We examine the implications of decision theory for religious choice and evangelism, under the assumption that people choose their religion. The application of decision theory leads us to a broad definition of religion and a particular definition of faith, each related to the uncertainty associated with what happens to a person after death. We examine two extremes: total ambiguity and no ambigui...

We show that the terminological logic ACC comprising Boolean operations on concepts and value restrictions is a notational variant of the proposit ional modal logic K ( m ) To demonstrate the u t i l i t y of the correspondence, we give two of its immediate by-products, Namely, we axiomatize ACC and give a simple proof that subsumption in ACC is PSPACE-complete, replacing the original six-page ...

in the religion of islam, fasting is obligatory for healthy adults during ramadan. millions of muslims around the world practice fasting in this holy month which may cause different metabolic and hormonal changes due to the restrictions in regular caloric intake. this article was aimed to review some possible effects of ramadan fasting on the endocrine system which has a great impact on physiol...

Background: Islam as a comprehensive religion rooted in human nature and revealed in order to respond to basic human needs has broadened the ethics of its criminal policy to include crime, crime and punishment. In keeping with each other and with the other rules of this religion, it has set guidelines and values ​​based on ethics and principles for avoiding crime in the community if the Prophet...

political thought of muslim in the middle of abolition of the ottoman caliphate, as a symbol of islamic world, followed with two reactions. a group, under rashid rida as thinker of the group, was thinking of caliphate to its real origin. the other group, under ali abdel raziq, was come to being with his prominent book entitled “islam and foundations of governance”, thinking that caliphate is hi...