Worldview 101

It has been interesting reading the news today. Here are a few topics you may want to discuss with your teens.

Miss California has been lambasted for saying, “We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite. And you know what, I think in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that’s how I was raised.”  Her comments have stirred up much discussion on the internet.  http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/04/perez-hilton-on.html

And just when you were wondering what has happened to cause so many aborted downs syndrome babies … here’s the answer: “…90% of Downs syndrome fetuses are aborted. Maybe some of these abortions wouldn’t happen if we backed women up in caring for special needs children. If conservatives hadn’t stripped our society of the social insurance that would help families raise children, there might BE fewer abortions…”  See there, it’s the conservatives’ fault for stripping our society of social insurance.  http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dot.comments/2009/04/sarah_palin_and_choice.html 

In another blog Barna is criticized for proposing a definition of “Biblical worldview” so narrowly that 99% of the population is excluded.  The blogger notes, “This is the first generation to grow up almost completely wired.  They’re knowledgeable about the realities of the way the world works.  They’re not narrowly defined because Nike and every fashion label has taught them to search for the always changing, next big thing.  They refused to be defined by us.  Yes they may be cynical but they also have learned to live in the shadow of tension. They’ve learned to hold the paradox of the both/and.  They’ve learned a right answer is silly because nobody lives it.  We’re all broken.  And we don’t like that do we?  We don’t like that Mosaics can live in the paradox of the not knowing.  They can hold two opposing views simultaneously.”  I’m not real sure why this author is so bothered by the classification suggested by Barna.  By the way, according to Barna, this generation is “very mosaic in every aspect of their life.” He continues,”There’s no attribute that really dominates like you might have seen with prior generations.” Barna also describes this group as “comfortable with contradiction”, “post-modern” and exhibiting “non-linear” thinking What do you think?  http://jonathanbrink.com/2009/04/20/a-biblical-worldview/

After finally receiving the move “Come What May” (I’m assuming it was back ordered) I watched it last night.  I’ll post a review soon.  In some ways the movie did not meet my expectations yet in other ways I was pleasantly surprised.  Have you watched it?  http://www.comewhatmaythemovie.com/

If you live near Orlando, plan to join us this Saturday!