1. Bill Good Interviews Richard Dawkins

Comment #173800 by Brunoaflame on May 1, 2008 at 8:52 am

Yes, we were all brainwashed as children with religious mysticism, but I am reasonably certain that most atheists developed their understanding during periods of peace, comfort and security. Religion, I am sure was spawned in the distant dawn of our species, as a defense mechanism to deal with fear and uncertainty. We have all heard the saying " there are no atheists in foxholes". For the majority of humankind, religion is the only succor in times of extreme anxiety, which they flee to like a drunk flees to a bottle. Without the belief in a higher being, their egos would be crushed into a catatonic state.
It would be nice if everyone was able to perceive the universe of Richard Dawkins, which is undoubtedly true, but the trouble is that it is extremely difficult to grab the attention of the masses for more than a fleeting moment. Let the fools have their religion. It matters naught.

2. When is a bishop like a suicide bomber?

Comment #53792 by Brunoaflame on July 3, 2007 at 7:09 am

It is probable that religion was invented by humans as a method of dealing with calamity. Other animals accepted their fate at the hands of nature but only humans had the ability to reason. When sudden catastrophe struck they sought for a reason and attributed it to a higher power, and then created a mythology to explain it. Science has taught us that there is an explanation for pestilence, great floods, hurricanes and volcanism, even long term climate change. Now, the only scourge that can be attributed to a higher power, is the evil that men to each other in the name of religion. This is why we must eradicate these viral beliefs from our societies.

3. God Is in the Dendrites

Comment #35856 by Brunoaflame on April 29, 2007 at 4:38 am

Reply to TheCelestialTeapot:

By duality I was not talking about the cartesian duality of body and soul. I was simply speaking of the difference between the concious and unconcious state of mind. Which comes to the notion of 'where do ideas come from?' When our metabolism and brain waves calm to certain rate, we become in touch with the field of being where ideas flow from. By spirituality, I meen that feeling I am sure we have all had that we are connected to each other and everything else in the universe. I think from what I have read that Newton, Darwin and Einstein were all spiritual men who were able to reap that field.

4. God Is in the Dendrites

Comment #35596 by Brunoaflame on April 27, 2007 at 7:13 pm

I agree with almost everything which the unholy trinity(Dawkins, Harris, Dennett) have to say about religion. Their reason and eloquence are beyond reproach. The trouble is that they only speak to one half of the dual nature of man or the mind--the concious reasoning half. The root of religion lies in the other half, that part of our reality where we spend at least 1/3 of our entire existance--sleep. I am not saying that it has anything to do with God or the supernatural, but there is something there which Don Juan called the Nagual, and which Jung called the collective unconcious, which cannot be explained rationally. At any rate, I think that without spirituality, we would have achieved non of the great intuitive scientific breakthroughs which have brought us to where we are today.