Worldview Dictionary Review

1. Worldview Dictionary Review

2. _________: government by an absolute ruler, dictator, king, or tyrant (usually cruel and oppressive).

3. Despotism: government by an absolute ruler, dictator, king, or tyrant (usually cruel and oppressive).

4. ____________: the branch of theology concerned with defending Christianity as a reasonable faith.

5. Apologetics: the branch of theology concerned with defending Christianity as a reasonable faith.

6. ______: one who believes that God exists and that He created the world, but now stands completely aloof from it.

7. Deist: one who believes that God exists and that He created the world, but now stands completely aloof from it.

8. ________: one who believes that the evidence for and against the existence of God is inconclusive. (agnosticism)

9. Agnostic: one who believes that the evidence for and against the existence of God is inconclusive. (agnosticism)

10. _______________(Marxist philosophy): “thesis and antithesis in conflict bring about synthesis.”

11. Dialectical materialism (Marxist philosophy): “thesis and antithesis in conflict bring about synthesis.”

12. ___________: a religious worldview as outlined in ten categories (including theology, philosophy, biology, economics) in Understanding the Times. Its major tenet includes atheism, dialectical materialism, and socialism.

13. Communism: a religious worldview as outlined in ten categories (including theology, philosophy, biology, economics) in Understanding the Times. Its major tenet includes atheism, dialectical materialism, and socialism.

14. __________: an outlook or policy which is worldwide in scope (possible result would be higher regard for worldwide issues than for national issues). Sometimes a euphemism for world government

15. Globalism: an outlook or policy which is worldwide in scope (possible result would be higher regard for worldwide issues than for national issues). Sometimes a euphemism for world government

16. ______________: a philosophic cult of nihilism and pessimism: it holds that each man exists as an individual in a purposeless universe, and he must oppose his hostile environment through the exercise of his free will. Feelings become the standard of human truth.

17. Existentialism: a philosophic cult of nihilism and pessimism: it holds that each man exists as an individual in a purposeless universe, and he must oppose his hostile environment through the exercise of his free will. Feelings become the standard of human truth.

18. ___________________: the belief that noabsolutemoralcodeexists, and therefore man must adjust his ethical standards ineachsituation according to his own judgment (see also moral relativism).

19. Ethical relativism: the belief that noabsolutemoralcodeexists, and therefore man must adjust his ethical standards ineachsituation according to his own judgment (see also moral relativism).

20. _____________: the study or theory of the origin, nature, methods, and limitsofknowledge (study of knowledge).

21. Epistemology: the study or theory of the origin, nature, methods, and limitsofknowledge (study of knowledge).

22. _______: system or code of morals of a particular religion, group, or profession.

23. Ethics: system or code of morals of a particular religion, group, or profession.

24. _______________: the belief that right and wrong are unchanging, not determined by the individual or the culture; revealed by God through both General Revelation and Special Revelation.

25. Moral absolutism: the belief that right and wrong are unchanging, not determined by the individual or the culture; revealed by God through both General Revelation and Special Revelation.

26. ________: a philosophy that denies the existence of any basis for knowledge or truth, and results in an inability to ascribe meaning to any aspect of reality.

27. Nihilism: a philosophy that denies the existence of any basis for knowledge or truth, and results in an inability to ascribe meaning to any aspect of reality.

28. ___________: the doctrine that matter is the only reality, and that everything in the universe, including thought, will, and feeling, can be explained only in terms of the physical. Basically synonymous with naturalism.

29. Materialism: the doctrine that matter is the only reality, and that everything in the universe, including thought, will, and feeling, can be explained only in terms of the physical. Basically synonymous with naturalism.

30. ________________: the belief that right and wrong (ethics) are arbitrary and transitory, determined by the individual or the culture.

31. Moral relativism: the belief that right and wrong (ethics) are arbitrary and transitory, determined by the individual or the culture.

32. ___________: laws both physical and moral found in general revelation.

33. Natural law: laws both physical and moral found in general revelation.

34. Quiz 4 Review

35. ________: the industrial "propertyless" working class; in Marxism, the exploited class that is destined to subjugate and destroy the bourgeoisie.

36. Proletariat: the industrial "propertyless" working class; in Marxism, the exploited class that is destined to subjugate and destroy the bourgeoisie.

37. _______: Cosmic Humanist theology; meaning God is everything and everything is God; hence, the universe is self-existing.

38. Pantheism: Cosmic Humanist theology; meaning God is everything and everything is God; hence, the universe is self-existing.

39. ________: literally the love of wisdom or knowledge; a study of the processes governing thought and conduct and ultimate reality.

40. Philosophy: literally the love of wisdom or knowledge; a study of the processes governing thought and conduct and ultimate reality.

41. In Colossians 2:8, Paul warns the Colossians not to be taken ______________by vain or deceptive philosophies.

42. In Colossians 2:8, Paul warns the Colossians not to be taken captive by vain or deceptive philosophies. • In Colossians 2:8, Paul warns the Colossians not to be taken captive by vain or deceptive philosophies.

43. In 2 Corinthians 10:3-5, Paul informs the Corinthians that Christians should demolish _______________________________________set up against the knowledge of God.

44. In 2 Corinthians 10:3-5, Paul informs the Corinthians that Christians should demolish strongholds [or arguments or pretensions] set up against the knowledge of God.

45. In 2 Timothy 2:22-26, Paul instructs Timothy to teach the _______________to others that have been taken captive. The hope is that they will be set free.

46. In 2 Timothy 2:22-26, Paul instructs Timothy to teach the truth to others that have been taken captive. The hope is that they will be set free.

47. What is a worldview?

48. A worldview is a way of ________or ____________the whole world. It is an interpretive ___________or something you look through when interpreting reality. A worldview is the perspective through which you ___________and approach ____and the world. Everyone has a worldview—a way in which you see and interpret the world.

49. A worldview is a way of viewing or interpreting the whole world. It is an interpretive framework or something you look through when interpreting reality. A worldview is the perspective through which you understand and approach life and the world. Everyone has a worldview—a way in which you see and interpret the world.

50. What are some fundamental questions a worldview answers?