Akin to or almost like putting on spectacles, our worldview shapes the way we apperceive and process creation, our cosmos and very existence. Within a worldview paradigm, varying thought patterns color our life experience and put us into a more compartmentalized reality that not only makes sense to us, but those around us (Colorado Christian University, 2014). Sire (2015) said it well when he explained that “worldviews provide the stories through which human beings view reality” (p. 57). Inside the realm of women’s health and abortion, thought components such as theism and postmodernism are often expressed. However, when one takes a position of postmodern naturalism, there cannot be fluidity consistent with a Christian theistic worldview.
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In reading the article, I derived an intransigent stance on the issue, as she took a more naturalistic approach—and more specifically invoked ethical relativism—with post-modernistic nuances or colorations. In our text, Phillips, Brown and Stonestreet (2008) noted that “we all come from a perspective, or bias, that is shaped by the culture we inhabit” (p. 53). As they are similar, this is a correct assessment, in that Spanbauer integrates postmodern expression within her naturalist worldview (Phillips, Brown & Stonestreet, 2008, p.
In reading the article, I derived an intransigent stance on the issue, as she took a more naturalistic approach—and more specifically invoked ethical relativism—with post-modernistic nuances or colorations. In our text, Phillips, Brown and Stonestreet (2008) noted that “we all come from a perspective, or bias, that is shaped by the culture we inhabit” (p. 53). As they are similar, this is a correct assessment, in that Spanbauer integrates postmodern expression within her naturalist worldview (Phillips, Brown & Stonestreet, 2008, p.