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selection. Everything about us is there because it helped us survive. That is the
“purpose” of life — to survive.
• The problem
The problems of the world are basically due to competition that produces winners
and losers.
• The solution
Empirical investigation and scientific implementation can eliminate many human
problems, and in the end the process of evolution moves us “ahead.”
2. Psychodynamism - worldview(a catch-all phrase for contemporary
individualistic psychology growing out of Freud)
• The purpose
Though this view assumes the scientific worldview of naturalism, it also has roots
in Romanticism, which stressed the purpose of individual freedom and discovering
our inner self and passion.
• The problem
Human beings are made up of basic primal desires for pleasure and an
understanding that these desires must be limited to live in society. Unloving,
repressive families and societies are to blame for the imbalance between desires and
the conscience, and between the individual and society.
• The solution
Becoming conscious of our true desires, and fulfilling them as much as possible,
short of infringing on the freedom of others to do the same.
Challenge Point: Considering the above “worldviews” answer the questions
below:
- How is the worldview partly true?
- How does the gospel cleanse and resolve its story?