Sire's Christian Worldview

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Part of Sire’s definition of worldview, he includes ‘assumptions that may be true, conscious, and consistent” as a characteristic of worldview (Sire, 2009, p. 21). He also listed four main points of accepting a worldview to be: logically consistent, comprehend the data of reality, explain what it claims to explain, and should be subjectively satisfactory (Sire, 2009, p. 281-283). For me, a key point of a worldview is consistency that can be explained. In my adolescence, I did not embrace my parent’s Christian theism worldview because of the lack of answers I seek. However, I moved away from naturalism and now personal accepted Christian worldview. I have noticed I can no longer be a consistent naturalism that conflicts with my personal convictions.

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