[Advaita-l] Scholarly Article on Why Vedas are Valid

[Rajaram Venkataramani]

Dear Shri laliAlalitah,

The vedic seers might not have claimed authorship but there is no evidence
to suggest that they were not the authors. So, a modern scholar will not
accept that a text can be unauthored especially when it is known that the
texts reflect the contemporary knowledge of history, geography and science.

It would be good if we said that Vedas are inerrant. This is the same line
as taking Vedas as axiomatic truths and showing that they cannot be shown to
be wrong. The problem with this is that there are statements that will
contradict established scientific data. Theory of Evolution is as grounded
in genetic and fossil data. A lot of genetic engineering and medicine
depends on this today. Now, Vedas propose a Theory of Creation - Purusha
Suktam for example leave alone smrti. How would you account for such
"erroneous perception"


Best Regards
Rajaram Venkataramani

2011/10/19 श्रीमल्ललितालालितः <lalitaalaalitah at gmail.com>

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> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 12:53, Rajaram Venkataramani
> <rajaramvenk at gmail.com>wrote:
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> > Opponent: "Do Vedas have any authority?
>
>
> Yes.
>
>
> > They are just the opinions of
> > ancient poets".
>
>
> No.
> Because no one is it's author.
>
>
> > We dont accept the imaginations and thoughts of modern poets
> > and writers as an truth or sacred.
>
>
> You actually don't accept invalid imaginations and not all.
> veda-s are not invalid.
>
>
> Then why should we accept the opinions and writings of the
> > Vedic seers are sacred truths?
>
>
> vedic seers are not writers of veda-s. veda-s are not their opinions.
> They are valid because you can not find any error in them.
>
> If it is down to belief, then it is like any
> > other belief system.
> >
>
> If belief is based on logic then it's different from other systems.
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