(September 17, 2013 at 12:45 pm)Zone Wrote: It doesn't have any founders. Came direct from the Brahma or whatever it is to human consciousness.It didn't come directly to my consciousness, so there's your answer.
Quote:So it's really very lucky that you were born in the culture that believes in the right God then?From my POV, yes, both spiritually and practically.
Quote:Perhaps some of the religious teachings are useful for human happiness when extracted from their supernatural context. There is some good stuff within religion without a doubt but there is a lot of bad stuff as well. Without a religion you can just cherry pick whatever spiritual or moral teaching you like.There's good stuff in science, and bad. There's good stuff in philosophy, and bad.
Quote:If supernatural miracles, powers or beings exist then there ought to be scientific evidence for them we can all share.If we all shared it, it wouldn't be considered supernatural. And what definitions of supernatural and scientific don't create an oxymoron here?
Quote:As soon as anything operates in the physical universe and it interacts with or does anything we can see it becomes part of the nature that can be observed.My point exactly, except I would add "regularly" after operates. If god does something regularly observable, then as you note it becomes part of nature, and is not considered supernatural.