The challenge I face in my effort to fashion a perception of reality that is in agreement with actuality is an enormous one. Discovery is finite and mystery may be infinite. Generations that have come before provide help. Through mathematics of the physical sciences, such as chemistry, and physics, I learn to see patterns in the chaos that have powerful implications for all matter and energy in the known universe. Application of an understanding of these patterns to the problems of everyday life has begun to liberate humanity from ignorance and arrogance of past ages and allowed much of humanity to enjoy a standard of living and a way of life of unparalleled luxury and convenience.
As truth and knowledge continues to expand exponentially with the development of computer technology, a body of scientific evidence continues to accumulate in support of the theory that all we observe in the universe around us may have originated in the advent of a big bang explosion. As discovery has expanded and mystery has receded, some have questioned the need for myth and fantasy traditionally offered as an explanation for existence. In the heady rush of intoxicating science, some have declared god dead or seen organized religion as a dying institution. Some see atheism as the wave of the future.
Religion begins when somebody decides they have found the best way to make up mind about self and world and go about the business of sharing that way with others. Religions spread from person to person through a process known as communication. Religions require believers to have faith that their way of making up mind about self and world is the best way to make up mind about self and world. The study of religions is important in as much as understanding communities of faithful believers self organized around religious belief is important; because they are a part of our world and we deal with them in our every day lives. Atheism is a religion in as much as some atheists claim to have found the best way to make up mind about self and world and go about the business of sharing this way with others. I say to atheists that scientists are far from proving that the perfection of an infinity divinity eternally one does or does not exist. We live in a new age of ideology with new truths and new myths that our ancestors were not privileged to have.
I assimilate new truth and knowledge based on scientifically reproducible discovery as it becomes available to me into my model of self and world. If this new truth and knowledge contradicts a previously built framework of myth and fantasy then the framework of myth and fantasy must be rebuilt in order to accommodate this new truth and knowledge. I combine my foundation of truth and knowledge with my newly rebuilt framework of myth and fantasy to create a model of self and world that is credible.
The measure of the perfection of any given model of self and world is its' ability to best satisfy the need and aspiration to achieve and maintain good health and happiness. By this measure for me to bring my model of self and world to perfection is to imagine a framework of myth and fantasy about self and world that produces the most powerful emotional responses of joy, faith and love imaginable, and build this upon a foundation of truth and knowledge about self and world that produces the most powerful physiological responses of good health possible. I devote energy, space, and time towards the accomplishment of the goal of reaching this perfection and teaching others how to do so by use of the many examples contained within the text of this House of Ideology Manifesto. It is all about the process of moving from point A to point B: moving from being an Agnostic to being a Believer.
2007-11-17 14:10:58
·
answer #1
·
answered by H.I. of the H.I. 4
·
0⤊
2⤋
Islam teaches man to divide 24 hours work in
8 hours to work for living
8 hours to sleep
8 hours to spend in serving rights of God and rights of
your people. The right of God is worshipping and thanking Him for what he provide us daily, protects, guides us, blesses us as long we live our life as he directs us to live, earn clean honest living without any illegal means or hurting/ exploiting others.
Pursue the goal of your life with the rules God has given us whether it be a prosseion or a business. What ever we do it must be done with honesty, decency giving the rights of others and serving the rights for whom we are responsible.
2007-11-17 15:18:33
·
answer #2
·
answered by majeed3245 7
·
0⤊
0⤋
nicely, if that is a quest we are on i might want harrison ford (aka indiana jones) brendan fraser (cuz he did that quest stuff interior the mum) oh and how do we forget George of the jungle--yeah i easily want brendan and, nicely, hmmm, i assume i might go away hubby at residing house to preserve the youngsters, so, hmmmmm ok, my sister---so I even have somebody different than indiana and george to communicate to :):)
2016-11-11 23:21:02
·
answer #3
·
answered by Anonymous
·
0⤊
0⤋
there is no right or wrong answer to life, instead look at the "big picture" and come to the realization that if human beings do not establish a compromise on cultures, beliefs, territories and laws, our race will join the dinosaurs---extinct.
2007-11-17 14:16:35
·
answer #4
·
answered by Anonymous
·
0⤊
0⤋
plenty of 25 year old scotch some marsh mellows for the , After Life Camp Fire
Most of all a few good laughs and good dose of morals
2007-11-17 14:12:11
·
answer #5
·
answered by Anonymous
·
0⤊
0⤋
The key is to be compassionate for everyone and everything. No we don't have to all love each other, or hate. Just passing by each other is okay.
2007-11-17 14:10:59
·
answer #6
·
answered by ? 3
·
0⤊
0⤋
Just follow the golden rule.
2007-11-17 14:08:51
·
answer #7
·
answered by gismoII 7
·
0⤊
0⤋