WRT: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mukto-mona/message/50053
Harun said,
"They understand that the ultimate value of any discourse lies not in establishing the abstract "truth" or falsehood of a philosophy or belief system but in what it means for the lives of human beings."
Reply:
No one knows the truth, and no one will ever know. It is just a faith, and a faith is something that we know nothing about. In my judgment, none of the contemporary belief-systems has done anything spectacular for the well-being of the human society. Belief-system has induced backwardness, hatred and segregation.
Harun said,
".... that religion has meaning only in how it impacts human lives. Even if a particularly lousy religion can be interpreted and espoused in way that makes its followers better human beings, we should all applaud such efforts."
Reply:
You just discovered the ultimate truth about religion, and that is, it has tremendous impact on human lives even though it could be a lousy religion. Unfortunately, you cannot pick and choose certain parts of a religion and reject the other parts. Either you believe in it or not. If you have to pick and choose certain parts only, then it's not a God-send one. The danger of not confronting a lousy religion is that it will induce negative impacts on human lives, and there is no religion on earth, which has not inflicted negative impacts on human lives. As a result, all of them are equally lousy. Do you agree?
By the way, which friends you were talking about? I hope, I am not one of them. Any way, it's fun to hearing from you.
Jiten
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