WORLDVIEW?

WORLDVIEW, WORLDVIEW, WORDVIEW.

Worldview is the popular description of what a person bases his beliefs on.

Where does this expression have its origin?

Well, the first time I heard it; It sounded familiar. Of course, you know it has a trace of familiarity all over it.

Then it occurred to me that I had heard the concept before, long ago. It wasn't in the English language, but in Deutsch (German). The word is Weltanschuung. It is a concept I learnt in a Sociology Class.

Weltangschuung, like the 'Debunking motif' (an analytical respect for the unrespectful) are both concepts that are used in the field of Sociology.

It's a secular, a sociological term used to describe a person's World-view! A World perspective.

Hummm! Sociological? Worldview?

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More than twenty years ago in a college Introduction to Philosophy class I learned the quirky German word Weltanschung which means, roughly, "world view." A world view is the way you understand existence based partly on your experiences of life. There are other factors that become mixed in to create our individual views of the world (our socioeconomic status, the broader cultural issues, and the like), but essentially Weltanschung informs the way we live our lives.1

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After I thought about the term for a long time, I decided to write about this enigmatic expression that has recently crept into the 'christian vocabulary'. I realize that it isn't Christian, and that those who would have us form a Worldview, are either fooling us, or are themselves fooled. Because, "Know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God?"

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Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. James 4:4.

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In my opinion we aren't called to have a Worldview; But, a God-ly view, a Christ-like view. Christ stated that His Kingdom was not of this World. Any other view is not convenient to men/women attempting or professing to serve God. If we have a Worldview, we're seeing things from a worldly perspective; A worldly point of view; A worldly vantage point, etc. So, the next time you hear Worldview; Think of what it really means. Worldview??? It's a term coined by the Social Engineers to confuse those seeking the Light of the Gospel of the Kingdom, The Everlasting Gospel, which is not of this World.

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Just a minor observation on 'popular' rhetoric; Which reveals where you're 'really' seeing things from.

Here's another one of those newfangled expressions: What's your take on this???

Arsenio

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Reference:

1http://bartswholenewworld.blogspot.com/2006/06/weltanschung.html