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WORLDVIEWHow Now Shall We Live?

By Chuck Colson


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What is a Worlview?

!he su" total o# our $elie#s a$out the worl% the &$i'

(icture) that irects our aily ecisions an actions*

Our "a+or task in li#e is to iscover what is true an live

in ste( with that truth

Every worlview can $e "easure $y the way it answers

three #una"ental ,uestions-


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!he .uestions-

Where i we co"e?

Who are we?

Why are we here?


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RE/LI!0 /ND WORLDVIEW1 B/SIC

!ENE!S2* So"ethin' e3ists*

4* /ll (eo(le have a$solutes*

5* No state"ent can $e $oth true an #alse atthe sa"e ti"e 6law of non-contradiction7-a state"ent that clai"s to $e true cannota##ir" an eny to &8) at the sa"e ti"ean with the sa"e res(ect 6e*'*% $lue annot $lue7*

9* /ll (eo(le 6thou'h (erha(s not clai"in' to$e reli'ious7 e3ercise #aith 6or $elie#in:a$out so"ethin'7* !his is one;s &$ank)or &li$rary) o# $asic assu"(tions*


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RE/LI!0 /ND WORLDVIEW1

ES!IONS2* Why is there so"ethin' rather than nothin'

6Ontolo'y7?

4* How o you know that you know6E(iste"olo'y7?

5* How o you e3(lain hu"an nature6/nthro(olo'y7?

9* How o you eter"ine what is ri'ht an

wron' 6Ethics7?

* What is the "eanin' o# history?

@* What ha((ens to a (erson at eath?


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WORLDVIEW IN CON!EA!-

Base on the Notion o# Sel# an its Interaction with the Worl% a De#inition

#or Worlview E"er'es-

A worldview is the set of beliefs about fundameA worldview is the set of beliefs about fundame

Aspects of Reality that ground and inuence allAspects of Reality that ground and inuence all

ones perceiving, thinking, knowing, and doing.ones perceiving, thinking, knowing, and doing.


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What is !ruth?

&Con#or"ity to #act or reality e3act accorance with

that which is% or has $een% or shall $e-)

!ruth is Reality

Insanity is losin' touch with reality

Believin' the lie is real


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!ruth1

O$+ective vs* Su$+ective O$+ective

!ruths that never

chan'e ins(ite o#one;s #eelin's*

ro" a Source

outsie o# one;s

sel#

Su$+ective

One constructs

their owno(inion o# what

is ri'ht or wron'

Su$+ectivists are

those who enyo$+ective truths

See hanout


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Conte"(orary 8hiloso(hies

Secular hu"anis"


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Secular Hu"anis"


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Iniviualis"

We shoul $e the (ri"ary concern o# our own lives:sel#

su##icient

$uils sel# reliance an con#ience

sel#centre% i'nore others


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Ca(italis"

ocuses on (ursuit o# wealth:(ro#it

(ro"otes iniviual success

coul eteriorate into 'ree


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Co""unis":socialis"

/i"s to have the 'rou( "eet the nees o# all

coo(eration an co""unal concern

su((resses the i'nity o# the inv*% coul su((ressinitiative an "otivation


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Heonis"

Constant (ursuit o# (hysical (leasure

'oo to have #un

'luttony% avoi un(leasant res(onsi$ilities


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Nihilis"

Nothin' is i"(ortant:li#e ens at eath% ,uestions the

worth o# our actions

"otive "ore valua$le than action

can lea to a(athy an es(air

&What we o in li#e% echoes in eternity)


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E3istentialis"

We are isolate #ro" others in our e3(eriences*

we are uni,ue

i# true% then how o we relate to others?


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/'nosticis"

Dou$t the e3istence o# Fo

we "ust ask ,uestions an #in Fo #or ourselves

unwillin' to take lea( o# #aith Lea( is neee $ecause $elie# in Fo can;t $e $ase on

#acts alone% it re,uires relationshi(*

E3*


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8lato;s 8ara$le o# the Cave


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!he Natural Law

that rule o# ri'ht an wron' which our reason can

(erceive*

Love is within us #ro" Fo


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Hu"anis"

havin' an interest in the &'oo) o# hu"anity

2* Christian hu"anis" inclues Fo in thou'ht an

action

4* Secular hu"anis" e3clues Fo #ro" thou'ht an

action

&We $elieve in li#e $e#ore eath) Cause Canaa

"ission state"ent


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Case Stuy1 8hiloso(her

re NietJsche 2* Fer"an 8hiloso(her in the 2K;s 4* a"ous #or sayin' &Fo is ea)

5* he sai this $ecause o# watchin' thelives o# Christians who he thou'ht onlylive #or heaven% ne'lectin' earthlyres(onsi$ilities*

9* !he Christian Fo% with his ar$itraryco""ans an (rohi$itions% woul nolon'er stan in the way% so hu"an $ein's

"i'ht sto( turnin' their eyes towar asu(ernatural real" an $e'in toacknowle'e the value o# thisworl*

Relate to 8ractical /theis" $elie#% $utno actions


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Christian Foal in Li#e

2* >lti"ate to (re(are #or heaven 6"eetin' Fo an

our true selves7

4* 8ro3i"ate 6i""eiate7 to use this ti"e on earth to

love Fo% nei'h$our% an sel#* /ll are i"(ortant% evento love ourselves*

E3* !he two 'oals are very connecte% re"e"$er

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