https://substack.com/@worldviewbulletin/note/c-328489902
"So here is something of a working list to offer some general guidance for any worldview.
Truth: Is it factual? Does the worldview take seriously empirical facts from history and science? On this score, the Christian faith is certainly checkable, emphasizing the importance of signs, eyewitnesses, and historical truth—things that were “not done in a corner” (Acts 26:26). For example, it insists that if Jesus’s tomb was not empty, we ought to abandon the faith (1 Cor. 15:32).
Usefulness: Is it practical? Does it take commonsense or everyday experience seriously? Can it be consistently lived out, or do the practicalities of life defy it? If I claim that the physical world is an illusion, for instance, I still must live as though it is not. Or is it like Richard Dawkins’s naturalistic Darwinism, which he admits can’t be lived out when it comes to politics, ethics, and getting along in society? One must become an anti-Darwinistic naturalist to do so.
Logic: Is it logical? Does the worldview take reason seriously? Does it value coherence? Or is it self-contradictory—like relativism, which presumes to be absolutely true for everyone? Presumably, postmodernists who insist that “coherence” is merely a human construction will nevertheless attempt to give a coherent reason for thinking this! Or consider how the naturalist Daniel Dennett considers consciousness to be an illusion. But how can this be? To experience an illusion requires consciousness . . ."
2 comments:
I found those to be not bad questions to ask (Is it factual? Is it practical? Is it logical?)
I would add these questions:
Is it rationally and morally consistent?
Does it spell out specifics of its tenets or is it more vague?
Which aspects of the worldview does it spell out specifically and which are more vague? And why?
Is it accessible to all, at least at some level? Or is intrinsically exclusive of some?
If, when it's lived out faithfully, would it tend to make the world a better place, especially for the poor and marginalized? Or would it make things worse/harder for the poor and marginalized?
As if anyone cares what questions you would add.
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