RLG204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jahiliyyah, Hakuna Matata, Blackboard
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When you make a decision, you must have a criteria. Personal vision issues the prophet faced and tried to given solution to. The human need to have meaning of life; people need meaning because if not, it"s like you"re in a high speed train with no destination (hakuna matata; don"t worry about the future, live in the now) The issue of violence; rst priority of prophet mohammad. The issue of justice; concerned with justice because it gains salvation (your mind is incapable of focusing on spirituality when there is violence and injustice because you"re worrying about surviving) The issue of human loneliness and human solidarity and belonging; if people don"t care about each other, you only have a society of self-interest (ex. you go to concerts because you gain solidarity with others) The human problem of hypocrisy ; fake beliefs.
