What do different currents of thought have to say about God and the universe? Theism — God created the world and manages all its events; Deism — God created the universe and does not interfere with it; Panentheism — God includes the eternal universe, but also exists above it; Pandeism — God, upon the creation of the world, became one with it, and is now the universe itself; Pantheism — the universe is equated to God, or is seen as sacred; Atheism — the absence of belief in anything supernatural, or the belief that only nature exists; Agnosticism — the answer is not yet known, or is entirely unfathomable.
No doubt that there are laws in science, the discovery of which depended on the abilities and diligence of its discoverers, without whom, perhaps, they would still remain a mystery.
The idea of the knowability of the world is not the product of any simple faith, but the result of human intellectual efforts to dominate the public spiritual element, which has become helpless before Its Majesty — Rationalism.
A philosopher is a thinker whose calling is to develop and illuminate a rational worldview, grounded in knowledge that can inspire self-realization and universal happiness.
Truth in the humanities is rationally-based knowledge that is essential and beneficial primarily for human flourishing and self-realization, for the comprehensive development of society, and for achieving the universal ideal: complete well-being and flourishing of humanity.
Today, science and philosophy must maintain an optimal balance between searching for answers to the remaining ultimate questions about the Universe and enlightening existing knowledge, because the accumulated knowledge is quite sufficient to form a rational and productive worldview, and society as a whole is not aware of what valuable knowledge has already been accumulated.
Why can the question "What are the criteria for the right life?" be considered the central question of philosophy? Because modern philosophy, while recognizing naturalism and physicalism, generally provides satisfactory answers to the other great eternal questions.
