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Do you agree that the biblical references cited illustrate some elements of each worldview being seen in Scripture? Explain
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Yes, I believe the other world views are heresy and take bits and pieces of God’s scripture truths, and manipulate it fit into their beliefs.
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Yes, I have long thought that man’s misunderstanding of truth, God, and creation are not a God problem, but a man/perception problem. Because of free will, God allows us to see what we want to see, and frame our understanding of Him, how we desire. Between the folds of perception, God’s truth is weaved in. The amount of truth seems to be based upon the amount of Self-God a culture promotes. Even in, what we believe is the most correct worldview, we have aspects that have to be taken on faith, aspects that we do not understand. The humility to see that those needs are our own issues, not God’s is what separates us from other world views and even sometimes our own worldview used for selfish gain.
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Yes. God is the source of all truth and therefore whenever bits of truth are added to error, the truth will always come from God himself.
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Yes. Because man is created in the image of God the Creator, there is part of Him, of His values, and views of His creation in man. Sin has distorted the truth, leading man to confusion and seeking understanding away from the Creator. But man interprets experiences based on how he was created by the Creator even after the fall. Man processes thoughts and emotions not apart from how he was created even if man does not believe in God. Man can not get away from being his own identity because he was created by God in His image. God, through the Bible, has presented to man the framework of how to understand the question of creation, life, death, and eternal life. In the Bible, God has revealed the answers through lenses from which man sees his worldview.
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Yes. I believe that because everything has its “root” in God as creator, then each worldview will also “borrow” a part of the Biblical Worldview to create it’s own worldview that “makes sense” to them. This allows them to continue to be their own god, and not have to bow to the One True God, Christ Jesus!