Sept 15

Chapters 3 & 4

-> 3 World views clashed: 
	- Western World
	- Islamic World
	- Confucian East
 
-> Other clash: (secularism of the US)	- Post Modernism
	- Judea Christianity

2 Categories:
-> Theism (Test question)
	- The belief there is a transcendent God who created the universe.

-> Naturalism
	- The belief that natural causes alone are sufficient to explain everything that exists.

-> God or cosmic accidents?

Naturalism leads to Moral Relativism
	- Moral Relativism = every principle and "moral" is relative to the person

Relativism leads to Multiculturalism
	- Multiculturalism = cultures are also the relative to the people

Multiculturalism leads to Pragmatism

Pragmatism leads to Utopianism

Utopianism: Enlightenment is embraced... human nature is good. If only we create the right social and economic structures, we can usher in an age of harmony and prosperity

- This world perpective - Naturalism leadds to only considering what happens in this world, this age, this life. Christians see things from an eternal perspective

Post Christans
- Meaning most American's no longer rely  on Judeo-Christian truths...

Existentialism
- proclaimed that life is absurd, meaninggless, and that the individual self must create his own meaning by his own choices.

Modernism
- 47% adults
- Value Technology and material progress,, tend to be politicians , military leaders, scientist, business people

* Christian Theism and Naturalism is the real Battle
- TRUTH wins so we Christians need to staand strong in our Faith

Chapter 4 (Why we must understand worldviews

- Pre evangelism (not talking about the BBible yet)
- Christians vigorously defend the perseccuted because they believe human rights are God given
- Knowing how to be salt and light in ourr communities without offending