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STUDENT GUIDE Sonlight Curriculum® 520 “World History and Worldview Studies” Student NOTE TO PURCHASER Guide and Notes, Fourth Edition Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd. is committed to providing the best homeschool Copyright © 2015, and annually 2016–2020 by Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd. resources on the market. This entails regular upgrades to our curricu- lum and to our Instructor’s Guides. This guide is the 2020 Edition of the All Rights Reserved. Sonlight Curriculum® 520 “World History and Worldview Studies” Student No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval sys- Guide and Notes. If you purchased it from a source other than Sonlight tem, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechani- Curriculum, Ltd., you should know that it may not be the latest edition cal, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations available. embodied in critical articles or printed reviews, without prior written This guide is sold with the understanding that none of the Authors nor permission of the publisher. However, permission is hereby granted to the Publisher is engaged in rendering educational services. Questions the original Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd. purchaser only to reproduce as many relevant to the specific educational or legal needs of the user should be copies of the Schedule Pages, Certificate of Completion, Life Skills Check- addressed to practicing members of those professions. Off Lists, Field Trip Planning Sheets, and Additional Schedule Pages as necessary for his or her immediate family’s use. The information, ideas, and suggestions contained herein have been developed from sources, including publications and research, that are “Do to others what you would have them do to you” (Matthew 7:12). considered and believed to be reliable but cannot be guaranteed insofar “The worker is worth his keep” (Matthew 10:10). as they apply to any particular classroom or homeschooling situation. The Authors and Publisher specifically disclaim any liability, loss, or risk, personal or otherwise, incurred as a consequence directly or indirectly of Published by the use and application of any of the suggestions or contents of this guide. Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd. 8042 South Grant Way Littleton, CO 80122-2705 Printed in the of America. USA For the latest information about changes in this guide, Phone (303) 730-6292 Fax (303) 795-8668 please visit www.sonlight.com/curriculum-updates. E-mail: [email protected] Please notify us of any errors you find not listed on this site. E-mail corrections to [email protected] and any suggestions you may have to [email protected]. ©2020 by Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd. All rights reserved. 1 Introduction to Introduction Your Instructor’s Guide 1 2 Schedule andNotes Schedule 2 Instructor’s GuideResources 3 • • • • • Timeline Suggestion—Schedule Why “World Historyand Worldview Studies”—Maps “World Historyand Worldview Studies”—ScopeandSequence:Schedule for Sonlight Curriculum® “World Historyand Worldview Studies” • • You FindContradictionsinHistory Table ofContents Introduction • • • • Instructor’s GuideOverview F Bible and About 520—”WorldHistoryand Worldview Studies" urther Assistance Worldview Table ofContents World History and Worldview Studies Schedule andNotes

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[p. up again in every they will come as ad chapter lists, Sire questions fall first two The a specific worldview. dressing they are since philosophers call metaphysics under what third The reality. about ultimate with questions concerned which is also included as a category is under anthropology, fourthThe question is within the theology. of systematic theology another systematic of , parameters category dealing not only with questions about the end as hu and our final state but also the final judgment times, fifthThe question falls under the philosophi man beings. which explores of study knowncal area as epistemology, can know we what such as how questions of knowledge, know really can even or whether or not we know, we Question six falls under the philosophi all. at anything human history about Question seven of ethics. is cal area under likely falls more but it categorize, difficult to more ultimate to history since than not, relates metaphysics and whether or not it has meaning or it is like, what reality, anthropol is most likely tied to question eight Finally, not. 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Read Discuss After You To He of the heart.” orientation a fundamental commitment, of the heart worldview the role to emphasizes in relation “heart” his view of the shortly, but as he explains beliefs, too, Note, think today. than we much more encompasses live which we definition—”on in Sire’s phrase the final that the Apostle from adapted our being”—is and have and move 20] Acts (see [p. 17:28). the Athenians speech to Paul’s a chair remains “A he writes: when tional principles of logic Either there it as a chair or not. recognize chair whether we His comment is not.” or there is an infinitely often of identity, the law in logic, about the chair is called, about while his either/or remark is A,” “A as expressed of God is known of the excluded as the law the existence ------One book Studies Worldview and History World Victorian- English by Rodney Stark. [p. 11] Rodney Stark. by [p. What Good is Christianity? , was released in 2012 via IVP Academic. in 2012 via IVP released , was The VictoryThe of Reason A revised and updated version of Corduan’s work, work, of Corduan’s version and updated A revised Is there such a thing as “the Christian worldview,” “the Christian worldview,” such a thing as Is there Chapter 1 pp. 18–24 1 pp. Chapter Student Guide | | Student Two 1 | Section Week Note: Although Sire mentions “we in the Western world” in world” Western in the “we mentions Sire Although Sire mentions in passing how the Christian worldview how in passing mentions Sire Notes: “There as an unbiased study is no such thing writes, Sire 2 Day | 2 beliefs including the existence of a personal creator God, of a personal creator including the existence beliefs Sire and more. the of Jesus, of Christ, the resurrection 19] 2. [p. in chapter the Christianexplains worldview tian view of reality. Such major points of agreement are are of agreement Such major points tian view of reality. as such instance, for often creeds, in historic summarized set forth key statements Such creedal Creed. the Apostles’ as mentioned by Sire in footnote 4? Although there are dif are there 4? Although in footnote Sire by as mentioned speaking historically Christian between traditions, ferences part remained of the Chris always have beliefs a set of core highly relevant given the diversity of beliefs found in found of beliefs the diversity given highly relevant living in a are we In short, states, cultures. as Sire Western 17] [p. society.” “pluralistic of a broad spectrum of beliefs since they are comprised comprised they are spectrum since of a broad of beliefs such, the study of As the world. all over of people from but is is not simply an academic endeavor, worldviews present in Northpresent as in India, America, while Islam as well In States, the United and Christianity global . are others consist and York, New Angeles, cities such as Los citizen and, as such, has that perspective as his back as such, has that and, citizen not confined are worldviews also true that it’s ground, are instance, for Pantheists, boundaries. geographical by relation to how the book approaches worldviews, keep worldviews, the book approaches how to relation a broad to relevant are the ideas addressed in mind that Western is a Sire that true it’s While spectrum of the world. in particular of Christianity the influence which looks at on the West is world’s understanding of reality.” This is an importantThis point understanding of reality.” world’s in more this concept Sonlight explores keep in mind. to detail in the curriculum as we would want our views represented by others. 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Nev than simply being descriptive. rather worldviews, ertheless, or in anything writing, the question of bias in our very best efforts Even pres is common. to people do, of any significant intellectual idea or movement.” Do you Do you intellectual idea or movement.” significant of any work Sire’s Granted, with this statement? or disagree agree to side when it comes the evaluation toward leans more Neighboring Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892): Tennyson Lord Alfred, “Charge such as poems famous many poet knownera for 17] [p. Brigade.” of the Light ©2020 by Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd. All rights reserved. 4. 3. Minds Opening TrialOn it wanting. ofhisbooks onthetopic Some include evolution andfound tointellect thequestionofDarwinian Although notascientist butalawyer, Johnsonappliedhis one ofthe “fathers” oftheIntelligent Design movement. positions correspond withreality ornot?[p. 11] including ourselves, are true ornot. That is, doourpresup to getat iswhetherornotpresuppositions peopleholdto, back andforever. What we really want to try tion for any beliefs, astheywould justcontinue to regress true presuppositions. we If don’t, thenwe have nofounda require at leastsomepresuppositions, which,we hope, are be trueaboutreality. At somepoint we allwould seemto assumptions orpresuppositions—things we presuppose to worldview, , ifnotevery hasbehinditoneormore believe what theybelieve. may bebetter to It say that every much timeto understandtheirworldview andwhy they be thegeneral case, especiallyfor thosewhohave taken ofeveryone’strue ofsomeaspects worldview, thisneednot conceived opinionthat hasnoreal basis. While thismay be ofprejudices.”collection definitionaprejudice By isapre 2. To You After Discuss Read mollify: Darrow, askepticofChristianity. [p. 18] famous abeliever,William JenningsBryan, andClarence Bible’s viewofcreation. Two lawyers were involved, the Tennessee classroom, whichat thetimeonlytaught the Scopes andwhetherornothecould teach evolution inhis Scopes trial: Vocabulary living.”is notworth [p. 24] ancient Greek philosopher, Socrates: unexamined life “The amined life” isareference to afamousstatement by the Total Truth Total Day 4 Johnson briefly mentionsJohnson briefly evolution. as Heisknown Notes: Sire’s mention ofliving “either theexamined orunex are still livingat homeandbeingeducated inaChris home,of theChristian andprobable even whilethey they willsurely meetassoon astheyleave thesecurity “to confront theworldview challengesthat andsurvive education, notingthat itmustprepare young people Johnson makesastrong statement aboutChristian you thinkthisispossible? Why orwhy not?[p. 12] a worldview that isreally at oddswithChristianity. Do Johnson states that some professing have Christians he meanby this?[p. 11] window“the by whichwe viewtheworld.” What does theForeword,In as Johnsondefinesworldview inpart pp. 11–28 , appeaseanger. [p. 21] Reason intheBalance Johnsonwrites that “a worldview iscommonly a A 1925 trial involving A1925trial schoolteacher John . [p. 11]  , and Defeating Darwinism by Darwinism Defeating World History and Worldview Studies |Student Guide |Section Two | Darwin Darwin  - - - - - are false? This iswhere having asolidbasisinunderstand assuming theideasinquestionare true. Butwhat ifthey field. just aboutevery This isnotnecessarily abadthing, ing science, literature, thearts, education, , and tum that willultimately influence many areas oflife includ have consequences andeventually iftheygainmomen ideas and are accepted often short, withoutquestion.In baggage, soto speak—ideas that now permeate culture slate” orculture. allcomes society withphilosophical It point. Noonetoday intois animportant isborn a “blank today times.” ofearlier hasdeeproots inthethinking This the church portion. worldview shouldintegrate into allareas oflife, notjust you’ll seeinreading beliefs, whichreally how describe theworld works. As of thetimewe want to operate onthebasisofsecular beliefs are fine, say, onSunday at church, buttherest to asasacred-secular dichotomy—the viewthat religious intelligent engagement withculture. defense of thefaith(apologetics, asin1Peter 3:15)and cage.” viewwould Acontrary say that bothare needed—a not needto bedefended, itjustneedsto beletoutofits 5. Decay in thechapter the dismissaloftruth.See onpostmodernism worldview), whichusuallyleadsto relativism and, with it, that there isany overarching explanation ofreality (a of attitude toward reality. Postmodernists tend to deny or unifiedphilosophy orworldview asmuchitisasort tion. Postmodernism, isnotsomuchadefinitive inshort, and approach to worldview. theChristian [p. 15] with Schaeffer andissignificantly influenced by hisideas the 1950s. The authorof works. HeestablishedL’Abri Fellowship inSwitzerland in and theBible, HeIsThere andHeIsNotSilent Then Live? for bookssuchas pline” [p. 13] (NIV). of timidity, ofpower, butaspirit oflove andofself-disci that 2 Timothy 1:7reads, “For didnotgive God usaspirit to “give itdeserves.” theimportance thissubject Note, too, that theantidote toobserves fear Christian is andtimidity ing andevaluating ideaswillhelpalot. [p. 13] Johnson writes, situation we findourselves in “The Notes: Note: Pearcey mentions “a world” postmodern inherintroduc was anastute thinker, Christian known When itcomes to questionsaboutworldviews, Johnson The Door Universe Next prepare even more? [p. 12] address worldview challenges? What would helpyou tian environment.” you Do believe you are prepared to studies? 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This is not to say that Christianity that say is the same as is not to This of religions. try similar issues religions note but only to other religions, presuppositions. as some of their broad well as address, to , Pearcey’s three points and associat points three Pearcey’s of religion, philosophy a variety by a typical displayed pattern ed questions fall into God will retain what is good, true, and beautiful from this and beautiful from true, is good, what God will retain and of art, including works architecture, music, world, on page 49. restoration will briefly mention Pearcey more. of creation, fall, and redemption, some Christians add a redemption, and fall, of creation, plan, which they call restoration, fourth aspect God’s to His instance, for aspects of, God will restore wherein that believe Some even glory. their former to creation 11. 12. 10. worldview is worldview 24] 2004). [p. 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Christianity specifically, or that, is true religion that prove deluded just people are perhaps religious all, After is true. the What happier. feel effect helps them and a placebo experts of what though, is the opposite shows, research if Moreover, is a sort religion of disorder. thought—that this people, is helpful to that religion to something there’s can help build a case for, and reasoning line of evidence such as atheism. and against worldviews Christianity, say, making to when it comes consider to a lot more There’s but taken together, worldview, or against any the case for with bigger ones combined a series arguments of smaller such as Christian a worldview that can help demonstrate 60] [p. than alternatives. sense of reality ity makes more - - -  -  - - - :   Studies Worldview and History World Pensees and his essay on the and his essay    ). Pascal put it this way in his put it this way ). 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[p. 56] art. and evaluating [p. appreciating came to appreciate, for example, the artistry of, say, music, without music, the artistry example, say, for of, appreciate, In with its underlying worldview. agreeing necessarily short, knewwhen it be discriminating Schaeffer to how Art and the Bible judge art: its to its intellectual message, its form, ways and whether or not an artist brilliance, technical is being one can such a grid, Through himself or herself. true to critique popular culture, contemporary art,critique popular culture, and more. little book see his fine approach on Schaeffer’s more For those that are, though none can help, since this infinite this infinite since help, though none can are, those that and immutable can be filled only with an infinite abyss 55] (148/428). [p. God himself” by object; in other words which all that now remains is empty print and trace? This This is empty and trace? print remains now which all that fill with everything him, seek to he tries in vain around the help he cannot find in not there are ing in things that The RiddleThe of Joy pro and this helplessness, “What else does this craving, of in man a true happiness, once was there claim but that line of approach is (see, for instance, his book instance, for Kreeft (see, is Peter line of approach Handbook of in G.K. desire Chesterton from and C.S. Lewis: argument longings and desires—something C.S. Lewis would also would C.S. Lewis and desires—something longings A con in his writings theme. as a recurring incorporate temporary this Christian philosopher who incorporates similar lines of argumentation for God, pointing to human to pointing God, for similar lines of argumentation 9. To Discuss After You Read Discuss After You To 8. 1 Peter 4:13. [p. 51] 4:13. [p. 1 Peter Theologically there is a concept known as redemptive suf known as redemptive is a concept there Theologically to Christians, will too, so, as Christ suffered, fering—that Romans instance, for See, this world. in suffer some extent, 3:10; and 1:5; Philippians 8:18; Matthew 5:11; 2 Corinthians up sharing in His suffering.” What does she mean by this? this? does she mean by What up sharing in His suffering.” 6. 7. 5. 3. 4. ©2020 by Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd. All rights reserved. gent Design. [p. 20] ture intheCell in itssimplestform beganat all. See, for instance, within lifeforms, itfailsto adequately explain how life even provides amodeltoWhile explain Darwinism changes supernatural orGod. [p. 19] must beanexplanation otherthanonethat allows for the presupposition that naturalism istrue, therefore, there this view, driven that itisoften by the otherthanthe fact that are sudden. There is, however, alackofevidence for history thatequilibrium positmoments inevolutionary to suchaspunctuated turn theories sion someDarwinists life order illustration. In to explain theCambrian explo anticipated inthetreeingly goingagainstwhat of Darwin lifeforms suddenlyappearinthefossil record, thusseem Cambrian explosion, wherein many newandfullyformed alleviated it” (pp. 31,37). The reference isto theso-called fossilsbrian has aggravated Darwin’s problem rather than this vastly improved ofCambrian andPrecam knowledge ing ofPrecambrian isfarbetter thanDarwin’s history … beds olderthantheCambrian, soourpresent understand exploration upmany hasturned down fossil …further fossilearly record tree oflife theevolutionary turns upside scientists haveknew—and recently confirmed—that the in hisbook been calledinto question,for instance, by Jonathan Wells Science of.”) andJ. Geisler Also seeNorman Kerby Anderson, ofChristianApologetics cyclopedia ties—the origin oftheuniverse andlife forms” ( science isaforensic science that considers pastsingulari cal science that dealswithpresent regularities, butorigin science withthepast…Operation science isanempiri science dealswiththeworld asitnow exists andorigin definestheseapproachesGeisler asfollows: “Operation rate theterms into origin andoperation science. Norman models oftheorigins oftheuniverse andlife isto sepa sible for theorigins oflife. [p. 18] asCreatorsonal God oftheuniverse andwhoisrespon offormsapply to avariety oftheismthat believe inaper when thebookusesterm, “Special Creation,” itmay the result ofanimpersonal, undirected process. Similarly is allthat exists, meaningthat theuniverse andlife are naturalism—the viewthat themateriallife—and world createdthe viewthat apersonalGod theuniverse and and humanlife. Two predominant views includetheism— of possibleexplanations for theorigins oftheuniverse orneo-Darwinism. There areDarwinism alimited number ence to non-theisticevolution, sometimesreferred to as Streams of Civilization, Volume of Civilization, Streams 1 Day 6 An ongoing difficulty for Darwinism isthe origin oflife. forAn ongoingdifficulty Darwinism treeThe oflife evolutionary onpage19has depicted One way ofdistinguishingtestable from non-testable Notes: (Baker Book House, (BakerBook 1987).[p. 18] Chapter 1 pp. 17–25(upto “Dating Methods”) When thebookspeaksof “Evolution” itisinrefer Icons ofEvolution by Stephen Meyer, aproponent ofIntelli , where hewrites: “Yet Darwin , under, “Origins, Science World History and Worldview Studies |Student Guide |Section Two | Baker En Signa Origin Origin ------evolution, that suchastheorizing aland-basedmammal different oforganism” kind issometimes calledmacro ing similardesigns increations. [p. 21] aresimilarities merely evidence ofthesamedesigner us origins. Those whoholdto acreation viewargue that such resulteding suchsimilarities from thesameevolutionary explain itby claimingthat lifeDarwinists forms exhibit evolution. [p. 20] an alternative resource, notasanendorsement oftheistic Biologos Foundation. We present thisinformation onlyas claim.See,theistic critics for instance, material from the means thedeath ofChristianity, assometheisticandnon- ity. They donotbelieve that holdingto theisticevolution andChristian with holdingto someform ofDarwinism evolutionists hopeto bypass apparent problems they see through theprocess ofevolution. sodoing, In theistic model withtheexistence ofGod, arguing works that God tion tion isanotherso-called “icon” debunkedin Timeline Points Map and Ultimate Icon. [p. 25] see as andPhillipWilliam E. Johnson.[p. Dembski 22] ligent andauthorssuch Design Institute seetheDiscovery conclusions ofthediscernible evidence. For more onIntel a religious case, butinstead are merely following the proponents donotclaimthat theyare typically making argument that for withthetwist God than non-intelligence. avariation ofadesign is, inshort, It explanation mechanismsisintelligence for rather certain discern specifiedcomplexity innature suchthat thebest today callIntelligent Design. This istheideathat we can otherspecialevidence,”“The ofwhat many isasummary 20. To You After Discuss Read lution. [p. 21] as itstillappearsto grant even somevalidity to macroevo to acreation viewpoint disliketheterm microevolution, cant whohold changes, Some butonlychangesinkind. evolution, meaningthat theyaren’t examples ofsignifi as different varietiesofdogs, are sometimescalledmicro significant changes, changes. such Smallerevolutionary This, obviously, isadrastic changethat would entail many evolved into mammal suchasawhale. anocean-going d Belief thatBelief alivingthing can “evolve into acompletely ashomology. oflivingthingsisknown Similarity Theistic evolutionists seekto reconcile theevolutionary ofevoluThe peppered mothexample usedinsupport For speculation aboutmissing links more onDarwinian Notes: it relate to thecreation-evolution controversy? [p. 21] What istheSecond Law of Thermodynamics? 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How How can the study of astronomy help in determining help in determining of astronomy can the study How 20] [p. dates? | The view that ancient life on Earth or life space ancient view that came from The The biblical account of Noah’s ark is often of skep a point of Noah’s biblical account The One resource documenting flood stories in ancient in ancient flood stories documenting One resource Note: 7 Day 10 are unnecessarily complicated. They are also based on are They complicated. unnecessarily are as television specials. Such theories were discredited by by discredited Such theories were specials. as television including responses numerous of Civilization As Streams was visited by extraterrestrials was a popular fad in the was extraterrestrials by visited was books such as due to ‘70s, 1960s and and resulting in resources such as in resources resulting 34] (ICR, 1996). [p. 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[p. 22. 23. age of the Earth, broad agreement remains on the essen remains age of the Earth, agreement broad human God, regarding as beliefs tials of the faith such 29] [p. matters. and other central Christ, salvation, beings, or may not hold to young or old Earth or old young In not hold to addi creationism. or may Earth typically not young are tion, theistic evolutionists on the though all Christians do not agree Even creationists. hold to young Earth Old Earth young hold to creationism. creationists the Earthreject thousands of years that are and universe may Design Intelligent to while Christians adhere who old, 21. To Discuss After You Read Discuss After You To ©2020 by Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd. All rights reserved. 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There mustbeahealthy balance between these that even stillhadto Christians follow specificJewish very the Judaizers, whowere extremely legalistic, believing Another extreme incontrast to theantinomianists were they wanted, morally withoutconsequences. speaking, that since theywere saved, theycould now dowhatever literally means “against thelaw.” These believed Christians days church oftheChristian was antinomianism, which holiness, notsin.Oneerror that cropped upintheearly few thingsto add. Obviously, wishesfor God usto seek she terms, “Christian orHoliness”, Perfection we have a 7. forcapacity doingbadthings. image, butwe alsoare fallenand, consequently, have a potential for greatness becausewe are madeinGod’s behavior isfound inChristianity. We are great andhave Pascal argued that thebestexplanation ofthisparadoxical all capableofdoinggreat evils. thingsandunspeakable paradox ofhumangreatness andwretchedness. We are 6. ofGod. 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Non- believe that allows thebiblical text thisinterpretation reading whofavor Christians ofthetext. alocalized Flood Flood of Noahwas localized are notbeingfairto aplain Flood claim that aninterpretation that accepts that the For instance, whoadhere Christians to aliteral, global submerged allareas inhabited by humansat that time. refer to aregional Flood that, would nevertheless, stillhave Flood, whileothersbelieve canbeinterpreted thetext to believeSome thebiblicalaccount indicates aworldwide cept thebiblicalFlood asliteral, butdisagree asto itsscope. innature.allegorical Conservative Christians, however, ac Flood ashistorical, favoring interpretations that are typically the deepandwindows oftheheavens were closed.” the Flood waters, 8:2notes Genesis two: fountains of “The deep [about22feet]” (verses 19-20).As to thesource of vailed above themountains, covering cubits themfifteen under thewholeheaven were covered. The waters pre Flood, noting, for instance, allthehighmountains“that maining verses ofchapter 7offer additionaldetailsofthe nights.” days andforty forty fell upontheEarth The re and thewindows oftheheavens were opened. And rain that day allthefountains ofthegreat deepburstforth, second month, ontheseventeenth day ofthemonth, on repeated inverse 10. Verses 11and12elaborate: “… inthe plains Flood“the ofwaters cameupontheEarth,” aphrase under heaven” chapter 7,verse In ex 6thetext (ESV). to destroy allfleshinwhichisthebreaththe Earth oflife behold, I[theLord] aFlood willbring ofwaters upon 6.Specifically,of NoahinGenesis verse 17reads, “For The Account Biblical and questionsregarding Noah’s ark. biblical account oftheFlood, scientific issuesrelated to it, stantiated we’ll accounts. thisarticle at In lookbriefly the Bible asunreliable for includingsuchsupposedlyunsub or,are trueorfictitious inotherinstances, dismissingthe oftheBible, wonderingpects whetherornottheaccounts too, Non-Christians, ark. are at timesinterested intheseas account oftheFlood, ofNoahandthe aswell asthestory for instance, have often many questionsaboutthebiblical today, Christians, bothto andnon-Christians. Christians ofNoah’sstory ofthesematters Both are ofinterest ark. in theprevious chapter thebookalsomentioned the ofthebiblicalaccountes thevalidity oftheFlood, while Both literalBoth views oftheFlood have received criticisms. theologically thebiblical Some liberal reject Christians The biblicalaccount oftheFlood begins withthestory On page41 Streams of Civilization,Volume 1 World History and Worldview Studies |Student Guide |Section Two | Article 2: The BiblicalFlood presuppos ------event best explains sedimentary strata.event bestexplains sedimentary of acatastrophic globalFlood alsoargue that suchan gradual geological erosion (uniformitarianism). Adherents formations, suchastheGrand Canyon, rather thansteady, that thebiblicalFlood canbestexplain various geological no longerbeingformed today. Catastrophism istheview available to useven though fossils insuchnumbersare claim that catastrophism bestexplains themany fossils thebiblicalFlood. ofthisview supporting Supporters formation offossils isanotherlineofevidence presented could be explained dueto theIce meltingafter Age. The maintaincritics that suchfindsare and notunexpected ous regions isanotherlineofevidence presented, though fossils[Master Books, 2009]).Marine found inmountain of Noah(see, for instance, numerous cultures parallel that often thebiblicalaccount instance, theypoint to hundreds ofFlood stories found in oftheirview. ofscientific evidencevariety insupport For Science andtheFlood Genesis 6:14-22). Genesis care and feeding oftheanimals” (p. on 16,commentary is reasonable to propose that theLord superintended the The gathering ofthe animalswas divinelyguided…soit providedof theark approximately 1.4millioncubicfeet. genera, orgroups ofspecies. Moreover, thethree levels categories; theanimalsonboard were representative of misreading ofthetext. The word ‘kinds’ refers to general todayknown haselicited doubt, butthisistheresult ofa to of theark housethemany ability animalspecies “The Publishers, 2007)offers thesecomments abouttheark: to feed them. enough room for ortheresources theanimalson ark issaidthat there would It nothaveon theark. been but alsoinrelation aboard somany to taking animals tifically impossible, notonlyinrelation to aglobalFlood, of theBible. They claimthat thebiblicalaccount isscien contention, ofcritics andsometimesridicule, onthe part Noah’s Ark yan Mountains?” available onourIGlinkspage about 8,000feet …” (“DidNoah’s Flood Cover theHimala basis, that water would to cover adepth of theEarth pletely flat, withnohighmountains andnodeepocean has beencalculated that iftheEarth’s were com surface ofwater hasplenty to launchaglobalFlood. Earth “the It Young Creationist for JohnMorris, Earth instance, writes, water available to asbiblicallydescribed. cover theEarth ers ofaglobalFlood argue that there isindeedsufficient (covering allhighmountains by some20feet). Support to to cover describes theextent thebiblicaltext theEarth Critics oftheFloodCritics argue that there isnotenoughwater Those whoholdto aliteral andglobalFlood offer a The biblicalaccount ofNoah’s isalsoapoint ark of The Apologetics StudyBible The Apologetics Flood Legends by Charles Martin by Martin Charles (HolmanBible  . ) Article 2 - - - - -

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Noah’s Noah’s The The The Bibli The by John John by Noah’s Ark: A Noah’s In the Begin Flood Legends Flood The Genesis Flood The by Johnny V. Miller and John M. V. Johnny by n by Hugh Ross (NavPress, 2001); Hugh Ross (NavPress, by by John Woodmorappe (ICR, 1996); Woodmorappe John by by Davis A. Young (Eerdmans, 1995); (Eerdmans, Young A. Davis by by Tim Lovett (Master Books, 2008); Books, (Master Lovett Tim by Several resources on the Flood and Noah’s ark are avail arkare Noah’s and Flood on the resources Several able including the following: the following: including able Henry and Whitcomb Morris (P&R, 2011 edition); Genesis Question Flood cal Study Feasibility Ark CharlesMartin by and 2009); Books, (Master Misunderstood ning ... We 2012). Soden (Kregel, - - World History and Worldview Studies Worldview and History World Student Guide | | Student Two | Section The biblical account of the Flood also raises apologetic apologetic also raises of the Flood account biblical The Although Christians disagree regarding the extent of the extent regarding ChristiansAlthough disagree Article 2 concerns about the nature of God. For example, while the example, For of God. about the nature concerns and patient, merciful, holy, Bible describes God loving, as times at as a result, and, he is also just compassionate, dispenses judgment. concerns, meaning that it relates to the defense of the the defense to it relates that meaning concerns, critics who to respond faith. Christians should seek to ark, and broader the story of Noah’s question the Flood, makes reference to “the days of Noah” and the Flood (Mat the Flood and of Noah” “the days to makes reference 17:26-27). thew 24:37-39; Luke count is intended as historical, and that it was a significant a significant it was that and historical, as is intended count historical grant appears to too, Jesus, in history. event he when Flood of Noah and the the account validity to Conclusion and Resources and Conclusion ac the biblical Flood that agree evangelicals the Flood, Section Three Instructor’s Guide Resources Streams of Civilization, Volume 1—Map 1 ©2020 by Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd. All rights reserved. All Ltd. Sonlight Curriculum, ©2020 by

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Week Bible Study History Geography Biography 1 Worldview; the Bible as Culture; Archeology; Israel; Dead Sea region Jean-Baptiste Poquelin; Historical Record; Politics Anthropology; Geogra- John Calvin vs. Culture; Heart vs. phy; Geology; Biology; Brain; Christian Mind; Political Science; Reli- ; Modern Schism; gion; Time Periods Secular/Sacred Dualism 2 Empiricism; Special Fossil Findings; Special Charles Darwin; David Grace, Common Grace; Creation; Prehistoric Man; Larson; Francis Schaef- Creation; Fall; Redemp- Dating Methods; Unifor- fer tion; Cultural Mandate; mitarianism, Catastroph- Compassionate Conser- ism; Noah’s Ark; Ice Age vatism; Faith Gap 3 Dualism; Moral vs. Meta- Human Development Fertile Crescent; Tigris River; Plato; Aristotle; physical; Reformers; Ro- Models; Migrations; Fer- Euphrates River; Mesopota- Socrates; Alexander manticism vs. Enlighten- tile Crescent; Old Sumer; mia; Egypt; Mohenjo-daro the Great; Augustine; ment; Cartesian Divide; Akkadian Empire; Indus Aquinas; C.S. Lewis Kantian Contradiction; River Valley; Ancient Postmodern Egypt; Canaan vs. Scientific Naturalism 4 Imperialistic “Facts”; Nationalism; Egypt’s New Egypt; Caspian Sea; Mediter- William of Ockham; Liberalism; Evangelism Kingdom; Old Babylo- ranean Sea; Assyria; Greece; ; Ham- Today; Romanticism vs. nian Kingdom; Aegean; North America; South murabi Reason; Trinity; Marxism; The Minoans; The Myce- America; Alaska State of Nature naeans; The Americas 5 Social Darwinism; Reli- The Hittites; The Phoe- Turkey; Lebanon; Mexico; Peru; gion of Sex; Buddhism; nicians; The Hebrews; Guatemala; Honduras; San Hinduism; Darwinism; Early Russians; The Scyth- Lorenzo; LaVenta; Monte Alban ; Evolu- ians; Greek Dark Ages; (Oaxaca) tion; Intelligent Design Greek Mythology; Early ©2020 by Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd. All rights reserved. All Ltd. Sonlight Curriculum, ©2020 by America 6 Explanatory Filter; Chris- Assyrian Empire; Chal- Assyria; Persia; India tian Relativists; Holiness; dean Empire; Babylon; Truth; Persian Empire; Indian Socratic Method Vedic Ages; Hinduism; Buddhism 7 Biology; Darwinism; Evo- Hellenization; Olympics; Greece; Athens; Sparta; Socrates; Plato; Aristo- lution; Genes; Values Greek City States; Greek- Corinth tle; Alexander the Great Persian Wars, Golden Age of Greece

8 The Pragmatists; Arts Roman Republic; Etrus- Italy; Mediterranean Sea; ; Francis and Humanities; cans; Punic Wars; Fall of Rome; Carthage Schaeffer; Sciences; Disciples of Roman Republic Darwin; Neo-Pragma- tism; Naturalism (continued on the following page)

World History and Worldview Studies | Student Guide | Section Three | Instructor’s Guide Resources | 13 Week Bible Study History Geography Biography 9 Evangelicalism; Heart Pax Romana; Early Ro- North Africa; Israel; Nazareth; Aleis de Tocqueville; vs. Head; First Great man Emperors; Life in Bethlehem; Netherlands Hannibal; Julius Caesar Awakening; Defiant Indi- Roman Empire; Foun- vidualism; Second Great dations of Christianity; Awakening;; Primitivism Germanic Tribes 10 Liberalism; Personal- Development of Chris- Rome; Syria; Constantinople Caesar Augustus; Nero; ity Cult; Sovereign Self; tianity; Fall of Rome; (Istanbul); Corinth; Alexan- Marcus Aurelius; Con- Pentecostal-Charismatic; Byzantine Empire; Russia dria; Ephesus; Russia; Ethio- stantine; Confucius Presbyterians; Common pia; Spain; Estonia Sense Realism; Science of Scripture; Sola Scrip- tura 11 True Spirituality; Idols of Africa; Indian Middle Sahara Desert; Siam (Thai- Chandragupta Maurya; the Heart; Theology of Ages; Indian Kingdoms; land); Malaysia; Cambodia; the Cross Chinese Civilization; Feu- Ethiopia; China; Cambodia; dalism; Han Dynasty Peking (Beijing); Sierra Leone; Sudan; Korea; Vietnam; Laos 12 Christian Theism; Logos; Middle Ages; European Europe; Mecca (Saudi Arabia) Francis Schaeffer; Char- Self-transcendence Dark Ages; Christianity in lemagne; Muhammad ©2020 by Curriculum, Sonlight Ltd. All rights reserved. Medieval Europe; Caro- lingian Empire; Islam; Feudalism 13 Substances, England; Christianity Iceland; Greenland; Alexander Pope; John & Nature; Mo- in England; Norsemen; England; Ireland; Scotland; Milton; Frederick Co- dality; Theism vs. Deism; Norse Exploration; Age Denmark; Norway; Sweden; pleston; St. Patrick Modern Deism of Chivalry; The Medieval Paris Church 14 Naturalism; Deism; Secu- Twilight of Feudalism; Italy; Europe; Spain; Germany; ; Wil- lar ; Marxism Norman England; France; Jerusalem; Russia; Mongolia; liam the Conqueror; Crusades; Black Death; Spain; Kiev Genghis Khan Golden Horde 15 Nihilism; Necessity and Far East and Africa; China China; Tibet; Japan; India; B.F. Skinner; Vasco da Change; Great Cloud and Mongols; Japan; Sudan; Afghanistan; Mali; Gama; Samuel Beckett; of Unknowing; Is and Muslims Conquer India; Zimbabwe; Ghana; Morocco; ; Ought Muslim Influence in Mozambique Soren Kierkegaard Africa: Pre-Columbus America; Pre-Aztec Civili- zation; The Mayas 16 Loss of Meaning; Nihil- The Aztecs; Pre-Inca Mexico; Peru; North America; Jean-Jacques Rousseau; ism; Existentialism Civilizations; Incas; North Central America; South John Calvin; Fyodor American Indians America; Andes Mountains dostoevsky; Mont- ezuma 17 Eastern Mysticism; New Nationalism; The Hun- Europe; Spain; England; Joan of Arc Age dred Years’ War; War of Germany; France; Poland; the Roses; Iberian Penin- Lithuania sula; Spanish Inquisition; German States; Euro- pean Renaissance; Italian States; Secularism (continued on the following page)

14 | Instructor’s Guide Resources | Section Three | Student Guide | World History and Worldview Studies Week Bible Study History Geography Biography 18 Reformation; New World; Europe John Cabot; Vasco The Great Schism; Coun- Núñez de Balboa; Her- ter- Reformation nando Cortez; Francisco Pizarro 19 Death of Truth; Being Biblical View of History; Mediterranean Sea; Constan- Deepak Chopra; John Good Without God Theological Interpreta- tinople; Jerusalem; Europe; Af- Calvin; Johann Guten- tion of History; Human- rica; Asia; Kongo (Democratic berg; Henry the Naviga- ism vs. Reformation; Is- Republic of Congo); Portugal; tor; St. Francis Xavier; lamic Culture; Confucian Rome Matteo Ricci Culture; African Cultures; North and South Ameri- can Indian Cultures 20 Postmodernism New Technology; Catho- Holland; Canada; Denmark; Vasco da Gama; Ferdi- lic Missionary Motives; Sweden; Louisiana; Russia; nand Magellan; Freder- Economic Motives Prussia ick the Great; Peter the Great 21 Islamic Theism; Qadr; Exploration; Catholi- Europe; Russia René Descartes; Jean- Folk Islam cism vs. Protestantism; Jacques Rousseau; Decline of Ottoman ; Voltaire; Turks; Thirty Years’ War; Isaac Newton; John English-French Conflict; Locke; Adam Smith; Absolutism Catherine the Great; Blaise Pascal; William Shakespeare; John Mil- ton; Benjamin Franklin; J.S. Bach; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 22 Mind & Body; Episte- Age of Reason/Enlight- Europe; India; Burma; South Tertullian; Socrates; mology; Knowledge; enment; Rationalism; Africa; China; New England; John Wesley; George Theories of Truth Empiricism & Naturalism; Plymouth Whitefield; William Deism; Atheism; Revolu- Wilberforce; Jonathan tion Edwards; William Carey ©2020 by Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd. All rights reserved. All Ltd. Sonlight Curriculum, ©2020 by 23 Theory of Forms; Puritans; Pietism; Britain; France; Paris; Italy; Cor- Napoleon Bonaparte; Epistemology vs. Reality Evangelical Awakening; sica; United States; Lexington; Oliver Cromwell; Protestant Missions Concord; Yorktown George Washington; Thomas Jefferson; Louis XVI 24 Happiness; The Golden Puritan Struggle; Puritan Europe Artistotle; Thomas Aqui- Mean; Practical Reason; Political Reformation; nas; Claudius Ptolemy; Learning Virtue Glorious Revolution; Nicholaus Copernicus; American War for Tycho Brahe; Francis Ba- Independence; French con; Johannes Kepler; Revolution Galileo Galilei; Isaac Newton; William Harvey (continued on the following page)

World History and Worldview Studies | Student Guide | Section Three | Instructor’s Guide Resources | 15 Week Bible Study History Geography Biography 25 Evil; Manichaeism; Protestantism and the Canada; Europe; Russia; India; Cicero; Augustine; Eli Neo-Platonism; Good vs. Scientific Revolution Australia; The United States; Whitney; James Watt; Perfect; Perverted Love New Orleans; New England Robert Fulton; George Stephenson; Alexander Graham Bell; Thomas Edison; Henry Ford; Charles Dickens; Fyodor Dostoevsky; Victor Hugo; Catherine Booth; William Booth; 26 Faith & Philosophy; Natu- Protestantism and Indus- Europe; Vatican City; United Charles Darwin; ral Theology; The Five trial Progress; Business States; Chicago Louis Pasteur; Marie Ways; The Big Bang Organization; Christian Curie; Michael Faraday; Charity; Socialism Albert Einstein; Sig- mund Freud; Friedrich Nietzsche; Vladimir Lenin; Immanuel Kant; Soren Kierkegaard; Joseph Smith; William ©2020 by Curriculum, Sonlight Ltd. All rights reserved. Wordsworth; Walt Whit- man; Edgar Allan Poe; Ludwig von Beethoven; Johannes Brahms; Claude Monet 27 Faith & Ethics; Three Evolutionary World- Europe; Russia; Vienna; Edmund Burke; Jeremy Problemata; God or view; Physics; Economic Crimea; United States Bentham; Florence Society; Disclosure; Faith Idealism; Theological Nightingale; Otto von as Paradox Liberalism; Evangelical Bismarck; Abraham Christianity; Romantic Lincoln; Robert E. Lee; Art Idealism Booker T. Washington 28 Class Struggle; Economic Democratic Nationalism; North America; South Ameri- Simon Bolivar; Tous- History; Capitalism Humanism; New Revolu- ca; Europe; Africa; Asia; Russia; saint L’Ouverture; James tions; Modern Nation- Algeria; United States Hudson Taylor; Rudyard States; Representative Kipling; David Living- Governments stone; William carey; Theodore Roosevelt 29 Morality and Power; Will; European Imperialism; Europe; Russia; Persia; Turkey; Nietzsche; Woodrow Morality; Missionary Movement Palestine; Egypt Wilson; Lenin; Frank- Conscience; The lin Roosevelt; Benito Ascetic Ideal Mussolini; Adolf Hitler; Joseph Stalin 30 Freedom; Human and World War 1; The Home United States; Ethiopia; Charles de Gaulle; Objects; Bad Faith; Front; Bolshevik Revolu- Europe; Africa; Japan; So- Winston Churchill; Tojo Salvation; The tion; Postwar Recovery; viet Union; Prague; Poland; Hideki; Dwight D. Eisen- Examined Life Great Finland; Normandy; Berlin; hower; Harry S. Truman Depression; Rise of Dicta- Moscow tors (continued on the following page)

16 | Instructor’s Guide Resources | Section Three | Student Guide | World History and Worldview Studies Week Bible Study History Geography Biography 31 Logic; Laws of Thought; Totalitarianism; Nazi Europe; Russia (U.S.S.R.); Mortimer Adler; Validity, Soundness and Invasion; Pacific War; China; Berlin; Suez Canal; Iron Thomas Bayes; John F. Cogency; Deductive Fragile Alliance Curtain; United States; China; Kennnedy; Fidel Castro; Arguments;Informal Fal- Soviet Union; Bulgaria; Hun- Leonid brezhnev; Lyn- lacies; gary; Poland; Romania; Czech don B. Johnson; Richard Inductive Arguments; Republic; Albania Nixon Method 32 Metaphysics; The Communism; Cold War Europe; India; Pakistan; Edmund Gettier; Mo- Problem of Universals; Myanmar; Hong Kong; Tai- handas Gandhi; Mao Postmodernists; Realism; wan; Korea; Bamboo Curtain Zedong Identity; Justification; Foundationalism 33 Reformed Epistemol- World War II Legacy; Iran; Lebanon; Iraq; Jordan Saddam Hussein ogy; Skepticism; Ethics; South Asia Nationalism; Metaethics Communist Advances in Asia; Vietnam War; Middle East; Africa; Marx- ism in Latin America; Third World 34 Noncognitive vs. Cogni- Science and Technology; Europe; Soviet Union; Korea; Nelson Mandela; Fidel tive Theories; Morality; Transformation; Atomic China; United States; Ghana; Castro Anthropology; Dual- Energy; Space Age; Mass Libya; Egypt; Morocco; Tunisia; ism; Conscious States; Media Zaire (Democratic Republic Physicalism; Freedom; of Congo); Nigeria; Somalia; Determinism; Djibouti; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Scientism Uganda; Tanzania; Kenya; Su- dan; Malawi; Zambia; Angola; Mozambique; Cuba; Panama Canal; Nicaragua 35 Theistic Science; Meth- Secular Culture; Evangel- Europe; South America; Korea; Aldous Huxley; B.F. odological Naturalism; ical Responses; Christian United States Skinner; David Hume; Realism/Antirealism Culture Nietzsche; ; ©2020 by Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd. All rights reserved. All Ltd. Sonlight Curriculum, ©2020 by Debate Ivan Pavlov; Claude De- bussy; Ernest Heming- way; Franz Kafka; Alexander Solzhenit- syn; Pablo Picasso; Billy Graham; Francis Schaeffer; Jerry Falwell; Rousas Joln Rushdoony; Martyn Lloyd-Jones; C.S. Lewis 36 Young Earth, Theistic Fall of Communism; New Canada; Yugoslavia Mikhail Gorbachev; Evolution; Old Earth World Order; Providence George H.W. Bush; of God Vladimir Putin; Marga- ret Thatcher; Ronald Reagan; Bill Clinton; George W. Bush; Barack Obama

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