Bertrand Arthur William Russell a Philosper/mathmatician and Noble Laurete wrote a book "Why I am not a Christian ? It is widely read book !"Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear. It is partly the terror of the unknown and partly, as I have said, the wish to feel that you have a kind of elder brother who will stand by you in all your troubles and disputes. [%u2026] A good world needs knowledge, kindliness, and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words uttered long ago by ignorant men."After that many have been copying Russel !All so called Gurus who influence western society follow the Budhdha Doctrine !What Budhdha said more than 2500 years ago is still relevant!All so called modern Gurus are merely copycat of that budhdha doctrine!Playing with words is something and coming with new innovative theolgy/doctrine beneficial to mankind something! Merely saying that I am not Hindu becuase some western are calling him antichrist does not appeal atleast to me!
RE:Bertrand Arthur William Russell wrote
by Mind Clear on Apr 24, 2008 05:14 PM Permalink
Undistorted Hinduism is real secularism. The whole civilized world is Hindu. Secularism & democracy are the foundations of Hinduism. Religion is One and is about Human Skills & Values thus developing our Body and Mind, Emotions and Intellect, Creativity and Consciousness. Caste is One & is a life concept distorted by confused people. It means that to live life intelligently we need to effectively balance the 4-forces within - Thinker, Protector, Economist, Worker - and also while governing society. This is all based on natural human intelligence. The roots of the ancient Indian philosophy are secular, logical and universal. The idols are objectives in life: Shiva (freedom), Durga (Strength), Saraswati (Knowledge), Lakshmi (Wealth), Ganesh (Wisdom). Life is God. These Goddesses symbolize the goals of human life. All secular societies practice this. This is same as the US Constitution, the teachings of Confucius, Buddha, Lao-Tzu and those of European renaissance thinkers like Voltaire, Shaw. Every developed country in the world is "truly secular" and has one law, uniform code & gender equality, keeping focus on performance & productivity & excel in life, work & sports.
RE:Bertrand Arthur William Russell wrote
by Dipak Bose on Apr 25, 2008 02:23 PM Permalink
Indian religions are not based on fears, but on uderstanding the nature, the matter and their relationships with the universe. Bertrand Russell was ignorant( was very arrogant) about Eastern religions. He was a racist of a kind. He wanted to drop Atom bombs on the Soviet Union to destroy the non-Anglo-Saxon power. He has no understanding of anything which is non-Western. There are many similarities between Christianity and Indian religions, because Indian religions with Hinduism ( or Sanatan Dharma) is the core. That was explained to the West first by Raja Rammohan Roy, who has influenced some of the greatest minds of the West ( Emerson, Humboldt, Whitman and a few others).
