Psychology Of Religion Quotes

“Secularism has three stages. First, you realize, all religions pray to the same God. Second, you realize, God exists only in the human heart. Finally, all talk of God disappears, and what remains among the humans, is a natural sense of oneness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World

“Infidelity is the first sign of religion,
Disbelief is the sign of practical divinity.
Birth of a question is the birth of understanding,
To question division is to practice humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“Perhaps the most serious error of Allberry's use of the phrase 'same-sex attracted' is that it is without biblical precedent. Homosexuality in Scripture is never once merely described as a 'temptation' nor are homosexual feelings ever discussed without a link to homosexual conduct. Allberry may find such concepts elsewhere in the realm of psychology but they are alien to Christian theology.”
― Enoch Burke, The Hedonism and Homosexuality of John Piper and Sam Allberry: The Truth of Scripture

“LOVE THY NEIGHBOR The Evolution of In-Group Morality By John Hartung

January 1995 Skeptic 3(4)

The world's major religions espouse a moral code that includes injunctions against
murder, theft, and lying — or so conventional 19th- and 20th-century Western wisdom would have it. Evidence put forth here argues that this convention is a conceit which does not apply to the West's own religious foundations. In particular, rules against murder, theft, and lying codified by the Ten Commandments were intended to apply only within a cooperating group for the purpose of enabling that group to compete successfully against other groups. In addition, this in-group morality has functioned, both historically and by express intent, to create adverse circumstances between groups by actively promoting murder, theft, and lying as tools of competition. Contemporary efforts to present Judeo-Christian in-group morality as universal morality defy the plain meaning of the texts upon which Judaism and Christianity are based. Accordingly, that effort is ultimately hopeless.”
― John Hartung

“I am a better scientist because of theology, I am a better theologian because of science.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Divane Dynamite: Only truth in the cosmos is love

“Fervor of faith is not the problem, bigotry of faith is the problem. Or to put it simply. Religion is not the problem, fundamentalism is the real problem. But we must be aware of what a fundamentalist is. A fundamentalist is not necessarily a person who takes the scripture literally, rather, a fundamentalist is a person who deems their own religion as the only true religion, and all others as heresy. Some fundamentalists do interpret the scripture metaphorically, and still manage to remain a bigot.

After all, you see outside, what is inside. So the point is, if you want to see integration in the world, first you gotta irrigate your heart, not your colon, of all division. Until you understand undivision, you won't understand divinity. No sabes unidad, no sabes divinidad.

Even if you have never heard of Jesus, even if you have never heard of Buddha, even if you have never heard of Moses and Mohammed, even if you have never heard of Nanak and Naskar, you can still be divine. But if you never treat another person with kindness and dignity, you can never be divine.

It's your behavior that makes you religious, not your belief. Besides, even in this day and age, if your belief still keeps raising walls, instead of bringing them down, it's time you seek medical help. Because you see, bigotry is not a legal problem, it is a medical problem, just like alcoholism is a medical problem. Fundamentalism is not a neurodivergence, fundamentalism is a lethal neuropsychiatric condition, which requires immediate medical attention.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sin Dios Sí Hay Divinidad: The Pastor Who Never Was

“Fundamentalism is not a neurodivergence, fundamentalism is a lethal neuropsychiatric condition, which requires immediate medical attention.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sin Dios Sí Hay Divinidad: The Pastor Who Never Was

“If you believe, God is the supreme creator of everything, then God is also the one who gave you a brain. Use it. Likewise, if you know that we have evolved from the apes through natural selection, then you should also know about the fascinating mental faculty we developed alongside reason, called empathy. Use it.

Some might say, it is cowardly of me to not pick any side with confidence. Well, I am a behaviorist after all. You don't expect me to peddle the same old dualistic ideologies that philosophers and theologians have been peddling for centuries, do you - that too with a complete disregard for the necessities of the everyday mind! I want to induce integration in the world, not conversion.

So I say, if you believe in God, make it a reason for assimilation, not segregation. If you prefer reason, use it for warm ascension, not cold and fancy descension.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sin Dios Sí Hay Divinidad: The Pastor Who Never Was

“What is Afterlife (The Sonnet)

Read a few books, you live a little.
Help a few beings, you live a lifetime.
Heaven is not a place high above the sky,
Heaven is the moment you're someone's lifeline.
Even I enjoy a good dc and marvel story,
But it mustn't turn you blind to reality.
To live selfish is the animal's purgatory,
To die while living for others is humanity.
Memory is the fabric upon which time is carved.
Where there is no memory, there is no time.
Neurons are the building blocks of mind and memory.
Where there is no neuron, there is no paradise.
There's not one but two paradise, one real, another fiction.
The real one is made of action, the other imagination.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sin Dios Sí Hay Divinidad: The Pastor Who Never Was

“Faith explained is faith lost.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sin Dios Sí Hay Divinidad: The Pastor Who Never Was

“Take the beliefs of any fundamentalist, and replace all mentions of their particular religion with any other religion, and you won't be able to tell the difference. Why? Because fundamentalism changes only label from one religion to another, but the underlying prejudice, biases and bigotry remain the same. Because underneath every fundamentalism, there is the same old primitive, animal mind trying its darndest to defend the integrity of its personal mental universe.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sin Dios Sí Hay Divinidad: The Pastor Who Never Was

“Personal fiction is a psychological necessity of the individual – hence, a right - why can't we simply accept it as such! Why do we have to diss another person for not believing in the same kind of fiction that we believe in! It is time we become an aid to each other's light, not an impediment.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“God is all in the mind,
What's wrong with that!
Art is also all in the mind,
So, is art nothing but dirt!

Dividers will always divide,
Haters will always hate.
Apes will find one excuse or another,
To justify their authoritarian trait.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“The same sun and the same moon are reflected in all the lakes and ponds in the world - neither of them is superior or inferior to the other. Likewise, the same love and the same human condition are reflected in all the religions of the world.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Centurion Sermon: Mental Por El Mundo

“I get visions of words,
But it ain't nothing supernatural.
It's just a natural expression,
of divergently wired circuits neural.

Much of my literary universe
is born of intense transcendental states.
Had I let it overwhelm my common sense,
I'd've risen a supernatural figurehead.

Instead, I looked for a tangible explanation,
that flatters my curiosity, not ignorance.
Thus, I stumbled upon the neurochemical roots,
from which all normal and paranormal manifest.

Mind is not a gateway to another realm,
Mind is a wondrous universe on its own.
The messages we think we get from the heavens,
Are actually subconscious constructs of our own.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World

“Mind is not a gateway to another realm,
Mind is a wondrous universe on its own.
The messages we think we get from the heavens,
Are actually subconscious constructs of our own.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World

“I get visions of words,
But it ain't nothing supernatural.
It's just a natural expression,
of divergently wired circuits neural.

Much of my literary universe
is born of intense transcendental states.
Had I let it overwhelm my common sense,
I'd've risen a supernatural figurehead.

Instead, I looked for a tangible explanation,
that flatters my curiosity, not ignorance.
Thus, I stumbled upon the neurochemical roots,
from which all normal and paranormal manifest.

Mind is not a gateway to another realm,
Mind is a wondrous universe on its own.
The messages we think we get from the heavens,
Are actually subconscious constructs of our own.

Be conscious of consciousness,
but more of your subconsciousness.
Your eyes will open up to new vistas,
with wider and more meaningful sapience.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World

“Personal fiction is a psychological necessity of the individual – hence, a right - why can't we simply accept it as such!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Naskarism, Marxism, Buddhism, Sufism, Confucianism, Christianism, Judaism, it's all human construct. As such, none of it is infallible. Yours truly admits that, so did my friend Sid (Buddha), as well as my brother Mevlana (Rumi). And what's wrong with acknowledging the possibility of folly anyway! It is only through folly that fervor unfolds - it is only through mistakes that the mind expands.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“No belief is inferior, diverse beliefs are diverse means of self-preservation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“There are many symbols [...] that are not individual, but collective in their nature and origin. These are chiefly religious images. The believer assumes that they are of divine origin -- that they have been revealed to man. The skeptic flatly believes they've been invented. Both are wrong.”
― C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols

“God is Schrodinger's cat,
one moment it's there, the next it's not -
all depends on the state of mind -
God is the oldest fear-bending construct.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator

“God is Schrodinger's cat, one moment it's there, the next it's not - all depends on the state of mind - God is the oldest fear-bending construct. Problem is when apes use God to enforce fear, a healthy refuge is rendered harmful refuse.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator

“Neurons are the birthplace of God,
Neurons produce all ghosts and goblins.
Life is a concoction of neurochemistry,
Boon and bane are both our own making.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Neurons are the birthplace of God.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Neurons are the birthplace of God, neurons produce all ghosts and goblins.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Law of Nature is its lack of meaning,
as well as its lack of morality.
We needed an image to bear the blame,
and be the imaginary steward of our destiny.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“What you believe or don't is of no consequence, one true god or another. Imaginary friends are often therapeutic, just don't thrust your friend on another.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“Keep god or not as you need,
convert to whatever you like.
There is no other grand design,
except a beautiful human mind.

What you believe or don't is of no
consequence, one true god or another.
Imaginary friends are often therapeutic,
just don't thrust your friend on another.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“Faith is A Private Pill (Sonnet)

Faith is a private pill, not public law;
belief is a personal mechanism, not a mandate.
I am not a religious figure, but a human one;
only gospel I offer is the gospel of tolerance.

I stand not to dehumanize, but to dedogmatize,
yet to entitled bigots it always feels dehumanizing.
In my world, science is philosophy is theology is poetry,
beyond the grasp of your fractured compartmentalizing.

Ivory tower of belief and ivory tower of logic,
are both equally antithetical to life's delicacies.
We gotta bring belief down from the sky into the soil,
and logic down from the tower onto the streets.

Live deeply, love madly, indulge moderately;
remember, vengeance is not power, but paralysis.
Love is not an emotion, love is existence;
tolerance is not a faculty, it's consciousness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology