08 Jul 2021
Swāmi Replied:- Hinduism stands for unity in diversity. In any religion, atheists exist. We shall condemn atheism in the case of the topic of existence of God. But, there are several good points like their criticism on the so called theists doing sins and praying God to escape the punishments of sins. The atheists stand as auditors for theists doing spiritual business! They also stand as the examiners to test the intensity of devotion and act as measuring scales of the extent of devotion for God. Cārvāka, the founder of atheism was a great scientist, who discovered that the awareness is just a modification of the inert energy generated by the digestion of food. God will not maintain anything or anybody in this world without a positive use. Every quality created by God has both good and bad sides even in the realm of worldly life or Pravṛtti. Any side of any quality also becomes good, when it is diverted to spiritual life or Nivṛtti!
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