According to Mrs. Love, they learned everyone in the world has a worldview. Most people are unaware of their worldviews or the beliefs that make up a worldview. Like a cookie, we may not know exactly what ingredients go into it, but we know it’s a cookie. We also know if the cookie tastes bad, it’s because the ingredients in it are incorrect or something is missing.
The class was divided into groups, and each group was given a chocolate chip cookie recipe that was “different or wrong.” As the students followed their recipe, they figured out their recipe was different than the other groups’ but could not determine what was wrong. Some recipes were missing eggs or flour, while some had added too much vanilla. They also knew that their batter did “not look right.”
She used the cookie metaphor to help explain to students the fundamental beliefs within worldviews: what people believe about God, people, truth, the universe, and right and wrong. These are the “ingredients” that make up a person’s worldview.