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291. How to Combat Hedonism | Dr. Peter Kreeft

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

CHAPTER

The Essence of Religion

Islam is centered on absolute surrender and submission. We don't read our faith into the universe, we say yes to it like the Blessed Virgin Mary. That's the essence of religion. And that's why I love Islam. It's so simple. You're not wise enough to generate a whole system of universally applicable values out of whole cloth in the span of your trivial life. Plus you just don't live long enough to do that.

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