Sri Lankan hypocrisy at it’s best – A “gossip” site celebrates the Buddha Jayanthi (in style) Buddha Jayanthi, Sambuddhathwa Jayanthi call it whatever you want according to the establishment it has been 2600 years since Buddha achieved his ultimate goal. We are the kind of people that gives its ...
I had an interesting discussion with a creationist a few weeks back and I thought I should write up a post. This is more or less what I said to my friend on twitter a few weeks back. Quite a back and forth it was ! Evolution is a fact. Not a theory. Most people think that evolution (“gradual change ...
I had an interesting discussion with a creationist a few weeks back and I thought I should write up a post. This is more or less what I said to my friend on twitter a few weeks back. Quite a back and forth it was ! Evolution is a fact. Not a theory. Most people think that evolution (“gradual change ...
Before I move onto rebirth I would like to point out another peculiar feature of Buddhism. The ultimate goal, according to Buddha is the elimination of the samsaric cycle of suffering by attaining Nirvana – a state of “enlightenment”. Nirvana has been defined in a very peculiar manner. The Buddha does not go into detail regarding the qualities that the ...
Before I move onto rebirth I would like to point out another peculiar feature of Buddhism. The ultimate goal, according to Buddha is the elimination of the samsaric cycle of suffering by attaining Nirvana – a state of “enlightenment”. Nirvana has been defined in a very peculiar manner. The Buddha does not go into detail regarding the qualities that the ...
In this post I will argue that Buddhism has a theistic element and that it is no different than the theistic religions of the world (in a functional sense). Most Buddhists LOVE to talk about how their religion is devoid of metaphysical contrivances. Theistic “explanations” are rejected. In some sense this is a strange development since Buddhism borrowed many of ...
Sri Lankan blogs that criticize Buddhism and Islam have been under attack during the last couple of weeks. In light of these recent developments I realized that I have a huge problem with Buddhism (not that I’m okay with Islam but lets get to that in due course). I’m outraged at the spiteful behavior of the Sri Lankan Buddhist. This ...
First used in the 1970s to characterize the “Islamists” that questioned the holy texts, the term has evolved over time and nowadays is used to describe pretty much anyone who criticizes Islam. The local pseudo secularist/progressivist Islamic bunch throw this word around a lot these days so I decided to do some digging. Its sounds a lot like Xenophobia doesn’t ...
The American Humanist Association launched their most ambitious ad campaign to date titled CONSIDER HUMANISM. The campaign gained a lot of attention during last years holiday season and seems to have angered a lot of Catholic and Christian fundamentalist groups (If you followed the BHAs “Atheist Bus” campaign closely you’ll know what I mean!). Here is Richard Dawkins making an ...
Creationism is the belief that the universe and hence life on earth was created by some sort of supreme being. Seems harmless enough right? Christians, Muslims and Jews have maintained this belief for centuries and it is their central explanation and world-view as to why things are the way they are, all their other beliefs are derivative of this central ...
Emory University has a brief outline of the Sri Lankan legal system and its relationship to Islamic Law. The article gives a historical overview and a description of the current state of this strange relationship between a supposedly secular legal system and Islamic Law. Note that the article in question is a draft. While I don’t necessarily agree with the ...
THE FOCUS centerforatheism.org JULY 23, 2010 Volume 6, Issue 29 Published by the Center For Atheism (CFA) Editor: David Birnkrant The Focus provides links to articles collected from major newspapers and magazines, and is emailed weekly. This Week in Atheism is a cable show that discusses the articles featured below, every Wednesday at 6:30 PM (EST), Manhattan Cable station 57. ...
The Rationalist Day 2010 held at “Namel – Malini Punchi Theatre” – Borella, Sri Lanka on 18th May 2010. The day was organized by the Sri Lanka Rationalist Association (SLRA) referring the Birth anniversary of the great rationalist literate & rationalist activist Bertrand Russell. Many intellectuals shared their views on religion in Sri Lanka. The videos are available on YouTube ...
[Original Post: http://blog.secularsrilanka.com/2010/06/western-province-to-ban-tuition-class.html ] First Sabaragamuwa province banned tuition classes for children between the ages of 5 to 16 years on Full Moon Poya days and on Sundays between 8am to 2pm. A few days Later Matara district followed a similar decision. Now, the Western Province is also planning to do the same thing. The topic will be discussed at ...
…..after watching two recent episodes of South Park. The Sunday Leader has, according to their words, “uncovered a shocking new example of the West’s contempt for Buddhist culture and values…” after “uncovering” a cartoon Buddha snorting cartoon cocaine, with a cartoon Jesus next to him watching cartoon porn. I’m trying hard not to state the bleeding obvious, but its South ...
This blog is an abstraction from an article published in the New Scientist website.It is a report explaining the alleged religious experiences.There are many more research done on the matter and more need to be done to arrive at a scientifically acceptable conclusion. This is reproduce in religurd to initiate discussions,not to claim authorship of the content. (The above picture is to ...
[The following is a blog post I first wrote & published in 2003, and since belief in race theory has not yet disappeared from this planet, I thought I would re-post the entry here, it may be useful for people who are thinking about ending their belief in race theory & the negative practices & views that arise from that belief] Race ...
By Sujewa Ekanayake [First published in New Agnosticism For Sri Lanka & The Diaspora blog on 4/15/10] Agnosticism, in my view, is an approach to religion that states that a person may not believe in all or certain aspects of a religion or of all religions, or that a person may be comfortable with some aspects of a religion or ...
Edwin Ariyadasa(close associate of Sir Arthur) stated.. “Sir Arthur was one of the freest spirits, that walked the Earth. He was unencumbered by convention or dogma. At one point he described himself as a crypto-Buddhist later on. I was told that, he had an inclination to drop the adjective “crypto” I am happy that he sent me his touching greetings ...
Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, have asked human rights layers to produce a case for charging Pope Benedict XVI with crimes against humanity, specifically over his alleged cover-up of sexual abuse in the Catholic church. They are planning the legal ambush when the Pope’s Holy Jet [PHJ] touches down in Heathrow, Britain in September, and are planning on using a legal principle that ...
