RE: What is heaven?
October 15, 2012 at 9:42 am
(This post was last modified: October 15, 2012 at 9:43 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(October 14, 2012 at 8:12 pm)Akincana Krishna dasa Wrote: Well, that article asserts an idea that "seems" to be true when all Vedic authority points to it not being true, and in fact explicitly states it isn't true. That article said absolutely nothing to refute the idea that the brain conducts consciousness and is not the source of it. Scientists can't understand the soul - their knowledge will always be incompleteThe what now? Soul eh? Never seen one.
Quote:The "life comes from matter" theory is a bluff. It is not knowledge, nor has anyone come close to proving it. If you choose to believe an unfounded idea like that because dishonest scientists are ready to say that's what they think, ok fine. But without some serious evidence, it's not something I'm ready to take on faith.Well, the evidence would be that once there was no life, and then there was. That once life was exceedingly simple, and now it is very complicated. It "came from" something, and all of our options happen to be matter. That's not really an issue of faith amigo.
Quote:Why not be honest and admit science knows extremely little about the origin of life? Why is it "science" to assert something with very little evidence?Because they don't know "very little".....they don't know "enough". It isn't "science" to assert something without evidence, but since they aren't in the position you wish for them to be I can't find any real merit to your question.
Quote:In the Bhagavatam heaven and hell are very clearly defined.And?
http://vedabase.net/sb/en1
You can take a look at this chapter, for example:
http://vedabase.net/sb/5/24/en1
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
