The Charvaka were an Indian philosophical school which was strictly materialistic, atheistic, and antidogmatic.
Stop bullshitting and go solve the equation, insane crank. — Lionino
Jainism, btw, is not atheistic — BitconnectCarlos
It is a nontheistic religion in that it does not advocate a belief in a creator god but in higher beings (devas), which are mortal, and in the concept of karma directing one's present life and future incarnations; the devas have no power over a person, however, and are not sought for guidance or assistance in freeing one's self from karmic bondage. In Jainism, it is up to each individual to attain salvation – defined as release from the cycle of rebirth and death (samsara) - by adhering to a strict spiritual and ethical code of behavior.
What makes you think gods comes from the outside? Are they not human creations, as fraught and manufactured as any ideology? — Tom Storm
These tropes - doom and saving — Tom Storm
It becomes difficult to see the point of a proof of God's existence when it is construed as a proof of an individual's existence. Does one use arguments to become acquainted with an individual? Either that individual exists or it doesn't, and experience alone can tell us which. The project of a proof of God's existence thus ironically comes to appear meaningless to contemporary philosophers of religion. — Theism and Atheism: Opposing Arguments In Philosophy (2019) by Joseph Koterski, Graham Oppy
I’m not pessimistic. I just mean we will never end war, end murder, end lying, end hurting each other and ourselves. We will never build a utopia, never end poverty. There will always be self-absorbed people, there will always arise a tyrant, there will always be infidelity and betrayal. — Fire Ologist
I wouldn't call this optimism. :wink: — Tom Storm
we can — Janus
But too few of us do. — Fire Ologist
Israelite religion was unique in that it broke from this conception but this conception is very ancient. — BitconnectCarlos
We can't even agree on which gods or why gods or how gods. — Tom Storm
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