tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053278039326036057.post5085258093866036116..comments2024-03-20T17:41:26.492+05:30Comments on Sparsh: The Necessity of Blasphemy - 3Rural Managerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13989493748592571548noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053278039326036057.post-88353829822209557102010-07-15T00:23:31.112+05:302010-07-15T00:23:31.112+05:30The last quote is indeed a little harsh on the the...The last quote is indeed a little harsh on the theologist who were discovering God's own world. The problem happened when the universal facts lie in opposition of a set of religious beliefs. And since every piece of knowledge was associated with religion, early liberal scholars were part of church only. What I intend to say in the last quote that to bound inventors and discoveror with their religious faith is not genuine, these people used their brain and never get in shackles of biblical words in pursuit of truth. Yes, the analogy is wrong. I accept.Yayaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10567482260999422784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053278039326036057.post-25462400847277638292010-07-11T22:22:23.151+05:302010-07-11T22:22:23.151+05:30"It's disingenuous, therefore, to claim a..."It's disingenuous, therefore, to claim any religious origin for scientific advancement. Crediting Islam with Algebra, or for that matter, Christianity with the Copernican revolution, is like crediting the Czar with the Bolshevik revolution"<br /><br />Although I agree with most of what you say, I do, however, disagree with your last statement quoted above.<br /><br />I believe, it was exactly because of the culture of scholarship among the clergy, of both Islam and Christianity, that led to the scientific discoveries made by them during the heyday of Islam and Christianity. <br /><br />Those among them who studied the natural world didn't think they would ever find anything contradictory to their religious teachings. <br /><br />If there weren't such a high regard for learning among the clergy, we would not have had the scientific knowledge we modern liberal thinkers so like to boast about.<br /> <br />So that makes your analogy with the Czar and Bolsheviks inaccurate. The Bolshevik revolution was in opposition to the Czarist rule, and not as a happy side effect, as in the case of religious scholarship.Abdusalaam al-Hindihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14152839802380270255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053278039326036057.post-20971485919751625882010-07-10T22:30:43.311+05:302010-07-10T22:30:43.311+05:30Bhagwad, Sentiments can be 'hurt' even in ...Bhagwad, Sentiments can be 'hurt' even in normal way also. Those who shout to restrict freedom of speech have never worked under authoritian regime. Everybody can be offended with little comments, their will be neither reforms nor healthy debate. People don’t question what they believe, or cannot. We must.Yayaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10567482260999422784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053278039326036057.post-86810666108369717492010-07-10T17:16:58.542+05:302010-07-10T17:16:58.542+05:30I agree.
The problem is that many people in India...I agree.<br /><br />The problem is that many people in India want to restrict free speech if it "hurts people's sentiments."<br /><br />I always feel that in a democracy, no one has a right to remain unoffended if it interferes with another's freedom of expression.Bhagwad Jal Parkhttp://www.bhagwad.com/blognoreply@blogger.com