Comments | iangurudata: See the breaking glass In the underpass

iangurudata

See the breaking glass In the underpass

Jan 27, 2011 06:46

I ended up doing a lot of religious FB site reading tonight thanks to a friend.
I finally posted in the FB Atheist's page on the thread that occurred due to his comments.

The friend's initial post was : There's so much hatred and intolerance on this page. Is feeling smug and superior really a prereq for being an atheist? Religious fanatics have ( Read more... )

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sinvraal January 27 2011, 13:02:16 UTC

I find it interesting that you felt the need to point out that "I'm not an atheist" right off the bat. Telling.

stephmtl January 27 2011, 16:12:01 UTC

Indeed. Some of his best friends are atheists.

lightcastle January 27 2011, 19:48:58 UTC

Well, if you are going to offer a critique of a movement, there is a certain honesty in admitting up front that you aren't a member of that movement.

sinvraal January 27 2011, 20:31:22 UTC

But his religion or lack thereof shouldn't be important to his point, nor should readers care a whit. It smacks of "I'm not gay, but..."-type arguments, where the speaker is very eager to make sure everyone knows they don't belong to this group. A group that we supposedly tolerate, but in reality gets discriminated against with enthusiasm.

Especially when the initial post is "Religious fanatics have nothing on [atheists]." Really? Really?. That's the note the argument starts on?

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squidmark January 30 2011, 13:12:27 UTC

Your post was thoughtfully written, I thought. I agree with the points you've made, particularly regarding the lumping together of political/cultural imperatives and religion. Not to nitpick, but there are many Buddhists who are also atheists, but your point still stands that focus tends to be put on the Abrahamic religions.

iangurudata January 30 2011, 22:07:10 UTC

There are also Hindus atheists. :)

squidmark January 30 2011, 23:48:15 UTC

Lol fair enough. But while Hinduism is at its core a pantheistic religion, Buddha was a man who reached enlightenment. There are two major schools of thought, one considering him a man who reached Godhood, making him God. The other major sect consider him to be still a man and that anyone can become a buddha.

iangurudata January 31 2011, 00:00:20 UTC

:)
Next time you are in town (or I somehow make it down your way first), we will have an exciting discussion concerning Hinduism and it's relationship with the origins of Buddhism.

A quick summary would be that most, including the eldest, sects of Hinduism are not pantheistic. This often surprises most outsiders and almost as many Hindus :(

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