Dawkins points out that if organisms (or even parts of it, like the eye) are so highly complex that only an intelligent being could have made them, then the so-called creator must be so frighteningly complex that another super intelligent being must have made him. And so forth. Infinite regress.
Are you sure? There are lots of Hindu fanatics in India who oppress the minorities. Human rights violations, police brutality ... not good evidence for Hindu being mild-mannered.
Thanks for helping. It means a lot. My problem is the cross-legged posture. Apparently, you have to sit in that position for 10 hours or more. The very thought scares the hell out of me, lol. What was your experience, if I may ask, of this particular aspect, namely sitting in the same posture...
You mean the good things, such as peace, humanism etc.? If so, it has less to do with theism vs atheism and more to do with spirit vs matter, as the title suggests.
Yes, they called it body scan or something. My problem is, I don't think I can survive a 10 day retreat, so I am trying to do it from home. My understanding is that you have to scan from head to toe, but I am wondering whether one can simply observe any sensation that arises instead of focusing...
I was asked to just observe the body, not the breathing, the various sensations that occurred. In my case, it was mostly tingling and itching in random parts of the body, sometimes legs and sometimes the face, and so on.
Is this how it is, and what else must I do? Where does it lead?
I am not referring to religious folks with their homophobic attitudes, racism etc. I am referring to those who keep their minds on the things of the spirit - love, peace, forgiveness, and so on.
Then there are those whose minds only revolve around the things of the world - money, success...
It looks like hate begets hate.
"Let's show these bearded goat-herders that we run this country, not them and if they don't like it, they can [SNIP]back to whatever [SNIP] they came from on the leaky boat they showed up on. Spread the word and come ready for a battle for our rights and our...