Gcu Personal Commitments Cwv 101

         Personal Commitments Assessment

Name: Hannah Jagus

Course: CWV 101

Date: 8/30/18

Instructor: Jonathan Sharpe

Be sure you answer both Part 1 and Part 2 of this assignment before submitting.

Part 1

After reading Chapter 2 in the textbook and the lecture for this topic, write a two- to three-sentence answer to each of the six questions that form the basic components or personal commitments for your worldview. Answer the questions about your own beliefs in your own words, not what you think the Christian worldview believes. Keep this worksheet intact and only add your answers under each question.

1. What is your belief about ultimate reality?

Ultimate reality is different for every person. I see reality as the world around me and how actions have reactions. The “nothing exists beyond the present space-matter-time-energy continuum” option suits me best.

1. What is your belief about the nature of the universe?

The universe is cruel but with good intention. It aims to teach and improve the things inside it and destroy the evils.

1. What is your belief about human nature and the afterlife?

Humans are inherently neutral and can be taught good and bad; they don’t have pre-determined souls. I don’t believe in the afterlife though. You just die.

1.  What is your belief about knowledge?

Knowledge can unlock many paths in life and it is up to you to use the knowledge you have to know which path to take. Knowledge really is power

1. What is your basis of ethics?

Ethics vary based on the environment you were raised in. I feel like I have a good moral base, although I do sometimes make mistakes.

1. What is your purpose?

My purpose in life is currently to find a purpose. That is why I am at college, to find what I am good at and need to do.

Part 2

Answer the following two questions with a 250-550-word response for each.

1. Your answers to the questions in Part 1 form the basis of your worldview. Now that you have articulated your worldview, evaluate it according to the practical test described in Chapter 2 of the textbook and the lecture. Can you live your worldview out in the world as we know it? Why or why not?

My worldview seems to be a generally nihilistic one with very black and white points. You are either alive or dead, no in between. The only real gray area in my view is morals. Some people have good intentions from their view, but not to other people. All good and bad things are relative and depend on the unique situation.

I feel like I have a practical worldview, as science and observation cannot easily be contradicted, and I have not experienced any proof of spiritual beings otherwise. Additionally, spiritual “encounters” can also be coincidental and people making ordinary events into something that they desperately need to cling onto for some comfort and sanity. As you can tell, I am not a believer in Christ or any entity personally but am accepting of other beliefs.

The world as we know it is more technologically advanced than ever. The continually evolving world will soon, I believe, reduce the impulse to find/follow religion because everyone will be too distracted with technology and their own being. Thousands (or probably more) of people live without religion and are happily trucking along, so I find it evidence that religion doesn’t help in everyday life anyways. Additionally, it does not usually hurt unless the follower of the religion is a radical with a misunderstanding of basic human morals.