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Christian Worldview Analysis

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The world’s current population is seven billion and growing each day (Worldometers, 2015). A planet occupied by seven billion people all separated by continents, languages, and cultural barriers. With so many people and so many various factors that make them different, there is one thing that crosses all barriers and brings people together, religious worldviews. One widely shared and embraced worldview is that of Christianity. The Christian worldview believes and holds importance in God, humanity, Jesus, and the restoration of people.
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God, a three letter word with a much larger meaning. In the Christian worldview God is the ultimate reality. He existed before the universe and He is sovereign. In the beginning of the Bible, Genesis chapters …show more content…

It connects and brings together individuals around the world who embrace similar beliefs. God created Eve for Adam, he placed love in the world he had created and made it possible for humankind to find it in their relationships (Uhley, 2014). Bringing everyone together with their similar belief in Christianity provides individuals with a form of a social group and along with that comes support from others that hold similar beliefs as well (Idler, 1995). The spiritual practices of Christianity also helps integrate mind, body, and spirit all together in one. Collectively individuals gather and worship in a group setting sharing the bible and its teaching and how it has positively impacted their life and brought them closer spiritually to God. Christianity provides individuals with values to follow and influence their inward and outward behavior such as to love, forgive, and help …show more content…

I find that Christianity is the same as well. Christians are taught to love everyone for who they are and to forgive those who sin. I also believe that there is something out there that is larger than me and beyond my comprehension as a human being. This is much like how God is viewed in the Christian worldview, but I have not explored enough into religion to give that higher power a name yet. One area that I would like to believe more solidly in like Christians do is the idea of an afterlife. When I was raised I was told that our goldfish go to heaven, but when my grandmother passed away I was told that her soul was at peace. As an adult I struggle with the idea of a heaven and am not as accepting of it as Christians are. This is an area however I would be more open to explore through the Christian

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