Typical World View

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Typical World View
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BASIC DESCRIPTION

• Tara the Typical holds to the same typical
  worldview as the majority of Americans. This
  typical worldview varies some with each
  individual, but at the core are several commonly
  held beliefs that were shaped from a variety of
  sources such as religious background, personal
  friends, school, entertainment choices (this is a
  huge factor) and family background.
• At the heart of Tara the Typicals worldview is
  tolerance, individualism, self-expression,
  self-effort and self-gratification (can you say
  myspace.com!). Tolerance is the overriding
  principle that guides everything else in Tara's
  mind, so she sees all religions, lifestyles,
  sexual preferences, etc. as equally valuable and
  valid.

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What Tara believes about her typical Worldview

• Tara believes it is wrong for any one religion to
  claim they are the only way to heaven, nirvana,
  etc., and it is also wrong to judge other people
  in their lifestyle and choices unless they are
  really bad. One of Tara's highest values is
  sincerity - as in it doesn't matter what you
  believe, as long as you are sincere (genuine and
  honest) in your beliefs. Tara feels that her
  worldview is what will get her what she wants out
  of life without hurting others.

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What Tara believes about God

• Tara believes in God, but her view has been
  warped by the media and misinformation from
  family and friends.

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What Tara believes about the Trinity

• Tara thinks the concept of the Trinity makes no
  sense, so she doesn't believe in it.

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What Tara believes about Jesus

• Tara believes that Jesus was a nice guy who said
  a lot of important things. She isn't quite sure
  if He is the Son of God, or even what that means.

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What Tara believes about the bible

• Tara believes that the Bible is a good book that
  should be treated with a certain amount of
  respect. Tara doesn't take the Bible too
  literally, though, because that's what turns
  people into intolerant extremists. Tara generally
  picks and chooses what parts of the Bible are
  true - like the Ten Commandments and the Golden
  Rule.

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What Tara believes about the afterlife

• Tara believes in an afterlife where there is a
  heaven and hell, and the only people who go to
  hell are really bad people like murderers and
  rapists.

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What Tara believes about Salvation

• Tara believes that a person gets to heaven by
  having more good deeds than bad at the end of
  his/her life.

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What the bible Teaches About God

• God
• Is a spirit Light Love Invisible Unsearchable
  Incorruptible Eternal Immortal Omnipotent
  Omniscient Omnipresent Immutable creator
  sustainer life changer Only-wise Glorious
  Most High Perfect Holy Just True Upright
  Righteous Good Great Gracious Merciful
  Long-suffering Jealous Compassionate A
  consuming fire None beside him None before him
  None like to him None good but he Fills heaven
  and earth Should be worshipped in spirit and in
  truth

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What the bible teaches about the Trinity

• There is one God and yet three Persons (Isaiah
  455 Deuteronomy 64 James 219). The Trinity
  is true whether or not it makes sense.

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About Jesus

• Is the word with God and is God John 11
• Sustains all things by the word of his power
  Hebrews 13
• Created the World Colossians 113ff
• Equal with the father Philippians 27
• Savior of the World John 316
• THE way, THE truth, THE life John 146

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About the Bible

• All scriptures are inspired by God 2 timothy
  315-18
• Able to save your soul James 121
• Word of Life Philippians 216
• Word of truth 2 Timothy 216
• They contain the way of salvation!

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About the Salvation One must

• Believe Mark 1616 John 316
• Confess Mathew 1032 Luke 128
• Repent Mathew 417 Acts 238
• Be immersed Mark 1616 Acts 238 1 Peter 321
• Observe the Lords Supper Mathew 2628 Acts
  207 1 Corinthians 11
• Be faithful unto death Mathew 1022 2413

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About Salvation

• Sincerity is not the qualification for
  salvation...truth is - and Jesus claimed He was
  the way, the truth, and the life, and that no one
  gets into heaven except through Him (John 146).
  There are other religions who are sincere, but
  they are sincerely wrong.

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About The afterlife

• Those who trust in Christ alone as their only
  hope of salvation and obey him spend eternity in
  heaven those who reject Christ spend an eternity
  in hell (John 524-30 Revelation 2011-15).
  There will be many 'bad' people who trusted and
  obeyed Christ and will be in heaven, and there
  will be many 'good' people who lived a great life
  but never trusted and obeyed Christ who will be
  in hell.

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Hell

• Unquenchable fire Luke 317
• Where the worm doesnt die and the fire is not
  quenched Mark 943-48
• Solitude loneliness lack of physical needs
  (water) Luke 1623
• Eternal separation from God eternal punishment
  2 Thessalonians 19
• Under everlasting bonds under darkness Jude
  16ff
• Second death Revelation 211
• Utter darkness, Weeping and grinding of teeth
  Mathew 2213

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Heaven

• Everlasting 2 Corinthians 51
• Immeasurable Jeremiah 3137
• Gods dwelling place Mathew 69
• Saints rewarded in heaven 1 Peter 14
• The Fathers house John 142
• Many Mansions prepared for those who trust and
  obey Christ John 142
• A Heavenly country Hebrews 116
• An eternal rest Hebrews 49
• Paradise 2 Corinthians 122-4

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Things to Remember

• Warning - Tara is extremely sensitive towards
  anything that sounds intolerant and/or
  judgmental, so approach with extreme caution! The
  best route to take is to first get her to see the
  inconsistencies and contradictions in her
  worldview. This is best done by asking
  penetrating questions like

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1. Every major religion contradicts the others on
   major issues like who God is and how we get to
   heaven, so how can they all be right?
2. If getting into heaven is a matter of being good
   and sincere, why did Jesus come to earth, die on
   the Cross, and come back from the dead?
3. Osama Bin Laden claims to be a strict Muslim who
   planned the Two Towers attack partially out of a
   sincere religious belief called a Jihad. Do we
   have a right to judge him for that? Will he be in
   heaven as well?
4. There are many areas in the physical life where
   there are absolute truths, like mathematics and
   science, so why wouldn't there be absolute truth
   in the spiritual world?

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• Also, your personal testimony will be helpful in
  helping establish the credibility of your
  message.