Originally posted by Doug Shaver
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The first question about "true" (as opposed to illusion) builds a premise upon which all other presumptions follow....therefore, the presumption is that there is a greater, singular, "Reality" that all humanity inhabit...even though our personal experience of our reality may be diverse...for example, the environment, cultures, and circumstances of an Eskimo in the Arctic and a Bedouin in the Desert will be different---but the Greater "Reality" that they both inhabit is the same/singular.
Therefore, the worldviews/paradigms, ethico-moral habits, laws,...etc will necessarily have some differences between that of an Eskimo and that of a Bedouin....so how do we distinguish correct from error? In Islam it is understood through the principles of Tawheed (Unity)---correct and Shirk (Division)---incorrect. So, it is not the "label" of a philosophy or idea that makes it correct or error---it is the content and this needs to be evaluated according to the principles of Tawheed/Shirk....any idea that promotes balance and harmony that leads to mutual respect, sharing and co-operation is correct---that which leads to egoic tribalism, selfishness and arrogance is an error. Within the diversity of Islam (religion)---this criteria can be applied to understand which ways/ideas are an error (Tribalistic) and which ways/ideas are correct(Pluralistic).
However, it is not enough to consider an idea correct/error for our own generation---principles need consistency across generations---and this is wisdom.
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