After reading a brief devotional series a few months earlier, based on the now released book: The Secret Battle Of Ideas About God, Keith takes his own look at one worldview mentioned in it. By the way, we don’t get any kick backs, ,or support from this product. But we think it’s well worth checking out.

In his book, Dr. Jeff Myers defines 5 worldview’s in conflict with Christianity. Briefly, they are:

* Secularism. Life is about control.

* We can use our intelligence to harness evolution and make life turn out the way we want.

* Demands only what we think best serves us during our lifetimes.

* Marxism. Life is about capital.

* Proposes that the bad condition of the poor, is due to exploitation by the rich.

* Demands a forcible overthrow of all existing social structures: government, the economy, religion, and family.

* Postmodernism. Life is about context.

* There is no absolute truth, only the relative truth we experience ourselves.

* We create our own reality. What’s right for you may not be right for me, and vise versa.

* The tricks of religion and science to rule our lives need to be exposed.

* New spirituality. Life is about consciousness.

* At the core of reality is a higher consciousness, a force that some people call “god.”

* Spirituality isn’t just a thing; it is the only thing.

* Recommends spiritual practices that make people feel at one with the universe.

* Islam. Life is about conquering.

* Humanity has a need to unite around sincere worship of one God: Allah,

* Considering itself to be the one true religion, Islam teaches that we all are born Muslim. Disbelief must be conquered through jihad.

From Amazon: About the Author

Over the last twenty years, Dr. Jeff Myers has become one of America’s most respected authorities on Christian worldview, apologetics, and youth leadership development. He is the author of several books and the president of Summit Ministries.

In his appearances on the FOX News channel and on various TV programs, Dr. Myers offers humor and insight from a Christian worldview. He holds a doctor of philosophy degree and teaches leadership courses through College Plus and Belhaven University. Dr. Myers and his family live in Colorado.

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Secular Worldview, from National Secular Society

Characterized by 2 traits.

* Separation of church and state protects both religious and non-religious people.

* All people groups are equal in civil rights matters. While protecting religion, protects a citizens freedom from religion.

* Believes in equal access to public services.

* Protects free speech.

* Neither theist or atheist, instead, considers itself to be a framework for democratic government.

Comments: As a political ideal, it sounds good, and neutral, but there’s a lot not touched on with this simple overview. It has worked well enough in the USA for most of its history, but only when government stays out of religious affairs, and relies on religious institutions to be the standard of morality. If it truly is a fair system to all sides , religious groups would not be pressured to cave in to cultural shifts.

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