RE: A Hindu Perspective: Science vs. Spirituality
November 16, 2015 at 6:24 am
(This post was last modified: November 16, 2015 at 6:26 am by Krishna Jaganath.)
(November 16, 2015 at 6:17 am)Rhythm Wrote: Well, if the point of your essay is to establish some point.....you've got a long way to go. Good luck.
"Science can't prove my religion wrong, and scientists are arrogant dogs" - Is that a fair summary of your essay?
This forum seems to have a general view of taking content and summarizing it in an unusual way to fit the views of the person viewing the post.
In the essay, I've used the analogy of a dog, the dog can also be replaced by anything that is perceived to have a very different reality and understanding than someone else. Now if the analogy of the dog offended you, I apologize, but to make it clear, I felt my essay was very neutral and only presented the case i was trying to make.
In the posts and comments I've viewed thus far, 'spiritualists" have been called much worse than dogs, but if you want to generalize the essay in how you presented above please feel free.
(November 16, 2015 at 6:21 am)Homeless Nutter Wrote:(November 16, 2015 at 5:21 am)Krishna Jaganath Wrote: Spirituality can never be understood by science. [...]
You can't possibly know that, let alone prove that bold assertion. Anthropological sciences, like neurology, psychology, sociology and psychiatry have already taught a lot about where magical thinking and superstitions come from and how they work.
Of course - that doesn't mean much to people, who desperately want to believe in some sort of extra-sensory reality, that's easily accessible, without the need for dealing with all those boring facts and tedious scientific methodology.
Spirituality - it seems to me - is a way for people, who are not willing, or unable to access and comprehend science, to feel like they possess some kind of "arcane knowledge", that escapes even the smartest scientists. It's a crutch for ego. That's why science produces material results - like medicine, technology, statistical data, while spirituality fails to produce anything, other than emotions.
What if I took what you said above and reworded it:
Science - it seems to me - is a way for people, who are not willing, or unable to access and comprehend spirituality, to feel like they possess some kind of "arcane knowledge", that escapes even the saints and sages. It's a crutch for ego. That's why spirituality produces results in a humans - like love, understanding and unity.
