Via Chris Dillow is this very interestin…
Via Chris Dillow is this very interesting, but unsurprising, paper:
In a complete tangent the use of the word ‘luck’ always reminds me how people perceive events differently, or use different language to identify the same process and outcome. What is ‘luck’ is to someone struggling for a job during a recession in the study above, will probably be identified as God’s Will by a Muslim, or a Christian.
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plimfix 11:46 pm on September 17, 2009 Permalink
I would perhaps disagree with this. In secular literature, which I think to some extent reflects contemporary secular cultures, there is a similar theme of chance or randomness, but minus God, it reflects the supposed arbitrary nature of life. Reminds of an Imam who once said that Islam was existentialy important, because it addresses the angst which comes with seeing life in this way.
thabet 1:31 am on September 18, 2009 Permalink
Yes, but people will interpret what they seen into some other vaguely defined framework they recognise (religious faith, arbitrary cold universe, etc). When they can no longer do so… I suppose they ‘apostasise’.