sravna
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Shri Nara,
Doesn't the capacity for selflessness increase in higher forms? You ascribe it to a physical process but I say there is a spirtiual underpinning to it. But it is ok with me even if you deny that as long as you recognise the importance of such qualities and hence are moving in the right direction. The real undesirable thing to happen is the spread and establishment of selfish qualities which I am afraid is what we are seeing today. Hence the need to discourage such tendencies and encourage ones that bode good for the society. The notion of God exactly serves that purpose on those who have naturally selfish tendencies. Once you begin to get the perception that there is no God, you lose a very strong force opposing corruption of mind and would be on the way to a total rot. So in my view real rationalists even if they do not believe in God need to understand at least the useful purpose it serves in making people hold on to values and prevent decay of mind.
Doesn't the capacity for selflessness increase in higher forms? You ascribe it to a physical process but I say there is a spirtiual underpinning to it. But it is ok with me even if you deny that as long as you recognise the importance of such qualities and hence are moving in the right direction. The real undesirable thing to happen is the spread and establishment of selfish qualities which I am afraid is what we are seeing today. Hence the need to discourage such tendencies and encourage ones that bode good for the society. The notion of God exactly serves that purpose on those who have naturally selfish tendencies. Once you begin to get the perception that there is no God, you lose a very strong force opposing corruption of mind and would be on the way to a total rot. So in my view real rationalists even if they do not believe in God need to understand at least the useful purpose it serves in making people hold on to values and prevent decay of mind.
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