Who are the humanists or anyone then to say that the Christian notion of heaven, the Buddhist idea of Nirvana, or Sufi idea of the Supreme Love of God are wrong?
Again, their measuring stick is solely biological existence, and that is not necessarily the whole picture, or at least isn’t necessarily what some people consider to be of primary importance to them. For a mind that sets lofty standards, establishes high goals, agrees upon difficult ideals, and directs the organism to achieve these things through dedication, discipline and hard work, raw biological existence seems a pallid third-rate concern. Realize, from a certain view of past human oppression, much of what they attack is valid. The criticisms made against past religions and states are largely valid. The problem is that they put nothing useful in place of what they destroy and also throw out much good with what they perceive as bad. Also, the “here and now” is defined in raw materialistic terms. They ignore the entire mental realm of Man. Man’s mind may possess tremendous potential beyond anyone’s wildest dreams. Possibly Man’s mind is separate and even separable from the body. But
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