Monthly Archives: November, 2007
Gratitude
We receive Knowledge and understanding from Science, Insight and vision from poetry, Joy and ecstasy from music, Love and warmth from relationships, Laughter and mirth from humor. Many also get Inner peace and spiritual fulfillment from religion. We become aware of all this because we are conscious beings. We are blessed with a little of all …
On Hitchens’ God is Not Great: how religions poison everything (2007)
Preamble: If you find my reflections on this book to be somewhat perplexing, it will be because I don’t subscribe to the ancient view that categorizes everything in the world into Good and Evil. Regrettably, this book which is so insightfully eloquent in condemning religions falls into that same ancient trap. That is why, borrowing …
Thanksgiving Day 2007
Each and every breathing day when the body finds nourishment, the mind still thinks, and there is at least one person who cares for us we have much to be thankful for. But today, as an American, I am thankful, not for turkey slices and cranberry sauce, but for the freedom to express my thoughts without …
On the Rational and the Non-Rational
Belief and behavior that contradict reason may be called non-rational. But it is important to realize that there are two ways of being non-rational, i.e. two ways in which one might deviate from rationality. The first is through the irrational mode. Here, one adopts positions or engages in actions which are grotesque, absurd, silly, and …
Science and Ethics
According to a New York Times article (November 12, 2007), DNA research will eventually come to the conclusion that all races are NOT created equal. It is important to distinguish between biological inequality and social equality.Without any knowledge of DNA and on the basis of the most superficial observations one can conclude that not all human beings …
