Subject: Philosophy
Civilization has evolved differently in every part of the world; It was human beings attempt to organize themselves and live in harmony.
To my mind, the most significant invention of civilization isthe idea of Religion and God.
Due to thousands of years of belief in GOD, Many people pondered over it and came to conclusions. There are many arguments some are presented here .
Ontology is the philosophical study ofthe nature of being, becoming, existence or reality by St.Anslem of Canterbury, 11th century AD, he was an ontologist, he says “ Once we understand the nature of God we realize that it implies his existence. God is a perfect being and it is an imperfection not to exist. Since God is perfect he must exist.
The “cosmological argument” (argument from universal causation) mainly made popular by St Thomas Aquinas 13th century insists that all things of the world must have a cause, and since there cannot be an infinite number of causes, there must be a first cause, which he says is God.
The “Teleological argument” proposed by William Paley says that as we create Machines, there must be a creator GOD who created us. One of the very interesting theoriescome from Blaise Pascal 17th century AD. Blaise Pascal has given us the probability theory and Advanced Calculus.
He says there is no rational proof for or against God’s existence. You canchoose to believe it or not. Hence why not adopt a belief which brings you the most happiness. Therefore we must believe in God, through which we may gain infinite happiness and immortality, and have nothing to lose if we believe.
Another interesting statement comes from Arthur C Clark , the 20th-century science fiction writer.”The rash assertion that “God made man in his own image” is ticking like a time bomb at the foundation of many faiths, and as the hierarchy of the universe is disclosed to us, we may have to recognize this chilling truth: if there are any gods whose chief concern is man , they cannot be very important gods".
We can seethere are many arguments “for” and “against” the existence of God.
All try to prove from their own referential frame and some facts and arguments with cleverly phrased sentences.
Now, how do we begin our deliberation? The most important question is” why do I need God” ?
Do I need God for listening to my prayers, sothat I get what I want, meaning, and anything material, emotional or spiritual? Do I have a deterministic notion of GOD; does my God answer my prayers? Does my God allow some sin?
WILL I get heaven if I adhere to scriptures which describe such heaven ?
Do I need help in helpless situations, is my God meant to help?
Do I believe God justfor the reason that I am born into a family which adheres to a specific faith?
Siddhartha Gautama “The Buddha” was an agnostic.
Before hediscoursed he had always said he will not answer any question on God, spirit or the universe.
He said that such questions are irrelevant.
Only the life we have known is relevant, and anything beyond it is a speculation.
Indeed the removal of human misery is most important. Do we need God in this scheme; the reply may be different by everyone.
Many would say that indeed God has helped them and answered their prayers.
However any prayer being answered is remote, actually, all people who believe in God will be praying and for some wish or help. Taking probability into consideration most at least one-third of wishes will come true because they were anyhow striving for them, and working towards them with effort. Actually, their efforts will bear fruits and no intervention from God. This will go on for life and at least 1/3 wishes will be fruitful in life too, hence the belief continues.
A major sect of Hinduism known as “Advaita” meaning monism believes that that the universe and God are contained within each other, there is no duality, and the world is “Maya” an illusion created by God within his mind. The ultimate deeper knowledge of this will make us know the reality and we shall be liberated. This system of philosophy is derived from selected “Upanishads” in the ancient books of Hindus.
The Karma theory is common to all the religions and sects created in India which includes the sects of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. The Karma theory looks very reasonable to many in the modern world, do well and get back good, do bad and get back bad. However, these sects have their scriptures that prescribe what is good and what is bad. Which one are we supposed to follow?
Can one really know the difference between good and bad? No, what proves to be good this moment may become bad later, actual existence cannot be divided into 2 compartments called good or bad, actually, it is fluid, where very little is White or black, we have a lot of varying shades of grey.
Your friends, parents, children, society and many more, are very good for you at one time; at other times they are bad.
Likewise, your deeds, seem bad to you but they may not be according to another system.
Digging deeper, the perception of space and time is the direct result of the formation of this universe.
It is limited in so far as we have known about the universe. Life originated around 4.0 billion years back in the oceans of Primitive Earth.
During that period, the light of the sun was breaking the simple hydrogen-rich molecules of the old atmosphere.
The fragments were combining with a pattern into complex molecules.
These molecules dissolved in the oceans of the earth creating a molecule that was able to make copies of it using other molecules as building blocks.
This was the first known DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) and subsequently one cell plant. A billion years later, one-cell plants evolved into multi-cellular organisms. Sex came into being about two billion years back. Evolution was slow before the birth of sex.
When two organisms were able to change the complete DNA Code, producing new varieties, sex came into being. The birth of sex brought a vast change in the milieu of earth.
Since the oceans were filled with green plants generating oxygen, it became a major constituent of the earth's atmosphere.
Around six hundred million years back a very large number of new life forms emerged.
Slowly life evolved within the oceans and subsequently on land but all life forms that developed disappeared to be replaced by other life forms.
Finally, a life form evolved, very intelligent and enterprising. I am talking of Humans.
However, we have a single ancestor the first known DNA strand which was born in the ocean.
Single ancestor and so many forms, Darwin’s Laws, have proven more or less correct.
Now let us come to another question? How were the forms evolving, they were not as intelligent as man and knew nothing of evolution. Life has come to this stage by trial and error and inspiration from within.
Therefore the search for ultimate reality must be directed within and not without. It seems the fountain hood of Truth is your self. Primarily, we are to understand that we are at a transient stage before we evolve to be superhuman. Following scriptures is not the way out, the way is to decondition your mind and then think objectively. We need to evolve further. We need to work hard, we need to go seriously into mediation until we find the Truth, you may give it any name, enlightenment, Nirvana, Moksha, self-actualization or Salvation.
To Touch that fountainhead of true reality within us is knowledge, it is our final goal. The truth and nothing but the truth.
Civilization has evolved differently in every part of the world; It was human beings attempt to organize themselves and live in harmony.
To my mind, the most significant invention of civilization is
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| So much Venom, Judeo Christian God is angry |
Ontology is the philosophical study of
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| Formation of the Universe |
The “Teleological argument” proposed by William Paley says that as we create Machines, there must be a creator GOD who created us. One of the very interesting theories
He says there is no rational proof for or against God’s existence. You can
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| The abstraction of creation Artist Unknown |
We can see
All try to prove from their own referential frame and some facts and arguments with cleverly phrased sentences.
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| Most popular Symbol of the world today, The son of God who took all our sins So pardoned, the most convenient way found, we can carry one sinning but we keep getting pardoned as "He " took all our sins with his blood |
Now, how do we begin our deliberation? The most important question is
Do I need God for listening to my prayers, so
Do I believe God just
Siddhartha Gautama “The Buddha” was an agnostic.
Before he
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| Buddha the perennial question of the existence |
Only the life we have known is relevant, and anything beyond it is a speculation.
Indeed the removal of human misery is most important. Do we need God in this scheme; the reply may be different by everyone.
Many would say that indeed God has helped them and answered their prayers.
However any prayer being answered is remote, actually, all people who believe in God will be praying and for some wish or help. Taking probability into consideration most at least one-third of wishes will come true because they were anyhow striving for them, and working towards them with effort. Actually, their efforts will bear fruits and no intervention from God. This will go on for life and at least 1/3 wishes will be fruitful in life too, hence the belief continues.
A major sect of Hinduism known as “Advaita” meaning monism believes that that the universe and God are contained within each other, there is no duality, and the world is “Maya” an illusion created by God within his mind. The ultimate deeper knowledge of this will make us know the reality and we shall be liberated. This system of philosophy is derived from selected “Upanishads” in the ancient books of Hindus.
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| Advaita an abstract SBUFF ananartista |
Can one really know the difference between good and bad? No, what proves to be good this moment may become bad later, actual existence cannot be divided into 2 compartments called good or bad, actually, it is fluid, where very little is White or black, we have a lot of varying shades of grey.
Your friends, parents, children, society and many more, are very good for you at one time; at other times they are bad.
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| Good and bad an abstract by Vanessa McMains |
Likewise, your deeds, seem bad to you but they may not be according to another system.
Digging deeper, the perception of space and time is the direct result of the formation of this universe.
It is limited in so far as we have known about the universe. Life originated around 4.0 billion years back in the oceans of Primitive Earth.
During that period, the light of the sun was breaking the simple hydrogen-rich molecules of the old atmosphere.
The fragments were combining with a pattern into complex molecules.
These molecules dissolved in the oceans of the earth creating a molecule that was able to make copies of it using other molecules as building blocks.
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| DNA the basis of all Hydrocarbon life forms Chelsea Richardson |
This was the first known DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) and subsequently one cell plant. A billion years later, one-cell plants evolved into multi-cellular organisms. Sex came into being about two billion years back. Evolution was slow before the birth of sex.
When two organisms were able to change the complete DNA Code, producing new varieties, sex came into being. The birth of sex brought a vast change in the milieu of earth.
Since the oceans were filled with green plants generating oxygen, it became a major constituent of the earth's atmosphere.
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| Sex was born and created huge as if evolution was searching for expansion of new life forms |
Slowly life evolved within the oceans and subsequently on land but all life forms that developed disappeared to be replaced by other life forms.
Finally, a life form evolved, very intelligent and enterprising. I am talking of Humans.
However, we have a single ancestor the first known DNA strand which was born in the ocean.
Single ancestor and so many forms, Darwin’s Laws, have proven more or less correct.
Now let us come to another question? How were the forms evolving, they were not as intelligent as man and knew nothing of evolution. Life has come to this stage by trial and error and inspiration from within.
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| Human Female abstract |
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| Beyond Nothingness Chinese painting Pinterest |
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enjoyed that. will read it again. thanks A. .. Randy Hall in Arkansas
ReplyDeleteThank you Ran , I had to research a lot. Infact a book can be written on this subject , but this blog itself is long. More blogs will be posted by me.
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