'Religion is an integral part of human society', because humans have been evolving from the state of knowledge and wisdom that was no better than what the wild animals have today. And indeed, old habits die hard. For example, I am convinced that Muslims are more religious on an average because from their very birth they get used to spending more time in practicing their religion than what any other religious group in the world does. I am also convinced that the wise among them would not inculcate praying five times everyday, for example, in their children.
On Thursday, September 10, 2015 9:17 PM, "Subimal Chakrabarty subimal@yahoo.com [mukto-mona]" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
You have a point. But things do not seem to be so simple. How much 'religious garbage' will fill one's mental faculty varies from person to person. Rabindranath probably had almost zero 'religious garbage' in his mind. He had a God, but he did not share many religious views like casteism, animal sacrifice, subjugation of women, etc. We cannot call him an atheist. Religion is an integral part of human society and as such it is almost impossible even for a creative genius to escape its influence. This will be particularly true for creative geniuses from less industrialized countries.
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On Sep 9, 2015, at 9:23 PM, Sukhamaya Bain subain1@yahoo.com [mukto-mona] <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
I do not think rationalists (atheists) get offended so easily, nor do they need defending.As for the question by Mr. Chakrabarty, most people in the world over the last few millennia had religious baggage. Thus, many of the creative geniuses in the world had two compartments in their brain; one filled mostly with religious garbage and the other filled mostly with rational thinking. You need to realize that in its early days even Harvard was under clergy control. So, it was only natural that a lot of the creative geniuses in the world were not atheists. But guess what, the world is progressing and the control of intellectual exercises at places like Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford, etc. are no longer in the hands of the clergy. And there is a trend of diminishing size of the religious garbage compartment in the brains of the geniuses, as well as a trend of having more atheists and agnostics being seen in prestigious schools like Harvard.Sukhamaya Bain===================================On Wednesday, September 9, 2015 9:26 PM, "Subimal Chakrabarty subimal@yahoo.com [mukto-mona]" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
I have no intention to offend or defend the atheists. I have a simple humble question: Were or are all the creative geniuses atheists?
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On Sep 9, 2015, at 7:51 PM, Jiten Roy jnrsr53@yahoo.com [mukto-mona] <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> wrote:This is expected, because atheists can direct unfettered creativity into practice, whereas, religiosity wastes part of the creativity of a person.
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Subject: [mukto-mona] More atheists and agnostics entering Harvard than Protestants and Catholics
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