Comments on: On Religion http://noenthuda.com/blog/2009/07/14/on-religion/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:27:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: skimpy http://noenthuda.com/blog/2009/07/14/on-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-2892 skimpy Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:18:21 +0000 http://noenthuda.com/blog/?p=1389#comment-2892 i don't think I understand the average god-fearing indian enough to comment on your comment. i don’t think I understand the average god-fearing indian enough to comment on your comment.

]]> By: skimpy http://noenthuda.com/blog/2009/07/14/on-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-2891 skimpy Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:17:20 +0000 http://noenthuda.com/blog/?p=1389#comment-2891 which book is this that you're reading? which book is this that you’re reading?

]]> By: skimpy http://noenthuda.com/blog/2009/07/14/on-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-2890 skimpy Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:16:57 +0000 http://noenthuda.com/blog/?p=1389#comment-2890 fair funda fair funda

]]> By: skimpy http://noenthuda.com/blog/2009/07/14/on-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-2889 skimpy Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:16:42 +0000 http://noenthuda.com/blog/?p=1389#comment-2889 i agree that Selfish Gene is Dawkins' better book. had to struggle through parts of The God Delusion - never happened in The Selfish Gene NED to read Kannada books (basically i'm slow at reading Kannada, so will take a long time) else I'd've read Devaru i agree that Selfish Gene is Dawkins’ better book. had to struggle through parts of The God Delusion – never happened in The Selfish Gene

NED to read Kannada books (basically i’m slow at reading Kannada, so will take a long time) else I’d've read Devaru

]]> By: skimpy http://noenthuda.com/blog/2009/07/14/on-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-2888 skimpy Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:15:43 +0000 http://noenthuda.com/blog/?p=1389#comment-2888 hahaha! excellent point about rajni-worshippers. and i agree that ayn rand-cultists are on the same page as krishna worshippers hahaha! excellent point about rajni-worshippers. and i agree that ayn rand-cultists are on the same page as krishna worshippers

]]> By: skimpy http://noenthuda.com/blog/2009/07/14/on-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-2887 skimpy Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:15:03 +0000 http://noenthuda.com/blog/?p=1389#comment-2887 i'm not so sure of the placebo effect overruling the nocebo effect. i’m not so sure of the placebo effect overruling the nocebo effect.

]]> By: skimpy http://noenthuda.com/blog/2009/07/14/on-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-2886 skimpy Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:14:28 +0000 http://noenthuda.com/blog/?p=1389#comment-2886 i think religion has trained people into not doing enough, not putting enough fight, etc. i think religion has trained people into not doing enough, not putting enough fight, etc.

]]> By: Anon http://noenthuda.com/blog/2009/07/14/on-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-2786 Anon Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:26:26 +0000 http://noenthuda.com/blog/?p=1389#comment-2786 An extract from a book that I am reading: ....it is therefore a necessary step in practising religion as an experience instead of reducing it to an expression of conformity with a dogmatic creed or adherence to a formal code of conduct & rituals... So, the 'don't mess with me' part never comes into picture if you are practising a religion, it only comes into picture if you are 'following' A religion An extract from a book that I am reading:
….it is therefore a necessary step in practising religion as an experience instead of reducing it to an expression of conformity with a dogmatic creed or adherence to a formal code of conduct & rituals…
So, the ‘don’t mess with me’ part never comes into picture if you are practising a religion, it only comes into picture if you are ‘following’ A religion

]]> By: karthik http://noenthuda.com/blog/2009/07/14/on-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-2779 karthik Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:10:43 +0000 http://noenthuda.com/blog/?p=1389#comment-2779 I've found that picking arguments with religious people is an exercise in futility. And older relatives take any skepticism as wanton invective (or less often, with smug condescension). Both reactions drive me nuts! (Paul Graham's essay on <a href="www.paulgraham.com" rel="nofollow">identities</a> is a revealing read on the tendency to attack the person instead of the argument.) I haven't read The God Delusion, but I did read The Selfish Gene recently, and it was awe inspiring! I remember wondering if the average god-fearing religious Indian would ever get to experience such a feeling (of everything "falling into place"), and whether I would ever figure out what it is that gives their arbitrary beliefs such conviction. I’ve found that picking arguments with religious people is an exercise in futility. And older relatives take any skepticism as wanton invective (or less often, with smug condescension). Both reactions drive me nuts! (Paul Graham’s essay on identities is a revealing read on the tendency to attack the person instead of the argument.)

I haven’t read The God Delusion, but I did read The Selfish Gene recently, and it was awe inspiring! I remember wondering if the average god-fearing religious Indian would ever get to experience such a feeling (of everything “falling into place”), and whether I would ever figure out what it is that gives their arbitrary beliefs such conviction.

]]> By: Savvy http://noenthuda.com/blog/2009/07/14/on-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-2776 Savvy Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:27:43 +0000 http://noenthuda.com/blog/?p=1389#comment-2776 God is a good entity to thank in good times, but more importantly to blame in bad times. That is a good way for people to rationalize... Almost similar for religion - rituals which people hope will make life better, sometimes just in case anything inadvertant happens :) God is a good entity to thank in good times, but more importantly to blame in bad times. That is a good way for people to rationalize…

Almost similar for religion – rituals which people hope will make life better, sometimes just in case anything inadvertant happens :)

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