The evolution of religion- from animism to agnosticism
Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:09:10 -0800 http://rishiscribe.blogspot.com/2007/03/ambedkar-and-buddha.html Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Ambedkar and Buddha Dr Ambedkar And The Evolution Of Religion: From Animism To Agnosticism By Rishikesh Bahadur Desai A student once asked his teacher, "Master, what is enlightenment?" The master replied, "When hungry, eat. When tired, sleep." This shows how simple ideas are confused for complex issues. We will keep coming back and forth to the title of this paper, 'Evolution of religion from Animism to Agnosticism'. Simply put, Animism is believing that anything and everything is God. Agnosticism is to stop worrying about God and carrying on with our work. Stages of evolution: 'Change of the concept of God to an idol to an idea' ANIMISM Primitive man feared natural phenomena like lightning, rain, and floods. He called them God as they seemed to control his life. Any weird performance that was believed to control these was magic. T...