Why are Islamic teachers laboring today to raise Muslims to a fuller understanding of Islam?
What will be an ideal response?
Although the Qur'an and official Muslim teachings focus on belief and practices that draw the believer's focus to God alone, some Muslims practice Islam to keep evil spirits at bay and bring the blessing of good spirits. Many Islamic teachers are laboring today, as Sufis did in the past, to raise Muslims to a fuller understanding of monotheism—an understanding that the focus of one's faith should not be on spirits but on God who controls good and evil spirits.
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a. they produce pleasure and pain. b. they produce the greatest amount of pleasure over pain. c. they produce utility for all concerned. d. "they produce pleasure and pain" and "they produce the greatest amount ofpleasure over pain." e. "they produce the greatest amount of pleasure over pain" and "they produceutility for all concerned."
Nirvana can be described as
a. a heavenly world of peace and love among people. b. clear, rational understanding of the laws of the universe. c. an exalted state in which one becomes a god/goddess. d. having the self permanently extinguished like the flame on a candle.
According to Albert Camus, how can we give life meaning and value?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following statements best describes ecofeminist Karen Warren's view of Western dualism?
A. It places too much emphasis on intuition as the source of moral knowledge. B. It is based on a "logic of domination" that some people are morally superior to others. C. It destroys the concept of moral responsibility by reducing humans to purely material beings. D. It liberates women by placing all humans above other animals.