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Gurbani (1294-96)
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<blockquote data-quote="BhagatSingh" data-source="post: 112865" data-attributes="member: 2610"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px">I am actually confused over why you thought my comment was "intellectually irresponsible". (I not sure exactly what that phrase means to be honest) Let me clarify myself anyhow. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px">When I argue in favour of something, that does not necessarily mean I adhere to that viewpoint. (Usually my views change quite a bit so its meaninngless for me to say "I believe...", it's often "At the moment, I believe..." ...nowadays I won't even say "I believe") </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">I have never argued that "Sikh are atheists". That's simply a misunderstanding. It was always that you don't have to be a theist to be a Sikh. So you can be a Sikh and not believe in God. My argument went something like this.... that God is everything and nothing. Everything for the theist and nothing for the atheist... technically he's both but it brings theists and atheists together...bringing people together is one thing Sikhism teaches,etc ... I am sure you are familiar with that. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Anyways, it is probably idosyncratic like you said but I can't say anything to that because I have either forgotten why or never realized it or maybe it's simply not... But sargun-nirgun was where "it" all started. I came up with my argument because of it but that wasn't the only reason.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Later what supported this hypothesis was that in Sikhism, serving God is fact is done through serving humanity... which is essentially humanism (a form of atheism) in disguise. The fact that humans are above all creatures adds to the humanism thing. Then some stuff that I interpreted to be pantheistic appeard... where God is the universe (Sargun?). Pantheisism is what this guy (famous guy) calls "Sexed up atheism"... the </span><span style="font-size: 12px"> mystified </span><span style="font-size: 12px">mysteries of the universe in Sikhism correspond to Einsteinian religion and have nothing to do with theism. And several other things that I cannot recall also led me to make that previously mentioned argument.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px">Now I am not making that argument here. In fact, I want to see what kind of arguments others present. I have presented one I have previously endorsed, above. Rebut it if you wish. Like I said I have either forgotten or never reliazed any rebuttals of it, if any. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">So back to your first point</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Atheism: </span>a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods</p><p>Obviously there are different levels to it depending on what you mean by God. When Einstein used the word God, he would not be considered a theist or a believer because he used it in a metaphoric way.</p><p>Also, a Sikh will be an atheist to the judeochristian God simply because he doesn't believe in such a God as per his doctrine. A Muslim doesn't believe tha Jesus was God so he is an atheist relative to the Christian. My comment was referring to this as you know and it followed Namjap ji's comment:<span style="font-size: 12px">Atheism is also rejection of theism. Theism in the broad sense is of course is belief is God or Gods but more specifically:" theism refers to a particular doctrine concerning the nature of God and his relationship to the universe"</span></p><p>Guru Nanak was obviously in disagreement with the theistic positions of his time.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">At the same time I also agree with Richard Dawkins's definition of atheism because he says (because of certain arguments he puts forth...) that there is probably No God. notice the word probably, it has a more agnostic feel to it and that's because a scientist such as himself cannot be certain but can say its highly unlikely that God exists.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px">He puts himself at 6.9 from a scale of 1 to 7 with 1 being absolutely sure that there is a God and 7 being absolutely sure that there isn't a God.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BhagatSingh, post: 112865, member: 2610"] [SIZE=3][SIZE=2]I am actually confused over why you thought my comment was "intellectually irresponsible". (I not sure exactly what that phrase means to be honest) Let me clarify myself anyhow. When I argue in favour of something, that does not necessarily mean I adhere to that viewpoint. (Usually my views change quite a bit so its meaninngless for me to say "I believe...", it's often "At the moment, I believe..." ...nowadays I won't even say "I believe") [/SIZE] I have never argued that "Sikh are atheists". That's simply a misunderstanding. It was always that you don't have to be a theist to be a Sikh. So you can be a Sikh and not believe in God. My argument went something like this.... that God is everything and nothing. Everything for the theist and nothing for the atheist... technically he's both but it brings theists and atheists together...bringing people together is one thing Sikhism teaches,etc ... I am sure you are familiar with that. Anyways, it is probably idosyncratic like you said but I can't say anything to that because I have either forgotten why or never realized it or maybe it's simply not... But sargun-nirgun was where "it" all started. I came up with my argument because of it but that wasn't the only reason. Later what supported this hypothesis was that in Sikhism, serving God is fact is done through serving humanity... which is essentially humanism (a form of atheism) in disguise. The fact that humans are above all creatures adds to the humanism thing. Then some stuff that I interpreted to be pantheistic appeard... where God is the universe (Sargun?). Pantheisism is what this guy (famous guy) calls "Sexed up atheism"... the [/SIZE][SIZE=3] mystified [/SIZE][SIZE=3]mysteries of the universe in Sikhism correspond to Einsteinian religion and have nothing to do with theism. And several other things that I cannot recall also led me to make that previously mentioned argument. [SIZE=2] Now I am not making that argument here. In fact, I want to see what kind of arguments others present. I have presented one I have previously endorsed, above. Rebut it if you wish. Like I said I have either forgotten or never reliazed any rebuttals of it, if any. [/SIZE] So back to your first point Atheism: [/SIZE]a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods Obviously there are different levels to it depending on what you mean by God. When Einstein used the word God, he would not be considered a theist or a believer because he used it in a metaphoric way. Also, a Sikh will be an atheist to the judeochristian God simply because he doesn't believe in such a God as per his doctrine. A Muslim doesn't believe tha Jesus was God so he is an atheist relative to the Christian. My comment was referring to this as you know and it followed Namjap ji's comment:[SIZE=3]Atheism is also rejection of theism. Theism in the broad sense is of course is belief is God or Gods but more specifically:" theism refers to a particular doctrine concerning the nature of God and his relationship to the universe"[/SIZE] Guru Nanak was obviously in disagreement with the theistic positions of his time. [SIZE=3]At the same time I also agree with Richard Dawkins's definition of atheism because he says (because of certain arguments he puts forth...) that there is probably No God. notice the word probably, it has a more agnostic feel to it and that's because a scientist such as himself cannot be certain but can say its highly unlikely that God exists. [SIZE=2]He puts himself at 6.9 from a scale of 1 to 7 with 1 being absolutely sure that there is a God and 7 being absolutely sure that there isn't a God. [/SIZE][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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