INDIANSKEPTIC

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Selections from Science versu s M iracles

Karnatak a State Federation of R ationalist Associations

Book R eview : Ch arw ak : H istory and Ph ilosoph y

INDIANSKEPTIC

No. 01/08 August 2010

Indian Sk eptic

Indian Sk eptic

Indian Sk eptic

It s h all be th e duty of every citizen of

India -

to develop th e scientific tem per, h um anism and th e spirit of inqu iry and

reform

(Article 51A (h ) Part IVA -Fundem ental Dutie s , Constitution of India)

Scie nce ve rsus M iracle s

INDIANSKEPTIC

No.01/08 August 2010

Ch arw ak : H istory and Ph ilosoph y

Bh artiya Dh arm granth o Ka Itih as

Did Th e H indus Ne ve r Eat Be e f? Th e Untouch able s W h o w e re th e y and W h y th e y be cam e Untouch able s

Th e M yth of H oly Cow

Th e Com ple te Work s of Sw am i Vive k anand

It is m orally as bad not to care w h eth e r a th ing is true or not, so long as it m ak e s you fe el good, as it is not to care h ow you got your m oney as long as

you h ave got it.

Edm und W ay TealeCircle of th e Seasons (19 50)

Quoted by Carl Sagan in Th e Dem on-H aunted World (19 9 6)

Dr Ram Puniyani

BS

Scie nce ve rsus M iracle s

BS

ATH EIST EVE

Ath e ist EveAth e ist Eve

Ath e ist Eve Indian Sk e ptic

R eligion for th e Poor and Uneducated

First conference of Karnatak a State Federation of R ationalist Associations h eld in Banalore on 14 M arch 2010

BS

W h e re did God com e from ? If you s ay th at I m us t not

as k th e q ue s tion of w h e re God cam e from , th e n w h y

m us t I as k th e q ue s tion of w h e re th e unive rs e cam e

from ?

Carl Sagan

Th e Varietie s of Scientific Experience : A Personal View of th e

Search for God (2006)

Ch arw ak : H istory and Ph ilosoph y

Lok ayatvaad Ch arw ak

Ch arw ak s in Ancient India

Sanh itas

Ch arw ak : H istory and

Ph ilosoph y

Apourus h e ya

Bh ik s h uk sAgnih otra, Sh raaddh a

M ok s h aNirvana

Sutras

R igve R is h is

Yadnyas Yadnyas

Pandits

Ve dant, Sank h ya Lok ayata Ve dant Sank h ya

Lok ayata

Lok ayata Ve dant

Ch arw ak Dars h an

Lok ayatya Sh aastra

W h o is Ch arw ak ?

Ch arw ak Dars h an

Ch arvan

Ch aru Wak s

Prabodh anch abdroday

Nastik Sh irom ani M ah abh arat

Ch arw ak vaad

ch arw ajvaadi

Distinctive Nature

Ch arw ak Dars h an.

Ch arw ak vaads

Sh ruti, Sm ruti Tirth ank arTath agat

Ve da

Ve das Upanis h ads

Sank h ya, Naiyayik , Vais h is h ik , Ve dant

Varnas h ram

Yadna

Yadna

Bouddh as

M uni Bh ik s h u.

Scientific Base

Mok s h a is Fre edom

Value of Life

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Failure of Ch arw ak Ph ilosoph y

Ch arw ak : H istory And Ph ilosoph ySadash iv Ath avaleTranslated by Sum an O ak ,Publish ed by And h ash radd h a Nirm oolan Sam iti, M ah arash traR s 100, pp 135

Prabh ak ar Nanaw atyTh ough t & Action

BS

W h at w e ne e d is not th e w ill to be lie ve , but th e w is h to

find out.

Bertrand R ussell

Quoted in Science , Nonscience and th e Paranorm al (19 87)

ed ited by H . Narasim h aiah

De ar Indian Sk e ptic, Th ank s a lot for s e nding m e Indian Sk e ptic on m ail re gularly. I re ad it w ith inte re st re gularly. I h ave som e sugge stions for im prove m e nts . 1. Since it is be com ing an e -journal. It m igh t be be tte r to ch ange th e form at (or h ave optional form at) to h tm l file .2. W ith in pdf file you can give link s to article s on conte nt page . Th is m e ans th at th e conte nt page w ill be com e click able (th at is I can re ad conte nt page and click on it to re ach an article .)3. Th e im age s ize could be re duce d w ith out loos ing clarity. Th is m igh t h e lp in re ducing curre nt file s ize of 1.52 M B. (Th is file s ize is no proble m for m e , but can cre ate proble m s for oth e rs .)4. You are probably us ing som e k ind of DTP softw are to produce th is . Th e tw o colum n form at look s good on printe d journal. H ow e ve r on e -journal s ingle colum n w ill m ak e it m ore re adable .

Pram od Sah asrabuddh e

Letters

Ignorance m ore fre q ue ntly be ge ts confide nce th an

doe s k now le dge : it is th os e w h o k now little , and not

th os e w h o k now m uch , w h o s o pos itive ly as s e rt th at

th is or th at proble m w ill ne ve r be s olve d by s cie nce .

Ch arles Darw in

Introduction, Th e De scent of M an (1871)

Karnatak a State Federation of R ationalist Associations

Dr Vijaya

Dr M N Kesh ava R ao

S Srinivas Nate k ar

S. Srinivas Nate k arSh ravana BelagolaH assan DistrictKarnatak a

U Kalanath an

Adv Sripal

Karnatak a State Federation of R ationalist Associations

h as convened a m e eting on 22nd August 2010 (Sunday) at

H assan. Th ose w h o w ould lik e to attend th e m e eting are

reque sted to contact th e State Convener of KSFRA

M r. BVV Subba R ao, . Ph one: 09 886679 088. Em ail:

babuk adur44@ gm ail.com

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