World Religion Basic Terms

Definition of worldview:

• The truth of God's word that you learn from the Bible and at church.

• The set of moral and values that you acquire while growing to adulthood.

• The set of beliefs people use to interpret the world and which guide their choices and behaviors.

• The viewpoint when reading a book.

Who has a worldview?

• Only those who believe in God

• Only those who would consider themselves 'religious'

• Everyone

• Only Christians have a worldview

The belief that a deity exists

• Cosmicism

• Monism

• Atheism

• Theism

Belief in many gods

• monotheism

• polytheism

• panentheism

• ploytheism

Belief in one god

• Monism

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Hinduism

The belief that everything is part of the divine essence

• Monotheism

• Pantheism

• Islam

• Allism

What does polytheistic mean?

• belief in one god

• belief in more than one god

• belief in one prophet

• belief in multiple prophets

Your worldview affects your view of your purpose in life.

• true

• false

What is atheism?

• Belief in only one supreme deity

• Belief in the absence of deities

• Belief in the interconnectedness of all things

• Belief in multiple deities

What is agnosticism?

• Belief in only one supreme deity

• Belief in the absence of deities

• Belief in the interconnectedness of all things

• Uncertainty about the existence of deities