In Total Truth , Nancy Pearcey gives a simple yet effective way of analyzing a worldview by asking 3 questions: 1. Creation: Where did it all come from? Who are we and how did we get here? 2. Fall: What has gone wrong with the world? Why is there warfare and conflict? 3. Redemption: What hope/answer is being offered to reverse the "Fall" and set the world right again? To give the reader practice, she breaks down several philosophies, the last of which is Eastern thought/pantheism: Creation: Q. What is the ultimate reality, the origin of all things, in New Age Pantheism? A. The Absolute, the One, a Universal Spiritual Essence. Fall: Q. In pantheism, what is the source of evil and suffering? A. Our sense of individuality. Redemption: Q. How does pantheism tell us to solve the problem of evil and suffering? A. By being reunited with the Universal Spiritual Essence from which we all came. In a nutshell, the ultimate reality is not a personal ...