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...SSAGE OF INDIA’ E.M. Forster, 1924 This book is a work of fiction. Places, events, and situations in this story are purely fictional.... ...trieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the auth... ...you afraid of the spirits you murder?’ Thuggee: ‘Never, they cannot trouble us.’ Sleeman: ‘And how do they not trouble you?’ Thuggee: ‘Are... ...I?’ THUGS - A murderous, fanatical, secret society, which existed since the fourteenth century and roamed the country pretending to befriend trave... ...ed the law, because the loss of a traveller in India could be attributed to a wild animal or some other mishap. When British travellers went missing... ... was but a child when I first met Gavin and over the years, before he went to India, we saw each other on a mere two or three occasions. Besides, hi... ...ia kept intruding by its own varied culture. It was the festival of Bakr-Id which reminded her of Islam’s affinity to Christianity and Judaism. Duri... ... self-torture increased when they saw the foreigner at the first-aid station, as if these sons of Islam took pride in demonstrating their heroic fer... ... and Mohammed is his Prophet,’ said the wise Arab, once again reminding Helen of the affinity of Islam to Christianity and that other great religion...

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...Table of Contents IN THE HOTEL 8 LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS 10 WE MUST THINK MORE DEEPLY—AND UNDERSTAND OUR THINKING 20 OUR BASIC ASSUMPTIONS 24 -- THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR VALUES -- 24 SELF-CENTEREDASSUMPTIONS 32 GODBASEDASSUMPTIONS 41 CONCEPTS OF GOD 45 3 WHAT IS GOD LIKE? 46 THEISM 49 PROOFS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF...

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...a-- Book 6 Our Psychological Motivations 1 “. . . AND GU... ...N--OUR REASONS FOR DOING ........................................................................................................... 10 FREUD--AND TH... ........................................................................................................................ 17 Combinations of Needs and Dr... ...GAINING POWER THRU RELIGION ............................................................................................................... 57 OTHER ... ...We got our doctorates at the same time at your alma mater Commander. Of course I was in psychology and she was in philosophy but we knew each other ... ...s have shown that the unconscious mind determines how we will act, then the conscious mind does it—thinking that it made the decision itself. Other ... ... this Napoleon is psychotic. He isn‘t thinking rationally. Even you Ray, what if you had gone to the university in Cairo or Tehran and studied Islam ... ...o agree with you. But you know there are many Muslims who have converted to Christianity.‖ —―And many Christians who have converted to Islam.... ... 43 a bomb for a turban. Most people in the West, Muslims included, had abhorred what they saw as senseless killings of innocent people by Islami...

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...Overpopulation is responsible for many of our planet's problems--global warming, the lack of fresh water, poverty, high gasoline and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemuel Gulliver XVI returns from a twenty year odyss...

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... - “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia — 1 BOOK 7 OUR V... .................................................... 8 COMPARISON WITH INDIA AND BANGLADESH ............................................................... ...H ............................................................ 10 ECONOMY AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS........................................................... ............................................................. 54 CRITICIZING OTHERS BELIEFS ............................................................... ...nces that may build up in water pipes and find their way to the mouths and other mucus membranes. Legionnaire‘s disease is an example. Some toxins ar... ...es and tsetse flies, that breed in water give us malaria, yellow fever and other scourges. Global warming is increasing these and is moving the terri... ...esh. But our religion leaves us more flexible in many areas than does the Islam of our neighboring country. But both of us are hampered in our climb... ...rease education. In many lands the predominant religions fight this need. Islam, Catholicism and the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints ... ...sions and diversions fit into the whole. It seems that your Christian and Islamic faiths have had a strong emphasis on increasing their numbers thro...

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...of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human... ............................................... 14 WE MUST THINK MORE DEEPLY—AND UNDERSTAND OUR THINKING ............... 24 OUR BASIC ASSUMPTIONS -- T... ............................................................... 73 PANTHEISM AND PANENTHEISM .............................................................. ................................................ 124 SOCIAL CONCERNS—DO UNTO OTHERS ................................................................. 12... ... be in ‗da skies‘ while the rest of us will be resting deep below---on the other side of the grass! But at least he says he‘s praying for us.‖ ... ...car. In Europe they will nearly always opt for a vacation when they could otherwise work. People in the States still believe that money buys happine... ...centeredness that is pushing many people into more fundamental religions. Islam and Christian evangelism are on the rise in opposition to the freedom... ... more human and humane answer to life‘s challenges? ―Certainly Islamic and Christian evangelism are on the rise because the freedom that ... ...ns, subject to torture and death. The proud academic traditions of 51 Islam were plowed under by uneducated power-driven zealots who destroyed sc...

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...outheast Asia 1 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 5 MY VISIT TO SIN... ......................................................... 30 FEMALE EQUALITY AND ECONOMIC USEFULNESS ...................................................... ...NESS ....................................................... 30 TRADITION AND MALE POWER ............................................................... ...ING From one of the two most advanced countries of the world to the other. Singaling, just off the Malay Peninsula, tooled its philosophy from... .... It began with allowing every couple two children. If they chose to have other children the parents, not the state, were responsible for paying the... ... new car bodies pushing those human welders out of the factories and into other jobs. Electric trains took the shovels from the coal shoveling fireme... ...s one evil for a greater psychological good.” 33 —“It is not Islam that is against women, but rather some of its reactionary interpreter... ...ank was against their religion. But he pointed out that in the history of Islam women had been warriors and business people, like Mohammed‟s first wi... ...ies. “In nearby Malaysia we are seeing some equality creeping into Islam. The rise of female Koran reciters has grown following the path of t...

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... Search of Utopia-- Book One Touch Down Return to Earth “. . . And Gulliver Returns” 2 --In Search of Utopia— ... ...iver Returns” 2 --In Search of Utopia— “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 1 TOU... ............................................................. 11 FROM THE PAST AND INTO THE FUTURE ........................................................ ...s sailing ship 300 years ago could not have been as exciting as the lure of other worlds beyond our world. The thrill of space travel and being the ... ...tlantis, voyagers would set out periodically to bring back the knowledge of other civilizations to make their own kingdom better. The arts and scien... ...asing the ‘the good life.’ Some people ask why some should be so poor while others are so rich. Did you know that the thousand richest people have m... ...u chief claimed one to two million in his wars. About 3 million died in the Islamic slave trade and almost as many in the slave trade in the western ... ...reason that so many people are moving into more fundamental religions, into Islam, ‘born again’ evangelical Protestants and conservative Catholics li... ...regimes that he thought were antagonistic to his beliefs. Bush attacked an Islamic country, ostensibly to rid them of a sadistic dictator and to spr...

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... My Visit to Kino A Modern Sino-Province 2 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 3 MY VISIT TO ... ................................................................ 21 DEMOCRACY AND----WESTERN STYLE TEENAGERS-DRUGS, CLOTHES, SEX ........ 22 OUR ONE CH... ................................................................ 27 SEX RATIO AND LICENSING ............................................................... ... to wine producers during poor growing years which seems to be about every other year. Meanwhile 15 to 20% more wine is being produced in the world ... ... well over a million dollars a year, Prince Charles nearly half a million. Other royals receive hefty subsidies for farms that they have inherited f... ...temporary or transitional payments often become permanent. There have been other effects also. Farmland prices have increased because they carry the ... ...hem. Then when the Christians rose to power they tortured the unbelievers. Islam conquered North Africa, India, and Spain and forced major societal ... ...n society you can‘t be hobbled by the competing certainties of the several religions. Bishops and ayatollahs gain too much power and can strangle pr... ...vable insights to the Almighty‘s absolutes. ―Look at the problems religions cause China Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns are said to be im...

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............................. 4 THE HERO AS DIVINITY. ODIN. PAGANISM: SCANDINAVIAN MYTHOLOGY. .............. 4 LECTURE II. THE HERO AS PROPHET. MAHOMET: ISLAM............................................... 38 LECTURE III. THE HERO AS POET. DANTE: SHAKSPEARE. .............................................. 68 LECTURE IV. THE HERO AS PRIEST. LUTHER; REFORMATION: KNOX; PURITANISM...

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...INORITY. SALVATIONISM ........................................................................................... 15 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ATONEMENT AND PUNISHMENT ............................................................. 16 SALVATION AT FIRST A CLASS PRIVILEGE; AND THE REMEDY ............................................................. 17 RETROSPECTIVE ATONEMENT, AN...

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............................................................................................................................... 7 HOMER?S HYMN TO CASTOR AND POLLUX .................................................................................................. 26 HOMER?S HYMN TO THE MOON ..........................................................................................

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...nnsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and with- out any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, ... ... charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Sta... ...cation project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Man... ...S Of the Translations that follow a few were published by Shelley himself, others by Mrs. Shelley in the “Posthumous Poems”, 1824, or the “Poetical Wo... ...in the Harvard manu- script book. ‘Fragments of the drafts of this and the other Hymns of Homer exist among the Boscombe manuscripts’ (Forman). 1. 1. ... ...ying thief, Who ‘mongst the Gods was soon about to thieve, _15 And other glorious actions to achieve. 3. 3. 3. 3. 3. The babe was born at the ... ...sible, for his grammar is not seldom faulty (see, for instance, “Revolt of Islam, Dedication”, line 60); but it is most improbable that he would have ... ... . W . of Shelley”, 1893, volume 1 page 413). 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. THE REVOLT OF ISLAM. The revised text (1818) of this poem is given here, as being that wh... ...elley actually published. In order to reconvert the text of “The Revolt of Islam” into that of “Laon and Cythna”, the reader must make the following a...

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...MAN AND SUPERMAN A Comedy and a Philosophy by GEORGE BERNARD SHAW A Penn State Electronic Classics ... ...ORGE BERNARD SHAW A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by George Bernard Shaw is a publica... ...nsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, fo... ... individuals with 6 GB Shaw law and convention can be dramatized like all other human conflicts; but they are purely judicial; and the fact that we a... ...w much is left that could be used in a play by me dedicated to you? On the other hand, those forces of middle class public opinion which hardly existe... ...ically educated enough to be Socialists. So do not misunderstand me in the other direction either: if I appreciate the vital qualities of the En- glis... ...ly mixed hues which the modern clothier has produced to harmonize with the religions of respectable men. He has not been out of doors yet to-day; so h... ...kless as his own? The force of men who fought, not for themselves, but for Islam. They took Spain from us, though we were fighting for our very hearth... ...JUAN. Have no fear, Commander: this idea of a Catholic Church will survive Islam, will survive the Cross, will survive even that vulgar pageant of inc...