Challenge: Can you solve this puzzle using the word bank below, even without the book?
| ACROSS | |
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| 5 | A personal god does not exist; there is only a mysterious Force to be tapped. The core experience is cosmic consciousness. Some proponents endorsed using drugs. |
| 7 | Many — if not all — roads lead to the One. When we do "realize" our being, we enter the undifferentiated One, absorbed into the Infinite-Impersonal One like a drop of water into a river. |
| 8 | This worldview attracts believers in God who want a faith that does not demand too much belief in the supernatural or in the accuracy of the Bible. There is also an atheistic version of this worldview. |
| 10 | The cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever will be. God doesn't exist. |
| DOWN | |
| 1 | Human beings were created good, but the Fall defaced the image of God. Death leads either to life with God or to eternal separation from Him. |
| 2 | The invisible universe is accessible only through altered states of consciousness. There is no transcendent god who is also personal. Actress Shirley MacLaine championed this worldview. |
| 3 | This worldview underlies Marx's dialectical materialism and secular humanism. The goal of history is a perfect or ideal human society. |
| 4 | God created the world but is now uninvolved. While God may be an architect, He is not a lover or a judge. |
| 6 | Knowledge is seen as very subjective. There are no absolute moral values. Truth often seems paradoxical. The Bible is considered historically untrustworthy. |
| 9 | Nothing has any meaning, value, significance, dignity or worth. |
Note: This list contains more than twice as many terms as you will need. Three answers are used twice in the puzzle.
Atheism | Casualism | Christian Theism | Conservatism | Darwinism | Deism | Eastern Pantheistic Monism | Empiricism | Evangelicalism | Existentialism | Gnosticism | Liberalism | Modernism | Naturalism | Neoorthodoxy | New Age | Nihilism | Polytheism | Postmodernism | Socialism | Skepticism | Stoicism | Unbelief
-- Howard Culbertson, hculbert@snu.edu
A worldview is a framework of beliefs, values, attitudes, and assumptions through which people perceive and interpret the world. This combination forms our worldview, helps us make sense of our experiences, and guides our actions. Our worldview influences how we form opinions about various aspects of life, including morality, spirituality, politics, and social issues.
Worldviews can be influenced by factors such as culture, religion, education, upbringing, and personal experiences. They play a fundamental role in shaping our identity and outlook on life. In other words, a worldview serves as a cognitive map that helps us deal with the challenges of existence and understand our place within the universe.
How to Approach the Study of Other Religions
