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Reason and Faith at Harvard

Friday, April 23, 2010

At Harvard, there is a clear emphasis on the importance of reason – our General Education requirements include Ethical Reasoning, and before the establishment of the GenEd system, the Core required us to take a Moral Reasoning core; so even in creating requirements that parallel other colleges’ ‘religious ethics’ requirements, Harvard adds an emphasis on [...]

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Alcohol in Hinduism

Thursday, April 1, 2010

It can be noted that almost all of the religions of the world have declared alcohol as something that one must abstain from consuming. The ‘Abrahamic religions’, such as Islam, Christianity and possibly even Judaism, forbid the use of alcohol in varying degrees. I always wondered what the Hindu stance was on the consumption of [...]

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Digital ahimsa: Hinduism in the world of video games

Friday, March 26, 2010

Over this past week of spring break here at Harvard, I reconnected with an old hobby — playing video games. I purchased a game called Bioshock from the local electronics store, having heard that it is based on Atlas Shrugged, an astounding novel that I enjoyed.
The premise, like many games today, is that you get [...]

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