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Worldviews
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Islamic philosophy of life brings a long-term perspective to the pursuit of self-interest by informing humans about the positive and negative consequences of their actions and choices in the life hereafter. In the Godless worldview, due to the absence of afterlife accountability, the rich people with absolute and inviolable property rights can command natural and environmental resources whose potential lifespan is much more than the lives of their owners. But, if the rich people believe in no af
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― Reflections on the Origins in the Post COVID-19 World
― Reflections on the Origins in the Post COVID-19 World
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One French scholar has suggested we take into account all comprehensive worldviews, religious and nonreligious, by talking about cosmographic formations. That would include the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, as well the Bhagavad Gītā, a sacred text from India.
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― Religion: A Very Short Introduction
― Religion: A Very Short Introduction
The word apologetics comes from the Greek word apologia, which literally means a reasoned defens…more
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