The 4 "Isms"
This "ism"says only minds and ideas are truly real — the physical world is an illusion.
What is Idealism?
This Seahawks running back was nicknamed 'Beast Mode' and was famous for eating Skittles on the sideline.
Who is Marshawn Lynch?
Every single human being has one of these — a set of beliefs about reality, God, truth, and meaning — whether they know it or not.
What is a worldview?
The 2023 smash hit movie, "Barbie" starred Margot Robbie as the title character, and this actor as Ken.
Who is Ryan Gosling?
As we have talked about in class, it is impossible to live without this
What is trust?
If your friend says 'Bro, nothing is real — we might literally be living in a simulation,' they are accidentally stumbling into this worldview.
What is Idealism?
According to this "ism", falling in love is really just neurons firing and chemicals releasing — nothing spiritual or magical about it.
What is Materialism?
This Seattle Mariners outfielder and Hall of Famer nicknamed 'The Kid' had the most beautiful swing in baseball history.
Who is Ken Griffey Jr.?
These people have a philosophy, theology, and worldview
Who is everyone?
The 1997 Aqua song "Barbie Girl" proclaimed, "Life in plastic, it's _______"
What is fantastic?
Only one worldview can be completely this
What is true?
This purple Marvel villain wanted to wipe out half of all life to 'save resources' — treating people as just organisms competing for matter and energy.
Who is Thanos?
'We are all one.' 'The universe is divine.' 'God is in everything.' These phrases all point to this worldview.
What is Monism? (or Pantheism?)
This Mariners outfielder won both AL Rookie of the Year AND AL MVP in the same season after coming over from Japan. He also won 10 consecutive Gold Gloves.
Who is Ichiro?
The Christian teaching that God created the universe from absolutely nothing — not from pre-existing material — is summarized in this short Latin phrase.
What is Creatio ex nihilo?
In a certain toy line, Barbie has a little sister named this (which also happens to be the name of Mr. Duplissey's wife)
Who is Chelsea?
Chesterton referred to the belief that nothing can be trusted because nothing can be verified as this
What is the Suicide of Thought?
This is the only Star Wars movie to have been produced in the 1970s
What is "Episode IV: A New Hope"
This is the only one of the four worldviews that says God is a personal Being who is distinct from creation.
What is Theism?
This Mariners pitcher won the AL Cy Young Award in 2010, threw a perfect game in 2012, and spent his entire 15-year career in Seattle.
Who is Felix Hernandez?
This Christian doctrine says every human is born with a bent toward sin — not just that we choose to sin, but that our very nature is corrupted from birth.
What is Original Sin? (or Total Depravity?)
Barbie is the 4th highest selling toy of all time. This toy is first.
What are Hot Wheels?
This is how you get out of "the suicide of thought"
What is "making a choice" or "trusting"?
By realizing that you are trusting that nothing can be trusted
In the Narnia series, this great lion dies in place of Edmund and rises again — a clear picture of Christ's substitutionary death and resurrection. C.S. Lewis wrote it on purpose.
Who is Aslan?
A Materialist, a Monist, an Idealist, and a Theist are all asked 'What happens after you die?' The Materialist's answer is the most blunt. What is it?
What is nothing?
When Seattle won its only NBA championship in 1979 — defeating the Washington Bullets — this Sonics guard was named Finals MVP and also won Defensive Player of the Year twice in his career.
Who is Dennis Johnson?
The five Reformation Sola statements:
Sola Scriptura (Scripture alone),
Sola Gratia (grace alone),
Sola Fide (faith alone),
Solus Christus (Christ alone)
— and the fifth, Soli Deo Gloria, which means what?
What is 'to God alone be the glory'?
Barbie is produced by this toy brand
What is Mattel?
This is the number of states that border the Pacific Ocean
What is FIve (5)?
(Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii)
'The Force' — an energy field created by all living things that binds the galaxy together — sounds an awful lot like this worldview.
What is Monism?