Re: Gimme That Ol' Time Atheism

[Recusant]

I came across the ancient Indian philosophy known as Cārvāka (Sanskrit: चार्वाक) this evening in my wanderings around the electronic wonderland.  I'm going to keep looking for stuff about it, but for now, the wiki article I link to above isn't too bad.  One thing that amused me is the idea that even back then, over a thousand years ago, there were apparently Hitchens types around:

The etymological meaning of the word carvaka is 'a person who is clever in speech and is extremely fond of wrangling (debate)'.

And:

The three authors of the Vedas were buffoons, knaves, and demons.
All the well-known formulae of the pandits, jarphari, turphari, etc.
and all the obscene rites for the queen commanded in Aswamedha,
these were invented by buffoons, and so all the various kinds of presents to the priests,
while the eating of flesh was similarly commanded by night-prowling demons.

I really had no idea before this that there had existed a school of atheist thought in India such a long time ago.  
I'm considering the idea of changing my world-view denominator.  I probably won't, but it sure is tempting.  

[Miss Anthrope]

I really had no idea before this that there had existed a school of atheist thought in India such a long time ago.
I'm considering the idea of changing my world-view denominator. I probably won't, but it sure is tempting.

NOOOO! "Infidel Barbarian" is too funny.

[coltcat]

hmm.... what does atheism school actually taughts?

1.training your thinking and debating skill for engaging crazy peoples
that sounds more like a phlilosophy class focus on some issue.

2. math, logic, politcs, scientific knowledge...blahblah
thats.... schools by todays definition

[Recusant]

hmm.... what does atheism school actually taughts?

Hello, and welcome, coltcat.

In this particular case, when I write "school," I'm referring to what's known as a "school of thought."  A school of thought is not really a place of instruction.  It's actually more of a doctrine or set of doctrines that a group of people hold in common.  Though I would imagine that the Cārvāka did indeed instruct its members in techniques of debate, since they were apparently known for that. So the Cārvāka school of thought may have had actual schools in which instructions were given.  They're two different things though.  

url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/school+of+thought]Free Dictionary.com[/url]"]noun--  school of thought:
The point of view held by a particular group.

[coltcat]

hmm.... what does atheism school actually taughts?

Hello, and welcome, coltcat.

In this particular case, when I write "school," I'm referring to what's known as a "school of thought."  A school of thought is not really a place of instruction.  It's actually more of a doctrine or set of doctrines that a group of people hold in common.  Though I would imagine that the Cārvāka did indeed instruct its members in techniques of debate, since they were apparently known for that. So the Cārvāka school of thought may have had actual schools in which instructions were given.  They're two different things though.  

url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/school+of+thought]Free Dictionary.com[/url]"]noun--  school of thought:
The point of view held by a particular group.

oops, my bad
just check some pages about Cārvāka,
it seems for me it's more like a anti-brahman,materialism idea.

[Renegnicat]

Wow. Looks like there's always been atheists, huh?

That does not bode well for the final destruction of religion.