“Everyone has a belief system in his or her mind, a story about the way they think the world actually is, even if they haven't thought about it much or worked out all the details.” IfsThinkingWorldWayMindStoriesBeliefHavensDetailsBelief Systems Author:Greg Koukl
“Worldviews have four elements that help us understand how a person's story fits together: creation, fall, redemption, and restoration. "Creation" tells us how things began, where everything came from (including us), the reason for our origins, and what ultimate reality is like. "Fall" describes the problem (since we all know something has gone wrong with the world). "Redemption" gives us the solution, the way to fix what went wrong. "Restoration" describes what the world would look like once the repair begins to take place.” KnowsWorldWayGivingLooksPersonsReasonHelpingStoriesProblemRealityTogetherFallGoneFourCreationFitElementsSolutionsUltimateIncludingRedemptionWorldviewRestorationUltimate RealityFour Elements Author:Greg Koukl
“In the Christian Story, mind and matter - invisible things and visible things - are both real. The Christian view is not the only way of viewing the world, of course. It has competition.” WorldWayMindRealMatterStoriesChristianCoursesViewsCompetitionInvisibleVisibleMind And MatterInvisible Things Author:Greg Koukl
“Almost everyone agrees the world is not the way it ought to be. It's called the problem of evil.” WorldWayProblemEvilOughtAgreeProblem Of Evil Author:Greg Koukl
“In matter-ism (materialism), there can be nothing wrong with the world since there is no right way for the world to be in the first place. Everything is just matter in motion and that's that. In Mind-ism (monism) there's a different route to the same problem. There cannot be a problem of evil, even in principle, since in Mind-ism even morality is maya; illusion. In neither story, then (if we're to be consistent with their principles), can the issue of evil be raised. But in real life the problem comes up all the time. That's the difficulty.” IfsWorldWayMindFirstsDifferentRealMatterStoriesProblemEvilPrinciplesIssuesMoralityIllusionDifficultyRaisedCome UpReal LifeConsistentMaterialismRoutesRight WayIsmsProblem Of EvilMaya Illusion Author:Greg Koukl
“Some say Christianity is just a crutch. But let's turn the question on its edge for a moment. Is atheism an emotional crutch, wishful thinking? The ax cuts both ways. Perhaps atheists are rejecting God because they've had a bad relationship with their father. Instead of inventing God, have atheists invented non-God? Have they invented atheism to escape some of the frightening implications of God's existence? Think about it.” ThinkingWayMomentsTurnsFatherExistenceChristianityCuttingAtheismEmotionalAtheistEdgesFrighteningImplicationsInventingWishful ThinkingRejectingCrutchesBad Relationship Author:Greg Koukl
“So let's set the record straight. Faith is not the opposite of reason. The opposite of faith is unbelief. And reason is not the opposite of faith. The opposite of reason is irrationality. Do some Christians have irrational faith? Sure. Do some skeptics have unreasonable unbelief? You bet. It works both ways.” WayReasonChristianRecordsOppositesIrrationalSkepticUnreasonableUnbeliefIrrationality Author:Greg Koukl
