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When I see religious people praying I often wonder what would change in them if :- a) If it becomes known that there is a God but no afterlife. b) If it
When I see religious people praying I often wonder what would change in them if :- a) If it becomes known that there is a God but no afterlife. b) If it becomes known that there as an afterlife but no God (wrt #b I think classical Jainism and Buddhism do not have the concept of an omnipotent God) ----------------------------------------------------------------- I have read close to 2000 books so far, and it may be my recency bias, but I think Will Durant was the wisest man of the 20th century just as Einstein was the most intelligent. His most famous work The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers is modest and misleading in a way - it is more of an curation of received wisdom. But actually his ability to look at the whole picture of history with a philosophical bent of mind shines through in his superlative The Lessons of History . What amazes me again and again his how prescient his thoughts were. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Here, in this 90 year old book, he asks whether religion is essential to the meaning of life ? and whether scientific truths have pushed us towards nihilism. After putting down his own thoughts, he also tells us what a few leading luminaries of the time thought "on the meaning of life". The responses were broadly :- a) The question itself is meaningless. b) Immerse yourself in work so that you dont have time to ponder this question. c) Love and service - family, community (incl religious) d) Beauty and experiences. More than the wisdom, it was the erudition that made this book worth reading. And a fine addition in the end was the author's letter to people contemplating suicide because life is meaningless. I would have liked some thoughts on how poverty and disability affect the response to this question. ----------------------------------------------------------------- PS:- In my engineering college, my nickname was Einstein, but I would happily give it up to be called "Durant" just once ! :)
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