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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.
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Monotheism – The Bible points to God’s orchestrated and planned redemptive goal for the World.
Deism – Many of my unbelieving friends would point to the fact that there is a God but have an incredibly low view of Him, thinking Him not to be concerned with their affairs or ability to impact the world around them.
Naturalism – The Big Bang Theory is a literally a show based on the premise of accidental particles (or people) colliding and forming a universe (or friend group).
Nihilism – The Big Lebowski.
Existentialism – This is a popular trend in modern entertainment, used to give credit to the “YOLO” mindset.
Pantheism – Any of the individuals who use numeration or stones to “discern” direction for their lives.
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Dmitri Mendeleev (1834–1907), Russian chemist and inventor. He is credited as being the creator of the first version of the periodic table of elements.
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Deism – Thomas Jefferson and Neil Armstrong
Monotheism – The Bible Christians
Naturalism – Charles Darwin. Carl Sagan
Nihilism – White a few of the news stations and reporters
Pantheism – Buddism and Hinduism
Existentialism – Atheists -
Monotheism – I see this daily in my area with Christianity. Judiasm is seen as I study the old testament and my experience with Islam is mostly through tv and news.
Deism – The material would suggest that Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin would have seen themselves as deists because the rejected miracles and asserted that God does not interfere with human affairs.
Naturalism – The theory of evolution came from Charles Darwin’s work on The Origin of Species suggesting that only matter exists and through it came everything we know now.
Nihilism – Ivan Turgenev suggested in his book Fathers and Sons that a nihilist does not bow down to authority or accept any principle on faith. I feel this is something that is being used in attempt to change our culture through politics.
Existentialism – I have run into many people who believe God does not exist and meaning in life comes through some temporary cause that elevates their level of importance in life. This is played out everyday in their desire to achieve more, have status and create their own meaning.
Pantheism – The Vedas are the ancient Hindu sacred texts that would suggest that you can become one with the universe through meditation.
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Moralistic therapeutic deism-(book) by Christian Smith
I originally heard about this idea through courses that I was taking at Liberty University. The idea that a person takes good morals, sometimes associated with biblical views, and applies them based off of their own conviction. Essentially letting their own moral compass and feelings be their God.
This is obviously an error for any human being, considering that fact that personal conviction differs with each person. Therefore what may be morally incorrect for me, may be morally correct for you. Causing indifference and giving no true basis for clear and concrete truth.