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World View

World View. Chapters 27-28 Written by Charles Colson and Nancy Pearsey Presented by : David M. Hasz. The Drama of Despair. “The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless” - Steven Weinberg - Nobel Prize Winner. Science and Hostile Universe.

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World View

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  1. World View Chapters 27-28 Written by Charles Colson and Nancy Pearsey Presented by : David M. Hasz

  2. The Drama of Despair • “The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless” - Steven Weinberg - Nobel Prize Winner

  3. Science and Hostile Universe • Science reveals we live in a “overwhelmingly hostile universe” • Where does that leave us?

  4. What is the choice now? • The alternative to the Christian message …. is a free fall into pessimism and despair. • What happened to the utopian dreams of the past two centuries?

  5. World War • They crashed in the convulsions of two world wars and the naked evil of the 20th century.

  6. Existentialism • What is it? Basically the belief “you are your life, and that’s all you are.”

  7. No Higher Purpose • There is no higher purpose or goal or meaning to life. • Where does this belief lead?

  8. The 1960’s • If naturalistic science leads to the conclusion that there is no ultimate meaning to life - then why not seek alternative sources of meaning in sensual pleasure and mind altering drug experiences?

  9. Upheaval and the End • This was an intellectual and cultural upheaval….end of optimism, intro to despair!

  10. Mix Existentialism with Darwinism • When existentialism leads to pessimism and pessimism takes on a Darwinian cast where do we go?

  11. Driven to Compete • All life-forms are driven to compete for the next rung on the evolutionary ladder, leaving the weakest behind.

  12. Sociobiology • Or evolutionary psychology. • Sociobiologists conclude that evolution requires ruthlessly selfish behavior.

  13. Bye Bye Love • Love and altruism are illusions • There is “no hint of genuine charity” • I Cor. 13:13 - the greatest is charity

  14. What do they teach? • Everything you do in life is programmed by your genes. Thus every action you make is selfish.

  15. Your actions not your fault • Your actions are all based on what your genes are doing to “survive” • This is a religion and worldview

  16. Worldview? • Where did we come from? • What went wrong with the world? • How do we fix it?

  17. No FIX • Even though no fix it still debunks conventional religion and morality.

  18. You don’t think so?? • Excerpts from page 259. • Banish God, find no meaning in the universe, conclude therefore there must be no God.

  19. Death Defying… why not? • Death Defying and why not? • Hemingway the ultimate conclusion.

  20. New Age Religion • How many of you detected you have been involved? • Differences between the West and the East. • PG263 • It is everywhere.

  21. Where have we seen it? • 7 years in Tibet. • Matrix • Richard Gere, Steven Segal, • The Secret Garden • Schools, churches, universities

  22. What is New Age? • The escalator myth in spiritualized form. • It is a religion that blends Hinduism, Buddhism, and the west. We can become gods, actually we are gods. • We are also making God better.

  23. It is pervasive • Stanford • PUMSY - I can handle it, I can make it happen, I am me and I am enough.

  24. Self Worship, not Self Esteem • Teaching self worship not self esteem! • Beware of the self esteem argument.

  25. New Age is a worldview • Pg. 268: • Not individual dignity but rather a loss of the individual.

  26. Perfect as you are • New age says you are perfect exactly the way you are, when you accept that, life works

  27. Pantheism • Pantheism underlies all New Age thinking, it is according to CS Lewis the religion we naturally fall into. It is “the only real formidable opponent” to Christianity.

  28. Re-imaging Conferences • Re-imaging conferences in churches holding worship services to “Sophia”

  29. The Danger • More and more Christians regard religion as therapy. • We lower our defenses against world views that appeal to our emotions.

  30. Christianity makes demands • Christianity makes stringent moral demands, it requires something from us. • PG 271.

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