyday world?”
• Test of Real World: are its consequences good or bad when applied inane given cultural context?

Question 24

What was Plato’s worldview?

Answer 24

There is no beginning or end

Question 25

Give a brief summary of 2 of the Worldview.

DON’T USE CHRISTIANITY

Answer 25

• Secularism is when people believe humans are the center of reality. They disdain the influence of those who believe in ideas of gods, an afterlife, or anything beyond what we can sense. The primary identifying characteristic of Secularism is its nonbelief in other worldviews.Secularists do generally have an agreed-upon set of beliefs about the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe.
• New Spirituality: New Spirituality is a free-flowing combination of Eastern religions, paganism, and pseudoscience that pops up in odd places.A world spiritual in nature but not governed by a personal, all-powerful God. its associated beliefs—karma, Gaia, being “one” with the environment, reincarnation, meditation, holistic health, and so forth—are a daily part of life for millions of Americans and have influenced such academic areas as psychology and medicine.