In Understanding the Times: A survey of competing worldviews by
Myers, J., & Noebel, we read "What we conceive, what we believe,
and our general impressions about the world; always based on something. If the basis is not on an accurate understanding of truth, we will always be disoriented, unable to distinguish between real clues and background noise." (Myers & Noebel, 2015, p. 4).
In the course materials, the worldviews of Christianity
and New Spiritualism were explained, as well as how each responded to the "Ten Ways of Looking at the World." In the end, highlighting the conflicting beliefs about the life after death, moral principles, and faith-based practices, a comparison between New Spiritualism and Christian. Using the model of the "Ten Ways of Looking at the World" reveals both similarities and differences in their perspectives on the nature of existence, the role of higher powers, and the purpose of human life.
The hardest worldview to characterize clearly is New Spiritualism, which is covered in Chapter 1 of "Understanding the times: A survey of competing worldviews by Myers, J., & Noebel, D." Its culture is comprised of an extensive variety of beliefs that, once understood, may be utilized to foresee the ideas and actions of those who hold them. Emerging in already established locations, New Spirituality is an unrestrained amalgam of Eastern religion, paganism, and pseudoscience. Put another way, New Spiritualism acknowledges the idea that there is a spiritual, not a material, existence and that your actions in this life will ultimately affect you, for better or worse.
