Transcript Major Worldviews - Union University

ISLAM
What is the prime reality?
Allah
Maker
Lord and Master
With us all the time
Controls everyone and everything
Has always been
Is One
Has no son
Who is man?
 We
are Allah’s Servants
 We are made from clay
 We are made to worship and obey Allah
What is the reason for morality?
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Allah gave us everything we have
 We thank Allah when we obey him
 We must always try to follow Allah’s guidance so
that we can go to heaven
 Five basic duties of Islam (pillars)
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Declaration f faith
Daily prayers
Contribute to welfare
Fasting
Pilgrimage
What happens to man at death?
 The
day of judgment
 Obedience
= rewards (heaven)
 Disobedience
= punishment (hell)
What is the meaning to human
history?
 Tell
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the message: there is no god but Allah
Prophets – Adam, Abraham, David, Jesus,
John
Angels – made from light, record our actions
Mohammed – final prophet, wrote the Qur’an
for Allah
Worldview Tests
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A worldview should be rational.
It should not ask us to believe
contradictory things.
Law of Non-contradiction.
A proposition can not be both true and
false at the same time and in the same
sense.
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It should give a satisfying, comprehensive
explanation of reality
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It should be able to explain why things
are the way they are.
3. It should provide us with a satisfactory
basis for living.
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We should not have to borrow elements
from another worldview to live in this
world.
4. It should be supported by evidence.
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It should be consistent with what we
observe.