Not just a cocktail - Introduction

This is a return to one of my favourite source of amusement and vexation, atheism or to be more precise modern version of it.

It is easier to live with atheists who out rightly dismiss religion as hogwash*,(one of the example being this guy). However what does one make of atheists who prefer to weasel around the concept of religion, by spouting homilies, such as "let's get the best of all religions".

Now, it is not my claim that above is a transgression of some logical or ethical rule, or there is a single religion which represents the absolute truth. My grouse is that worthies who repeat such statements like a slogan do not define what they mean by "best".

This is not trivial nitpicking. Humans have two faculties unique among organisms, one is an acute perception of self, second is unmatched curiosity.

Only by considering these two drives (behind a human psyche), one can understand the relevance of most of the systems which are concerned with exploration of abstract.


* The reason one can live with such gentlemen (and ladies) is two fold,

First either the person who makes such claim has explored the basis behind reason, and come up with reasons convincing enough (for himself) about irrelevance of religion, in which case it is always gratifying to gain new insight.

Second (and more likely), he/she has no idea, but speaking just for the heck of it, in which case it is very entertaining.