tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11023403.post1817833934434357515..comments2024-02-07T13:43:03.364+05:30Comments on Musings: Religion is Great, 'God' doesn't exist and doesn't matterBalaji Chitra Ganesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12946132372838633092noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11023403.post-29555757098327710972010-03-03T14:25:56.998+05:302010-03-03T14:25:56.998+05:30you claimed that you understand 'God' and ...you claimed that you understand 'God' and that I'm a fake rationalist. but when asked to explain your 'rational God', you are not forthcoming.<br /><br />anyway, its better this way. i don't want to rock your world by putting your religious beliefs to test.Balaji Chitra Ganesanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946132372838633092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11023403.post-59679739359672141932010-03-03T13:00:40.660+05:302010-03-03T13:00:40.660+05:30whats the logic ? if a few ppl can define somethin...whats the logic ? if a few ppl can define something, i must too? <br /><br />enuf yaaaaaawns <br />byeknnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11023403.post-45714272198711066792010-03-03T04:20:11.828+05:302010-03-03T04:20:11.828+05:30"its hard to believe they were all talking ab..."its hard to believe they were all talking about something which you seem to have mastered but can't define."<br /><br />if they can define 'God', so can you.Balaji Chitra Ganesanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946132372838633092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11023403.post-15916063094347923162010-03-02T23:57:39.853+05:302010-03-02T23:57:39.853+05:30and the point of this irrelevant blabber is?and the point of this irrelevant blabber is?knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11023403.post-60725367512367540062010-03-01T19:16:45.955+05:302010-03-01T19:16:45.955+05:30Sankara did explain what he thought was 'Brahm...Sankara did explain what he thought was 'Brahman'? so did Ramanuja, Mohammad et al with their monotheist God.<br /><br />Buddha, Mahavira and Epicurus expressed disinterest in the notion of God[s].<br /><br />Caraka, Keshakambali and scores of others presented their critique of the notion of 'God'.<br /><br />Krishna presented himself as a metaphor for Brahman.<br /><br />Jesus claimed to be the son of God, the father who presides over judgment day.<br /><br />Einstein made some controversial claims about 'God' and quoted Spinoza's definition of God.<br /><br />people have proposed everything from monotheism, pantheism, monism, deism, polytheism, animism to outright scientology.<br /><br />its hard to believe they were all talking about something which you seem to have mastered but can't define. and I don't think they were all constrained minds.Balaji Chitra Ganesanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946132372838633092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11023403.post-73742527977289604572010-03-01T17:50:19.022+05:302010-03-01T17:50:19.022+05:30god is indefinable and cannot be constrained in li...god is indefinable and cannot be constrained in limited minds.<br /><br />if someone doesnt believe in God, it does not affect God or others who do believe in God.k.n.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11023403.post-83881830883938473982010-02-28T23:01:36.346+05:302010-02-28T23:01:36.346+05:30ok, what is your definition of 'God' and h...ok, what is your definition of 'God' and how do you know it exists?Balaji Chitra Ganesanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946132372838633092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11023403.post-7984995788141759502010-02-28T22:45:04.746+05:302010-02-28T22:45:04.746+05:30when ppl didnt know about gravitation, they wouldn...when ppl didnt know about gravitation, they wouldnt have believed in the same if told about it. ppl woudnt have believed about nuclear power when it was not known.<br /><br />similarly, when ppl come to know about god, they understand. <br /><br />but for ignorant ppl, it is good not to know too much, their minds cannot take anything other than what they find convenient to believe.<br /><br />as per an indian proverb, the owl always believes that there is nothing ike sun. (but maybe you dont believe in indian proverbs being too influenced by western thought)<br /><br />as they say, those who claim to be rationalists are anything but rationalists becuz its impossible to reason with them unless the reasoning matches their own poor and narrow understanding. any answer you give will prove my point.<br />byekamalanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11023403.post-15372569204688819322010-02-28T21:46:16.229+05:302010-02-28T21:46:16.229+05:30funeral rituals are irrational to the extent that ...funeral rituals are irrational to the extent that they have no relevance to the dead person. any physician or philosopher will vouch for it.<br /><br />but i have already acknowledged that such irrational rituals help those left behind to go thru the trauma. so I recommend practicing them.<br /><br />if your comment was about all things supernatural, then I think an overwhelming amount of evidence exists to render all claims of 'God' as bogus.<br /><br />your claim to understand things which 'fake rationalists' apparently can't understand, i assume, has not been put to test.<br /><br />scientific mysteries, which we can't understand, aren't any guide to prove the existence of something supernatural. as the famous 'flying spagetti monster' argument goes, if I claim there is such a monster going around a heavenly body, you may never be able to disprove me!<br /><br />two centuries ago, you cud have claimed an apple falling to the ground to be an act of God and I wud have struggled to argue with you. today I merely have to utter "Gravitation" to probably win the argument. now if you claim physical constants are determined by 'God', then I might struggle a little but physicists might be able to win that argument.<br /><br />now finally, pls don't advice me to read Indian philosophy, as if that wud clinch the argument. i read too much of it already :-)Balaji Chitra Ganesanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946132372838633092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11023403.post-60259538337378024492010-02-28T18:05:45.639+05:302010-02-28T18:05:45.639+05:30how do you say that whatever you say or think is r...how do you say that whatever you say or think is rational?<br /><br /><br />there are many fake rationalists who, when they dont understand something, deny its existence.kamala natarajannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11023403.post-63143216684623848692010-02-20T19:22:15.463+05:302010-02-20T19:22:15.463+05:30Nothing religious about it..but temple visits... i...Nothing religious about it..but temple visits... i really love them....though i realised tht for some strange reasons this feeling is there only for some temples (mostly down south). I loved the tanjavur temples and also the meenakshi amman temple in madurai.. the dark galleries, large stone pillars, bats hiding in the crevices and the glow of lamps in far corners :)altered egoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06540626896949910853noreply@blogger.com