The Universe Next Door Analysis

WORLDVIEW DEIFINITION
When trying to define a worldview it is looked at just slightly differently between the book written by James Sire, “The Universe Next Door” and, the video that we watched, “What is a Worldview?”, from the Truth Project. It is my opinion that the book comes from more a secular view whereas the video comes from a more Christian perspective.
James Sire writes that a worldview is a commitment, a fundamental orientation of the heart, they can be expressed as a story or in a set of propositions (assumptions which may be true, partially true or entirely false) that we hold (consciously or subconsciously, consistently or inconsistently) about the basic constitution of reality, and that provides the foundation of which we lived and moved and have our being. (Sire, 2009)

I find this to be a more simple and basic understanding when we talk about how life affects us on a day-to-day basis. It is assumptions based on our own reality. When I think about defining a worldview; that would be the first thing that would come to my mind, the reality of my life and everything going on in it and how I view it. In thinking on the similarities of the two views they both talk about the reality of life and how we view it. Everyone’s reality however may differ slightly due to the differing circumstances in their lives. For instance someone living in a poorer than poor area of India is going to have a much more different worldview than say someone raised in say Beverly Hills California, raised in a home with much