The Whig narrative adapts the Christian emphasis on freedom, with a different end in view. (firstthings.com)
Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, all have admiration for the self - sacrificing hero, but there is always some justifying practical end in view: the survival of the tribe, the avoidance of re-incarnation, and so forth. (religion-online.org)
Our January 2007 editorial «Fostering the Regensburg insight» offered the following quote from al - Ghazali: «(God) willeth also the unbelief of the unbeliever and the irreligion of the wicked and, without that Will there would neither be unbelief nor irreligion... In creating unbelievers, in willing that they should remain in that state... in willing in short all that is evil, God has wise ends in view...» Catholic Herald, September 2007 Divine Will trumps Reason? (faith.org.uk)