Category: Religion
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Why religionists drum up an apocalypse every now and then
You surf the last ten years electronic and print archives: You will see there would be at least 1 world-wide discussed apocalypse every year in this form or that form some of which was blown out of proportion and cited with filmsy grounds. Why the apocalypse angle is a favorite religious dictum and why this is drummed up every…
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Religion is not even “not even wrong”
There is a famous saying which is ascribed to the famous scientist W. Pauli. He was an early inventor of Quantum Mechanics. A brilliant chap. Really one. He had come up with a brilliant 1/2 liner: opposed to all those 1 liners. It’s called “It’s Not even wrong”. Which means it’s so illogical and inconsistent that…
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Why (and how) scientists are prominently related to the question of God?
Well… Scientists are often known for their thoughts about God. Like their other pursuits, they are prominently independent about their worldviews of God. Max Born or Einstein, Feynman or Homi Bhabha (?) they have all shown us their independent views about God. It has got nothing to do with God as such. That is independent…
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latter day scientist
Religious idea: “Don’t take offense”. my idea: take offense it may clean you up. 1st one is written on a church gate in Blacksburg, VA: 600 prices fork, Luther Memorial Lutheran Church. This line always impressed me. So I remember it 9 years after I saw it (correct me if I am wrong on the…
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Just a little philosophy
Met a old fellow on a train 11 years ago. (No time travel, just reminiscing) He was dirty and his clothes were torn out. He explained to fellow passengers. What’s Philosophy? (The word for that in Sanskrit is “Darshan” which literally meant visible form or something like that, vision, anything related such as seeing something.) SO…