Hi Santosh, We have resolved the semantics about Buddhism and Jainism- finally! And thanks for telling us that atheism covers a wide range from being a religion to a belief in nothing. As Mario said, we do not really know the exact situation till the atheist is arrested and questioned under oath. Thanks for mentioning some ancient practices which may or may not be exceptions to the accepted semantics.
The whole world concurs and has always concurred with your second paragraph below. There is very little scientific connection to God or a soul. That is why the subject is called Theology and not science. :=)) As our resident "scientist" ani "pro-logical" expert, should you not just stay mum about Religion and God? With due respect, the only contribution of good scientists to a religion thread should be: "There is no scientific link to religion and its theology." And let the religionists continue to dialogue religion in peace .... and on occasion ad nauseam, ... though perhaps not on Goanet. Why are we inserting our scientific-selves into something of which the scientific knowledge is non-existent? Yet religion to those who practice it, is / should be a living concept and an every day way of life. Sonzmola murree! Ragar zavnchem nhoi re! Na re baba! The "Pure Nonsense" is when scientists become authorities on religion, and when religionists become scientists. Ani... yes, "Pure Nonsense" is also when agnostics start writing about religion, and when believers write about atheisms and their variants. And it is "Pure Nonsense" to suggest that it was Hitler's Catholicism that led him to start World War II, and attack other Christian and Catholic countries of Europe. Or should we be kind, and call it "simplistic thinking".:=)) Kind Regards, GL -------------- Santosh Helekar wrote: Buddhists and Jains are atheistic because they do not believe in a god. But Buddhism and Jainism are recognized as religions. Indeed, many people recognize active atheism itself as a religion. science has nothing to say about existence or non-existence of god. But as I have stated in my last post, it clearly has a lot to say about the non-existence of a soul. _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
