Cosmology

Cosmology

A **cosmology** is an individual or group’s understanding of the nature of things, human nature, good and evil (0157). It is the backdrop against which we make decisions. It consists of what we believe, think, value, and seek. It is the foundation for the ethics we practice and the cultures we live in. Morality ** refers to that part of a cosmology that expresses an understanding of good and evil. A person’s **ethic** actualizes morality in particular and a cosmology in general as an individual’s systematic set of values used to guide decision-making. A **culture** actualizes a community’s morality in particular and a cosmology in general as a collective set of values used to guide decision-making.

Primary cosmologies refer to the three cosmologies that logically follow from the three possible answers to the question: does God exist? The possible answers are yes, no, and I don’t know. Secondary cosmologies refer to how people mix values from one cosmology with another.

Primary Cosmologies || Does God Exist? ||  YES  || DON’T KNOW ||  NO  || Theology Name ||  Theist  || Agnostic ||  Atheist  || Philosophy Name || ==Essentialist== ||

Non- Essentialist
|| ==Existentialist== ||