...does not have the ability to walk or speak since his mid 20’s so his worldview is shown through his writing and life choices. I will cover the way he views the nature of God, his career, and family and how those areas of his life compare with my own beliefs and worldview. Hawking’s worldview when it comes to the nature of God is evident in his written works. In A Brief History of Time his theology is contrasted against Christian theism. The literary work focuses on his understanding of the laws that govern the universe. He concludes the universe was neither created nor destroyed; but just is a continuous form that has always been in place of its own power or ability. (Paradowski 2010). This theory assumes that the universe can create itself out of nothing, and God is no longer necessary when addressing the creation of the universe. Instead of a Christian base divine creation of the universe he advocates that it was uncreated, based on a theory of quantum gravity. Time is a relevant and driving factor in his explanations to the forming of the universe and many of his ideas. "Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist. It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going." (Bochynski, pg.180, 2011) Next Hawking’s view of his career was set from a young age. He was born in Oxford, England in 1942 and his father was renowned as researcher of tropical medicine. Hawking...
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...Theism: There is a God Monotheism: One God Christian worldview is a monotheistic worldview but not all monotheistic worldviews are Christian worldviews. Three Monotheistic worldviews Judaism 4000 yrs old Abraham, Isaac & Jacob Moses & the exodus Christianity 2000 yrs old Jesus 3 subdivisions: Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Protestant Islam 1400 years old Mohammed (last prophet, considered last & greatest) Several divisions and levels of tolerance Hesselgrave’s Monotheistic Model : Maps REALITY Monotheistic WV touches all of them Timeline: Eternity=Past Present=Activity Eternity=Future It’s linear Francis Schaeffer’s Worldview He called it a biblical worldview There is an infinite personal God who exists and who has created the external universe, not as an extensive of his own essence, but out of nothing Knowable: God can be knowable, he is personable The Universe Not chaotic Not random Exists apart from God It does NOT operate on its own There are causes and effects, but God is not a slave to it… He can step in! God made a man in his own image therefore, man can act into the cause/effect flow of history * Francis Shaffer’s Worldview “…the universe as it is now is not normal; that is, it is not now as it was when it was created. Likewise, man is no longer as he was when first created. Therefore, from God’s side, there is the possibility of a qualitative solution to man as he is now and to man’s cruelty, without man ceasing...
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...ST. PAUL’S UNIVERSITY (NKR. CAMPUS) CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AFFECTING THE INSTITUTION OF FAMILY AND THEIR SOLUTIONS STUDENT NAME & ID: JOSIAH O. SANDE: BBAM/NKR/2004/15 COURSE TITLE: CHRISTIAN WORLD VIEW COURSE CODE: UCC101 LECTURER: DAVID KANYONI DATE: 13TH NOVEMBER, 2014 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AFFECTING THE INSTITUITION OF FAMILY AND THEIR SOLUTIONS Abstract Since the discovery of oil, development of trade, quest for education, technological advancement, and globalization, the human life has undergone changes. These changes begin at the nuclear family. Modernization has significantly influenced family structure as expressed socio-culturally, socio-biologically and socio economically. All these change factors are discussed herein highlighting their impact on the family structure today. This paper presents the shift from the traditional family towards the modern family where the size of a family is critical, women are empowered, humanity is becoming more independent in choice, high mobility, economic security is key, medical technology is defining life and media influence on social life is greater. In general the issues affecting the family today have been prescribed by modernization. 1.0 Introduction The traditional family is the basis of life within the society where family existence in relation to high mortality and fertility determines generations to come and explains the origin of lineages. In olden days, the...
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...PURPOSEFUL CHRISTIAN LIFE Definition: Purposeful: having a useful purpose; acting with a clear aim and with determination. Christian Life: showing the qualities that are thought of as typical of a Christian, Christ like.. Some people say that we are just evolutionary result of the survival of the fittest Others think of reincarnation Most of our lives, we have been searching for a purpose for our lives, one that has a deeper meaning than just the basic action of existing on this planet. We felt that our lives were meant for something; and something meaningful and worthwhile that would give us a true reason to live. We searched for this purpose in things like relationships, a career, a job, a hobby, in school, and in many more things, only to find disappointment at every turn; because though these things could preoccupy us for a moment, they would ultimately fail at fulfilling our spiritual desire for a meaningful life. Then we find God, and we feel that we see our purpose clearly. We are full of excitement and hopeful to see what God will do with our lives. The overwhelming joy and excitement that drives us motivates us to share the good news with everyone around us, telling them of the great purpose that God has in store for our lives. We devote ourselves to learning more, growing more, and doing more for God. We surround ourselves with more and more people who call themselves Christians to glean as much as we can from them, astounded at the miraculous experiences...
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...What would happen if we subtract God from equation? Or in simple word, universe without God is the best example of world without morality. This world is going to be full of wickedness, unmerciful, murder, and covetousness and disobedient from parents, “who is going to say right and who is going to say the wrong”, we all are human being and because of our creation we don’t have a correct answers to all questions, so who is going to show us the right answer and straight ways without any mistake? Other questions is:” where everything came from”? World without God doesn’t have any answer for that question. In my own life I faced with so many questions that I really didn’t know the correct answer. “God answers stays the same because he looks to what man needs” (Williams, 1995) and he always has the right answers The other possibility that we should consider here in world without God is, increasing in rang of suicide rate, because people think life is not worth to live , that world is going to be full of hopelessness and respire and depression. We are going to see so many homeless in street that they think , there is no purpose in life to make any effort . this World is without love and trust and full of loneliness . I’m going to Chicago at the end of summer for pharmacy school to live with myself and It’s the first time that I’m going to be completely alone without any family’s support, but I know and I believe from bottom of my heart that, there is something really close...
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...Crystal Cook April 12, 2012 CWV101-Crawford Family Television Review The situation comedy that highlights family values and functions for this Family Television Review is the show called The Parkers. The name of the family is The Parkers which is a family with a single mother and a daughter both attending college. Observations of the family lead me to the conclusion that their worldview is between a naturalism and secular worldview. While watching the show The Parkers I have observe that The Parkers live they life base off naturalism and secular because they are fulfilling their dreams in life regardless of what people might say or believe. On the following episode e the the mother Nikki Parkers truly believes her and the professor is a couple and he is cheating on her with some skinny women. The Nikki character is following the professor around and trying to find out what he is up too even though it is clear they are not a couple and will never be. The other character is Kimberly Parker she is clearly not the smartest character on the show but her personality makes up for it. She has this bubbly personality that is easy to get along with and she always has some silly or funny to say that make people take a double take. They both do things that make them feel good about themselves like going to college to farther themselves in life, they both like fashion and attention from men. The Parkers are there for each other regardless of what might happen and they do not...
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...CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW ESSAY Presented to Dr. Timothy Swinson For BIBL 425 – Romans By George W Rimel October 1st, 2014 * Creation: Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. [1] God created Man and Woman to live in harmony and be obedient to him, to have a relationship with him; He gave them everything a beautiful place to live all kinds of things to eat. And one rule, Genesis 3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.[2] From that point on mankind has been lost and sin entered into the world, God was disappointed and placed a curse on the man and the woman and kicked them out of the Garden of Eden. * What does Romans inform us regarding Creation? 19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:[3] We cannot see the air we breathe, but it is there lest we die. We cannot see the gravity which holds us to the earth but it is there. There are laws and things set into motion from the beginning of creation that care for us, which a majority of the people of today are not even conscious of, and refuse to...
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...eating from the tree of good and evil. Then Eve caused Adam to eat from the tree when God discovered this he cursed them including the Serpent he cursed the serpent to crawl on his belly, and the woman to bear children with great pain and to Be subject to her husband, God said that the Serpent and the man and woman’s offspring would be Enemies from now On and that man would crush the head of the serpent and the serpent would bruise The heel of men. for the man’s sin God said the soil would be cursed and that he would have to work Sweat to produce food from the Earth, and then God made them clothes to cover up there Nakedness and put them out of the Garden but God was already making plans for a Savior to Save the world from their sins and the sin Nature of man from Adam and Eve to Noah God is dealing with man’s sinful nature. After God put them out of the garden of Eden Adam and Eve Had two sons, first Cain and then Able. Here we have the signs of jealousy and the first Murder. Cain was jealous of his Brother Able, because able gave God a better Offering then he did, so Cain...
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...worldview? : In my opinion a worldview is one's perception of the world, and how it affects the manner in which he/she responds to the world in which they live. Ken Funk (Kenneth H. Funk II, PhD, and Associate Professor at Oregon State University) in his paper “What is a worldview?” cited the German word Weltanschauug which means “worldview” as… “Seems self-evident: an intellectual perspective on the world or universe.” As well as the 1989 edition of the Oxford English Dictionary defines “Weltanschauug” as …”literally, a perception of the world…” as a particular philosophy of life; a concept of the world held by an individual or a group…” Weltanschauug is also cited in “Weider and Gutierrez’s’ text Consider as a widely accepted term and was first coined by the Prussian philosopher, Immanuel Kant in his Critique of Judgment published in 1790.” It appears that many philosophers will agree that “Worldview” is one’s perception of the world. Everyone has a “worldview” but may not be aware of this view. Conscience or not it dictates how they live or act in the world…Worldview does not necessarily have to do with a perception of the world or the planet but instead it deals with a thought process that is developed from several sources. Our culture, our environment, Parents, teachers, beliefs, and our own reasoning affect our worldview. One can have many worldviews; however the worldview that” most” allow to dictate or the view that is practiced by most is their religious worldview. Children...
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...We Lost our Minds, and Living it Out: True Spirituality and Christian Worldview. She stated in her book that Christians have adopted a worldview that is bound and influenced by our culture, so that we now view Christianity through a secular worldview. In other words, she was saying that we as Christians sometimes act secular when it comes to certain things pertaining to the world. She states that we need to view society through the Christian lens, which is in the image of God. She also stated in her book that we as Christians need to stop criticizing culture and start creating culture. I totally agree with her on that because God is not focused on one particular culture, but all cultures. She also mentioned about restoring joy and purpose into the world. The majority of the world is lost because they don’t understand their purpose. They don’t understand that God has created them not for themselves, but for him. She mentioned that restoring the joy comes from sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. Not just to our culture alone, but to all. In order for us to change the politics of our nations, we must first influence the culture, and to do that we must reclaim a Christian worldview. I believe reclaiming the view of the world will make all the difference. Are we really viewing the world in the eyes of God? Do we really see the world as God’s creation even though all kinds of evil are going on? Can the world be saved through the sharing of the Gospel? Those are questions...
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...450-B09 By Rodney Courson Student ID # L03489834 February, 2011 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………..….3 AMILLENNIALISM…………………………………………………………………....3 The Origin of Amillennialism………………………………………………….…4 The View of Amillennialism’s Strengths and Weaknesses……………................4 POSTMILLENNIALISM……………………………………………………………..…6 The Origin of Postmillennialism……………………………………………….….7 The View of Postmillennialism’s Strengths and Weaknesses…………………….8 PREMILLENNIALISM………………………………………………………………..…8 The Origin of Premillennialism……………………………………………………9 The View of Premillennialism’s Strengths and Weaknesses………………………9 CONCLUSION……………………………………………………………………………10 BIBLIOGRAPHY…………………………………………………………………………11 INTRODUCTION In the world of Christianity, there seems to be numerous debates on several topics of interpretation of Scripture. One of those debates is the interpretation of the millennial reign of Jesus Christ mentioned in Revelation 20. Many Bible students throughout the history of the church have been very divisive over the fact of this chapter being interpreted from a literal viewpoint or symbolically. With all the debate among the Bible students, there seems to be three distinctive views in which they view the millennium from an amillennialism, postmillennialism, and the premillennialism interpretations. In order for any serious Bible student to draw a fair conclusion of the interpretation it would be to clearly examine each interpretation in light...
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...of the Christian worldview and reflect on implications for your own worldview. Write a 1,250-1,500-word essay using at least two course resources (textbook, lectures, the Bible) and at least two other sources from the GCU Library to support your points. Remember, the Bible counts as one reference regardless of how many times you use it or how many verses you cite. Begin your paper with an appropriate introduction, including a thesis statement to introduce the purpose of the paper. Organize your paper with the following sections using the seven underlined titles for subheadings. The Christian Worldview: Describe the beliefs of the Christian worldview with regard to the following components corresponding to Topics 2-5. Write at least one paragraph for each component using the underlined title for a subheading. God: What is God like? What are God's characteristics? What is his creation? To explain god and what his characteristics mean to a Christian would be to explain what it means to Christian. God is good, an entity that does not present with evil. God is loving, does not represent hate. God is just, has understanding with reason. These are also three of the attributes that humans should have and possess. This make the Christian god relatable and with achievable expectation. The attributes of god allows for a base of morality for people. With this ability to meet the expectations of god people can achieve a moral world view. This in turn gives Christians the ability...
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...A worldview is the nature in which one interprets various aspects of the world. Through beliefs, opinions are formulated about subjects such as music, art, religion and politics. My grandmother raised me to believe in God, Jesus as our Lord and Savior. As a young adult I gave my life to Christ and continued believing the truths of God that I was taught as a child. As a Christian, I believe that the Bible is the word of God, and it stands as the lenses of how the world is viewed in a Christina/Biblical view. In Romans chapters 1-8, the apostle Paul writes about the views a Christian should have and how they should live. In the next paragraphs of this essay, it will be briefly discussed how the Bible guides us through tough life questions such as: Who we are? Where do we come from? What is the meaning/purpose of life, Relationships, and our Destiny? The Natural World A Christian’s Biblical world view of this world is seen in Psalm 139.16, the Psalmist describes how God personally created him in the womb of his mother. We are humbled at the fact that Good took the time to create us in His image. Since the creation of the world humans have been given the revelation of the truth (Romans 1:18) Gen1:1 shows God as the creator of all things. God in his all-knowing power formed the Natural world in detail to perfection. Human Identity Mankind was created in the image of God. Adam and Eve were tasked to be caretakers of the land of Eden (Gen 2:15). They were above the animals...
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...World View Assignment I: What is a worldview? To have a world view means that you have created a personal opinion of life. Those opinions you have created, help you make decisions as well as help you learn how to portray the world around you. As to be expected, one man’s worldview will not be the same as yours but it is always good to share your views with other people to hopefully open their eyes to your perception on certain topics. Finally it’s also good to listen to other people’s views to expand your own personal knowledge on the Christian world view. II: 1) The question of Origin As stated by the Christian world view on the origin of life, the inception of everything that exists was a result from God himself. The naturalist’s theory states that life came from non-living matter. We know, for a fact, through our Christian beliefs that life came in the form of our externally living God (genesis 1:1). We can honestly say that we did not come from animals, but were created by God himself. 2) The question of Identity The question of Identity is answered in the Bible. It states that men were created in God’s image and likeness, to replenish and subdue the earth and have power over every living thing on earth (Genesis 26-28). This basically means that man was created to reproduce and keep things on earth in an active state. We, as humans, are to always be the superior species here on earth. 3) The question of Meaning/ Power The Christian world view on life meaning...
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...Christian Persecution in Middle East Christian Persecution in Middle East Persecutions in the Middle East are increasing each and every day. The main target of these persecutions is the Christian community. Christians are attacked daily, without mercy, in the Middle East location and around the Middle East. Christian persecutions in the Middle East are growing drastically due to religious practices, government laws and different point of views. To start with, religious beliefs greatly affect the violent acts against innocent Christians in the Middle East. The Christian Community is persecuted mainly because of their beliefs. In Christianity, it is believed that “man has inherited "original sin" from Adam. Mankind then is inherently evil and is in need of forgiveness of sin. By given the knowledge of right and wrong Christians choose their actions” (Christianity). Basically, every time someone sins, that person has to go to God for repentance. Their faith is based on the holy trinity. “God is eternally supreme as the creator and preserver of the world. The trinity exists as three beings in one godhead: The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit” (Christianity). God is the creator of life, therefore you must submit to Him. Jesus Christ is the son of God and one must believe in Him in order to be saved. The beliefs of this religion cause disagreement and persecution between Christianity and Islam. To continue, the Islamic law has different believes and ideas. In...
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