From the publisher
The purpose of this book "Towards a Better Life" is to analyze the life's issues in order to show how to live a better life
In this book, life is considered as an important project; a project that we cannot afford to wait till the end to know our mistakes for it would be too late for corrections
A project that we should carry out successfully and accurately right from the start, so we have analyzed the objectives of life, the measures of what is right and what is wrong, explored the causes of success and failure, and introduced verification tool to distinguish between what is right and what is wrong
The book is meant to be a call for those who struggle midst the high waves of life seas to say: Let us find the rescue route instead of sailing towards many directions and get lost
Let us admit that we are arguing about the same issues - without clear definitions of the objectives, without accurate measures to make decisions; each of us would like to prove that he is right and tries to lead others to what he thinks is the rescue route
Let us admit that the worst thing to do is to continue the arguments till the end; many people would be led astray because they do not know the right path to follow
Let us admit that the best thing to do is to provide proofs and evidences so people may find the truth they are looking for
We all know that things are not improved automatically; when companies want to improve their business, they bring consultants to analyze the business and recommend the best systems, procedures and measures in order to improve business, quality and increase profits
The success of companies depends on the efforts to use good systems, to follow good procedures and to have good measures to evaluate the productivity and the quality. Similarly, when we seek to live a better life, we should analyze the religion issues to distinguish between the true teachings and the added or distorted teachings
Analysis of the scriptures shows that there are some distorted verses, it is necessary to find out what has been distorted, what are the reasons for the distortion and to clarify such findings in order to make it easy for those who are looking for the truth
In this book, we analyzed the objectives of life from the scriptures, we identified the guidelines for success and failure and explained some details on the distorted scriptures
How can we live a better life?
In order to improve our life, we need first to know the objectives of life. Once we know the objectives, then it would be possible to know which work helps to achieve the objectives
That is what people do with the important projects; they define the objectives in order to measure the work progress against the target objectives. They also identify the risks which might lead to failure and identify the success factors
If we try to utilize the same approach to improve our lives, we will face a problem because the objectives of our lives are disputed; if we ask many people about the objectives of life, we get many answers
There are also disputes between the religion teachers; different scholars teach different teachings about the objectives, the risks and the ways of success and failure
There must be a problem, because the God who created people wouldn't leave them without guidelines of what is right and what is wrong, of the risks and of the ways of success and failure
Jewish scholars teach that Jews are the chosen people of God
Christian Scholars teach that they are the predestined, the glorified, and the chosen before the creation of the world
Muslim Scholars teach that Jews are cursed, Christians are misguided, and that Muslims are the truly guided people (they should have taught that the Muslims who do not follow the prophets' teachings are also cursed)
All those scholars are not teachings the core message that God has revealed to the prophets.
