RE: Strong Atheism
May 9, 2014 at 6:55 pm
(This post was last modified: May 9, 2014 at 6:55 pm by Ben Davis.)
(May 8, 2014 at 5:58 pm)Confused Ape Wrote: It seems that Brahman can be experienced but the experience is of supposed to be of something which is beyond the human intellect to grasp etc. Hinduism is very complex and there are different versions of it. This particular concept of Brahman probably is contradicted by other concepts...Yes, vaguaries are a common retreat of gods in the face of skeptical enquiry.
Quote:...but it was this particular concept I was talking about. I wouldn't know where to start disproving something which my intellect isn't supposed to be up to grasping.If a god is 'beyond understanding' then it's right to question how the believer has any knowledge about it. Also if the idea that a god can't be understood comes as a response to a challenge, it's most likely a shifting of the goalposts, a defence mechanism in order to avoid criticism. Besides, who is the believer to assess what you can & can't understand. It may be that they're satisfied with their ignorance but it's condescending and insulting to assume the same of others. When faced by such defences, I often do well by remembering that I don't necessarily have to tackle each definition individually if a meta-analysis would bypass obfuscation.
Quote: I'd go for the cop out by saying that a subjective experience which is interpreted as God/Brahman doesn't prove that God/Brahman actually exists. It would then be up to the believer to prove otherwise.Yup.
Sum ergo sum
