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Reflection of Our Worldview in Decision Making Regarding Suffering and Death
The belief of traditional Eastern pantheism denotes the ideology that God is best witnessed in the process of relating to the world with the key idea covering the sacred aspect of nature (Armstrong, 2003).
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Assumption | Naturalism | Secular Humanism | Atheistic Existentialism | Eastern Pantheism | New Age | Christianity |
Reality
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Ultimate and absolute | |||||
Knowledge
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Intellectual | |||||
Human nature | No ultimate destiny | |||||
Human problems | Suffering and evil are not actually real | |||||
Solutions to human problems | Human try to be "good" and be morally upright with hopes of getting a reward in the next life for the goodness | |||||
Human value | Common human values are having family and friends | |||||
Human purpose | To develop the flow of humancivilization | |||||
Ethics | They are not absolute to reach enlightenment of being good | |||||
Suffering | Are not actually real but just an illusion of those experiencing them | |||||
The meaning of life | Is to pass beyond all self-awareness and existence, and to realize one's oneness | |||||
Human desire | Should be beyond moral concerns for human actions |
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Worldview | Life Domain: Money & Career | Life Domain: Sexuality | Life Domain: Family | Life Domain: Suffering & Death | Life Domain: Friends | Comparison to Christianity | |
Naturalism
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Secular Humanism | |||||||
Atheistic Existentialism | |||||||
Eastern Pantheism | They holds no intrinsic good nature | Sexuality is given by morality | Dependent on the country's law and the main religion | Death of an organism is not its end, but as merely a change. | nonsensical illusion | Cannot be used to produce a syncretistic world religion. | |
New Age
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Personal Reflection
Pantheism is basically considered as related to theism, though there is a denial of the theist claims of existence of personal God. It however recognizes the involvement of systematic and rational function of universe and nature (Hanegraaff, 1996).
Assumption | Naturalism | Secular Humanism | Atheistic Existentialism | Eastern Pantheism | New Age | Christianity |
Reality
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Reality is sentient. | Reality is not sentient. | ||||
Knowledge
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Has actual place in reality | Has no actual place in reality | ||||
Human nature | Do not relate so much on morals. | More related on morals, rather than biological, psychological, sociological, or other aspects. | ||||
Human problems | Suffering re not actually real | Suffering is related to sins | ||||
Solutions to human problems | Can only be solved through human realization and interaction. | God can provide a solution to all human problems. | ||||
Human value | Is basically determined by the value the human put on themselves. | The value is determined by the moral standards a person expresses. | ||||
Human purpose | Is to achieve a high psychological and realization status. | Is to fulfill the purpose that they were created by God for. | ||||
Ethics | Ethics are not a real justification of being good. | Good behaviors are the basis of a good Christian. | ||||
Suffering | Are just an illusion. | Sins and suffering are related. | ||||
The meaning of life | Its beyond existence and awareness. | It’s a concept of existence, social ties, and happiness. | ||||
Human desire | Is to have wealth, power, health, and fame, | Is to have obedience, self sacrificing and willing to perform God’s will |
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Worldview | Life Domain: Money & Career | Life Domain: Sexuality | Life Domain: Family | Life Domain: Suffering & Death | Life Domain: Friends | Comparison to Christianity |
Naturalism
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Do not belong to the same level. | |||||
Secular Humanism | Universal human dignity and individual freedom are essential. | |||||
Atheistic Existentialism | It is just a religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus. | |||||
Eastern Pantheism | Eastern religions emanate from personal mystical experiences. | |||||
New Age
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It’s the extension of one’s personal power. | Accept ones sexual orientation however it is. | Marriage and family are viewed as outdated. | It is an illusion created by the mind. It does not really exist. | Treat their friends with love and respect even though we disagree with their theology. | |
Christianity | It’s a gift from God. | Viewed as evil and sinful unless in marriage. | Fulfils the purpose of human life. | Is a causal effect of sins. | Take friends as brothers and sisters in Christ. |
Personal Reflection
New age movements are seems somehow odd and distinctive to most of ancient believers. But there is no actual difference between object and people and their beliefs. The new age looks forward to global unity and oneness where there is much emphasis on advancement in science telecommunication which will lead to global cohesion and unity.
It may look arrogant to describe in fair terms the view of the world in simple terms. The pantheists, who view God as always everywhere has no personality, and the physical world around is just an illusion. If therefore their belief is right, our main goal should to establish reality of the relationship between man and God. Though it is very hard to fully answer such questions in such short essays, the cosmology of most Eastern religions is a cyclical repeats of creation and destruction. My view is that above all these hypotheses and believes science is the inherent way out to provide credible solutions to issues.
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