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The World of Worldviews: Making Sense of the World Dr. William E. Brown

The World of Worldviews: Making Sense of the World Dr. William E. Brown. Get Alarmed!. Get Alarmed!. Get Alarmed!. Get Alarmed!. Get Alarmed!. Get Alarmed!. Get Alarmed!. Get Alarmed!. 2. Thinking Worldviewishly. What is a Worldview?. What is a Worldview?.

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The World of Worldviews: Making Sense of the World Dr. William E. Brown

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  1. The World of Worldviews:Making Sense of the WorldDr. William E. Brown

  2. Get Alarmed!

  3. Get Alarmed!

  4. Get Alarmed!

  5. Get Alarmed!

  6. Get Alarmed!

  7. Get Alarmed!

  8. Get Alarmed!

  9. Get Alarmed!

  10. 2. Thinking Worldviewishly

  11. What is a Worldview?

  12. What is a Worldview? “A worldview is first of all an explanation and interpretation of the world, and second, an application of this view to life.” Brown, Phillips, Stonestreet “Making Sense of Your World”

  13. Your worldview EXPLANATION INTERPRETATION Your view OF the world

  14. Your worldview APPLICATION Your view FOR the world

  15. Behavior Values Worldview

  16. Your worldview answers the ULTIMATE questions… ORIGIN:Where did everything come from? MEANING:Why are we here? MORALITY:How should we live? DESTINY:What happens when we die?

  17. Whatever happens in life is fine-- just trust in that. -Orlando Bloom God has a plan and God is in control of everything. -Beyonce Knowles

  18. “Sometimes I feel like I’m living a meaningless life and I get frightened . . . I have no idea where this insecurity comes from, but it’s a God-sized hole. If I knew, I’d fill it and I’d be on my way. . . I have no answers to anything. None. Why am I an alcoholic? I haven’t a clue! What is life about? I don’t know. . . . The best I can do is learn from my mistakes and move forward. And that’s what I’m trying to do.” ~ShiaLeBeouf

  19. O R I G I N M E A N I N G M O R A L I T Y D E S T I N Y

  20. ORI G I N E M EAN I N G L M O R A LIT Y T D E S T I NY

  21. 3. Knowing Worldviews

  22. What are the Worldviews?

  23. Transcen- dentalism Naturalism Ultimate Questions Theism

  24. Naturalism the world as we see it

  25. Naturalism Nature Nothing

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  31. “I have never seen the slightest scientific proof of the religious ideas of heaven and hell, of future life for individuals or of a personal God.” Thomas Edison

  32. “I’m an atheist, and that’s it. I believe there’s nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and what we can for each other.” Katharine Hepburn

  33. “The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted as the first cause of everything which happens in the mortal world, nothing is left to chance… logic can be happily tossed out the window.” Stephen King

  34. “Dear god, if you were alive, You know we’d kill you.” Marilyn Manson “Godeatgod” from the album Holy Wood

  35. “Here’s what happens when you die– you sit in a box and get eaten by worms. I guarantee that when you die, nothing cool happens.” Howard Stern

  36. “I would thank God, but I don’t believe in it.” Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam

  37. “I’ve got my own religion… If I get into trouble, there’s no God or Allah to sort me out. I have to do it myself.” Bjork

  38. “I believe in the good message that you can find in religion. But whether there is some ruler up there, above the clouds, I doubt it.” Annika Sorenstam

  39. “It isn’t just that I don’t believe in God…I don’t want there to be a God; I don’t want the universe to be like that…” Thomas Nagel Professor of Law and Philosophy NYU

  40. TRANSCENDENTALISM the world as we want it

  41. TRANSCENDENTALISM NATURE Nothing = “GOD”

  42. “I just find the evangelical church, too, well, restrictive. But the School of Practical Philosophy is non-confrontational. We believe there are many forms of Scripture. What is true will never change, whether it’s in the Bible or in Shakespeare. It’s about oneness. Its basic philosophy is that if the Buddha and Krishna and Jesus were all at a dinner table together, they wouldn’t be arguing. There is an essential truth. And we are limitless.” Hugh Jackman,

  43. “Ultimately the Force is the larger mystery of the universe. And to trust your feelings is your way to that.” George Lucas

  44. “I think I was a tree or something in a past life. I’ve always been attracted to nature.” Tommy Lee

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