List a television show, a book, a friend’s opinion, or some other source that illustrates each of the six worldviews listed. Example: Deism—Neil Armstrong, the first man to step on the moon, indicated on a NASA form that he was a deist.

[Austin]

1. Monotheism: The ministry of Fellowship of Christian Athletes (the organization I work for) operates from a monotheistic (and specifically Christian) worldview.
2. Deism: Albert Einstein was an example of someone who believed in a God but did not believe God to be personal or knowable.
3. Naturalism: The show Limitless with Chris Hemsworth (featuring Chris Hemsworth) promotes a naturalistic worldview. The last episode, entitled Acceptance, features Chris Hemsworth wrestling with his fear of mortality and his held belief that there is nothing after death.
4. Nihilism: The character, The Joker, from the Batman comics and movies would be an example of a nihilistic character who throws off traditional morality and rejects any concept of good and evil.
5. Existentialism: The Myth of Sisyphus (which is a 1942 philosophical essay by Albert Camus) is an example of a story written from an existentialist worldview, highlighting the meaninglessness and the absurdity of life and the need to discover one’s self-created meaning.
6. Pantheism: The Baghavad Gita (ancient Hindu scripture) is an example of a book written from a pantheistic worldview.

[Austin]

monotheism – bible, my church, FCA

Deism – Thomas Jefferson, some college friends

Naturalism – Big Bang Theory tv show

Nihilism – politics and many parts of current american culture of objective truth

Existentialism – Nietzshe

Pantheism – New Age Movement, Star Wars movie philosophies

[Austin]

Monotheism – The Chosen is a Christian show based on Jesus Christ and his time on earth.

Deism – Bruce Almighty is a movie that ultimately includes many “faiths” so it would highlight that there is a god, but that he /she is whatever we want them to be, including staying out of our everyday life.

Naturalism – Anything that involves Charles Darwin and the theory of evolution – Seems like the Planet of the Apes movies would be an example of this.

Nihilism – The Big Lebowski discusses this worldview.

Existentialism – Crime and Punishment, although I have yet to read it, would be an example of a book that includes existentialist worldview.

Pantheism – The Star Wars movies would be an example of Pantheism.

[Austin]

Diesm – thomas jefferson

Monotheism – the Bible

Naturalism – bill nye the science guy

Nihilism – my brother

Existentialism – atheists

Pantheism – new age movement stuff

[Austin]

Monotheism – an old friend of mine was a unitarian; she believed Jesus was special but not our Savior

Deism – according to a google search, many of our founding fathers were deists, like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison

Naturalist – Charles Darwin – theory of evolution

Nihilism – the movie Groundhog Day – same day over and over with no meaning, slips into depression, suicidal

Existentialism – a coworker of mine claims to be an atheist, believing in no God; however, he is always curious about our Christian beliefs. I think he feels he has to believe no God because his wife and her family do.

Pantheism – I had a Hindu friend in college. I remember sharing the Gospel with her. She listened, but I don’t know if she would ever have the courage to believe something different than her family.