Benoy's Blog

We all subscribe to some type of worldview through which we try to interpret reality. Our worldview helps us to navigate through our world. We can compare our worldview to a roof: a roof must always be supported by walls, otherwise the roof will collapse because it cannot stand on its own. So a good roof is one that is supported by several pillars. Here are some of the “pillars” that support worldviews that are coherent with reality. These are all fundamental facts or self-evident truths. Anyone denying these pillars is deliberately building a worldview incoherent with reality. 1.       Existence of absolutes. The claim is not that we human beings know all absolutes; rather, the claim is that absolutes DO exist. A “crooked line” doesn’t make any sense in the absence of the existence of such a concept as a “straight line”. In a recent discussion with a friend of mine who doesn’t believe in the existence of absolutes, he made the following statement:...

 Islam and Christianity are two major religions that teach their adherents to dominate the world. But they differ drastically in their definition of “world domination” as well as the prescribed methodology of attaining that goal.  I will try to explain the differences below.  In Islam, world domination is a physical thing. They literally want the whole world to be ruled by Islamic principles. Islam prescribes laws on how a government, as well as a civil society, should operate. They do not see anything wrong with using force to attain this goal. In fact, this is clearly evident from the inception of Islam how it spread throughout the world by force. Muslims justify using violence as they believe that the goal (the whole world ruled by Islamic principles) justifies the methodology. This is why we see very little condemnation from Muslims when terrorist acts are committed in the name of Allah.  Another important thing to note is that if you are a Muslim and if ...

The following two major scientific discoveries in the fields of Cosmology and Biology during the 20 th century have had huge philosophical and religious implications. Many people believe that Religion and Science are at opposing poles; however, these discoveries show that Religion and Science are actually complementary. 1 – Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory, which is one of the most established scientific theories of our time, postulates that the universe had a beginning. If the universe began to exist, there had to have been a cause for this universe. There is no faith (except faith in science and logic!) involved in this process; rather, this is all science and logic. We can show this as a valid logical argument: Premise 1 - Everything that begin to exist has a cause (The law of causality) Premise 2 - The universe began to exist (The Big Bang Theory as well as the Second Law of Thermodynamics establish this premise) Conclusion – Therefore, the universe has ...