0.5.5 Joining the Dots from All Perspectives

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If we can come to a set of conclusion about these most significant areas of life how should we view them?  Would they constitute our Philosophy? Life stance?  World View?  Religion?

Can we reach a reasonable set of conclusions that allow us to adopt sensible values and work out how we should deal with the world, on both personal and political levels?

We DO NOT need

·       more populist philosophies, or

·       more amazing stories from science, or

·       more biased history, or

·       more religion bashing, or

·       more escapism - into the classics or into pop culture, or

·       more new age spiritual guides or self help manuals, or

·       another political anti-government, anti-capitalist rant.

We DO need a summary of how everything that we can reasonably believe fits together, and how that impacts on the decisions we make in our lives.

The Reasonable Global Way being proposed here is simply stating what many people already believe, more or less, even though they have not really “connected all the dots� or realised this is a defensible, coherent “Way� of life. 

·       Many people who have had doubts about their fundamental faith will be put off by aggressive Atheists who can see no good in any religion. There is a better way to move forward, to discover the real fundamental beliefs most of us have, and to learn how to express these, each according to our culture.

·       Many people have been forced through their lives or careers to review the beliefs they grew up with.  This includes executives and professional employees in multinational enterprises, large national companies, non-government organisations, diplomatic services, people who read widely, and perhaps even some perceptive tourists.  Often such people come to accept that other views of the world may also be valid, but still struggle to know what their own core beliefs are.

·       Many “New Agersâ€� looking for a contemporary spiritual life will discover that the view of science and history presented here clarifies their thinking, making their desire for connection and spirituality more grounded in reality.

Of course, many of the global beliefs presented here, on the surface, contradict the core beliefs of traditional and modern religions, but we can show where these religious beliefs fit in the overall picture. 

We can show how someone from a traditional religious background can expand their understanding of their faith and communicate better with those from other faith backgrounds.

We can also show how scientific sceptics can justify their values and acknowledge their sense of mystery, wonder, and longing for connectedness, and communicate better with the faithful.