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John Stonestreet continues his list of answers to the question:
What lifestyles do a Naturalistic worldview promote?
– Secularism: The idea that God does not belong in the public square. It’s okay, so long as it remains private and not included in any public setting. It often holds that religion is actually at the root of the world’s problems.
– Hedonism: “Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.” The idea that we only live for a short while, so we ought to live for our own pleasure first and foremost.
– Existentialism: Life itself is not meaningful, therefore we need to find something – each to his own – that brings meaning to each of our lives.
– Nihilism: (“nothing-ism”) Do whatever you want since there is no one single right way to morally or directionally live. When you die, there is nothing afterward, so what you do while on earth is irrelevant to any other reference point or anyone else’s priorities, morals or perspectives.
– Socialism: Assumes that the world is a fixed set of resources that ought to be divided up evenly to the population.
From these ideas come worldviews such as:
– Secular Humanism: Science can bring about a better world. Culture and mankind in general can be advanced through scientific achievement and application.
– Utopianism: A perfect society can be created by man’s efforts.