What Is a Worldview?

When I began my Sophomore year of college, I didn’t know I would soon be an Atheist. What I understood to be true and important was about to go through a radical upheaval. For as long as I could remember, I’d been a Deist: I believed God existed, but didn’t interact...

Where Do Our Worldviews Come From?

It’s normal to have moments in life when we question what we believe. As we grow older we can realize that our worldviews no longer mesh with our maturing understanding of ourselves and the world around us. This can be challenging, yet wonderful. It’s happened to me....

What Zen Taught Me about Truth

I had been a Christian for two years, but I was losing my belief in absolute truth – the view that truth reflects an objective reality which can be known. I was spending a lot of time researching Zen Buddhism for my Senior project. I began to question if there were...

Why God Is Not a Dude

When I was a deist, the God I believed in didn’t do miracles, bring people back from the dead, or inspire people to write things down. Because of my view of God, I just couldn’t buy what Christians believed. The Christian worldview doesn’t make sense unless God is...

I’m Alive… So Now What?

My conflicts with others are usually caused by valuing something either more or less than they do. When I value spontaneity over planning and my friend values planning over spontaneity, it’s a recipe for frustration. When my friend wants to know what the plan is and I...