thread: 2007-01-25 : Worship followup
On 2007-01-25, Neel wrote:
For me, an "atheist" is someone whose best adequate explanations for any phenomenon do not involve gods. Mouthing the words is, er, a typical human response.
Once, as a kid, I was visiting some of my relatives in India. One of my uncles was trying to organize a group of people to go visit a temple, and my dad made some comment about how proper Brahmins didn't need to go to temples because we performed all the relevant karmas ourselves. Without missing a beat, my uncle said, "Exactly—that's why I need to visit a temple!" and the entire room cracked up.
