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The Mystery of the Real Heaven

Saira Mohan - April 13, 2007

Looking at the history of civilization, there is something curious about the various portrayals of paradise: they all seem to conform to the earthly life, needs, and desires of the particular people concerned…

In the realm beyond, the Egyptians have their River Nile, the Scandinavians have their Valhalla, and the American Indians have their happy hunting ground...and in the Bible, the Book of Revelation promises that the righteous in heaven “shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun shine on them, nor any heat.” Perhaps this passage was written by someone who might have thought the weather in Palestine to be a wee bit too hot.

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Posted by Saira Mohan at April 13, 2007 10:23 PM

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Aloha Sair

What is it going to take for the rocket scientist to realize that the world is inside of him? And life is everywhere as heaven and hell are a state of attitude. We humans are too funny. The reflections always change but the mirror is always the same. Love patty

and Polish people have Krakow.. soo anti-this Ego this, ego that, rat race, Warszawa kinda,
buzka, ltz, i'm not getting any less single behind my computer..

love, passion,


You might find this book useful in your continuing explorations into science, reason and beauty of the natural world.


The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan, 1996.

http://www.amazon.com/Demon-Haunted-World-Science-Candle-Dark/dp/0345409469

About the book:
(from Wikipedia)

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark is a book by Carl Sagan intended to explain the scientific method to laypersons, and to encourage people to learn critical or skeptical thinking. It explains methods to help distinguish between ideas that are considered valid science, and ideas that can be considered pseudoscience. Sagan states that when new ideas are offered for consideration, they should be tested by means of skeptical thinking, and should stand up to rigorous questioning.

Sagan said if a new idea continues in existence after an examination of the propositions, it should then be acknowledged as a supposition. Skeptical thinking essentially is a means to construct, understand, reason, and recognize valid and invalid arguments. Wherever possible, there must be independent validation of the concepts whose truth should be proved. He believed that reason and logic would succeed once the truth is known. Conclusions emerging from a premise, and the acceptability of the premise should not be discounted or accepted because of bias.

Sagan presents a set of tools for skeptical thinking which he calls the "baloney detection kit". Skeptical thinking consists both of constructing a reasoned argument and recognizing a fallacious or fraudulent one. In order to identify a fallacious argument, Sagan suggests the employment of such tools as independent confirmation of facts, quantification and the use of Occam's Razor. Sagan's "baloney detection kit" also provided tools for detecting "the most common fallacies of logic and rhetoric", such as argument from authority and statistics of small numbers.

Through these tools, the benefits of a critical mind and the self-correcting nature of science can take place. Sagan provides a skeptical analysis of several kinds of superstition, fraud, pseudoscience and religious beliefs, such as gods, witches, UFOs, ESP and faith healing.

Dear Saira

Your mind is as powerful as your face, and I'm left wishing you'd write more extensively.

love, Heath

http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/twainlfe.htm

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