Nature of manNature of God
The Universe
Truth
Morality
Family
Politics
Using these seven foundations we are able to see what a particular worldview is made up of. It is sometimes very helpful to map your own worldview, so, right now, just fill in the blanks with the actual things you believe, not the things you want to believe, but what you actually do believe. Once you have written those out you should look at them, this will tell you what you actually believe, it can be a very interesting. Once you have done that, using the Bible, go back over everything and re-write it using the Bible as your base source.
This is my worldview:
Nature of man: Man is basically evil, he has a sin nature and is true to that nature. He can only be redeemed by the grace of God and the sacrifice of Jesus.
Nature of God: God is perfect, He created everything and has the right to judge His creation, He is merciful but is also just.
The Universe: God created the universe, why it is so big I don't really know. I do not believe he created other life forms on other planets (aka, aliens).
Truth: God is truth, His Word is truth.
Morality: God set down rules in the Bible, we are to follow these to the best of our abilities.
Family: The family is meant to mimic the relationship between Christ and the church. It was designed as one man and one woman, anything other than that is blasphemy. Divorce is something which is only permissible under certain circumstances.
Politics: There is no such thing as separation of church and state, both impact each other in so many ways that it is impossible to separate them. Everything you do politically should be justifiable spiritually.
If you want, post your own mapped worldview in the comment section.
7 comments:
I have a good idea as to why the universe is big :)
First, did you know that the universe is actually expanding? That's right, getting bigger. More planets, more space, etc. Why would God do this?
Before the fall, man would never have died. The earth would have very quickly over populated. But, today, we would have such brilliant minds among us as Einstein, etc. Plus who knows how many from the ancient world. With all of mankind's intelligence culminating, undoubtedly we'd have discovered how to leave and live outside of our planet. We would have to. Because earth is only so big.
We would have taken up residence on many of the other planets. The universe expands, because humanity would eventually take up the limited space even the universe has to offer at any given point.
That's my reason :) lol
I haven't heard that before so I have a couple questions... How do you know the universe is expanding? and what do you mean by that? just more planets and stuff, or actual new matter?
Also, why would God make the garden of Eden so small if He knew it would be quickly outgrown?
The universe is expanding: I don't have any cites for it but I do know that it's been proven. The big bang theory was actually started because of this realization. They traced the expansion to its central point and proposed an explosion.
What i mean is, it's actually getting bigger. Space could be infinite (in which case my theory still works) but because of this expansion thing we know it has an end. Space itself is getting bigger.
The Garden of Eden was just a place. Like "Cincinnati" or something. Just a simple location. The whole earth was likely like that.
Yes, I do believe that the universe is expanding, scientists have observed the phenomenon known as the "Redshift" in which stars light appears "redder" that it should, this is the result of the Doppler effect, so it can be observed that stars, are indeed, moving away from us. I wanted to know if you believed actual new matter was being created.
Read Genesis chapters 2 and 3 about Eden, it seems as though, while the earth may not be cursed, it wasn't as good as Eden
Chapter 2 verses 8 and 9: And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Also, wouldn't God give all men the chance to chose? if some were on distant planets I don't see how they could eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
Those verses simply state that:
1. God made a garden.
2. There were nice trees in the garden.
This doesn't mean it was the nicest place on earth, though it likely was. And just because it was beautiful, doesn't mean we weren't meant to occupy all of earth. If we were, why create the earth in the first place? Why not just the garden?
Your last question makes me wonder. In a relatively short amount of time Eden would have been overpopulated. God created the Earth for man to inhabit.
As we expanded, you are right, the Tree would be left on earth. Who's to say God wouldn't plant other trees?
Plus, you're forgetting something else I think. There are more sins than eating of the Tree. You would have children told to obey their parents, workers told to tell the truth, etc. People would still be able to choose.
The bible doesn't really say what might have happened if man hadn't sinned, but it doesn't appear that Adam and Eve had any children before they sinned.
I would like to add that the only sin could be eating the tree since it was the only thing God told them not to do, if they could not tell the difference between good and evil then they wouldn't be able to tell what was good and what was bad (obviously)
Also, Genesis 3 says: Cursed is the ground for your sake;
In toil you shall eat of it
All the days of your life.
Which seems to say that there was no work before the fall, after all, what would they do? They didn't need clothes, God provided all their food, and it doesn't appear that they wanted anything else
Just because the Bible doesn't entirely explain something doesn't mean it didn't happen.
Just because they didn't have children before the fall doesn't mean that they wouldn't. ""I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children.""
Notice "greatly increase". So she obviously would have had children before.
Correct, God only told them not to eat the fruit. But more rules would inevitably have come about as society enlarged.
There was no work before the fall? That doesn't seem to fit well with Chapter 2:15 "The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it."
The curse made the work more difficult.
Adam wanted something else. He desired a mate, which God eventually gave him. But yeah, they didn't really want much else I get.
Post a Comment