Competing World Views
“A worldview is the sum total of answers that a person gives to life's most important questions. You take all the big questions in life, and piece them together, and however coherent that system of beliefs are, becomes that person's world view.” Ronald Nash
Every individual has a world view, even if that person is unaware of it. Many are dumb-stricken when you tell them they hold a certain world view, and many don't have a clue as to what is a world view. Most people have a world view using various elements to make a compatible combination. But, such a worldviews creates a puzzle where pieces don't fit. They may choose and add to their worldview. Some combinations come from their family's up bringing, favorite movies, …show more content…
Atheistic naturalism (Secular Humanism) is the belief system that has it's roots in pagan philosophy in the ancient world, and today's modern philosophy. It is a philosophical belief that sense experience is all we can know about the world. It is a closed system, similar to a closed room without windows or doors. Nothing can penetrate or escape from the closed room. There is no supernatural deity of any kind, certainly not the God of Scripture. No such things as miracles; hence there is no reason to accept the claim that Christ had arose from the grave miraculously.
Evolution is not a modern idea as most would assume, but is found in the Mayan culture circa 600 BC, and in Greek philosophy of Empedocles circa 640 BC. One of the first evolutionary theories was reported by Thales of Miletus (640-546 BC) in the province of Ionia on the coast of Greece. He provides us a glimpse into ancient theories of evolution when he stated that life started in the ocean. Evolution is therefore an ancient pagan theory of how life first started, and not a modern
“A worldview is the sum total of answers that a person gives to life's most important questions. You take all the big questions in life, and piece them together, and however coherent that system of beliefs are, becomes that person's world view.” Ronald Nash
Every individual has a world view, even if that person is unaware of it. Many are dumb-stricken when you tell them they hold a certain world view, and many don't have a clue as to what is a world view. Most people have a world view using various elements to make a compatible combination. But, such a worldviews creates a puzzle where pieces don't fit. They may choose and add to their worldview. Some combinations come from their family's up bringing, favorite movies, …show more content…
Atheistic naturalism (Secular Humanism) is the belief system that has it's roots in pagan philosophy in the ancient world, and today's modern philosophy. It is a philosophical belief that sense experience is all we can know about the world. It is a closed system, similar to a closed room without windows or doors. Nothing can penetrate or escape from the closed room. There is no supernatural deity of any kind, certainly not the God of Scripture. No such things as miracles; hence there is no reason to accept the claim that Christ had arose from the grave miraculously.
Evolution is not a modern idea as most would assume, but is found in the Mayan culture circa 600 BC, and in Greek philosophy of Empedocles circa 640 BC. One of the first evolutionary theories was reported by Thales of Miletus (640-546 BC) in the province of Ionia on the coast of Greece. He provides us a glimpse into ancient theories of evolution when he stated that life started in the ocean. Evolution is therefore an ancient pagan theory of how life first started, and not a modern