Posted by Hemant Mehta in Last week, I spoke to a few secular groups in Toronto. The event was videotaped, and the full talk is now available on YouTube… though it’s in 398429823 parts.
But if you’d like to see the complete version of my “I Sold My Soul on eBay and Friendly Atheism” talk, along with the Q&A, Part 1 is below and the links to the rest of it are underneath!
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10
Part 11
Part 12
(Thanks to Katie and John for the links!)
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I’m an Jain Atheist and I would like to provide some corrections to the answers Hemant gave to some of the questions on Jainism.
Q: How old is Jainism?
A: Jainism is supposed to be the oldest religion. (at least that’s what Jainism literature claims). The 24th and last Tirthankara - Mahavira (The Jesus like person of Jainism) was around the same time of Gautam Bhudhdha. The previous 23 Tirthankaras were much before. Thus Jainism is not offshoot of Budhdhism or Hinduism.
When I was kid I was taught that Hinduism is in-fact an offshoot of Jainsm.
Thanks and Regards,
-Abhi
Terrific discussion. I wish I could have been there. I made a playlist for easier viewing:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=BD3E8BD706B17B35
Interesting and well done talk. I really see now that we, you and I, are atheists in the same tone that we are vegetarian. The questions at the end were very deep, and I thought you responded well. I must admit that I sometimes wish I had more of an oppurtunity to talk about atheism and what I believe instead.
Thanks for the positivity and optimism!