RE: Looking for an intelligent, rational discussion re atheism
September 4, 2011 at 12:08 am
(This post was last modified: September 4, 2011 at 12:16 am by The Grand Nudger.)
What about Brahman? The Upanishads postulate Brahman as an "everything" answer, which is precisely why it is a "nothing" answer. The people who put forward these theories (and that's what they were) were deeply and profoundly ignorant of the world around them by any standard of today. Even within Hinduism atheism is one of the oldest schools of thought. Nastikas and Cavarka. Actually, (and I just wrote something about this..lol) a Hindu "brahmin" is the first person in history on record as an atheist. Brahman is an ambiguous word isn't it, it either means the ultimate spirit, or a priest (rendered as brahmin). It's amusing, because Cavarka thought the "divinity" and "priests" were one in the same, IE, that it was a load of shit designed to feed priests.
Hinduism FTW!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charvaka
(check out those "core beliefs")
Hinduism FTW!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charvaka
(check out those "core beliefs")
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