Worldview Perspective

This is from the Pearcy website, another perspective on world views, they are always around, they might be in the background and you may not be aware of it, but it can silently hold you captive. We must "take every thought captive to Christ," then we will "be transformed by the renewing of our minds," no longer "walking as the gentiles walk in the futility of their minds."

Secularism Takes Hit at British Airways
By Rick Pearcey

Dec. 6, 2006 -- Secularists tell us that God and religion are private matters that have no place in public life or polite society. This is not a convincing view, but it is a commonly held view, so much so that many otherwise bright people may affirm it without really having thought it through...

...If you understand the concept of "worldview," you will not be caught off guard by this. And if you understand what Christianity is, you'll be better prepared for what comes next.

Worldview
Let's talk about worldview, since everyone has one (in fact, some people have elements of many, which can lead to a rather confused life).

Your "worldview" is your "view" of the "world." It's your basic philosophy of life, the set of principles and assumptions about reality that you rely on to navigate existence in all its wonder and all its challenge....

...Having a worldview is part of what it means to be a human being.

Worldviews will not be denied. This is because people seek to externalize their most deeply held convictions. It's one of the reasons we have art. Even if a biologist, politician, musician, or educator is not aware of his worldview, nevertheless, each one acts upon his basic convictions as if they can be trusted as reliable guides to life, as truths and principles by which to live. Over time they become "common sense" and the building blocks of culture. Culture is downstream from worldview.

People try to live consistently with their worldview. In this manner, one avoids falling into a divided, if not schizophrenic, way of life. You don't have to be a saint to prefer unity and integrity in behavior instead of the kind of hypocrisy (and harm) that results when one's worldview is denied honest and open expression. Saints and sinners, philosophers and mechanics, fisherman and physicists -- all sit, rest, and live upon their "mental furniture."

Personal, But Not Private
Some worldviews may be private in theory, but Christianity is not one of them. It's personal, but not private.

Activist atheists may prefer that Nadia Eweida reserve the expression of her worldview to the closed environs of church walls and prayer closets.

But this is not an option. The Judeo-Christian worldview involves the entire person. It treats human beings holistically and does not burden individuals with one set of ideals for public life and then a different, and perhaps contradictory, set of ideals for private life. In its realism, the Biblical information challenges and encourages imperfect human beings to greater depth and growth precisely because it does not give in to double standards and hypocrisy....

...The truncated "believer" content to sing hymns while sitting in a closet nailed shut by secularism is what should scandalize. Yes, a lot of people and groups with agendas are leaning against the closet door. But there are human beings in there. Profound creatures. They were made to play outside.

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