SOME  PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHTS


     (1)     Early humans imagined existence of some supernatural being or beings (one God 

               or multiple Gods) when they were awed by some large scale events like flooding 

               from rainstorm, gusting windstorm  or  wild fire. Fear of  making these Gods 

               angry led them  to worship them and desire of their  blessings led them to offer 

               sacrifices to propitiate them.


     (2)     All scriptures are written by some human leaders of  society, and not based on 

               divine revealation.


     (3)     Humanity has gradually, over years of history, progressed from living by the rule 

               of "Might is Right" to living by the rule of  "Right is Might". This progress has 

               not been in a straight line (with many ups and downs), and is still incomplete.


     (4)     Human thinking and behavior have evolved from being guided by superstition to 

               being guided by science, though not fully.


     (5)     Ironically, inter-religious conflicts have led to many tragic wars.


     (6)     Blind faith means believing in something or somebody, completely devoid of 

               logical thinking or reason (without 'open mind').     



   



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