For proper functioning in the the world, people need to know their world view. Hyrum Smith has written several books on time management and organization and his view, which I agree with, is that once you understand your own world view, you can set goals and do things that support that world view. You will then be happier and feel more accomplished. You will learn to apply your world view in every area of life. We can understand the world around us much better, if we understand our own world view.
For example, over the last couple of years, it has been popular to say that climate change is the greatest challenge the world faces. Climate change is the cause of all poverty, all terrorism, all immigration and every other problem you can think of. I disagree. My world view states that God created the world in 6 days, then reshaped it with a world-wide flood, starting over with 8 people. If someone’s view of the world or the cosmos does not include these facts, then their foundation of understanding is in error, so everything they say about the world is suspect. Most climate change people say that the world is billions of years old, with life being millions of years old. They hold firmly to a theory of evolution, which I consider fantasy. So I can navigate the world of climate change, politics, terrorism, government, education, law enforcement and everything else in the world because I know my world view and what it means. If my world view 100% correct? It does not matter, as long as it is consistent and I know what it is. I believe my world view is correct, but Sikhs have a world view that they believe is correct. The Sikh world view and the Christian world view are in conflict, but both work as an interpretation of the world today.
Imagine that the TV news discussed stories about politics. Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians and humanists could all watch there same story, but have different interpretations based on their world view. Their reaction to the news story might be different based on their world view. This is because each of these groups have a fundamentally different world view.
Most people, however, do not know their world view and have not studied what they believe. Therefore they are pushed and pulled by the political, religious, ethical and other forces that impact them every day. Most people in this situation will default to their own coping mechanisms which means they will default to secular humanism, doing what is right in their own eyes. Being buffeted by outside forces, instead of choosing a direction from a known world view. Lack of world view will cause people to be ineffective. They will have a sense of never getting ahead or always being oppressed. If you look at the news media today, every story shows who is oppressed and who is the oppressor. They do this because that brings in high ratings because that is a common, default world view in America.
With regard to interpreting the world, it does not matter what a person’s world view is. Everyone has one, and the world will make more sense if people know what their world view is and what the rules of interpretation are. Bill Gates, for example, has the world view that he is smarter than everyone else, more clever and that he sees solutions that no one else sees (he has written about his world view and this is a summary). So he was able to change the way the world uses software, standing against IBM with confidence, all because of his world view. He now thinks he can rid the world of malaria, because of his world view. Time will tell.
#Thoughts on World View#
For example, over the last couple of years, it has been popular to say that climate change is the greatest challenge the world faces. Climate change is the cause of all poverty, all terrorism, all immigration and every other problem you can think of. I disagree. My world view states that God created the world in 6 days, then reshaped it with a world-wide flood, starting over with 8 people. If someone’s view of the world or the cosmos does not include these facts, then their foundation of understanding is in error, so everything they say about the world is suspect. Most climate change people say that the world is billions of years old, with life being millions of years old. They hold firmly to a theory of evolution, which I consider fantasy. So I can navigate the world of climate change, politics, terrorism, government, education, law enforcement and everything else in the world because I know my world view and what it means. If my world view 100% correct? It does not matter, as long as it is consistent and I know what it is. I believe my world view is correct, but Sikhs have a world view that they believe is correct. The Sikh world view and the Christian world view are in conflict, but both work as an interpretation of the world today.
Imagine that the TV news discussed stories about politics. Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians and humanists could all watch there same story, but have different interpretations based on their world view. Their reaction to the news story might be different based on their world view. This is because each of these groups have a fundamentally different world view.
Most people, however, do not know their world view and have not studied what they believe. Therefore they are pushed and pulled by the political, religious, ethical and other forces that impact them every day. Most people in this situation will default to their own coping mechanisms which means they will default to secular humanism, doing what is right in their own eyes. Being buffeted by outside forces, instead of choosing a direction from a known world view. Lack of world view will cause people to be ineffective. They will have a sense of never getting ahead or always being oppressed. If you look at the news media today, every story shows who is oppressed and who is the oppressor. They do this because that brings in high ratings because that is a common, default world view in America.
With regard to interpreting the world, it does not matter what a person’s world view is. Everyone has one, and the world will make more sense if people know what their world view is and what the rules of interpretation are. Bill Gates, for example, has the world view that he is smarter than everyone else, more clever and that he sees solutions that no one else sees (he has written about his world view and this is a summary). So he was able to change the way the world uses software, standing against IBM with confidence, all because of his world view. He now thinks he can rid the world of malaria, because of his world view. Time will tell.
#Thoughts on World View#
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