A Handbook on World Views: A Catalogue for World View Shoppers

WHAT IS A WORLD VIEW?It is a Weltanschauung. Welt translates into 'world' and Anschauung translates as 'view' or 'outlook'. It is what makes a world of difference in how you view your life in the world. It is the framework through which you see and the basis on which you decide. It is that with which you think and act, even if it is not that about which you think.A world view is all-important and yet most people are not even aware they have one. What is worse, most persons never stop to think about one. You are different. Otherwise you would not have read this far.There are many world views. Which one you have is of the greatest importance in your life—and death. Anything of this importance demands intelligent comparative shopping. For this reason we have prepared this handbook of world views. In it we have outlined the seven basic world views people hold. We have presented them in such a way that you can compare and contrast—and count the cost. Which one you buy into will make a world of difference in your life. It is our hope that you will carefully consider all your options and then intelligently decide, even if it means discarding the world view you now have.Socrates said, "The unexamined life is not worth living." And we add that the unexamined world view is not worth living by.