Firstly, let me explain what is my view of a culture. It is what a children learn from their parents and elders in the society, or in other words, culture is composed of customs and traditions of the society which get naturally cultivated in the mind and lifestyle of children. Wit this definition, it may be or moving in right or wrong direction depending on whether customs and traditions of a society are right (scientific) or wrong (orthodox). So, culture is not a pious word, as is normally understood.
Greater problem with culture of a society is that the people usually pay great regard to their culture irrespective of whether it is right or wrong, and so resist any change in its norms even if it is non-scientific. This degrades the society. Europe critically analyzed its culture about 300 years back and entered into the age of renaissance which changed everything there - customs and traditions - thus, re-cultivating the people's minds and thinking. All people are not that great of being critical to what they are accustomed to. Conversely, India is still suffering with the burden of 2000 year old orthodox and superstitious culture.
The worst contributor of human culture in the history of humanity has been Plato who, in his Academy, researched on social dynamics and found that people can easily be slaved of misconceptions like God, religion, spirituality and other allied superstitions and he managed to float a theist culture all over the then world, particularly in Eurasia. That culture still prevails in most part of the world, blocking fresh thinking by the people for being terrified in the names of God and other Divinities, with various religions working as carriers of this terror. Thus, theism is the culture, exit from which people resist with all their might.
The original religion of humanity had been humanism. After the people were cultivated into theism, the converse of it - atheism, was coined as another name of humanism. Thus, theism and humanism face each other as opposite of each other. Unfortunately, for the huge and continuous investments in theistic religions by vested interests all over the world, most of the people today are theists forgetting everything about the real humanism. Even Jesus Christ, in whose name Christianity was floated about 200 years after his death, was opposed to misconceptions of religions and Gods for the whole of his life which he spent on Indian land along with his Theo (Dev) friends.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Disapproval of Nature to Theism
The Nature provides basic instincts of will to survive, procreation, etc. to human life, and these are found equally developed in all species of life on earth. If the concepts of God and theism were natural, all species of life would have it like the basic instincts. But we find no traces of these concepts in any species of life other than the humans, so these prove to be the products of human brain and hence are not natural but artificially created.
If the God were supreme and the humans did not create it, then how the humanity came to know about it. Was it found inscribed naturally some where, or listened by somebody from a natural source. Obviously, none of these is true hence the God is a creation of humanity itself. With this logic, God being creation of human civilization or a distortion thereof, can not be superior to humans because no creation can be superior to the creator.
The next question to be considered is whether the God is the creation of human civilization or its distortion. No theist of the world is going to accept the reality of the God being inferior to humanity. In their view, the God is the creator of humanity hence is supreme. This is nothing but covering one falsehood by another. Since the whole concept of God and its related outcomes such as religions, theism, etc. are comprised of a chain of falsehoods, one after another, all such things are distortions of human civilization.
God is said to be a matter of faith and nothing else. Firstly, no faith has a universal value and is always a product individual human brain or of circumstances of individual's upbringing. Secondly, there are a number of faiths originated from various religions and sects and each one depicts God differently. If the God were a universal object, there could be no controversy about it. A unique thesis could have been scientifically established about it.
The Nature says nothing of God while it is quite explicit about different species of life, climates, and planetary systems etc. If God were a natural object, it would have been existing somewhere in nature and could be scientifically studied and understood.
If the God were supreme and the humans did not create it, then how the humanity came to know about it. Was it found inscribed naturally some where, or listened by somebody from a natural source. Obviously, none of these is true hence the God is a creation of humanity itself. With this logic, God being creation of human civilization or a distortion thereof, can not be superior to humans because no creation can be superior to the creator.
The next question to be considered is whether the God is the creation of human civilization or its distortion. No theist of the world is going to accept the reality of the God being inferior to humanity. In their view, the God is the creator of humanity hence is supreme. This is nothing but covering one falsehood by another. Since the whole concept of God and its related outcomes such as religions, theism, etc. are comprised of a chain of falsehoods, one after another, all such things are distortions of human civilization.
God is said to be a matter of faith and nothing else. Firstly, no faith has a universal value and is always a product individual human brain or of circumstances of individual's upbringing. Secondly, there are a number of faiths originated from various religions and sects and each one depicts God differently. If the God were a universal object, there could be no controversy about it. A unique thesis could have been scientifically established about it.
The Nature says nothing of God while it is quite explicit about different species of life, climates, and planetary systems etc. If God were a natural object, it would have been existing somewhere in nature and could be scientifically studied and understood.
Supremacy of Human Mind over God
The very concept of God came to human mind making God a creation of human mind. There is nothing to prove that the concept is a divine creation or existed before evolution of human civilization.
All spiritualists and Godly persons declare that a creator is always superior to the created and through this they claim that the God created the whole Universe and so is the superiormost of everything in this Universe. But we all know that even this thesis is a creation of human mind. Thus, human mind is proved to be superior to even God and all its related concepts and hypotheses.
All Godly personalities like Ram of Theo culture, Jesus of Christianity, etc. have been experiencing pains and pleasures of life like all other ordinary persons on this earth. This proves that they were also humans. Of course, such persons were great in their deeds, or we may say that these persons had great thoughts in their minds for which humanity appreciates them. Importantly, none of such real great persons claimed to be Divine or embodiments of God in their lifetimes. People who appreciated their greatness respected them. And when the concept of God and Divinities came into being, they were regarded as Divine personalities and embodiments of God.
Thus, Godliness is greatness of mind and deeds which anybody may achieve through self-restrain, discipline and taking care of humanity through taking it forward on its march to a better human civilization. In this respect, one thing is sure and certain - Godliness is not be claimed by the person him/herself but has to be rewarded by others of future generations after realizing and ascertaining greatness of deeds of the person. Whosoever claims to be Divine by him/herself is a fraud against humanity and Godliness. One can only be devoted to Godliness but can't claim to have achieved it.
All spiritualists and Godly persons declare that a creator is always superior to the created and through this they claim that the God created the whole Universe and so is the superiormost of everything in this Universe. But we all know that even this thesis is a creation of human mind. Thus, human mind is proved to be superior to even God and all its related concepts and hypotheses.
All Godly personalities like Ram of Theo culture, Jesus of Christianity, etc. have been experiencing pains and pleasures of life like all other ordinary persons on this earth. This proves that they were also humans. Of course, such persons were great in their deeds, or we may say that these persons had great thoughts in their minds for which humanity appreciates them. Importantly, none of such real great persons claimed to be Divine or embodiments of God in their lifetimes. People who appreciated their greatness respected them. And when the concept of God and Divinities came into being, they were regarded as Divine personalities and embodiments of God.
Thus, Godliness is greatness of mind and deeds which anybody may achieve through self-restrain, discipline and taking care of humanity through taking it forward on its march to a better human civilization. In this respect, one thing is sure and certain - Godliness is not be claimed by the person him/herself but has to be rewarded by others of future generations after realizing and ascertaining greatness of deeds of the person. Whosoever claims to be Divine by him/herself is a fraud against humanity and Godliness. One can only be devoted to Godliness but can't claim to have achieved it.
Flaws of Agnosticism
Agnosticism is defined in Webster’s Comprehensive Dictionary as -
Doctrine of nescience, or the theory which maintains that man can not, and has not, any real or valid knowledge, but can know only impressions.
The theory that the first truths, substance, cause, the human soul, and the first Cause can neither be proved nor disproved, and must remain unknown or unknowable.
The theory that God is unknown or unknowable.
We are also told that the reason for the unknowability is that we being part of the creation, can not know the creator, God.
The reason for all such theories is that the agnostics being in the business of God and Godliness, want people believe that the God exists without providing any proof of the same due to their vested interests. They don’t want people to raise a finger on their right or wrong business practices. The basic question is when the God is unknown and unknowable, how did any body come to know that God exists at all. Any thing unknown and unknowable can neither be imagined nor be given a name, and further nothing can be preached about it.
True, that we don’t yet know everything and are in the process of knowing many more things, but the fact remains that the humanity has existed and progressed on the basis of its ever-growing knowledge-base and nothing in its arena of knowledge is unknown or unknowable to all. Without knowing something, humanity can not proceed further in the matter and drops the subject from its possibilities. In the case of God, the vested interests, for fear of losing business, do not want the people to erase the subject from their minds. Whatever is unknown and unknowable to all the humans nobody has the authority to preach others just to believe. As a natural process, nothing can be believed without knowing about it.
So agnosticism is self-contradictory and no body has the authority to propound a doctrine without himself/herself knowing the subject of the doctrine.
Doctrine of nescience, or the theory which maintains that man can not, and has not, any real or valid knowledge, but can know only impressions.
The theory that the first truths, substance, cause, the human soul, and the first Cause can neither be proved nor disproved, and must remain unknown or unknowable.
The theory that God is unknown or unknowable.
We are also told that the reason for the unknowability is that we being part of the creation, can not know the creator, God.
The reason for all such theories is that the agnostics being in the business of God and Godliness, want people believe that the God exists without providing any proof of the same due to their vested interests. They don’t want people to raise a finger on their right or wrong business practices. The basic question is when the God is unknown and unknowable, how did any body come to know that God exists at all. Any thing unknown and unknowable can neither be imagined nor be given a name, and further nothing can be preached about it.
True, that we don’t yet know everything and are in the process of knowing many more things, but the fact remains that the humanity has existed and progressed on the basis of its ever-growing knowledge-base and nothing in its arena of knowledge is unknown or unknowable to all. Without knowing something, humanity can not proceed further in the matter and drops the subject from its possibilities. In the case of God, the vested interests, for fear of losing business, do not want the people to erase the subject from their minds. Whatever is unknown and unknowable to all the humans nobody has the authority to preach others just to believe. As a natural process, nothing can be believed without knowing about it.
So agnosticism is self-contradictory and no body has the authority to propound a doctrine without himself/herself knowing the subject of the doctrine.
Thoughts on Agnosticism
Agastya a seer from India of Mahaabhaarat period, from 400 bc to about 150 bc, founded the concept of agnosticism to save human thought energy from wasting in things which matter little to overall human welfare on earth. In his opinion, there are few things which are and shall always be unknowable to humanity - like the creator of this universe and the purpose of its creation. The idea is to look forward for progress and be on the march of a better human civilization where all humans shall be healthy and happy and put all our energies to attain this goal. In achieving this goal, questions such as when the universe was created and who created it matter little and we should not waste our precious energies on such trivial issues.
History is not all that useless to our progress. It teaches us where did the past humanity erred to avoid such instances in future, and where it fared well to keep them going on. But these historical information must be relevant to our present and near-future contexts. If the information from the past is irrelevant now and for near-future, it need not be looked into to conserve our energies. The questions about the creation are such matters irrelevant to our present and near-future, these being from extremely far off in the past. So, Agastya marked such issues as unknowable and this philosophy came to be known as agnosticism in honor of its proposer.
Issues of creation are from our real world. But with passage of time, some cunning fellows conceptualized an imaginary God as the creator of our universe, against the philosophy of agnosticism which prohibits thinking over the creation or its creator. Thus, existence of God or its non-existence also came within the purview of agnosticism, or in other words - whether God exists or not, is unknowable.
Thus, the concept of God is philosophically irrelevant to humanity and its onward march for a better world tomorrow. scientifically also, it has no foundation. Science has been trying to deal with the issue of creation, form, etc. of the Universe. Since science does not deal with any issue in philosophical terms, and agnosticism is a philosophical issue, these two ways of gaining knowledge are unrelated to each other, so do not interfere mutually.
History is not all that useless to our progress. It teaches us where did the past humanity erred to avoid such instances in future, and where it fared well to keep them going on. But these historical information must be relevant to our present and near-future contexts. If the information from the past is irrelevant now and for near-future, it need not be looked into to conserve our energies. The questions about the creation are such matters irrelevant to our present and near-future, these being from extremely far off in the past. So, Agastya marked such issues as unknowable and this philosophy came to be known as agnosticism in honor of its proposer.
Issues of creation are from our real world. But with passage of time, some cunning fellows conceptualized an imaginary God as the creator of our universe, against the philosophy of agnosticism which prohibits thinking over the creation or its creator. Thus, existence of God or its non-existence also came within the purview of agnosticism, or in other words - whether God exists or not, is unknowable.
Thus, the concept of God is philosophically irrelevant to humanity and its onward march for a better world tomorrow. scientifically also, it has no foundation. Science has been trying to deal with the issue of creation, form, etc. of the Universe. Since science does not deal with any issue in philosophical terms, and agnosticism is a philosophical issue, these two ways of gaining knowledge are unrelated to each other, so do not interfere mutually.
False Beliefs and Ideas
A noted thinker, Thomas Jefferson noted, “It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.” The advice sounds good and accepted by one and all to be truthful. But the theist's world does just the reverse of above in-spite of its accepted truthfulness. The fundamental question that arises and need to be answered is what is the test for a falsehood of an idea or some belief being wrong.
human civilization has come a very long way to be a regime in its own right parallel to that of Nature. In many spheres of life, the nature's harshness is isolated from human life to eliminate its dangers to survival. As a result, mortality is reduced and longevity is enhanced. Hence, the Nature is no more supreme, or in other words, human intellectual resources, which have taken the human civilization so forward, have proved to be super to be treated at par with Nature. Further, potential of human intellect seems to be boundless and it can do much much more in future. The essence of this statement is that humanity can and must rely on its intellectual resources for all purposes of life including ideas and beliefs.
The idea of God and belief in it have never been verified by human intellect and to circumscribe the problem of verification, theists declare this idea beyond knowing by human intellect. As such the concept of 'agnosticism' is forwarded in support of this unknowability. Assuming, for a moment, that 'agnosticism' is correct, then what is that which created the concept of God, where did it come from, and how the humanity came to realize existence of God, if it is not from the human intellect. Let there be something agnostic in the universe, then why should humans bother about it if it is beyond knowing through human intellect, the best resource the humanity has at its disposal.
Living Without God: New Directions for Atheists, Agnostics, Secularists, and the Undecided
The fact of the matter is that idea of God and beliefs in it are mischievous creations of some humans through misuse of their intellect to mislead the humanity into an arena of false beliefs. This misleading became a thriving business for a large population all over the globe which has been finding newer ways to reinforce this false belief amongst innocent people.
human civilization has come a very long way to be a regime in its own right parallel to that of Nature. In many spheres of life, the nature's harshness is isolated from human life to eliminate its dangers to survival. As a result, mortality is reduced and longevity is enhanced. Hence, the Nature is no more supreme, or in other words, human intellectual resources, which have taken the human civilization so forward, have proved to be super to be treated at par with Nature. Further, potential of human intellect seems to be boundless and it can do much much more in future. The essence of this statement is that humanity can and must rely on its intellectual resources for all purposes of life including ideas and beliefs.
The idea of God and belief in it have never been verified by human intellect and to circumscribe the problem of verification, theists declare this idea beyond knowing by human intellect. As such the concept of 'agnosticism' is forwarded in support of this unknowability. Assuming, for a moment, that 'agnosticism' is correct, then what is that which created the concept of God, where did it come from, and how the humanity came to realize existence of God, if it is not from the human intellect. Let there be something agnostic in the universe, then why should humans bother about it if it is beyond knowing through human intellect, the best resource the humanity has at its disposal.
Living Without God: New Directions for Atheists, Agnostics, Secularists, and the Undecided
The fact of the matter is that idea of God and beliefs in it are mischievous creations of some humans through misuse of their intellect to mislead the humanity into an arena of false beliefs. This misleading became a thriving business for a large population all over the globe which has been finding newer ways to reinforce this false belief amongst innocent people.
Concept of God blocks Rational Thinking
Whole philosophy of God is based on mere faith in the unknown. This faith is created through terrorizing minds of the subjects by something unknown. People don't often know future events but have a desire to know. An alternate of knowing the future is provided by the concept of God, which preaches not to try knowing the future but to leave it to the unknown forces known as God. Thus, the concept of Gods blocks thinking on the future.
Future is solely governed by the past through cause-and-effect principle. Therefore, if humanity knows the past events and their effects, knowing the future becomes possible. This needs a rational thinking. Blocking efforts for knowing the future is equivalent to blocking rational thinking. Rationality is not only a product of intellect but is also a measure of this. Blocking the rationality is paramount to blocking the human intellect.
Humanity differs from other species of life in its highly developed intellect only. Therefore, blocking use of intellect is blocking rational thinking and blocking the most precious asset of human-beings - the intellect. This derives to the fact that the concept of God, the Theism, is anti-humanity.
Most of us are prone to adopting the most convenient paths in or routine lives. The concept of God provides the most convenient way to living through replacement of thinking and making efforts by faith in God. This was probably the reason for evolving this nasty concept by enemies of humanity to degrade the humanity and its intellect.
Future is solely governed by the past through cause-and-effect principle. Therefore, if humanity knows the past events and their effects, knowing the future becomes possible. This needs a rational thinking. Blocking efforts for knowing the future is equivalent to blocking rational thinking. Rationality is not only a product of intellect but is also a measure of this. Blocking the rationality is paramount to blocking the human intellect.
Humanity differs from other species of life in its highly developed intellect only. Therefore, blocking use of intellect is blocking rational thinking and blocking the most precious asset of human-beings - the intellect. This derives to the fact that the concept of God, the Theism, is anti-humanity.
Most of us are prone to adopting the most convenient paths in or routine lives. The concept of God provides the most convenient way to living through replacement of thinking and making efforts by faith in God. This was probably the reason for evolving this nasty concept by enemies of humanity to degrade the humanity and its intellect.
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