All Roads Lead to Jerusalem

Normative Assumptions, Discriminations, and Caste Discriminations

By hipkapi March 24, 2011 Balagangadhara, caste, colonial consciousness, interests, law, normative, petitio principii

1. I was invited by some Sadhus from Swami Narayan Temple (BAPS) to visit the temple and have a discussion with them. Because they practice very strict Brahmacharya (eight types…

Why the question about the origin of religion is ill-formulated?

By hipkapi March 15, 2011 Balagangadhara, petitio principii, religion

1. Are there accounts about the origin of religion? Yes, there are at least two kinds. One kind tries to localise the origin of religion in human beings and the…

Could religion be a neural disorder?

By hipkapi March 5, 2011 Balagangadhara, petitio principii, religion

Religion lays claim to truth, both about itself and the Cosmos. It is true the way no other account (that we know of) is. However, religion also generates (or brings…