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Developing A Universal Religion edit
- Developing A Universal Religion
- Preface
- Part 1
- Thinking and Moral Problems
- Introduction to Part One
- Thinking
- The Brain
- The Mind
- First- And Second-Level Thinking
- First-Level Thinking—Awareness
- Second-Level Thinking—Association
- Third-Level Thinking And Language
- Language And Uniqueness
- Thinking And The Universe
- Thinking And Intelligence
- Summary
- Solving Problems
- Mathematical Problems
- Scientific Problems
- Problem Environments
- Moral Problems
- Summary
- Making Decisions
- Practical Decisions
- Moral Decisions
- Summary
- Conclusion to Part One
- Consciousness And Conscience
- Purpose And Meaning
- Part 2
- Religions and Their Source
- Introduction to Part Two
- Religions' Origins
- Assumptions
- Ancient Assumptions
- Life After Death
- The Existence Of Gods
- Beliefs
- Leaders
- Summary
- Revelations And Conversions
- Memory Linking
- Constructs
- Reformations, Conversions And Revelations
- Reformations
- Conversions
- Revelations
- The Source Of Revelations
- Summary
- Present Day Religions
- Some Major Religions
- Christianity
- Islam
- Hinduism
- Buddhism
- Judaism
- Atheists And Non-Believers
- Common Features
- Summary
- Conclusion to Part Two
- Rationality In Science And Religion
- Creativity, Free Will, And A Revelation
- Part 3
- Purpose
- Introduction to Part Three
- The Universe
- What We See In The Sky
- The Expanding Universe
- What Happened After The Big Bang
- The Life Of A Typical Star
- The Earth
- What Started It All?
- Summary
- Life
- Possible Origins Of Life On Earth
- Development Of Life On Earth
- Evolution
- The Probability That Life Exists Elsewhere
- Intelligent Life
- Summary
- Looking For A Purpose
- Can We Adopt The Universe's Purpose?
- Can We Use Life's Purpose?
- Learning And Purpose
- What Purpose Can We Use?
- Summary
- Life And Exploiting
- The Behaviour Of Living Things
- Energy And Life
- Life's Beginning
- Exploiting
- Complexity, Intelligence And Evolution
- Summary
- Conclusion to Part Three
- Gödel’s Theorem, General Systems Theory, and The Conservation Laws
- Origin Theory Modifications
- Part 4
- Development
- Introduction to Part Four
- Why Bother?
- Why Develop A Universal Purpose?
- Why Choose Life's Possible Endpoint?
- Why Do Anything?
- Summary
- Possible Applications
- World Problems
- Exploitive Excesses
- Globalization
- Genetics
- Summary
- Determining Moral Behaviours
- The Facts Of Life
- Behaviours Rewarded By Life
- Behaviours That Enhance Life
- Determining Moral Behaviour
- Killing
- Personal Freedom
- Genetic Manipulation
- Summary
- A Universal Religion
- Characteristics Of A Universal Religion
- Developing A Universal Religion
- Summary
- Conclusion to Part Four
- Multi-year Targets