I’m no philosopher. Just because I mention something ironic it doesn’t mean I’m taking sides. These are apples and oranges, in comparison. Fundamentalism has several contradictory interpretations. Yet it’s lately used to refer to a form of several dogmatic religions or ideologies. New atheism, I think, refers to current atheism open movement by its supporters and proponents.
I think God should stay out of everything; otherwise we may blame him (her) for major disasters such as Earthquake in Bam Iran, New Orleans’ Katarina Hurricane, and the great 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami killing hundreds of thousands of people. Surely you are not going to argue it was their fate? But, we are quick to credit him with a miracle if one person happens to skip a disaster!
I studied Computer Science in school. At times I’m a Democrat & others I’m a republican, but not that often. My religious views are panoramic and 180 degrees wide angle. Which means that it don’t consider myself, religious, spiritual, agnostic, atheist, or existentialist, but I do admire Bertrand Russell (A history of Western Philosophy), Richard Dawkins (The Selfish Gene), Stephen Hawking (A brief History of Time,) Richard Feynman (Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman) & Car Sagan. I have two personalities. One is outgoing, funny, likeable, interesting, confident, and adventurous & unfortunately the other is just the opposite, a cynic & a skeptic. In my dreams, I love to fly.
I used to love soccer and enjoyed volleyball, basketball, tennis, racquetball and skiing. I’m no longer diehard jock & suck in inline skating and playing any musical instrument.
I enjoy music and my taste in music has only grown with time, except for rap.
I used to read a lot of computer magazines. I wished I had read the classics instead.
4 comments:
How do you define difference between fundamentalists and "new-" atheists [in a religious frame work]?
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Atheists try to take God out of everything! It's not a new attitude!
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I’m no philosopher. Just because I mention something ironic it doesn’t mean I’m taking sides.
These are apples and oranges, in comparison. Fundamentalism has several contradictory interpretations. Yet it’s lately used to refer to a form of several dogmatic religions or ideologies.
New atheism, I think, refers to current atheism open movement by its supporters and proponents.
I think God should stay out of everything; otherwise we may blame him (her) for major disasters such as Earthquake in Bam Iran, New Orleans’ Katarina Hurricane, and the great 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami killing hundreds of thousands of people. Surely you are not going to argue it was their fate? But, we are quick to credit him with a miracle if one person happens to skip a disaster!
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