Worldviews!

Religion is a topic which has no shortage of those willing to comment on it, although there are generally few who admit to being religious. Never-the-less, everyone is in fact religious. Whether you spend every night in a bar or every night in a church, you are religious. While many are critical of this concept of religion, bear with me a moment and I will explain.

Religions start with a worldview. Ther are many names that are synonymous with worldview, i.e. belief system, philosophy, etc. I choose to use the term worldview as it more accurately describes what is meant. A worldview is what we believe about; (1) how the universe came into existence, (2) where humans came from, (3) our role in the universe, society, government, education etc. While this is a basic definition of a worldview, I think it accurately defines the term.

Whether a person has though through it or not, all people have a philosophy. Religion is simply the act of living out your personal philosophy or worldview and it often these action that help to define your worldview. The question then becomes, 'are you able to live out your worldview consistently and without conflicting with reality?'