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Which two worldviews are the most influential today in explaining origins? Why?
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Monotheism and Existentialism seems to be the dominant views today because of man’s need or desire for guiding force and direction and man’s desire for total independence.
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Influential worldviews today seem to be at extremes. There are monotheists who regard as real what they observe in nature and understand from their religious writings. On the other side, we have the atheistic existentialists who view the external cosmos as real and believe that the only way to arrive at meaning that is relevant to an individual is through a subjective experience.
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The two worldviews that are the most influential today in explaining origins are montheism and deism. Both of these worldviews hold to the idea of God, or some type of creator. Apart from God, there can be no explanation for the origins of the world.
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Monotheism which is the worldview held by the major three religions being Christianity, Judaism and Islam. This worldview is far and away the most common when adding all three religions together.
Naturalism is a commonly held world view today with evolution and the big bang theory being prevalent across society.
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Monotheism – Christian, Jews, Muslims
Existentialism – define who and what we are ourselves.