"To make a perfect and beautiful machine, it is not requisite to know how to make it".
---------Charles Darwin
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Humor by surprise
One of the very effective way of making jokes is to say outrageous things which people don't expect. But ofcourse, you have to be careful not to offend anyone. For example, look at this clip
Endangered culture
The best way to preserve a culture is to understand it rather than just being proud of it. Of course, I am referring to the great and supposedly famous Indian culture.
Different regions have different customs proving they are ways of behavior rather than requirements of religion or god.
Customs followed blindly are susceptible to immense corruption. Social traditions die out when they lose their meaning. Only a small fragment of customs are followed and those that survived happen to be either made up for selfish needs or those that benefit a specific segment of the population. most of customs are lost merely because people stopped to understand and appreciate their meaning. Many don't even know why they are doing certain things and are surprisingly proud about it. They fail to see how much they are missing without even attempting to appreciate their social customs.
The systems that survive are the ones that evolve continuously based on the surrounding situations. If they fail to evolve, they stop fulfilling the basic needs and go extinct. There are all kinds of examples, the eco systems, the economic systems, constitutions, educational systems. social traditions die out when they lose their meaning.
Different regions have different customs proving they are ways of behavior rather than requirements of religion or god.
Customs followed blindly are susceptible to immense corruption. Social traditions die out when they lose their meaning. Only a small fragment of customs are followed and those that survived happen to be either made up for selfish needs or those that benefit a specific segment of the population. most of customs are lost merely because people stopped to understand and appreciate their meaning. Many don't even know why they are doing certain things and are surprisingly proud about it. They fail to see how much they are missing without even attempting to appreciate their social customs.
The systems that survive are the ones that evolve continuously based on the surrounding situations. If they fail to evolve, they stop fulfilling the basic needs and go extinct. There are all kinds of examples, the eco systems, the economic systems, constitutions, educational systems. social traditions die out when they lose their meaning.
Religion and God
Atheists identify themselves as non-believers of God. As a non-believer myself, I completely support their view. But I should point out that whether you belive in some concept strongly depends on how you interpret it. Needless to say, almost all the paradoxes and contradictions are resolved by correcting the interperetations and the premises assumed. I would like to quote Ayn rand in this context: "Condratictions do not exist. If you face one, check your premises".
The main questions I am trying to answer is this: What does the concept of God got to do with religion? Why do atheists tend to renounce religion? It is of my view that being an atheist does not mean renouncing one's religion. Saying this raises an important question. What does renouncing one's religion mean or more fundamentally, what does it mean to belong to a particular religion? Does belonging to a particular religion mean believing in the God that religion claims to exist?
If you think carefully, there is an easy explanation. The concept of "God" is never a premise of any religion or at least, it was not intended to be. Every religion has at its core, an anthropological philosophy and more than worth studying about. Each religion tries to explain the human nature, how we behave or should behave with each other, how to build our character, what are moral values and so on.
Now, I will try to answer some of the raised questions.
What does the concept of God got to do with religion?
God has nothing to do with religion. Is the concept of God really needed to explain the philosophy? well, to explain, we don't. But, "God" serves some crucial purposes when it comes to making people believe and follow the religion (philosophy). To keep this post brief, I stop here. See my posts following this to see further explanations.
Why do atheists tend to renounce religion?
The main problem that atheists have is that they think religions are based on the incredible premise of God which of course can be viewed in many ways as irrational. It is God that they don't believe in and extrapolate that disbelief to disregard the philosophy of the religion as a whole. This brings me to the next question..
What does it mean to belong to a religion?
The answer is simple. It means that you form your values, behavior, and your social customs based on the philosophy that religion stands for.
Greatness
Some men born great,
some achieve greatness,
and some have greatness thrust upon then
.... and most people just dont understand what greatness means.
some achieve greatness,
and some have greatness thrust upon then
.... and most people just dont understand what greatness means.
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