- Does it seem odd to connect every belief we have about life back to what we believe about God? To me it does not seem odd to connect what I believe in with life, because knowing who the author of life allows me to connect my believes with life.
Questions from article, What is a Worldview, and Why Is It Important To Me?
- Has your answers to either of the first two questions changed after reading Article 1?My answers have not change from reading article I, because I do know understand my worldview. It has been influence through my own personal reading of scripture, that's the blueprint of my life, so I can see the meaning of the laws that make society. Referring to the meaning of the law means referring to its origins. Thats why this article did not change my answers.
- Do you believe in absolute truth? Is there more than one way/religion to understanding absolute truth about God and the meaning of life? I do believe in absolute truth, because it's the only way to find meaning of life. I believe other beliefs could be the starting point of finding truth, but their paths does not mean they will find absolute truth to understand meaning of life. A Biblical example would Jesus and the rich young ruler. The rich young ruler knew the law, and still wanted to know how to inherit eternal life. Christ told him to do that He must give up his possessions to the poor, and come follow Him to inherit eternal life. The rich young ruler did not do that, and walked away from absolute truth ( Luke 18:18-23, King James Version).
- Do you believe that humans have free will in their decisions, or are they entirely a product of their personal environment, circumstances, upbringing, etc.? I believe that humans do have free will, but through their own free will they could become a product of their personal environment. If people living in a free will planet do not find absolute truth, than they very well easily could be a product of whatever their environment provides them. Reason why I state that is absolute truth gives people the meaning of life, and understanding the meaning of life allows people see beyond their environment to see that they have more options in life. Not understanding the meaning of life keeps people seeing just their environment to see a few options that they choose limited options with their freewill.
- Are things such as true love, beauty, and justice really possible, or are those values totally determined by cultural beliefs and norms? They are possible to have in culture, but what definition culture define these things determines its possibilities. Does culture define these things through government, a high class, its state religion, or do they let the media define it? If so, than does these things reflect God's word? If not, than culture creates a divide that does not make it possible to have thees things. Now does this mean that God's word need to be a beacon for culture to do what's right, because their has been cultures from the past that's taken God's word out of context. An example are the Christian crusades that persecuted the Jews for crucifying Jesus, so I believe that a person's freewill determines whether or not society can have these things. This does not mean culture will have this perfectly, but it is whole lot closer in free will cultures.
Questions from article, "Adding The Framework"
- Have your answers to any of the last questions changed after reading Article 2? No because having freewill bring cultures the possibilities of having truth, love, and justice. For cultures to have this their foundation must have an understanding of freewill, and one of the words for that is liberty. That's the reason why the United States has been a great country for over 200 years in that our founding fathers understood what it meant to have freewill, and where it came from. This was great for all comers that came to this country, cause they were able to express themselves throughout the framework without persecution unless their choices resulted in taking the lives of others, their private property, or anything that violates their freewill.
- From our foundation of freewill allow our countries framework reflect that, but as our country got older its citziens forgot the meaning of freewill to know its origin. Forgetting the origins of freewill keeps generations from passing it own to the next generation, so no hardly knows it. There assumptions of it are not connected with understanding, and not experience it for themselves.
- So far in what you’ve read and in what you’ve experienced in life, does it seem odd or offensive to see Jesus Christ as the foundation for life and meaning? For our culture it has become offensive to have Jesus center around the meaning of life, because their opinion of free will is assumption of that it is owed to them. This point of view of liberty creates a god like attitude, and that can explain why Americans are the most selfish people on the planet.
- Without Christ at the center for the meaning of life, than humans think their gods. This type of view is creating a hierarchy system of who gets power over others, and humans lack of understanding meaning of life is allowing this to happen. For those reasons it does not seem odd to me that our culture finds Jesus offensive.
- Jesus is the most controversial person in the history of this world, because His truth will either be accepted. Or it will be rejected, because people do not like to judged. With people not wanting to be judged will bring persecution, and Christ told His followers that they will be persecuted for His name. So this does not surprise me that Jesus offends a lot of people when He's presented at the center in the meaning of life.
"Questions from the article, If a God,then which God?"
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- Have your answers to either of the last two questions changed after reading Article 3? No, because this article pretty much reflects my worldview, because our view points come from scripture. I believe that there's a Creator that created us in His Image, and that he gave us freewill. With this view it allows me to see beyond the normal circumstances that people see every day, and it gives me an understanding on why things happen in our world. My worldview also gives me security for the future, because I know Christ will return to put His kingdom on this earth. I do know that I can do nothing to earn my way into it, which is why He died for my sins. His creation of man in His image, and grace He gave us at the cross shows that I can have fellowship with Him.
- Now that you’ve read all of the articles, how has your view of meaning, ethics, and your own worldview changed? What questions or comments do you have about what you’ve read? These articles have not changed my worldview, but it allow me to think deeper into it. I believe to have more understanding of this world I must understand other people's worldview, so I can see where they are coming from. I can have a better understanding of their beliefs to ask them questions, and put myself in their situation. Throughout understanding others worldview I need to have mind balance with love and truth. The questions of that are how do I keep them balance, how do I reflect my worldview to others without imposing it on them, and how do I get them curious without looking like I am intentionally doing it?
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