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CHARACTER-TYPES OF THE UNBELIEVERS
Though, when they finally meet their role model, they realize
that their personality is not as they had originally considered. From
then on, they spend their lives in search of another way of life to sat-
isfy their expectations — but, without any results. As they become

older, and their circumstances and their environment change, so do
the personalities they wish to emulate also change. They are influ-
enced by every fashion and novelty; they hope to find the fulfill-
ment they are seeking by imitating these people, trying them one
after the other. This search for identity lasts throughout their lives,
but they can never find the attitude and contentment that they were
created for. That is because, everything they try is always merely a

product of their ignorance.
After a certain time, some will settle into a particular identity.
But, this is not because they have found their ideal role-model and
attained happiness. On the contrary, they realize that their problem
cannot be solved within the web of ignorance in which they live,
and accept defeat.
In the coming pages, we will present the features of the types of
character that pervade the societies of ignorance; we will try to de-
fine them, and show the difficulties they suffer. By investigating this

important condition, we will come to recognize the tremendous dif-
ference that exists between the character of a believer and that of
one mired in ignorance. Therefore, however ardently they may try
to find a way out, those who live in ignorance are already lost. Their
only salvation is, we repeat, to live the moral life of a believer.
But, before we continue, we must recall an important point:
The types of character we will describe here represent the members

of the societies of ignorance in general. Of course, there will be some

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