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* Baha'i Faith: Religion as a continuous unraveling of the truth.



* Myth/ClassicalMythology:
** YouCantFightFate.
** The folly of {{pride}}.
** The eternal struggle between parent and child.
* Myth/EgyptianMythology:
** The cycle of life and Rebirth.
** The balance between Order and Chaos.
* {{UsefulNotes/Gnosticism}}: Salvation through knowledge and wisdom.
* {{UsefulNotes/Hinduism}}:
** ''Literature/TheMahabharata'': Stay righteous and do your duty, whether or not it seems to be helping.



* Jainism: The alleviation of suffering through [[ActualPacifist non-violence]].



* Baha'i Faith: Religion as a continuous unraveling of the truth.
* {{UsefulNotes/Gnosticism}}: Salvation through knowledge and wisdom.
* {{UsefulNotes/Sikhism}}: Justice and equality for all of humanity.
* Jainism: The alleviation of suffering through [[ActualPacifist non-violence]].
* {{UsefulNotes/Hinduism}}:
** ''Literature/TheMahabharata'': Stay righteous and do your duty, whether or not it seems to be helping.



* Myth/ClassicalMythology:
** YouCantFightFate.
** The folly of {{pride}}.
** The eternal struggle between parent and child.
* Myth/EgyptianMythology:
** The cycle of life and Rebirth.
** The balance between Order and Chaos.


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* {{UsefulNotes/Sikhism}}: Justice and equality for all of humanity.

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** ''Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh'': Immortality and [[YouCantFightFate the inevitability of death]].



* ''Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh'': Immortality and [[YouCantFightFate the inevitability of death]].
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** ''Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh'': Immortality and [[YouCantFightFate the inevitability of death]].

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*** Calvinism: Predestination and the roles we're given on earth.
*** Pentecostalism: One's personal relationship with God.



** Calvinism: Predestination.

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* {{UsefulNotes/Islam}}: Peace through submission to God.
* {{UsefulNotes/Judaism}}: Man as God's partner in sanctifying the world.
* Baha’i Faith: Religion as a continuous unraveling of the truth.
* {{UsefulNotes/Gnosticism}}: Salvation through knowledge and wisdom.
* {{UsefulNotes/Sikhism}}: Justice and equality for all of humanity.
* Jainism: The alleviation of suffering through [[ActualPacifist non-violence]].
* {{UsefulNotes/Hinduism}}:
** Calvinism: Predestination.''Literature/TheMahabharata'': Stay righteous and do your duty, whether or not it seems to be helping.
* Myth/MesopotamianMythology:



* {{UsefulNotes/Gnosticism}}: Salvation through knowledge and wisdom.
* {{UsefulNotes/Hinduism}}:
** ''Literature/TheMahabharata'': Stay righteous and do your duty, whether or not it seems to be helping.
* {{UsefulNotes/Sikhism}}: Justice and equality for all of humanity.
* {{UsefulNotes/Islam}}: Peace through submission to God.
* {{UsefulNotes/Judaism}}: Man as God's partner in sanctifying the world.
* Myth/MesopotamianMythology:



* Unitarianism: The teachings of a religion are more important than what literally happened.

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* {{UsefulNotes/Unitarianism}}: The teachings of a Religion are more important than what literally happened.

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** ''Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh'': Immortality and [[YouCantFightFate the enviability of death]].

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** The balance between OrderVersusChaos.

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** OrderVersusChaos.

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** Respect of AncientTradition.

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** Respect of AncientTradition.AncientTradition.
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** ''Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh'': The quest for immortality and the enviability of death.

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** ''Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh'': The quest for immortality Immortality and [[YouCantFightFate the enviability of death.death]].
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** ''Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh'': The quest for immortality.

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* Myth/EgyptianMythology: OrderVersusChaos.

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** Calvinism: Predestination.
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* Myth/EgyptianMythology: Order versus Chaos.

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** Self-gratification.

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** Self-gratification.Self-gratification and hedonism.
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** Myth/KingArthur legends: Humanity's aspirations to transcend its baser instincts (lust, greed, vengeance, distrust).

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** Myth/KingArthur legends: Myth/ArthurianLegend: Humanity's aspirations to transcend its baser instincts (lust, greed, vengeance, distrust).
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** {{UsefulNotes/Spiritism}}: Charity.

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* Myth/CelticMythology:
** Myth/KingArthur legends: Humanity's aspirations to transcend its baser instincts (lust, greed, vengeance, distrust).



* UsefulNotes/{{Islam}}: Peace through submission to God.
* UsefulNotes/{{Judaism}}: Man as God's partner in sanctifying the world.
* [[Myth/KingArthur King Arthur legends]]: Humanity's aspirations to transcend its baser instincts (lust, greed, vengeance, distrust).

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* UsefulNotes/{{Islam}}: {{UsefulNotes/Islam}}: Peace through submission to God.
* UsefulNotes/{{Judaism}}: {{UsefulNotes/Judaism}}: Man as God's partner in sanctifying the world.
* [[Myth/KingArthur King Arthur legends]]: Humanity's aspirations to transcend its baser instincts (lust, greed, vengeance, distrust).
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* {{UsefulNotes/Agnosticism}}: Nothing can be known with absolute certainty.
* {{UsefulNotes/Atheism}}: Reason over belief.
* Myth/AztecMythology: The necessity of [[HumanSacrifice sacrifice]].
* {{UsefulNotes/Buddhism}}: The search for inner peace and contentment.
* {{UsefulNotes/Christianity}}: Salvation and redemption.
** Catholicism & Orthodoxy: Sacrifice and sharing in it.
** Protestantism: God's sovereignty and the need for faith.
** {{UsefulNotes/Mormonism}}: Family.
* Myth/ClassicalMythology:
** YouCantFightFate.
** The folly of {{pride}}.
** The eternal struggle between parent and child.
* {{UsefulNotes/Gnosticism}}: Salvation through knowledge and wisdom.
* {{UsefulNotes/Hinduism}}:
** ''Literature/TheMahabharata'': Stay righteous and do your duty, whether or not it seems to be helping.
* UsefulNotes/{{Islam}}: Peace through submission to God.
* UsefulNotes/{{Judaism}}: Man as God's partner in sanctifying the world.
* [[Myth/KingArthur King Arthur legends]]: Humanity's aspirations to transcend its baser instincts (lust, greed, vengeance, distrust).
* Myth/MesopotamianMythology:
** ''Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh'': The quest for immortality.
* Myth/NorseMythology:
** Heroism in the face of defeat.
** Acceptance of fate.
* {{UsefulNotes/Satanism}}:
** DarkIsNotEvil.
** Self-gratification.
* {{UsefulNotes/Shinto}}:
** Cleansing and purification.
** The natural world is sacred.
** Respect of AncientTradition.

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