Sire's Seven Worldviews

In eight short chapters, covering one hundred and sixty three pages, James Sire introduces his readers to the concept of a worldview, the many different definitions of worldview across history, and the effect a worldview has on ones life.

Sire provides a concise introduction for anyone who either misunderstands, or has no concept of a worldview; but some may disagree on what he may have added or left out. If an atheist were to pick up this book, he or she may feel as though Sire spent more time on the Christian worldview than giving “legitimate” arguments for other worldviews. Is there a way to read Sire’s book, as a non-Christian, and agree with his statements, or is this book only for Christian students (who will mostly agree since they already hold his presuppositions)? The Christian may be satisfied with his answers, but if his goal is to educate on other worldviews; this book may get dismissed as uneven when presenting arguments for different worldviews.

For Christians, God is the ultimate prime reality. He created the heavens, earth, and all inhabitants. (Shelly & Miller, 2006, p. 114).

In American society today, there is increasing numbers of different religious beliefs, religious practices, and religious sects that are different from traditional religion (Blutman, 2009). Religious diversity within American multicultural society may put health care professionals’ religious awareness, sensitivity and tolerance to a serious test when providing care.

In health care, health care professionals come in contact with various religions, cultures, beliefs, and worldviews. Although many of the world views may differ, faith in a higher power remains the same. Furthermore, being able to compare two prevalent cultures such as Christianity and Buddhism, shows that faith is prevent along with the rituals that go along with them. However, for many, taking care of someone with a different religious preference can be difficult at times, the basic underlying concepts of health, healing, and kindness remain the same. This paper will address the different worldview questions, compare the different beliefs, spiritual perspectives, critical components, important

The various differences of doctrine and dogma between faith traditions are often a stumbling block for non-believers, causing them to wonder how it can be said that any one religion has is correct if there are such a plethora of them. This essay has hopefully alleviated that stumbling block to some degree, although no written work will ever have the capacity to remove it entirely. It has been shown that despite the immensely different beliefs that are held by the Buddhist and Catholic traditions, there is a surprisingly large amount of common ground in the realm of practice. While Catholics believe in a supremely good, powerful, and knowledgeable God, Buddhists have varying beliefs about divinity. While Buddhists firmly assert that there is no real, inner “self” within each individual, Catholics believe in an

When you look at each world religion and compare one to another, it seems that each one may superficially seem very distinct. However, reading between the lines of ancient texts and looking for similarities between beliefs reveals that the world’s dominant religions share multiple commonalities. For instance, each major religion (Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, etc.) has a general set of rules that guide values and daily action; for example, each system of beliefs inspires compassion, connectedness, and the notion that there is “god” inside all of us. The subtleties in religions, however, lie in the methods through which these understandings are related to disciples. Buddhism—in particular—takes an interesting approach to conveying

Buddhism and Christianity are starkly different traditions in several respects, especially in their beliefs about the nature of God or Ultimate Reality and the best way to speak about this God or Ultimate Reality. Because of these differences, it is important to carefully examine each religion’s views on such topics, and to compare them to see how each one could enrich the other. For Christianity, Buddhism brings the idea of Jesus as a messenger rather than Messiah and a less personal God, and Christian apophatism augments Buddhism.

Prime reality believes that God exist, He is an Holy God, triune God, personal God, loving God, a good God. He has been a father and mother to many people. I can he has prove him self to me growing up with out parents I’ve found him to be my prime reality, he has been so real to me. He has always been in my world, even when I did not know for sure who God was. So that my prime reality, the really real.

Throughout human history, religion has been on the forefront of what defines and brings us closer together. It helps dictate how we treat ourselves and others as well as what we can do to have an afterlife. Of the many religions that currently exist, Buddhism and Christianity are some the the most practiced ones. These two religions have certain convictions, qualities and customs which are truly alike, but they also have qualities, convictions and conventional practices are very opposing. This makes the investigation of these two religions an intriguing and pleasurable assignment. The similarities and differences of the two worship establishments are profound and gives people diverse ways of thinking.

Buddhism’s World View can be summed up by the Three Marks of Reality. The Marks are Change (“life’s constant change, or impermanence”), No Permanent Identity (“no self’”), and Suffering (“dissatisfaction [with life]”) (Molloy pg. 132-134). Change is that life is always subtly changing second to second. No Permanent Identity is that “each person and each thing is not only changing but is made up of parts that are also constantly changing” (Molloy pg. 133) Lastly, Suffering is the fact that life, when lived conventionally, can never be fully satisfying because of its inescapable change” (Molloy pg. 134). Now, my world view is similar to Buddhism and it also comprises of three parts. The parts are that the world is always in turmoil, we can never be

I have never had much knowledge on any other religions or ideals other than Christianity because that is how I was raised. The extent of my knowledge of Buddhism was that of the “figurines” that they seemed to worship. Even that knowledge is not completely accurate. Being exposed to an Eastern Psychology class has and will be beneficial to develop my view of the world and the people in it. From the knowledge I have obtained so far from this class and article, I will discuss some of the more major ideas presented.

When comparing two of the world’s largest and oldest religions, Buddhism and Christianity, it is easy to find similarities and differences, even when these two religions developed thousands of miles, and 500 years apart. Both of the religions developed as reforms to existing religions (Hinduism and Judaism respectfully). Both of these religions have their founder as its central figure. Yet these two religions are quite different in their ideas about life, death, the nature of man and the nature of the universe. I will attempt to contrast these two glorious belief systems, Buddhism and Christianity, and show both their similarities, and their differences.

Every human being opens his or her eyes to the face of his or her mother. The infant then enters the process of “care-taking”, where the mother feeds him, puts his needs ahead of hers and makes him subject to her affection for the rest of her live. Therefore, since the beginning of his life, the child is exposed to a state of love and compassion from his care-takers. Love and compassion can be seen as complements, in both Buddhism and Christianity. One leads and completes the others existence. Although, the end goal in both religions regarding these two nations is the same; to foster tranquility and contentment, their means to reach the destination are different. That is the reason why, even though the perceptions of these two

Religions around the world often share many distinct similarities, while at the same time they have their own beliefs and rituals that set them apart from all other religions. In this paper I will compare and contrast the different core beliefs, rituals, ceremonies, and basic fundamentals of Buddhism and Christianity. I will show how these two religions are similar and different in their own ways.