tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337887555862662350.post3342094336953340537..comments2024-01-18T07:59:31.728-08:00Comments on The Second Son: Search Judaism – A Critique: Part Two (II)G*3http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104739087560005056noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337887555862662350.post-8668226560989195122010-02-04T23:56:57.266-08:002010-02-04T23:56:57.266-08:00Very true, full support to your thought.
scientifi...Very true, full support to your thought.<br />scientific theories change because science is dynamic .It attempts to find the answers to 'Why' by what is called scientific method. These theories are reflections of thought that can be substantiated by experiments and results and not just collection of opinions.<br /><br />Beauty of science lies in exploration, to give a very simple example, Newton thought light was corpuscle having mass, Hygens thought it was mechanical wave, maxwell suggested it is EM wave. Einstein explained photoelectric effect by considering the light as bundles of energy called photons . We all know now, that light has dual nature.<br /><br />Change is strongest sign of life and a mind that never questions the validity is like stagnant water that can only breed reptiles.<br /><br />I had uploaded a video of Richard Feynman on You Tube .... I think he truly says it all that every person who has belief in science would say....Link given below for those who are interested..<br /><br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCfYOUoIRrcSunil Balanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14806041150956325741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337887555862662350.post-45054344555659730072010-01-25T05:34:17.686-08:002010-01-25T05:34:17.686-08:00@ Shalmo:
I don't know if you have considered...<b>@ Shalmo:</b><br /><br />I don't know if you have considered this, but a rainbow can seem beautiful, and it can cheer one up without actually thinking that God made it that way.<br /><br />I was really disturbed and depressed for around two days when I convincingly realized that all our emotions, decisions and intentions are interplay of chemicals called neurotransmitters, but later on I also realized that just because I know the basis for my emotions, it does not make a case to disregard them or to take them any less seriously.<br /><br /><b>@ G*3:</b><br /><br />I very much liked the last paragraph of this post, and have linked it as a recommended reading in my latest post. Hope, you do not mind. But it is not to mean you will necessarily find new readers or commentators for your blog (apart from me), because my blog itself does not enjoy a huge readership, nor those who read it take keen interest in religion, science, philosophy, critical thinking, etc.<br /><br />And lastly, your maturity as reflected by your response to anonymous above greatly impressed me. Keep it up!<br /><br />Take care.Ketanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02622410643454108685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337887555862662350.post-11932599420116359742010-01-20T08:36:03.560-08:002010-01-20T08:36:03.560-08:00I considered contacting him, but it seemed too mea...I considered contacting him, but it seemed too mean. He clearly worked very hard on the book. It's not like I'm likely to convince him I'm right, so why have him read what is unavoidably a harsh critique of his effort?G*3https://www.blogger.com/profile/06104739087560005056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337887555862662350.post-10278606696120036672010-01-20T01:11:23.329-08:002010-01-20T01:11:23.329-08:00FYI - I emailed a link to the author of Search Jud...FYI - I emailed a link to the author of Search Judaism letting him know about your critique.<br /><br />I hope he comes to comment - I'd love to see what ensues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337887555862662350.post-71555779857269176052010-01-19T09:33:59.768-08:002010-01-19T09:33:59.768-08:00Religion is only needed to explain the "why&q...Religion is only needed to explain the "why" if you assume everything needs a deeper meaning.<br /><br />A rainbow is light refracting through water in the air, no different than what you can do with a prism on a smaller scale. "How" it appears is light passing through water droplets. "Why" it appears is because the conditions were right to produce it.<br /><br />Made-up interpretations of its appearance, whether your "peace on Earth" or the traditional Jewish explanation are merely the arrogance of humans assuming that everything in the universe must have a deeper purpose directly related to themselves.<br /><br />> Your glass is half empty my friend!<br /><br />Not really sure what you mean by that. Do you think I'm a pessimist because I don't believe in the supernatural? I don't think I am a pessimist, but even if I were, I don't see the relation that would have to any supernatural belief or lack thereof. There are many believers who are pessimists and may atheists who are optimists.G*3https://www.blogger.com/profile/06104739087560005056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337887555862662350.post-74466631753803922122010-01-19T01:49:44.008-08:002010-01-19T01:49:44.008-08:00tsk!
Science only explains the "how"
R...tsk!<br /><br />Science only explains the "how"<br /><br />Religion (at least the one I follow) explains the "why"<br /><br />A fruitful life demands one to know both the "how" and the "why" to the world.<br /><br />Science will tell you the rainbow is an interplay between water particles and light refraction.<br /><br />Religion will tell you the colors of the rainbow serve as a "sign" that God made the world full of various people's and cultures so that they might come to know one another.<br /><br />Your glass is half empty my friend!Shalmonoreply@blogger.com