In the following article I put forth my concerns and views regarding God, religion and human behavior.
Theism:
Belief in the existence of deities, at least one.
Atheism:
It is contrasted with theism. According to the site Wikipedia, atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.
Religion:
As per my knowledge religion is a collection of cultural and belief systems which defines the way of life aiming at tranquility and serenity as well as harmony among the inhabitants of a community. It establishes a relation between humanity and moral values.
It is obvious that there is a connection between religion and economic and social behavior. It performed important social functions in the transmission of ethical values between generations to form a society that maintains good social order.
What are my concerns?
I tend to be skeptical of supernatural claims, inconsistent revelations and in the belief of existence of God.
I believe in Jesus, Ram, Mohammed, Budhha etc.,(whom the sacred books address as Gods) but as great human beings who led an inspiring and principled life and taught others how to lead one. It seems to me that the rich imagination of human beings is the cause of their representation as deities which defined present religious systems.
What drives a person to behave ethically in this system is the fear of god or to gain place in heaven or simply because it is said.
If this is the case, Is this a true ethical behavior?
Do I believe in the existence of god?
I just don't care about the existence of god. I consider myself to be agnostic regarding the same.
What do I believe in?
I strongly support and believe in atheism as I opine that it favors humanity as the absolute source of ethics and values and permits individual to resolve moral problems without resorting to God.
I conclude this by an assertion(among many) of philosophers Susan Neiman and Julian Baggini that "behaving ethically only because of divine mandate is not true ethical behavior but merely blind obedience".
July 31, 2011
December 27, 2009
EASY EASY
TODAY
"Hello?" I answered a call.
"Its me" a girl answered.
"Its who?" again me.
"Ramya. Can't u recognize my voice?"
How am I supposed to? I don't even recognize my mom's! Girls!
"Oh! Hi! Was sup!?"
"I decided to join the institute you are going. You said that the course is for 4k bucks right?. When can you make me to meet her?" she asked.
When? I don't know its been ages I went there.
"I can't tell now" I replied.
"Then call me when u can. Bye!"
"Bye!". She hung.
Four months before this exact day I decided to take GMAT because of two reasons.
1. I thought of some international standards thing and myself on the scale.
2. All of my friends opted for CAT so this sounded kinda cool that time.
So with the help of karan,I set on an expedition to find an institute which can help me. After doing research on 'GMAT scores -Hyd' I narrowed down to two reputed ones. But with my dads "suggestion", so no other option I had to go to Indira inst of English.
When we entered the class we saw a lady taking the class. She signaled us to sit at the back. She paused the class and came to us. She is fair complexed, short statured with confident and ethnic look. Her eyes are big and bright with over applied black eye liner.
"How can I help you?" she asked with a rich British accent.
"I'm Sijh and this is Karan. I'm here to join" I replied with forced, fake American accent.
Karan gave me a look in which I can find words like 'when did u decide that u idiot! Stop lying!'.
I replied with my looks 'couldn't help!'.
"For what?" she asked.
"Sorry?" said I. Why would one come for an English Inst?
"U are here for which program? GRE? TOEFL?" she asked. Oh! Got it!
"GMAT".
"U serious?". U what!?
"Yeah mam I am " I replied.
"I am Indira. Let me explain u Sijh, GMAT is the toughest of all. I love the paper. It is of high standards. Topnotch! Only the cream can get fair score in this exam. If there is a scale of 1 to 10 for english u should be on 10 to score good. More over u should be serious. So tell me can u do this?"
"Yes mam!" I said. Karan gave me a skeptical look which I ignored. What to do? It sounds challenging and I have a habit to take things without giving any thought.
"So the fee is 4000 rupees. I will teach you till you learn. I won't charge extra. Tomorrow same time. Now you can leave".
"Everything looks fine except u being serious about something" Karan said to me while leaving.
Consequences followed. The next month proved to be ass ripping everyday. 25 kms journey everyday after my college. The worst thing is that I have to travel all the way alone. I have to eat the same idly before the class everyday because of my financial restraints(thats what a biryani meal for lunch do to you) Slowly the zeal faded. I forgot about the GMAT. God knows about the standards thing. I discontinued.
Mam called, I didn't give reply for obvious reasons.
Now Ramya called. How can I face mam? I didn't even bother to give her a reply. What should I tell her? Sorry cos I let her down? Will she accept? I know if I dont do this time I will never. What if she scolds me and doesn't accept to teach me? This is what bugging me since yesterday. May be now I should make a move. I made a speech. Sorted out around 10 reasons for backup.
"When?".
"Tomorrow" I said.
"Ok done!" said Ramya.
Im prepared.
The next day
Easy easy. I said to myself.
"I will stay here you go in" said I.
"I will kick you. You know her,not me!" replied Ramya.
Point! I cannot deny. I hate such things.
I cursed my self again and again. 5 mins still im trying to gather courage to enter the class.
She pushed me in. Shit!
"Good evening mam!" said I.
"Ah! Come in sir!" mam invited me with a sarcastic tone."After a long time. Come here" she ordered, I followed.
"What the hell do you think about yourself?"
Jerk, for placing myself in such a situation.
"I called you 20 times you didn't even bother to give me a reply?".
Wrong! She called me only 7 times! But my senses say I better dont say that.
"Im afraid" I said. Thats not my speech!
"What?".
"I couldn't face you but I know you are the best thats why I came back" said I. I didn't remember a reason. I screwed up!
"Stupid you don't need to be afraid of me. Its ok but be regular this time" she said placing her hand on my cheek.
"Thats it? No scolding? No punishment?" I asked.
"Why? You want any?" asked mam.
"No! Thanks mam you made it a lot easier for me".
"Then get out and come tomorrow at the same time, both of you" ordered mam and we followed.
My 3 day mental trauma was over in 5 mins! Things are a lot easier than I expected. Maybe thats how things are. A little amount of courage... problem solved!
I started to think about GMAT again.
Remembered the standards I wanted to set.
And im regular for the classes and the journey is easy now because I'm not alone, Ramya travels with me and this is the best part ;).
"Hello?" I answered a call.
"Its me" a girl answered.
"Its who?" again me.
"Ramya. Can't u recognize my voice?"
How am I supposed to? I don't even recognize my mom's! Girls!
"Oh! Hi! Was sup!?"
"I decided to join the institute you are going. You said that the course is for 4k bucks right?. When can you make me to meet her?" she asked.
When? I don't know its been ages I went there.
"I can't tell now" I replied.
"Then call me when u can. Bye!"
"Bye!". She hung.
Four months before this exact day I decided to take GMAT because of two reasons.
1. I thought of some international standards thing and myself on the scale.
2. All of my friends opted for CAT so this sounded kinda cool that time.
So with the help of karan,I set on an expedition to find an institute which can help me. After doing research on 'GMAT scores -Hyd' I narrowed down to two reputed ones. But with my dads "suggestion", so no other option I had to go to Indira inst of English.
When we entered the class we saw a lady taking the class. She signaled us to sit at the back. She paused the class and came to us. She is fair complexed, short statured with confident and ethnic look. Her eyes are big and bright with over applied black eye liner.
"How can I help you?" she asked with a rich British accent.
"I'm Sijh and this is Karan. I'm here to join" I replied with forced, fake American accent.
Karan gave me a look in which I can find words like 'when did u decide that u idiot! Stop lying!'.
I replied with my looks 'couldn't help!'.
"For what?" she asked.
"Sorry?" said I. Why would one come for an English Inst?
"U are here for which program? GRE? TOEFL?" she asked. Oh! Got it!
"GMAT".
"U serious?". U what!?
"Yeah mam I am " I replied.
"I am Indira. Let me explain u Sijh, GMAT is the toughest of all. I love the paper. It is of high standards. Topnotch! Only the cream can get fair score in this exam. If there is a scale of 1 to 10 for english u should be on 10 to score good. More over u should be serious. So tell me can u do this?"
"Yes mam!" I said. Karan gave me a skeptical look which I ignored. What to do? It sounds challenging and I have a habit to take things without giving any thought.
"So the fee is 4000 rupees. I will teach you till you learn. I won't charge extra. Tomorrow same time. Now you can leave".
"Everything looks fine except u being serious about something" Karan said to me while leaving.
Consequences followed. The next month proved to be ass ripping everyday. 25 kms journey everyday after my college. The worst thing is that I have to travel all the way alone. I have to eat the same idly before the class everyday because of my financial restraints(thats what a biryani meal for lunch do to you) Slowly the zeal faded. I forgot about the GMAT. God knows about the standards thing. I discontinued.
Mam called, I didn't give reply for obvious reasons.
Now Ramya called. How can I face mam? I didn't even bother to give her a reply. What should I tell her? Sorry cos I let her down? Will she accept? I know if I dont do this time I will never. What if she scolds me and doesn't accept to teach me? This is what bugging me since yesterday. May be now I should make a move. I made a speech. Sorted out around 10 reasons for backup.
"When?".
"Tomorrow" I said.
"Ok done!" said Ramya.
Im prepared.
The next day
Easy easy. I said to myself.
"I will stay here you go in" said I.
"I will kick you. You know her,not me!" replied Ramya.
Point! I cannot deny. I hate such things.
I cursed my self again and again. 5 mins still im trying to gather courage to enter the class.
She pushed me in. Shit!
"Good evening mam!" said I.
"Ah! Come in sir!" mam invited me with a sarcastic tone."After a long time. Come here" she ordered, I followed.
"What the hell do you think about yourself?"
Jerk, for placing myself in such a situation.
"I called you 20 times you didn't even bother to give me a reply?".
Wrong! She called me only 7 times! But my senses say I better dont say that.
"Im afraid" I said. Thats not my speech!
"What?".
"I couldn't face you but I know you are the best thats why I came back" said I. I didn't remember a reason. I screwed up!
"Stupid you don't need to be afraid of me. Its ok but be regular this time" she said placing her hand on my cheek.
"Thats it? No scolding? No punishment?" I asked.
"Why? You want any?" asked mam.
"No! Thanks mam you made it a lot easier for me".
"Then get out and come tomorrow at the same time, both of you" ordered mam and we followed.
My 3 day mental trauma was over in 5 mins! Things are a lot easier than I expected. Maybe thats how things are. A little amount of courage... problem solved!
I started to think about GMAT again.
Remembered the standards I wanted to set.
And im regular for the classes and the journey is easy now because I'm not alone, Ramya travels with me and this is the best part ;).
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