Question:
what is your personal worldview or belief of reality and religion?
Lees
2006-02-25 12:55:35 UTC
i'm doing a field research paper for worldviews class and i need to survey 3 people or more on what their worldview is. please answer these questions:
1.Reality: is there a God?
2.Is nature spiritual or reality, stable or caotic?
3.Is humanity Spirit or Biology?
4.What comes after death? Paradise/Reincarnation/Nothingness
5.How do we KNOW what we know?
6.How do we know what's right and wrong? Conscience/Laws/Science/God
7.What is the meaning of Life? None/What you make of it/Purpose exists
please include your name and your job title by which i can address you in my paper. and be sure to elaborate on each question. give reasons for what you believe if you can, and use the options as a guide, not as your choices. thank you.
Four answers:
Lady of the Pink
2006-03-10 22:23:40 UTC
My name in Kim, and I am an unemployed part-time community college student. I am Wiccan, in case you'd like to know that, too. If you would like any further detail on anything, please feel free to contact me via my bio page.



1. I worship a Father God and a Mother Goddess, but all deities of all religions exist.

2. Nature is both spiritual and reality, and at the moment is stable, but if an imbalance were to occur, however, it could become chaotic.

3. Humanity is biology in the physical sense, but the spirit, or soul, is what actually "lives."

4. Whatever you believe comes after death is what will come after death for you. If Mary believes that she will go to Heaven when she dies, she will go to Heaven when she dies; if Joe believes in reincarnation, he will be reincarnated; if Lucy does not believe in an afterlife, than her body will decompose and she will cease to exist. Ghosts are the souls of people who have died and were/are unsure of what happens after death, and ghosts they will remain until they figure it out. Someone may also become a ghost if he/she dies before his/her ultimate goal (predetermined by fate) is completed, and a ghost he/she will remain until it is completed. Someone might also become a ghost if someone they leave behind is unable to let go, and ultimately holds him/her back from moving on to the afterlife. Personally, I believe I will be reincarnated, and have been before.

5. Sometimes we THINK we know things that we really don't. Anything supernatural, including religion, cannot be proved nor disproved. No one can really KNOW whether any deity exists or not, or what happens to someone after they die, or how we all got here in the first place, etc. All that is determined by one’s faith.

6. We decide for ourselves what is right and wrong; many take guidance from law or religion to help them decide; some are incapable of deciding for themselves and live directly under someone else's idea of morals.

7. Everyone has a predetermined ultimate goal. Everyone is here to learn, and we do not have a set path, but set milestones. There are certain lessons that need to be learned, and certain goals that need to be fulfilled, which are different for every person. HOW we learn them or fulfill them is not set for us, because we create our own paths.



I hope this helps you. :)
anonymous
2006-02-25 21:48:25 UTC
1.Reality: is there a God?



As sure as there is a source to all creation.



2.Is nature spiritual or reality, stable or caotic?



Nature IS…..



3.Is humanity Spirit or Biology?



Both and freak…..



4.What comes after death? Paradise/Reincarnation/Nothing...



Death is just another way of saying ‘don’t know’! Again… There just IS



5.How do we KNOW what we know?



We don’t, that’s why we argue about it!



6.How do we know what's right and wrong? Conscience/Laws/Science/God



Again we don’t, that’s why we segregate off into our own groups and blame each other!



7.What is the meaning of Life? None/What you make of it/Purpose exists



To be and know you are being.





My name is of no use to you…

I am a warrior….

I would elaborate…. Though I feel you may dismiss this as a real answer….. Take it to your lesson…

Your teacher will enjoy it….



Remember life is simple…..



If you try to complicate it, it will complicate you!



Segregate you into a group and make you blame others….



Live free of that…



BE.



Ps: Hello class, having fun?
anonymous
2006-03-01 13:21:06 UTC
1.Reality: is there a God?



We always ask ourselves: "Where do we come from? What is the source of this vast universe around us?" The only entity to ever come out and claim responsibility is God. Fact is, we didn't create ourselves and we can't control when we die. Yet we do have control over other aspects. This can only mean that there is a supernatural entity that has created us and given us partial control of our physical existance.



2.Is nature spiritual or reality, stable or caotic?



Everything in nature has been created according to a very maticulously executed masterplan. The only chaotic thing in nature is the actions of humans. Why? With the exception of mankind, everything created submits to the Will of God, and thus follows the masterplan. Humans however have been given free will to submit or not submit. Chaos is a direct result of non-submission.



Spirituality can be found in nature. God tells us to reflect upon His creation in order to gain understanding. The act of meditation is a way of becoming one in nature and elevating the spirit.



3.Is humanity Spirit or Biology?



Both. A human being is a marriage between a soul and a body. It is fascinating to observe how lifeless a person is once he/she dies. It's like looking at a wax scultpture.



4.What comes after death? Paradise/Reincarnation/Nothing...



This life is a testing ground. We are placed here to make choices. Once we depart, we will be gathered at the entrance to the next existance. At this entrance, we will be directed to go to a final destination based on our performance of the test of this life. Those who submit will gain the favor of their Creator (Heaven), whereas those who reject will be rejected themselves and cast into the pit (Hell).



5.How do we KNOW what we know?



We were created with the ability to recognize, observe, react, and learn. When a computer is programmed to perform calculations, the computer then knows these calculations. But does it know that it knows? No. It does not have a spirit; it only knows physically. We on the other hand exist on both a physical and spiritual level. The act of knowing knowledge is part of self-awareness which resides in the spiritual realm. Since we have only been given control of physical aspects, we don't have the means to understand what resides in our spirits and how.



6.How do we know what's right and wrong? Conscience/Laws/Science/God



Right and wrong are both relative and absolute. The absolute right and wrong which was given to us by God is something instinctive within us because we were born with. The source is God and the analysis mechanism resides in the conscience.



Does science provide us with absolute right and wrong? No. Science has been known to be fallible before (flat earth) and can very well be fallible now. Laws? Possibly. There were laws that allowed and regulated slavery in the past. On second thought, maybe not.



7.What is the meaning of Life? None/What you make of it/Purpose exists



God created us for the sole purpose of worshipping Him and serving Him by executing His laws here on earth. This is the miraculousness of God's creation. He could have simply put angels on earth to execute His commands. Instead, to exmplify His Magnificence, He chose to place on Earth beings that will rule and execute His commands based on free will. How do we know that it's free will? Because many have accepted, yet many more have rejected.



Thus, the meaning of life is to understand that free will was given to us by a Higher Being; we did not inherit it from the big bang theory. Otherwise, other creatures and beings would also have free will. But they do not; they only submit. And the fact that they don't should make us ask 'why'? Then and only then can we understand the purpose of our existance.



And God only knows best

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For privacy reasons, I choose not to give you my real name. I can only tell you that my name comes from an ancient language and it is translated to "His Servant, Righteous".
ZR4
2006-02-25 21:24:45 UTC
Christ has the answers to your questions. But you must ask Him for such answers. Remember, He is the one who holds the Keys to Life and Death and is the only one that you can go to for these answeres by prayer. Recommend to Read the Book of Ephesians, Romans and in particular, Hebrews 4:14 and Chapter 8 to understand that He is our High Priest in order to assist us with our problems. Please look into the web page and check out the Bulletin archieves for a better understanding. (Best ones: July /August 2004). All of them are good.


This content was originally posted on Y! Answers, a Q&A website that shut down in 2021.
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