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INDEX. Stars see chirality, handedness, molecular spin, and sidedness as symbolic reference to Islam, 587. Stereoisomers see isomers. Strehlow, T. G. H. on Aborigine concept of God, 231. Stupas. Buddhist writings on, 131, 134. Suez Canal. Quranic prophecy of, 595. Suffering, 179-193 according to Zoroastrianism, 177 as absence of happiness, 180 as motivation for scientific exploration, 186 as necessity for evolution, 186, 190 as state of being, 191-192 as teacher, 186 associated with retribution and punishment, 184 atheistic viewpoint, 188-189 defined, 19. Sunnis hypothetical reception of Jesus'as return, 697-698. Superstition concept of in Aborigines, 224 constancy of Creator among. Aborigine, 219. Survival by chance, 409 by design, 345, 393-409. Survival of the fittest, 393-395, 423-467 by design, not chance, 396 critique of, 349, 427-429 imprecision of, 394-395 in Holy Quran, 181 natural selection and, 424 not absolute, 430 reproduction and, 407 see also species, fitness of. Sutta-Pitaka see Tripitaka believer's viewpoint, 189 cause and effect vs. crime and punishment, 185-186. T hypothetical rule of absolute equality, 183 not a result of forefathers' sins, 186 of innocent, 187. Sufism. Sugar concept of universe in, 29 continuity of revelation and, 26 defined, 25. Greek philosophy and, 27 persecution of, 28 sects of, 27-31 artificial synthesis of substitute,. Tantras, 148. Tao description of, 166. God of Islam and, 165, 167. Taoism, 165-168 belief in unity of God, 167 decline of, 167-168. Lao-tzu, 165-167 origins of, 165 shift from revelation to inspiration, 168 similarities with Islam, 165 vision of Fu Hsi, 155. Telepathy, 245. Thalidomide chirality of, 417 418 molecular spin of, 417 substitute, 418 transport into cell, 403. Sulfia defined, 23. Sun. Tibet as symbolic reference to Islam, creation of, 113 586-587. Time. Sunnah. Thermodynamics laws of, 326 749