“A worldview is simply someone's relatively organized understanding of what the world is actually like.” Quote by Greg Koukl
“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
“Every religion, every philosophy, every individual outlook on life tells a story of reality.” PhilosophyStoriesRealityIndividualOutlookOutlook On Life 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
“God existed before He made anything else, and He Himself was never made. God is eternal.” MadeEternalGod Exists Author:Greg Koukl
“God is the very first piece of the Christian Story because the Story is all about Him. He is the central character, not us. The Story is not so much about God's plan for our lives as it is about our lives for God's plan.” FirstsCharacterStoriesChristianPiecesOur LivesPlansGod's Plan 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
“According to "matter-ism," matter is all that exists. The only things that are real are physical things in motion governed by natural law. That story starts, "In the beginning were the particles," or, as one famous person put it, "The cosmos is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be." No God. No souls. No Heaven or Hell. No miracles. No transcendent morality. Just molecules in motion following the patterns of natural law. This is the story that most atheists, most "skeptics," most humanists, and most Marxists believe is true.” BelievePersonsRealSoulMatterStoriesLawHeavenNaturalHellMoralityMiracleAtheistPatternsFollowingCosmosParticlesSkepticTranscendentMoleculesNatural LawMarxistIsmsPhysical ThingsHeaven Or Hell Author:Greg Koukl
“I love wearing the exact same thing all the time because I think it makes you like a cartoon character. They always wear the same outfit and everybody always remembers them for it, so I feel like I should do the same thing.” ThinkingFeelsShouldCharacterRememberCartoonCartoon Character Author:Kesha
“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