What is your Worldview?

Worldview is the way we look at the world.  That is, the glasses we are looking through; our perspective of the world.

Worldview is not the view from the space shuttle!  Very few people get to have that view, but everyone does have a worldview, whether they are aware of it or not.

"Worldview" is defined by Merriam-Webster as

a comprehensive conception or apprehension of the world especially from a specific standpoint.

So basically, worldview is a set of beliefs and relative positions from which a person analyses the world around him or herself.

There are many worldviews, and they are developed from a person's life experience, during which there are many influences.  Influences may include childhood and upbringing, education, life experiences and belief systems.

Christians have a specific worldview based on the bible and its teachings.   It's generally referred to as a "biblical worldview" as it shapes the way we look at life around us and it helps us understand why and how things occur. 

In Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis' chapter XXVII on the Historical Point of View, Uncle Screwtape writes about misleading Christians by leading them away from the question of truth.   He expands on many interesting categories to investigate (writer, comparisons, peers) and anything to steer the reader away from the truth itself.  

It's amazing how relevant Screwtape's theory is for the 21st Century.   We are in an age where it is considered politically incorrect to speak the truth; it is displaying intolerance to speak the truth; bad is the new good.   Our society considers it worse to confront sin than to commit sin.

English author George Orwell, socialist and writer of the famous 1984 and Animal Farm (and other futuristic and imaginative) novels, made the profound statement,

The further society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.

Ironic isn't it really, when 2000 years ago, Jesus had already told His disciples,

All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.  Mark 13:13

and Paul said,

For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine.  Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.  2 Timothy 4:3

Christians, analyse world and local events in light of the bible, the Word of God.   Continue to speak the truth.  Stand firm.

Stand firm.

Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong.  1 Cor. 16:13

So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the teachings we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth, or by letter.  2 Thess. 2:15

Be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near.  James 5:8

References:

“Worldview.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worldview. Accessed 20 December 2019.

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https://onsizzle.com/i/the-further-a-society-drifts-from-truth-the-more-it-4241068 (20/12/19)