If Christianity, Hebrewism, Mohammedanism, or any other creed is true, its truth must be more apparent at the age of twenty-five than it is at the age of five. Why does the ecclesiastic not leave off his advances until the child reaches a mature age, an age when he can reason? Then, if theism is true, he can accept it with a reasoning mind, not a blindly faithful mind. The theist realizes, however, that belief is at one pole, reason at the other. Belief, creed, religion, are ideations of the primitive mind and the mind of the child; reason is the product of mature thought. Schopenhauer remarked that, "The power of religious dogma when inculcated early is such as to stifle conscience, compassion, and finally every feeling of humanity."285 It is an undeniable fact that if the clergy would but leave their tainted hands off the minds of our children until they would have reached a mature age, there would be no religious instinct. Religious instinct is a myth. Give me but two generations of men who have not been subjected to this religious influence in childhood, and there will be a race of atheists - from The Necessity of Atheism by Dr. D.M. bROOKS
RE:Catch them young????????
by JGN on Feb 25, 2008 06:13 PM Permalink
I am the latest edition of god's messenger. I will offer 144 virgins to those who are willing to blow themselves up!!!!!!!!!!!!
RE:Catch them young????????
by rediff reader on Feb 25, 2008 11:16 PM Permalink
Everyone is influenced by something or someone..In your case, it looks like an author who promotes atheism
Chapman Cohen, in his "Theism or Atheism," clearly276 states: "We know that man does not discover God, he invents him, and an invention is properly discarded when a better instrument is forthcoming. To-day, the hypothesis of God stands in just the same relation to the better life of to-day as the fire drill of the savage does to the modern method of obtaining a light. The belief in God may continue awhile in virtue of the lack of intelligence of some, of the carelessness of others, and of the conservative character of the mass. But no amount of apologizing can make up for the absence of genuine knowledge, nor can the flow of the finest eloquence do aught but clothe in regal raiment the body of a corpse."
Religion arose as a means of explanation of natural phenomena at a time when no other explanation of the origin of natural phenomena had been ascertained. God is always what Spinoza called it, "the asylum of ignorance." When causes are unknown, God is brought forward; when causes are known, God retires into the background. In an age of ignorance, God is active; in an age of science, he is impotent. History attests this fact.
"The single and outstanding characteristic of the conception of God at all times, and under all conditions is that it is the equivalent of ignorance. In primitive times it is ignorance of the character of the natural forces that leads to the assumption of the existence of Gods, and in this respect the God idea has remained true to itself throughout.
RE:RE:Chapman Cohen on God
by JGN on Feb 25, 2008 06:08 PM Permalink
Mr.sourabh gupta , Are you halucinating? I have very clearly mentioned that the message posted by me was the comment of Chapman Cohen on God.
I believe you can atleast make out that it is not my name!!!!!!!!!!
Religion is not the product of civilized man. Man inherits his god just as he inherits his physical qualities. The idea of a supernatural being creating and governing this earth is a phantom born in the mind of the savage. If it had not been born in the early stages of man's mental development, it surely would not come into existence now. History proves that as the mind of man expands, it does not discover new gods, but that it discards them. It is not strange, therefore, that there has not been advanced a new major religious belief in the last 1400 years. All modern religious conceptions, no matter how disguised, find their origin in the fear-stricken ignorance of the primitive savage - from The Necessity of Atheism by Dr. D.M. Brooks
RE:Religions
by john paul on Feb 25, 2008 05:21 PM Permalink
Dear JGN, I do believe Religion is not a human invention. The 7 day weekly cycle followed throughout the world is a challenge for atheist to accept there is God who created man. You cant find the origin of 7 day weekly cycle elsewhere apart from the creation accout in Bible.
RE:RE:Religions
by JGN on Feb 25, 2008 06:05 PM Permalink
Mr.Santosh Vijayan, Are you halucinating? I have very clearly mentioned that the message posted by me was taken from the book, The Necessity of Atheism by Dr. D.M. Brooks
