Re: Why I Cannot Believe in the Brahma Kumaris' 5,000 Years
Posted: 11 Jan 2013
ex-l wrote:I don't think it is fair or accurate to suggest that science is developing to "avoid" the idea life has always existed? I don't think that has been a motivating principle.
To be fair, most scientists aren't aware of the teachings of RajYoga, so you may be right. However, when we look at the Big Bang theory, it does have its similarities with the teaching of RajYoga. Father Shiv has taught us through His chariots(Ram and Krishna), that He creates us in His own image... i.e. every 5000 years, He comes to teach us that we are points of spiritual light, just as He is. So it is a re-creation through knowledge, and then expansion takes place over time, as more souls become aware of this truth(as far as i, and other BKs-PBKs are concerned). In the same way, Scientists propose that from a tiny point of hugely concentrated physical energy, the universe was created and expanded.
There is also the subject of Darwinism, and the theory of how human beings were once monkeys... Is this also perhaps just a reflection of what happens in the Confluence Age, when Ram's monkey army eventually become Deities, or perfect human beings?
ex-l wrote:I know the PBKs have a slightly more complex version of "Creation" from the BKs version including deep friezes and heavy rains ... but does it address all the controversies completely?
No, it doesn't broach the subject in detail as far as i know, of things like light getting back to its source, and space probes that have been sent into space, getting back to earth. I however, am fully confident that these things have very simple explanations. I am of the view as i have expressed before, that once the soul becomes pure, energy re-configures itself to it original starting point, a bit like pressing a re-set switch on a computer programme or something... but i cannot explain these issues in terms of what we currently understand as the laws of physics.
ex-l wrote:A comedian and a scientist discuss religion ... "I know people who stopped believing in God because pets were not allowed" ... Richard Dawkins & Ricky Gervais. A more serious discussion with Dawkins on the origin of life is here.
Funnily enough i watched this a few days ago. Ricky Gervais is a bright bloke, and has obviously spent time researching these things. I watched another video in which he was discussing similar matters with Karl Pilkington, and again showed that he had done his research... But when he was describing to Karl, how life has developed from pond slime; i have to say it was very unconvincing, and karl did not appear that impressed either!