What does "worldview" mean?

Dave Ramsey gives a good word picture of the importance of worldview or paradigm:

"Your view or belief system is called your paradigm. Your paradigm is your filter system. If you receive information that does not match your belief system, you filter it out - and usually with it that kook that brought you that bad information. The scary thing about your paradigm is that it is based on your past and your feelings. What if it is wrong? What if your feelings and your past gave you a road map that sent you toward Maine when your goal was Florida? It could be a long trip...Acting on incorrect information, no matter how deeply held, can be catastrophic...What you don't know can kill you. If you don't know that tractor trailer trucks hurt when hitting you, then you can play in the middle of the interstate with no fear - but that doesn't mean you won't get killed."

Ramsey then gives an example of a "visual paradigm to show you how this works:"


IAMNOWHERE

If you see: I AM NOWHERE

that excludes you from seeing: I AM NOW HERE


Our personalities do not change much throughout life, but our worldviews can if we are willing to "keep an open mind. Allow your paradigm, your belief system, to drop and you just might learn something." pp. 67-69 Financial Peace (Revisited) chapter 8. Copyright by Viking Penguin 2003 www.daveramsey.com

The goal? To shape our worldview to align with reality!

Darwinism, Creationism, Intelligent Design, etc.

I've spent a lot of time reading all sides of this issue. My conclusion is there is not enough evidence to elevate Darwin's origin of species theory into fact / law. Nor is it science to say the world is only 6,000 years old by adding the ages mentioned in the Bible.

In the 150 years since Darwin published his theory, there is much more known about the inner workings of a single cell. If Darwin studied molecular biology today, he'd probably change his mind about his theory. Yet Darwin's followers keep alive a flimsy philosophy rather than admit there is a God. Academia doesn't fare well in Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed either.

Conversely, most of God's followers do not understand the science enough to form an educated opinion on the matter; relying instead on sound bite theology and mimicking.

All sides: Go to your corners and quit fighting over this until you're willing to use intellectual honesty.