The Blue Pill or The Red Pill
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In a world full of ideas and beliefs how can we discern what is true and what is not? The notes from my Toastmasters speech for Project 7, Research Your Topic, done on December 9, 2014. Includes extra material.
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The Blue Pill or The Red Pill
- 5. Truth
- 6. Worldview Know Why Test
- 7. Know
- 9. Worldview Come s f rom a Ge rma n word w e l t a n s c h a u u n g me a n i n g a comprehensive understanding of the universe and humanity’s relation to it.
- 10. Worldview Is the lens or framework of our beliefs, attitudes, values, ideas, assumptions and convictions by which we interpret reality and from which we derive meaning, purpose, and direction.
- 11. Worldview Is the orientation of our hearts towards the fundamental aspects of reality.
- 12. ?
- 14. Origins
- 17. Origins
- 20. Three Main Categories 1. Only the universe, no God (atheism) 2. God and universe (theism) 3. Everything is God (pantheism)
- 21. Three Main Categories Categories World US Romania Our Club No God Only Universe 10% 10% 4% God Universe 60% 80% 93% Everything God 30% 10% 3%
- 22. Three Main Categories Categories World US Romania Our Club No God Only Universe 10% 10% 4% 19% God Universe 60% 80% 93% 27% Everything God 30% 10% 3% 54%
- 23. Worldview World US Romania Christianity 33% 78% 93% Islam 23% 0.6% 0.3% Hinduism 15% 0.4% — Buddhism 7% 0.7% — Atheism 2% >2% 0.1% Judaism 0.02% 1.7% 0.02%
- 24. Know
- 25. Why?
- 26. What influences help shape our worldview?
- 27. Shaping Influences 1. Family 2. Culture 3. Media 4. Heart
- 29. Big Question Since our worldview is shaped much more by what we want rather than by reality how can we be sure if it is true?
- 30. Test
- 31. The true test of a worldview is its coherence to reality. Ravi Zacharias
- 32. Three Truth Tests 1. Be logically consistent 2. Matches up with reality 3. Must be livable
- 33. Logically Consistent Cannot be self-contradictory There is no truth
- 34. Matches Up with Reality Look at the evidence The universe had a beginning
- 35. Must Be Livable In the real world There is no evil
- 36. A Worldview Must 1. Be logically consistent 2. Match up with reality 3. Be livable
- 37. Worldview Know Why Test