Analysis Of My Christian Worldview

Almost all Americans have heard the phrase “separation of church and state.” However, fewer realize the magnitude of the phrase. Contrary to some people’s beliefs, the majority of the Founding Fathers were deists or had a belief in a God who created the universe but does not interact with it. They understood how religion could ruin governments and needed to be separated in their new nation. The Founding Fathers purposefully left out religion from all government documents and never mentioned the Bible or other religious text while creating the United States. Ken Ham is the CEO of Answers in Genesis and is a leader in the Christian creationist movement; he writes many articles on the Answers in Genesis website. In his article “Separation of Christianity

According to Sire (2009) nihilism is the denial of any philosophy or worldview. It is the negation of everything. Reflecting on this discussion and the thought provoking question of how a nihilist would answer the seven basic worldview questions assisted in my selection of three questions. The nihilist would view these question as non-existence. The first question, what is prime reality – the really real? There is no God because evidence proves nothing exist. If nothing exist then God cannot exist. So, prove God exist in the midst of nothing. The second question, how do we know what is right and wrong? Right and wrong must be based on some principle, theory or opinion. Seeing none of those thing are, how can one determine whether

During the time that Galileo wrote the letter to Grand-Duchess Christina, there was much debate about the orientation of the universe. There were two different theories of thought at this time. One was the Heliocentric Universe, which believed the sun was the center of the universe and the Earth orbits it. The second was the Ptolemaic or Earth-centered Universe, were the sun orbits the Earth. Galileo faced much opposition from the Catholic Church, and was repeatedly harassed and condemned by his contemporaries.

I agree with Kinnaman’s unbiased assessment of Christianity and I find his research extremely helpful, because it provides us with a clear idea and an approximation of the precise degree of disdain and distrust others have towards the Christian faith. Furthermore, his research permits us to stand apart and examine ourselves as Christians. Kinnaman’s research results uncovered the most common points of skepticism and objections raised by outsiders towards the church and Christianity (Kinnaman, 2007). According to Kinnaman, the six issues or themes outsiders have against believers are the following:

What is a worldview? A worldview is some one’s prospective on life. Worldviews are based on someone’s actions, what they believe in, and what they think. In this essay I will be explaining the way I perceive and comprehend specific events that developed my worldview. I will also be comparing the worldviews of the characters in the movie “The Hiding Place” along with my own worldviews.

Both modernism and postmodernism worldviews approach ideas from a different perspective than the Christian worldview. The divisive central point is the reason for existence. Modernism and postmodernism are humanistic in structure. The Christian worldview is based on God. Knowledge base within modernism and postmodernism relies on the human based creation, while Christian worldview rests on the teachings of the Bible. Incorporation of elements of the modern or postmodern worldview is not compatible with the Christian worldview.

Worldview is a word used to describe the way you perceive life, or things around you. We all have different worldview in regards to our traditions and personal experiences they all come from the way we are all brought up to believes. In all-purpose our worldview is what we practice to understand life around us. It a belief that people acknowledge and surround themselves with.

Christianity is based upon the teachings of Jesus. Jesus spread the beliefs of peace and love for God. He was loved by many (especially the poor, women, and slaves) and when he would great people they would call him the messiah. Christianity spread slowly due to certain groups of people who disagreed with their beliefs/religion. Even though many Christians were treated poorly and sacrificed their life for this religion. Christianity is one of the most popular religions today, and it is because of those people that it has become so successful. Christianity changed from a persecuted sect to a state religion within the Roman Empire by the martyrs, emperors, and apostles who shared their beliefs set new boundaries and bettered their fellow citizens

After reading GCU’s doctrinal statement, Four Pillars and Christian Worldview, I think GCU faith based university is one that many people can be inspired by. This university not only strives to have academic success but it strives for academic success through Jesus Christ and faith. GCU has a biblically rooted mission and having Christ in all that you do is important to the university. The difference between GCU’s academic experience and a non-faith-based university is that there is more than one religious faith in the university compared to GCU Christian based.

The six facets that Brueggemann identifies in Biblical Authority are, inherency, interpretation, imagination, ideology, inspiration and importance. What Brueggemann says about inherency is no matter how many times you read or re read the bible you can always come up with a different way of thinking about a scripture. He says, “The bible is not a fixed, frozen, readily exhausted read; rather it is a script that you can always reread and the spirit makes things new.” There is not only one-way to think or interpret the bible, which makes it a very hot topic to talk about because there are so many views out in the world. When talking about the bible it is not important to reach the conclusion on the conversation it is important to start the conversation.

Kraft explores worldview functions in appendix A of “Christianity with Power.” He starts by overviewing worldview functions and universals. The four worldview functions are explaining, evaluating and validating, assigning and prioritizing commitments, interpreting, integrating, and adapting. The “explaining” function discusses how we, as a society, develop our picture of what REALITY looks like. The “evaluating and validating” function is to enable people to evaluate what goes on and around inside of them and validate common perceptions and behaviors. The “assigning and prioritizing commitments” function serves to enable us to sort out, arrange, and make different commitments, allegiances, or loyalties the the things we assume, value, and do. Interpreting is described as a complex process; the function serves to help people interpret and assign meaning to life. The “integrating” function is to relate each aspect of culture to all others. Lastly, the “adapting” function discusses adapting to internal and external pressure for

Christianity has shaped the Scientific Revolution in Europe in many different ways. The main argument is that it brought a new of thinking that relied on Empiricism and objectivism. The findings made by the revolution’s astronomers challenged the foundations of the truths of the Christian church and the Bible. Some studies show that it has shaped the Scientific Revolution, whereas others show that it has not. The research that shows Christianity does have a significant amount of impact on the Scientific Revolution mostly deal with the explicit conflict between religion and science. The research that does not show the impact of Christianity on the scientific Revolution mostly question if it was even necessary on the Birth of Science. Also, the

When working in the science fields there are many obstacles a person of faith may face. The biggest of these is the controversy over the concept of evolution and how the world came into being. Atheists and evolutionists are always trying to find ways to disprove God with science. However, after spending several years learning about how nature and chemicals work together to form our world it is hard for me to imagine that all of it came into existence without a creator.

A summary of what Kuyper’s worldview would be seeing the world through God’s loving eyes. To quote the book, “And this seeing is guided by love, and abiding desire to care about what God cares about- to rejoice in what makes God’s heart glad and to grieve about what saddens him.” I would agree with that statement. We must be transformed by grace and the love of Jesus to see the world in a new perspective. As Christians, we should be attempting to understand what hurts our Father and what delights him greatly. Striving to understand who God is and how he wants us to live is important to our worldviews.

When incorporating both science and religion to explain the physical, chemical, and biological origins, one must look at the origin of the cosmos, Earth history, the origin of life, and biodiversity. In doing so, one must maintain a balance between science and religion so that one does not supersede the other. Furthermore, by examining both sides, it will establish an answer that is mutually beneficial for both parties. Starting with the origin of the cosmos, Genesis 1:1 states that God created the universe, Earth, day, and night for nothing. While this story is accepted based on faith, science shows a similar event that resulted in the creation of the universe. The Big Bang Theory, known by scientists as for how the world came to fruition,