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Worldview Essay

Everyone has a world view, whether they realize it or not. To most, it isn’t given much thought, but to a large degree it guides their lives. To that effect, I would assume that it should be viewed as being very important. Especially since it is to a large degree what guides a person’s life. With life being as precious as it is, I would also take the liberty of assuming that everyone should identify and reexamine their world views. I am no different than anyone else in this aspect of having a world view. I too have one, and it does guide and sets parameters for my life. Therefore I think it is pertinent for me to make sure that I have the correct worldview. I am of the belief that God should be the single factor that forms people’s worldview. This is based upon various aspects that are critical to a person’s worldview.

The natural world was created by God, who is the single factor in our world’s existence, since it was brought forth by God, as communicated by the opening line of the bible, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). God begins a series of commands by which the natural world comes into existence. God commands the light, firmament, waters, dry land, sun, moon , and stars (Genesis 1:3-19). It is obvious to me that while looking at the natural world, one would think of not just random chance, but intelligent design in the same way that when I look at my watch, I don’t think of random chance in its development, but intelligent design. Our entire natural world has a cause of existence and that cause is God! The bible speaks authoritatively about how creation makes known the revelation of its creator (Psalm 19:1-6). This revelation of the creation of our natural world has served to shape my worldview. It has brought me to the realization that I am not the creator, the first cause and ultimately all creation is subject to its creator, from which there is no escaping. It leaves me asking the question who is...