Bahnsen’s Basic Training for defending the faith Part 2

Introduction to worldviews

What I expect to learn:

The concepts behind worldviews.

Quote:

“God is the Creator, and this is His universe.”

Book Review:

Dr. Bahnsen defines worldview as a fundamental cognitive orientation of an individual or society encompassing natural philosophy, fundamental existential and normative postulates or themes, values, emotions, and ethics. These presuppositions are very fundamental and logically basic assumptions. Christians are committed to God becasue he is the creator of heaven and earth. Having faith is better than having no faith at all. It is always better to believe in than have no belief at all. NO matter what religion we believe in, our very existence means someone created us and the one who created us is the one person we call God. I have always believed that all religions have a common denominator, and that is God, the creator of all existence. God maybe Allah is Islam, our the Sheeba in Hinduism. Dr. Bahnsen presented three categories of questions that every worldview must answer. First is metaphysics, study of origin, structure, and nature of equality. Second is epistemology, the theory of knowledge, this deal with the nature and limits of knowledge as well as methods used to pursue knowledge, It asks how one justifies and accounts for knowledge and explores concepts such as truth and beliefs. Third is ethics, the study of good and bad, right and wrong, It deals with attitudes and actions, moral responsibility and obligations.

What I have learned:

The concept of what is worldview.

Integrative Question:

1)      What is worldview?

2)      What is its importance?

3)      What is dualism? Atomism? pragmatism?

4)      What are its concepts?

5)      How important are these philosophies?