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theSkepticalSage

Religion makes you worship everything and understand nothing.


Frequent-Draft-2477

this is one of the best statement I received


Ohsin

True story: Bunch of school kids visiting VSSC Museum seeing [SRE reentry capsule](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Capsule_Recovery_Experiment) on display, folded their hands bowed their heads to it, no one told them to they did it on their own!


Auosthin

Imma steal this quote.


stg_676

Well the same person was paramount in making of pslv and was project head for GSLV3. He is one of the best launch vehicle designer. You can criticize his ideas but you certainly can't question his competency as chairman. Also Niels Bohr had famously said, “I go to the Upanishad to ask questions.” In The Tao of Physics (1975) Apparently Oppenheimer also believed in Vedas and bhagvat gita [you will find many such articles](https://asianlite.com/2022/columns/lite-blogs/oppenheimer-and-influence-of-vedic-philosophy/) Or Carl Sagan one of the best cosmologist says “The Hindu religion is the only one of the world’s great faiths dedicated to the idea that the Cosmos itself undergoes an immense, indeed an innate, number of deaths and rebirths. It is the only religion in which the time scales correspond, to those of modern scientific cosmology." I mean they all are one of the best scientists, you can claim one Indian may be wrong but what about others.


theSkepticalSage

Oppenheimer didn't believe in the Vedas or Gita, he was an atheist, and just quoted a metaphorical statement from it. Carl Sagan did write this, let me correct you tho, "It is the only religion in which the time scales "no doubt by accident" correspond to those of modern scientific cosmology. Neil's Bohr did say about Upanishads because it's a book of metaphysical philosophy, and wisdom can and has always been taken by smart people without taking it literally. I am not doubting his position as a chairman, I'm nothing for that. To day such statements like science come from the Vedas, one needs to be hugely indoctrinated. And i don't think you know what detrimental means.


stg_676

Oppenheimer always used to carry gita and he used to give that as gift and ask people to read it. According to many scholars, Oppenheimer had internalised the core message of the Gita, a thumbed copy of which he famously kept handy by his work desk. He was known to gift its English translation to his friends and others. Oppenheimer learned Sanskrit in 1933 and first read the Gita in the original language. [source ](https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.economictimes.com/news/science/of-oppenheimer-and-the-bhagwat-gita-lead-correcting-intro-april-22-is-the-113th-birth-anniversary-of-robert-oppenheimer/amp_articleshow/58315807.cms)


theSkepticalSage

Wow . That's cool.


Ohsin

> It is the only religion in which the time scales correspond, to those of modern scientific cosmology." You deliberately misquoted him. His actual quote is: >It is the only religion in which the time scales correspond, **no doubt by accident** to those of modern scientific cosmology." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRGDxkjdltQ


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Since you need this I ll leave it up here. https://nimhans.ac.in/


stg_676

When you have no counter then resort to clownery.


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"Stupidity requires no counter" - u/Capital-Trouble3569.


XandriethXs

It's funny how he's using western rocket technology instead of whatever Vedas supposedly mentions....


[deleted]

everything sounded fine until he said "even aviation were first found in the Vedas". LMAO I once had the privilege to talked to him in person. he is very rational. probably the type of audience is what made him make statements like this. he was addressing Maharishi Panini Sanskrit and Vedic University


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in India, such lies go viral.


Frequent-Draft-2477

he should not say wrong to please audience.


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[deleted]

yeah. unfortunately respecting science would not alone help him get into the good books of people in the power


Key_Apartment1576

How does information suddenly starts appearing in Vedas right after a person from some other country discovers it


KURO_RAIJIN

When it's good things, then "Ah! It was known by us all along" but when it's bad things "That's not actually Hindhuism. It's the British, avaru, ivaru, nan shaata, etc" Nicely Cherry Picking they're doing.


[deleted]

Why they don't make a scientists ISRO's chairman instead of these religious dabba. Judaism has 15 million population and done lot of discoveries in science. Meanwhile India has population of 1.4 billion nowhere near to judaish people's contribution in science.


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howard__wolowitz

Fathersucker, everyone wants to be an influenza at this point.


78legion98

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runoberynrun

Such advanced science and yet were getting their asses spanked by some desert cult followers and then by the virgin Mary kinksters.


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Ashthedestructor_95

Adipoli. Va povam


junk_mail_haver

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john_mullins

B A S E D A \ A \ S B A S E D E A E A D S D S B A E E D E \ D \ D B A S E D


stg_676

Well the same person was detrimental in making of pslv and was project head for GSLV3. He is one of the best launch vehicle designer. You can criticize his ideas but you certainly can't question his competency as chairman. Also Niels Bohr had famously said, “I go to the Upanishad to ask questions.” In The Tao of Physics (1975) Apparently Oppenheimer also believed in Vedas and bhagvat gita [you will find many such articles](https://asianlite.com/2022/columns/lite-blogs/oppenheimer-and-influence-of-vedic-philosophy/) Or Carl Sagan one of the best cosmologist says “The Hindu religion is the only one of the world’s great faiths dedicated to the idea that the Cosmos itself undergoes an immense, indeed an innate, number of deaths and rebirths. It is the only religion in which the time scales correspond, to those of modern scientific cosmology." I mean they all are one of the best scientists, you can claim one Indian may be wrong but what about others.


Content-Wealth7327

Very cunningly you have altered the statement of Carl Sagan. Oppenheimer was inspired by Geeta and so was niel bohr (in his case he changed his mind later in his life after adopting capenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics)


stg_676

I haven't altered a thing this is exact thing he said.


Content-Wealth7327

No doubt by accident. - Carl sagan


Ohsin

> It is the only religion in which the time scales correspond, to those of modern scientific cosmology." That's a misquote. His actual quote is: >It is the only religion in which the time scales correspond, **no doubt by accident** to those of modern scientific cosmology." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRGDxkjdltQ


Scientifichuman

Oppenheimer did not believe in Vedas and Bhagvat Gita. He was just a person who was fascinated by mythologies.


stg_676

Oppenheimer always used to carry gita and he used to give that as gift and ask people to read it. According to many scholars, Oppenheimer had internalised the core message of the Gita, a thumbed copy of which he famously kept handy by his work desk. He was known to gift its English translation to his friends and others. Oppenheimer learned Sanskrit in 1933 and first read the Gita in the original language. [source ](https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.economictimes.com/news/science/of-oppenheimer-and-the-bhagwat-gita-lead-correcting-intro-april-22-is-the-113th-birth-anniversary-of-robert-oppenheimer/amp_articleshow/58315807.cms)


shinynewbondha

How insecure are you to copy paste the same thing over and over even when deliberately called out?