Worldview: The Ransom Of Red Chief

This paper is a discussion on my worldview and my personal beliefs about God and creation. I will be contrasting it with a secular writing, the “Ransom of Red Chief” by writer O. Henry. I will discuss how I came to form these views, and defend each of my arguments with examples from the bible and similar writings. A quick summary of what I believe about God, creation, humankind, epistemology and ethics are as follows. I believe God is all powerful and all knowing, and loves his creation enough to sacrifice his son for it. I believe he made people in his image to worship him, and I believe we need a personal relationship with him to be saved. I believe we know things through looking at the bible and the world around us and using basic logic to tie it together. What I believe about ethics is that every person was created in God’s image and the world also created by him, so we must treat both respectfully and as God tells us to in the bible.
It is the lens through which people view others and things that happen to them. One’s worldview is the culmination of their being; and influences how they will and respond to anything that happens to them. It is our personal bias. A person with a positive worldview will generally be happier, more upbeat, and quicker to bounce back from negative experiences. A person with a negative worldview will be more pessimistic and see the glass as half empty. My worldview is a positive one. I am optimistic when I think about others and life in general. I believe the world still has a lot of good, and I try to respect it and every person in it as part of God’s