We All Have a WorldviewWorldview is unavoidable. Everyone has a worldview. Whenever we act, we act with reference to a "world," a totality of facts, goods, and possibilities. A worldview is, therefore, a biological necessity for human beings, because we act, whether consciously or not, with reference to a whole (a "world"). Our "view" of that whole determines what we shall undertake to deal with or omit in our actions day by day and hour by hour. It dictates what we will or will not count on as resources and recognize as dangers. It determines our aims and our means and, eventually, the quality of our life and the kind of person we will become. Our worldview is simply our overall orientation in life. You cannot "opt out" of having a worldview. You can only try to have one that most accords with reality, including the whole realm of facts concerning what is genuinely good. What is true of individuals in this respect is also true of social groups and even whole societies or nations. From Knowing Christ Today: Why We Can Trust Spiritual Knowledge. Copyright © 2009 by Dallas Willard. All rights reserved. Used with permission of HarperCollins Publishers. |
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