Thanks for the reference. You should realize that Copernicus and
Galileo had really taken the bottom off all religions.
On 11/18/11, subimal chakrabarty <subimal@yahoo.com> wrote:
> For Kamal Das:
> By reading Bertrand Russell Subimal Chakrabarty came to know that Copernicus
> was a religious man. He "was a Polish eccelistic, of unpeachable orthodoxy."
> "---- he was a canon of frauenburg." "----prorested against the view that
> his theory contradicted the Bible." "----Copernicus, whose orthodoxy was
> sincere, ---- ." (A History of Western Philosophy (pp.526-27)).
>
> For Jiten Roy:
> Really! Prof. Salam became a believer and started growing beard after he had
> got Nobel Prize! He was an atheist before that? You are a physicist; you
> belong to his group. Can you substantiate your claim? Please. I am
> curious.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Kamal Das <kamalctgu@gmail.com>
> To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 5:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Do inquisitive thoughts die in a religious-mind?
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>
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>
> Brahmin priests, for example, receive divine messages through the hairy
> antenna they thrive on the sculp. The moment they touch the holy thread
> commonly known as 'paite' they are endowed with heavenly power to solve all
> the problems on earth.
>
> By the way, where did Subimal Chakravarty find that Copernicus was a
> religious man?
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 7:34 AM, subimal chakrabarty <subimal@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>"My hypothesis is: Inquisitive thoughts die in a religious mind"---Jiten
>> Roy
>>
>>NOPE.
>>Copernicus, Darwin, Salam, and many more from all ages were religious and
>> had inquisitive minds. You can give countless examples from other areas or
>> disciplines. Two faculties of mind can act almost independently.
>> Obviously, quality of thoughts will be affected by the level of religious
>> belief. Even a religiously fanatic militant uses innovative thoughts in
>> using latest technology.
>>
>>From: Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
>>To: Mukto-mona <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
>>Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 10:26 PM
>>Subject: [mukto-mona] Do inquisitive thoughts die in a religious-mind?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Do inquisitive thoughts die in a religious-mind?
>>
>>Many of us have overflowing deep passion for religion, which sometimes
>> supersedes any other feelings or passions we may have, such as, passion
>> for family or friends. We hear stories of people who leave family and
>> friends to join religious cults, and, after a while, they don't even
>> recognize their own parents and siblings. They forgo all previous
>> attachments with everything, but religion. How and why this condition
>> occurs to a most intelligent species on earth. How much brain-washing does
>> it need to get there? I know non-religious ideologies, such as Nazism and
>> Communism, have used similar form of brain-washing in the past. What's
>> different in case of religion is that – brain-washing begins at home.
>> After that, very little is needed to get hooked on to it. It's that much
>> intoxicating!
>>
>>Many parents send their kids to receive institutional brain-washing. After
>> all, the institutional ones are the professional ones. The passion for
>> religion varies from religion to religion. Passion becomes strong when
>> people identify themselves through their religion. In this case, people
>> could become too defensive of their religion - since it's their identity
>> also. Those who belong to this class –are the devout religious
>> individuals. They believe religion provides a complete code-of-life,
>> meaning religion has prescriptions for most problems in life. They, not
>> only believe in that, also practice it. You bring a problem to them – they
>> will consult similar examples from their religious scripture, and come up
>> with a solution. Is there anything wrong in doing so? Answer depends on
>> the horizon of your quest.
>>
>>Many of those super religionists cannot think outside the scriptural box,
>> at all. They lead very simple lives, and they have ready solutions for
>> most of their day-to-day problems. Why would they need to think at all?
>> Sriptures provide everything for them. The problem arises for those who
>> are not happy with such simple lives or those who have quest for unknown.
>> That is why, I believe, scientists, inventors, entrepreneurs, etc. are not
>> highly religious people. My hypothesis is - inquisitive thoughts die in a
>> religious mind. I know many of you will disagree with my hypothesis. My
>> inquisitive mind is eager to hear from you.
>>
>>Jiten Roy
>>
>>
>
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