lINSTRUCTIONS:
For this assignment you are to choose one of four worldviews (i.e., Secular Humanism, Hinduism, Buddhism, or Islam) and learn and articulate how that worldview would answer the five worldview questions. Review chapters four and five of Finding Your Worldview: Thinking Christianly about the World for content and clarity to these questions. You will also compare and contrast that worldview’s responses to the five worldview questions. You will also compare and contrast that worldview’s responses to the five worldview questions with how the Biblical Worldview would answer that question.
Cover Page – This is the first page to be included in your paper. This should be formatted according to the style (APA, MLA, Turbian) that you will be using for this assignment.
Content pages – These pages will contain your content and fulfill the requirements as listed below. The word counts are for the total Part. A word count is required after Parts 1 and 2.
Parts 1 (300-500 words) Choose one of the four worldviews (Secular Humanism, Hinduism, Buddhism, or Islam) and in five seperate paragraphs, answer the worldview questions of Origin, Identity, Meaning (Purpose), Morality and Destiny from that worldview’s perspective. Cite specific content that you put in your own your words or quotes you add to your assignment to avoid plagiarism.
Part 1 Questions:
1. Question of Origin – (What is the orgin of the universe etc.? How did humanity come into existence?)
2.) Question of Identity – (What does it mean to be human? Are humans more important than other living things?)
3.) Question of Morality – (What is meant by right and wrong? How is morality determined?)
4.) Question of Destiny – (What happens when a person dies?)
Note: do not include questions in the answers; just provide content asked by these questions.
Part 2 Compare & Contrast:
Compare and contrast the worldview you have chosen and their answers to the five worldview questions with the answers from a Biblical Worldview. The content from your chosen worldview needs to be cited and all biblical ideas added to your assignment are to be supported with scripture.
*Compare: How are the two worldview responses similiar or the same?
*Contrast: How are the two worldview positions different?