The Holy Viruses of Brain
-
I posted the article titled "The Holy Viruses of Brain" at 19.org.
http//19.org/index.php?id=14,280,0,0,1,0
Your feedback is appreciated.
Peace,
Edip -
peace Edip.
The general overall content of the article is excellent and most interesting.
I've always been fascinated by social/psychological studies & experiments involving conformity. If you haven't read about Stanley Milgram's famous "aggressive obedience" experiments at Yale University back in the sixties, you may be interested in checking out that information, as well.
-
Salaamun alaikum Edip, Sytalls,
Edip, perhaps you'd like to comment about the circularity of biblical evidence compared to Al-Quraan's methodology of proof.
You mentioned very early on that the bible believers often respond by saying 'because the bible says its the word of god'. Well, as far as I can see, the bible doesn't know about itself. A more honest answer would be 'because my priests tell me its the word of god'.
Al-Quraan instead anchors itself to ayaat/signs in the horizon and in our anfus, selves. It knows itself and the path of questioning likely to pop-up in human consciousness.
thanks and peace.
-
Al-Quraan instead anchors itself to ayaat/signs in the horizon and in our anfus, selves. It knows itself and the path of questioning likely to pop-up in human consciousness.
Thanks and peace.I am curious on this. Can you elaborate what it means?
Regards,
-
Peace be upon you all,
Great article Edip D. I unfortunately, believe that I've become one of these people who you talk about in your article. I've been brought up since an early age with the Quran. Lately, though I've noticed that I've never objectively studied the Quran, I haven't studied it for contradictions, like it tells us too. I've always read it like it was the truth, because when I was young I was told it is the truth. Moreover, whenever I'd stumble onto sites like answering-islam, I wouldn't want to read what was written, I found myself being afraid that it would destroy my beliefs. Now though, I'm going to try and approach the Quran objectively, without any pre-conceived notions.
Alan Watts said
"Faith is a state of openness or trust. To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float. And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on. In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all. Instead they are holding tight. But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be."Thank you for this article,
-
Peace Edip,
A brilliant article, it certainly struck a chord with me.
The verses you provided and many other relating to knowledge, following what your parents told you is a testament that the Qur'an advocates rationality, independent thought with uncompromising objectivity.
The Qur'an has the antidote of any false system that we are born into, with the Qur'an our minds are purified, provided we choose the path of GOD. I was born into a sunni system full of unspeakable corruptions, now I feel I have been born again and my eyes have just barely opened, I am very much at the begining of my quest for the reality of GOD.
My only issue with the article would be that the opening arguments sounded more of muslim tradition as opposed to a christian, I don't know whether christians reason that way, since I don't ask them. But you could be right. Meanwhile, it is not uncommon to hear traditional muslims speak this way.
Peace