Alright, so we made it through the introduction and hopefully I made it clear that this channel was really created because often people wonder if our world has a
larger structure to it. Before we start, I want to notice that the building of
a structure for one’s life is often mapped onto another metaphor, and that is
the idea of a quest. So, you’ve probably heard of the ‘search for meaning.’ And
so here we have both the building of a worldview and the search for meaning as
a way to talk about this question. The overlap would then be that really our
building project is a search to see if it can be done – can we construct a
coherent picture of life with the materials we’ve been given, or do we just not
have enough solid evidence to go by? 

Since we’re going to try and build, we have
to understand our limitations are the materials that we have. In terms of
building a worldview, our sense are what we have to work with. 

(I have a water bottle here... you can toor take my word for it if... It’s not an elephant). This, in essence, is
the major premise of ‘science’ – and repeatable. 

If this sounds too obvious, then you’re right
on track, but it’s something that we have to mention because of the prevalence
of relativistic thought. There are some who say, ‘there is no absolute truth.’
Firstly, we should remember that the claim ‘truth is relative’ is, in fact, an
objective claim. But, secondly, without objective reasoning or our ability to
observe our world and draw solid conclusions from it, there would be no order.
If you couldn’t trust your senses, you wouldn’t have any success in even the
simplest of tasks you can undertake. I believe what is really meant in their
statement is that on more abstract levels of experience (like morality)
there is not absolute reality, but this statement shouldn’t be made until the
evidence is thoroughly examined. We have objective truth, does it lead to… 

I want to recognize that many of you, at the
very least, are living in established concept houses (you’re already living in
your worldview – maybe it’s still getting remodeled and maybe you’ve got some
rooms you just never visit, but nonetheless you do have something). But, I would
like to work with you here from the ground up, so we may need to reevaluate the
materials we’ve used to build our worldviews.  

We shouldn’t look for meaning in wishful thinking
or cynical thinking or in a hunch of why we are here or even in someone telling
you why (if they aren’t a proven to be a reliable witness on the subject)– meaning must be found in observation of the world we
live in.