0:00 Remarks
0:14 The Nature Of Worldviews…The Conflict Between Christian & Non-Christian Worldviews…What Do We Mean By A Worldview?…Matt Ch7 (Building Our Lives On Rock Or Sand) JESUS’ WORD IS ROCK.
2:20 Everybody’s Life & Thinking Has A Foundation; All Of Our Thinking Is Built Upon Levels Of Assumptions, And Has A Final Standard…For Christians, It Is THE WORD OF GOD(Jn Ch8)
3:48 THE STRUCTURE (LEVELS) OF BELIEF…For Instance:
4:24 -All Of Us Have Loosely Held Beliefs (e.g…)
6:48 -Moderately Firm Beliefs (e.g…)
7:56 -Very Firm Beliefs Indeed (e.g…)
9:13 THE LEVEL OF OUR PRESUPPS, Deals With A Network Of Core Beliefs About Metaphysics, Epistemology, & Ethics…The Presupps That Are Held By People, Are What Makes Sense Out Of All Their Other Beliefs
10:15 e.g. Unbelief That One’s Senses Are Reliable, Leads To One Not Being Sure That They Even Have Two Legs Despite Empirical Evidence.
11:01 e.g. Firm Belief Of Having A Biological Mother & Father Can Be Changed By One’s Presupp Of The Nature Of Reality (Hinduism)
12:23 THE NATURE OF PRESUPP CONVICTIONS: Metaphysics (What Is The Nature Of Reality?); Epistemology (How Do We Know What We Know?); & Ethics (How Should We Live Our Lives? What’s Right & Wrong?).Mnemonic: M.E.E. The Three Basic Areas Of Philosophical Study
14:23 (Illus. Of Presupp Metaphysical Convictions) “…I Saw A Ghost In My Bedroom.”…Birds;…Where The World Came From;…GOD Speaking The World Into Existence; …What Is The Nature Of Man?…Jeffrey Dahmer
19:59 (Illus. Of Presupp Epistemological Convictions) JFK, …How Does One Know He Was Assassinated?…What Evidence Can One Rely On?…Is Memory Reliable? Metaphysics & Epistemology Are Bound Together “What You Think About How You Know Things, Is Going To Be Affected By What You Think The Nature Of Reality Is. And What You Think Is Real, Will Be Affected By Your Convictions About How You Know What You Know. .. When You Assert That You Know Something, You’re Implicitedly Resting On (Or Even Saying Something About) How You Know That. And Also, When You Talk About How We Know The Things We Know, You’ve Got To Talk About The Things That You Know In The Process Of Describing How You Know Them. IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO ULTIMATELY SEPARATE METAPHYSICS FROM EPISTEMOLOGY.”
24:23 An Extreme Illus. (JFK) Showing That What You Know & How You Know Relate To One Another…Laws Of Logic.
25:43 (Illus. Of Presupp Ethical Convictions)…Everything Is Relative?…Try Taking His Wallet…The Professor Who Says There’s No Absolutes…Try Cheating On Their Exam
28:21 A WORLDVIEW DEFINED: A Worldview, Is A Network Of Presupps Which Are Not Verified By Natural Science, But In Terms Of Which Every Aspect Of Experience, Is Interpreted & Interrelated
30:04 Everybody Has A Worldview…e.g.”You Only Go Around Once In Life, So Grab For All The Gusto You Can Get.” (That’s An Ethical Conviction: Hedonism…A Materialistic Metaphysic) Aristippus & Epicurus
33:04 Elements Of Worldviews. 1) A Worldview Is A Network Of Presupps…No One Can Hold Just One Single Belief…Every Belief Is Tied To Other Beliefs (A Cluster Of Beliefs). The Fundamental Beliefs That People Have Are Always Comported (Adjusted) To Each Other
35:43 e.g. A Network Of Adjusted Beliefs Using The Laws Of Logic…Plato & Recollection…David Hume
38:34 2) Beliefs That Make Sense Out Of The Scientific Method, Not Because Of The Scientific Method…The Scientific Method Itself, Presupposes One’s View Of The World…That’s Why In The Hindu Cultures Of History, The Scientific Method Was Never Developed (All Is Illusion).
40:29 e.g. How Someone Can Be Unclear & Contradictory Within The Internal Workings Of Their Worldview System
44:57 APOLOGETICS & SCIENCE:Both Require Faith…The Nature Of The Faith
47:26 The Continuum Of The Learning Process (Establishing A Worldview)
51:22 e.g. Worldview Elements As They Relate To Faith…Apologetics Is Not Faith Vs. Science, It’s A Discussion Of Which Philosophical Or Faith Commitment Makes Sense Out Of Science
53:39 Unbelievers Have A Faith Commitment About The Nature Of The World That Doesn’t Fit Into Their Scientific Method. For Instance…
55:03 The Christian’s Faith Commitments (Presupps) Makes Sense Out Of Science In Comparison To The Unbeliever’s Faith Commitments (Presupps) Of A Chance Universe
55:40 Summary
The way we think—our patterns of reasoning—can fail to show love for God just as readily as the way we live outwardly. This series explains how we can better keep the first and great commandment with our minds. Dr. Bahnsen shows how to detect and refute the underlying worldviews in terms of which unbelievers think, so that Christians can be more alert and effective in defending the faith.
- What Does It Mean? (1 of 6)
- How to Discern and Disarm Non-Christian Worldviews, Part 1 (2 of 6)
- How to Discern and Disarm Non-Christian Worldviews, Part 2 (3 of 6)
- How to Discern and Disarm Non-Christian Worldviews, Part 3 (4 of 6)
- Personal and Public Applications (5 of 6)
- Loving God Questions and Answers (6 of 6)
