If John Bunyan and Spinoza were born in india, they would
have been considered as saints.
I remember reading Bunyan's book pilgrim's progress in a
comic book form (pictographical) way back in the 1980's.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pilgrim's_Progress
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_P
> > On 2/26/2014 8:00 AM, jedi_spock@... mailto:jedi_spock@... wrote:
There is difference between Theology and Theism. >
> --- WillyTex wrote:
> According to what I've read, Hinduism is sometimes considered to be be
> polytheistic. That's because the Smartas, the leading sect in India, fo
On 2/26/2014 8:00 AM, jedi_sp...@yahoo.com wrote:
There is difference between Theology and Theism.
>
According to what I've read, Hinduism is sometimes considered to be be
polytheistic. That's because the Smartas, the leading sect in India,
follow the Advaita Vedanta in which there is a basic
You can see the effects of holding the belief that god is impersonal, Spinoza
was kicked out of his synagogue as a result of his writings. Bertrand Russell
did not agree with Spinoza, but called him 'the most lovable of all
philosophers'. Here is the cheerful record of his censure:
The Lords
There is difference between Theology and Theism.
Theology is study of religions. Theism is study on the
existence of God. In Cudworth's definition, they are
"strictly and properly called Theists, who affirm, that a
perfectly conscious understanding being, or mind, existing
of itself from