Can The World Survive Without Religion (Yes or No) A Hindu P (General)

by satyansh , Monday, November 29, 2010, 05:36 (4918 days ago) @ dhw

" You say you are a fan of Hinduism "but along with that I also am a fan of the Darwin theory of evolution by natural selection." I don't know why you say "but also", since there seems to be no contradiction between the two. However, this does raise some important areas for discussion, which I'll come onto in a moment. As David has pointed out, natural selection is only part of the theory of evolution, and does not explain innovation or even the origin of new species ... it only explains variations in existing species. Most of us, however, accept Darwin's theory that all forms of life are descended from one or just a few forms, but there is much controversy over how the different species evolved from those forms. Furthermore, and most importantly perhaps, the theory of evolution does not attempt to explain how life originated in the first place. David believes in an intelligent designer, whereas atheists believe life originated by chance. Darwin himself left that question entirely open ... he was an agnostic, not an atheist. You also believe that life originated by chance, but that is a matter of faith not of fact. Hindus (including yourself?) also believe in a spirit world, and in an impersonal, all-embracing deity called Brahma. Since you, like the rest of us, haven't a clue how life originated or, for that matter, how consciousness works, how can you be sure that they are not both the result of a deliberate creation, and that the deity you call Brahma (the creator) is not itself conscious and personal, and therefore the same as what others call Allah/Jehovah/God?"-May be I could have used a better word instead of but also. My english isnt that good. what i meant is i am fan of 2 things not one or the other or that both are seperate. I dont say i believe in darwins theory. I am a fan of darwins theory and when i say NS makes more sense to me it doesnt mean i believe it is the truth. I say it makes more sense to me than intelligent design or the creationists. but that doesnt mean I believe it to the word. there are so many things darwin coudn't answer because you just cannot tell. thats what makes us agnostic but we can definately be fascinated more by one theory and less by another. its quite human to think one makes more sense than the other. i dunnu if that is faith. i think i woudnt call it faith.-Now to the hindu concepts. I once again repeat myself. When i mention all the hindu concepts i explain them as how they are in its original form. there might be a lot of things where i may not agree with them or question them. infact my own post says this now on one hand one sage mentioned brahma and another sage in the same vedas mentioned this. read this line:
The Nasadiya Sukta, a creation hymn, says: 
"Who really knows? Who will here proclaim it? Whence was it produced? 
Whence is this creation? The gods came afterwards, with the creation of the universe. 
Who then knows whence it has arisen? Whence this creation has arisen-perhaps it formed itself, or perhaps it did not-the one who looks down on it, in the highest heaven, only He knows-or perhaps He does not know" -Now what u should understand is that basic hindu philosophy itself is agnostic. hence i told you hinduism is open ended and a lot of times it actually contradicts itself but it is my duty to give the whole picture which should be open to questioning. basically what hinduism is that you do good deeds. karma( the deed itself) is given most importance and reincarnation, god and everything else takes the 2nd place. Buddhism and Jainism only believe in the karma theory and not the brahma concept and hence they are totally agnostic or atheistic where they say the world wasnt made by a creator( jainism saying it has always been there and always will be there) and hence i find them very single tracked as they only took one part of hinduism and stuck to it. but hinduism remained open ended and allowed people and gave people the option of believing in any concept which appealed more to them but at the same time the emphasis on karma was the highest as it is in buddhism and jainism. i hope i have cleared your queries.