The Roman Soldier at the foot of the cross in the Gospel of Mark describes a worldview paradigm-shifting situation. In this paper, you will demonstrate your understanding of the application of worldview concepts, worldview change concepts and sources of authority in a 3-page paper (not including title and reference pages). Your paper will be graded on your ability to reflect on an experience in your life using all three of these concepts.
Briefly describe a situation in which you made an adjustment to your worldview. What core belief was challenged? Refer back to the 7 worldview questions. How long did the change take, or are you still struggling with it?
Worldview changes happen because of one or more encounters with disconfirming data (information that counters your held belief). What, for you, was the disconfirming data? What were the sources of authority through which you accepted this disconfirming data as truth (remember the Wesleyan Quadrilateral)? Add details that justify your source(s) of authority. What else may have helped you change your core belief?
In the concluding section of your paper, reflect on the difficulty of the process. How often do you believe people change their worldviews? How does reflecting on this experience of yours help you in dealing with others with worldviews different from your own? How could you help someone else challenge and change a core belief? Use the women running away from the empty tomb in Mark 16 as an example. What might you say to them or ask them that could help them process their “disconfirming data”?
