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By: gabriel

gabriel — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:49:49 +0000

H of h

You don’t have a clue, do you.

By: H

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:03:48 +0000

Dear Gabriel or gabriel (which is it?) —
First you say you are almost certain there are no gods, and then you talk about divine law. Nonsense.

By: gabriel

gabriel — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:00:11 +0000

Can we be good ?

Sanatana Dharma recognizes that the Ultimate Reality, which is the ground of infinite potentiality and actualization, cannot be limited by any name or concept. The potential for human wholeness (or in other frames of reference, enlightenment, salvation, liberation, transformation, blessedness, nirvana, moksha) is present in every human being. No race or religion is superior and no color or creed is inferior. All humans are spiritually united like the drops of water in an ocean.

Therefore:

Don’t enforce one belief, one way of worship or one code of conduct for all. Do not attempt to destroy different forms of worship, claiming your own way to be the only right one. Such enforcement of uniformity would be un-natural and contrary to the Divine Law. It hinders the progress of a human being in his/her journey to the state of divinity.

Give importance to sincerity of heart and nobleness of conduct in the field of religion. Do not claim to have obtained from God, exclusive and irrevocable power of attorney to be a dictator and to persecute others on behalf of God, because they do not agree with you.

Don’t claim to have bound the Boundless God. Do not create inter-religious wars and massacres, forcing your claims and dogmas on others.

Give a person freedom to think, freedom to believe, freedom to disbelieve and freedom to adopt a way of worship, which suits his/her temperament. After all, what is important in worship of God is the sincerity of heart, not the outer form of worship.

Don’t divide the human race into conflicting armies and camps of Holy believers and Unholy Others.

http://sanatana-dharma.tripod.com/

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:01:27 +0000

Re: Can we be Good without God ?

Chris, H, Jim, Nick, Hal, Trevor, Vronvron, Justin etc.

Ok – Now that we know for “almost certain” that there is no god(s). How do we improve the world ?

Have any of you read Tolstoy’s “The Kingdom of God is within you”

It’s not about “God”, by the way – so you don’t need to be afraid to read it. It has some excellent ideas on how to make the world a better place. It was a key piece of literature for Martin Luther King Jr.and Mahatma Ghandi.

It helped to end slavery and free India.

I believe that the only way to make the world a better place is to stop all the killing. Passive and non-violent resistance.

What are your thoughts ?