tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33755875.post4982188938787787111..comments2023-10-11T12:03:05.848+00:00Comments on Universal Thoughts: Ramadan Post 4: Zoroastrian eschatologyHazar Nesimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906681712746544309noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33755875.post-24035892604667503192007-10-01T11:26:00.000+00:002007-10-01T11:26:00.000+00:00In my opinion religion/revelation is essential to ...In my opinion religion/revelation is essential to provide humans as conscious beings (as opposed to animals who have no consciousness to speak of) with the equivalent of physical laws which govern matter. Being conscious and having the capacity to make judgement, plans for the future, build civilizations etc endows us with what many call a soul/spirit, and it is not illogical to conclude that just like matter, our souls have their instruction manuals which if they deviate from they will perish, they need maintenance and up-keeping just like any material posession. Now how do we establish which instruction manual to follow is a different story. It all depends whether you are willing to accept Divine Revelation as one of the sources source of ultimate knowledge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33755875.post-39755152018649489532007-09-20T19:54:00.000+00:002007-09-20T19:54:00.000+00:00The great differents between ideologies that deman...The great differents between ideologies that demand something now and the ones who wait for salvation is the absense of spirituality that develops character. All of them compensate with harsh exterior, for empty interior. If you ever wondered what keeps me in religion it is not fear but faith.Hazar Nesimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03906681712746544309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33755875.post-2144635882485372462007-09-19T22:05:00.000+00:002007-09-19T22:05:00.000+00:00I have no problem with this eschatology provided i...I have no problem with this eschatology provided it is postponed indefinitely. This is what religions generally do. <I>The Messiah, the Day of Judgment will come. But not yet.</I> That's OK. <BR/><BR/>But what happened with the apocalyptic ideologies of the 20th Century (Communism and Fascism) is that they wanted the Big Day, and the paradise to follow, brought forward from the indefinite future to NOW, or at least, tomorrow. The Islamists have inherited this justification for slaughter. <BR/><BR/>As a religious belief, it's OK. As a political one, it's a disaster.NoolaBeulahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02181815160785834692noreply@blogger.com