Comments on: God Nazis

by: Vania

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:19:35 +0000

Vania

This is such a good read I sent it to my colleagues… Wish I have found this page sooner!

by: The Mahablog » Richard Dawkins and Fundamentalist Atheism

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:20:17 +0000

[…] In a recent Huffington blog post, E.J. Eskow describes the traits of the fundamentalist atheist. This reminded me that after I wrote about “God Nazis” last November, followed up by “Dichotomies,” I had vowed to someday write a longer post about why Richard Dawkin is off base about religion. […]

by: The Mahablog » Dichotomies

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:56:11 +0000

[…] What if we change the dichotomy? Let’s put everyone who thinks religion should be everyone’s bleeping personal business at one extreme, and people who want to coerce everyone else to think his way (a.k.a. God Nazis) at the other? This would put Richard Dawkins and Michael Medved together at the “God Nazi” end of the continuum, opposite from me. […]

by: marijam

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:32:05 +0000

“Glenn Beck Program”: Muslims author prevented from speaking at Brown
Host Glenn Beck interviews Nonie Darwish, author of “Now They Call Me Infidel.” Darwish had been scheduled to speak at Brown, but her appearance was canceled due to concerns that her lecture would be too controversial.

America is no longer as free as it was prior to 9/11.

by: felicity smith

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:24:04 +0000

I heard a group discussion recently by a bunch of pols (not the rapture bunch) whose primary fear was that the whole world would very soon be Muslimized (my word.) Surprisingly, terrorism was NOT so much to be dreaded as the impending death of Christianity as the world went Muslim. If that view is as wide-spread as the people in the discussion group seemed to indicate, are we really engaged in religious wars? If so, we’re in deep kaka.

by: maha

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 01:50:30 +0000

I am in fact antagonistic to claims without evidence. If that makes me “no better than the prosylitizers, so be it.

Real spirituality isn’t about “claims without evidence.” Just believing in fantastic things is not spirituality. Religious “beliefs” are for people who don’t have the inclination and discipline for true mysticism. It’s like training wheels for people who can’t get the hang of riding a bicycle.

but subscribe to no Buddhist beliefs about reincarnation, karma, etc.

In a sense, neither do Buddhists, or at least, not in what you probably think those words mean. Shunyata is key. If you haven’t perceived shunyata, then “reincarnation” and “karma” are silly. And “believing” in karma and reincarnation are pointless. The realization of shunyata changes everything; it’s the Mother of All Paradigm Shifts. It’s like that picture that’s either a vase or two people facing each other, depending on how you look at it. One minute you can only see the vase but not the faces, and the next minute you see both, plain as day, and they were both there all the time. No beliefs required.

by: erinyes

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 00:28:18 +0000

Oh please, not the Christmas wars again. With all the poop hitting the wall in Iraq and Palestine we’re worried about “Merry Christmas”?
I know what you mean, Swami. If Bush thinks he has it rough, he can follow me around for a week, then look at my meager check at the end of the week.I deal with more assholes in one week than any proctologist looks at in a normal year.
As for Deepak, he makes a butt load of money with his new age feel good stick, but he also makes a lot of people happy, and at least gives them a change from the angry big daddy god.. Long live Chopra.Go curry….

by: Griff

Sat, 25 Nov 2006 22:06:53 +0000

Maha,
Thanks for the feedback. We agree on much.
I am in fact antagonistic to claims without evidence. If that makes me “no better than the prosylitizers, so be it. I generally say nothing about religion, a practice I’ll now resume.
It’s interesting you studied zen. I took a mindfulness training course, much of it based on techniques from Buddhism, at the VA hospital here. It was rigorous, and I think meditation of this sort does change you. I think it does so in ways more profound and interesting than the traditional monotheistic religions. I maintain a meditation practice, but subscribe to no Buddhist beliefs about reincarnation, karma, etc.
Good luck in your future practice.
Griff

by: Paul XQ

Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:45:52 +0000

Oh My God!

Little Green Footballers upset that a publisher does not publlish a particular book. What planet are these fools from? Not to mention all the books, movies, comics, documentaries, plays, and speeches that have not been published, distributed, advertised, approved, syndicated, or otherwise allowed to see the light of day because they had a liberal slant or were unflattering to the powers that be. Mention one of these untold works on Little Green Footballs and you know what will happen? ………Nothing…………

by: maha

Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:41:12 +0000

I’ve long felt that his writings could be classified as the spiritual equivalent of “Fun With Dick and Jane” and “My Weekly Reader.”

Awhile back I undertook traditional Zen study under a roshi recognized as a legitimate dharma heir of a Japanese lineage. It was intense. I gave it up because it was just too much to attempt while I was raising two kids, but I have always intended to go back. Soon, I think. You’re right; in comparison Chopra and the rest of the New Age “gurus” seem a joke.