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ਜਪੁ | Jup
ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 123059" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>Bhagat Singh ji</p><p></p><p>Forgive me however I do not see anything particularly "intelligent" in Shaheed Bhagat Singh's argument. Bottom line: His plea may be a good argument against believing in God. It is not a good argument against the existence of God. <strong>Belief and proof of existence are not the same thing.</strong></p><p></p><p>Shaheed Bhagat Singh's argument is basically: </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: Blue">If, as you believe, there is an almighty, omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent God-who created the earth or world, please let me know why did he create it ? This world of woes and miseries, a veritable, eternal combination of numberless tragedies: Not a single soul being perfectly satisfied.</span></span></p><p></p><p>He is using one of the many arguments that atheists use, Argument from Evil, against the idea that there is a God. <strong> In so many words, the existence of Evil is incompatible with the existence of God. </strong>It goes like this (courtesy of the 3rd Century BCE Greek philosopher Epicurus).</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">Either God </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkRed">wants to abolish evil and cannot,</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkRed"> or he can but does not want to,</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkRed"> or he cannot and does not want to,</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: DarkRed"> or lastly he can and wants to.</span></li> </ul><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">If he wants to remove evil, and cannot,</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">he is not omnipotent;</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">If he can, but does not want to,</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">he is not benevolent;</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">If he neither can nor wants to,</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">he is neither omnipotent nor benevolent;</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">But if God can abolish evil and wants to,</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">how does evil exist? </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p>So "argument from evil" calls in to question God's omnipotence, or God's benevolence, or both. Jasbirkaleka ji has asked a similar question: if there is pain and suffering then how can there be a God, what kind of God would permit this? Jasbirkaleka ji has raised the question as a honest question. Shaheed Bhagat Singh ji on the other hand had already decided that capitalism was the greatest evil, and the cause of suffering worse than any suffering wreaked by Changez Khan or any other tyrant. </p><p></p><p>In order for this argument to work God has to be defined very narrowly and very specifically. You can see from Shaheed's statement above that he has done exactly that. He has restricted his description of the divine very narrowly, and in terms of Hindu and Christian beliefs that he claims justify evil in the name of some divine principle. For his argument to hold, one has to first agree to his definition of terms. If one does not agree or if one has other understandings of "God" or "Divine" -- then his argument for atheism fails.</p><p></p><p>Austin Cline, the atheism expert on About.com, does a pretty good job of explaining the weaknesses of the Argument from Evil. (He on occasion done a pretty bad job of explaining concepts from religions other than atheism.) For more information from Mr. Cline, I post his link on the subject. Having discussed Evil with trained philosophers in my recent and distant past, I am comfortable posting the link. It measures up to some respectable philosophical argument. All the other arguments for atheism are there too.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://atheism.about.com/od/argumentsagainstgod/a/EvilSuffering.htm" target="_blank">Evil Conflicts with the Existence of God: God Doesn't Care or God Doesn't Exist - How Can Perfect Gods Exist With So Much Evil, Suffering in the World</a></p><p></p><p>Do permit me to point out that both Taranjeet ji and Mohinder ji have given at least 2 of the arguments that are used to refute the Argument from Evil. Spot on!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 123059, member: 35"] Bhagat Singh ji Forgive me however I do not see anything particularly "intelligent" in Shaheed Bhagat Singh's argument. Bottom line: His plea may be a good argument against believing in God. It is not a good argument against the existence of God. [B]Belief and proof of existence are not the same thing.[/B] Shaheed Bhagat Singh's argument is basically: [FONT=Arial][COLOR=Blue]If, as you believe, there is an almighty, omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent God-who created the earth or world, please let me know why did he create it ? This world of woes and miseries, a veritable, eternal combination of numberless tragedies: Not a single soul being perfectly satisfied.[/COLOR][/FONT] He is using one of the many arguments that atheists use, Argument from Evil, against the idea that there is a God. [B] In so many words, the existence of Evil is incompatible with the existence of God. [/B]It goes like this (courtesy of the 3rd Century BCE Greek philosopher Epicurus). [COLOR=DarkRed]Either God [/COLOR] [LIST] [*][COLOR=DarkRed]wants to abolish evil and cannot,[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkRed] or he can but does not want to,[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkRed] or he cannot and does not want to,[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=DarkRed] or lastly he can and wants to.[/COLOR] [/LIST] [COLOR=DarkRed] If he wants to remove evil, and cannot, he is not omnipotent; If he can, but does not want to, he is not benevolent; If he neither can nor wants to, he is neither omnipotent nor benevolent; But if God can abolish evil and wants to, how does evil exist? [/COLOR] So "argument from evil" calls in to question God's omnipotence, or God's benevolence, or both. Jasbirkaleka ji has asked a similar question: if there is pain and suffering then how can there be a God, what kind of God would permit this? Jasbirkaleka ji has raised the question as a honest question. Shaheed Bhagat Singh ji on the other hand had already decided that capitalism was the greatest evil, and the cause of suffering worse than any suffering wreaked by Changez Khan or any other tyrant. In order for this argument to work God has to be defined very narrowly and very specifically. You can see from Shaheed's statement above that he has done exactly that. He has restricted his description of the divine very narrowly, and in terms of Hindu and Christian beliefs that he claims justify evil in the name of some divine principle. For his argument to hold, one has to first agree to his definition of terms. If one does not agree or if one has other understandings of "God" or "Divine" -- then his argument for atheism fails. Austin Cline, the atheism expert on About.com, does a pretty good job of explaining the weaknesses of the Argument from Evil. (He on occasion done a pretty bad job of explaining concepts from religions other than atheism.) For more information from Mr. Cline, I post his link on the subject. Having discussed Evil with trained philosophers in my recent and distant past, I am comfortable posting the link. It measures up to some respectable philosophical argument. All the other arguments for atheism are there too. [url=http://atheism.about.com/od/argumentsagainstgod/a/EvilSuffering.htm]Evil Conflicts with the Existence of God: God Doesn't Care or God Doesn't Exist - How Can Perfect Gods Exist With So Much Evil, Suffering in the World[/url] Do permit me to point out that both Taranjeet ji and Mohinder ji have given at least 2 of the arguments that are used to refute the Argument from Evil. Spot on! [/QUOTE]
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