We need to know that humans are creatures of God who can stand alone as individuals in society. Unlike the case with other God's creatures, humans can think through their feelings and desires.
As God's creatures who can think, humans will look for the truths in their lives to solve all the problems they face, for example, social and religious problems. However, the ultimate truth is very difficult to obtain, because the truth is usually known through rationalism and empiricism, even the truth can also be expressed through philosophical thinking.
What is this philosophical way of thinking? For us to know it, we must know what philosophy is.
Philosophy is a science to understand various problems that arise within the scope of human experience. With this, humans need philosophy, to answer the problems that arise in every aspect of human life, for example, the problem of life in the field of education. The results of philosophical thought are usually systematic, comprehensive, and fundamental. In solving it, philosophy uses the scientific, objective method, which provides accountability based on human reason.
After knowing philosophy, how is philosophy related in the context of religion? Well, we will discuss more it.
In history, philosophy has functioned as a means of justifying religious teachings. Talking about religion, of course, cannot be separated from moral and religious values. Philosophy can explain things that need a deeper interpretation of Religion. However, philosophy is considered contrary to the teachings of Religion and is often seen as thinking that confuses and misleads humans.
This view is very unfortunate, because philosophy is very important for human life, especially in solving various problems in humans. Philosophy in general is to think thoroughly, deeply, radically and rationally, about something as a process of searching for a truth continuously and being able to understand the meaning of everything that exists.
In the current era, people's lives have progressed a lot with the rapid development of science. The development of science has created various kinds of advanced technology, for example in the field of communication. Such progress seems to change the world to be unlimited and global. However, these values are considered unimportant in life. Thus, there is a need for a thorough study of the very important philosophy of moral values in religion.
A philosophical approach is needed because it aims to understand the nature of morals and religion so that they can function totally and comprehensively. So that these values can be applied in today's society. Thus, philosophy can minimize attitudes between individuals that are not by moral and religious values so that they can apply these values in their lives.
People's lives ignore moral and religious values and consider values that are useless or meaningless because they are only considered personal problems, and the hereafter, occur because they only consider the value of material luxury in this world. Everything that is material is used as a benchmark for everything, which leads people to be indifferent to moral and religious values because they are worldly. This view shows that advances in science and technology change human behavior into thinking about worldly affairs that have nothing to do with religion.
Therefore, philosophy must play a role in studying morals and religion for the life of today's society. Because it is also argued that Islam is considered a religion that can save mankind from misbehavior that occurs because Islam emphasizes morality so that it can cultivate noble character so that it can increase interaction between fellow humans and the natural environment.
Morality is a set of rules that govern the good and bad of human behavior. Therefore, morality is not just speech, but an important value in human life. Morality is also sourced from the Qur'an and the Hadith of the Prophet, which covers all aspects of human life. In general, all humans want goodness and good morality.
Goodness and because is highly emphasized in Islam to be able to live a life full of peace and happiness both individually and in society as a whole. Thus the goodness can be beneficial for ourselves and the whole society at large. Therefore, humans are one with another is a unity that can not be separated.
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We all want unity but there will always be those who will use religion for their own good. Instead of unity, they create chaos.