On 29 Jul 2007, at 04:59, Ritu wrote: > William T Goodall wrote: > >> Religions don't present their stories as being literally true? They >> don't claim that supernatural entities meddle in human affairs? They >> don't claim that miraculous events actually happen? They don't claim >> that divinely inspired prophets said things we must pay special heed >> to because despite appearances they aren't the ravings of charlatans >> or the mentally ill? > > Depends on the religion, I guess, and on the branch you are perched > on. > Hinduism, fr'ex, definitely has a Bhakti strand where the virtues > of faith > and love are extolled. But then there is the atheistic branch, and > it's > accompanying holy texts, which scoff at the notion of God and blind > belief. > Charaka's philosophy is a mix of atheism and agnosticism. And the > Vedanta > has always maintained that the only thing one is required to > believe in is > what one has seen and experienced for oneself - that all else ought > to be > dismissed as the babbling of fools...
Atheist religions have different defining irrational beliefs. Nazism had 'Aryan supremacy', the Greens have 'Nuclear Power is Evil' and so on. Most of the argument on this list is about the supernatural religions however and those are what I was addressing. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ "Mac OS X is a rock-solid system that's beautifully designed. I much prefer it to Linux." - Bill Joy. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
