Atheism Is Unscientific

Evidence from the Vedas about the Supreme Position of Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu!

Dear All,

We all keep encountering atheists, or so-called devotees (who say they believe in God, but spend all their spare time in watching movies and other such so-called entertainment). The so-called devotees are generally innocent people who dont know about God too much but nevertheless, wont openly blaspheme. However, the atheists are very arrogant and blasphemous. Both these kinds of people need to be woken up from their slumber of spiritual ignorance :)

I'll talk briefly about atheism in this article. Atheism is unscientific. Saying that God doesn't exist is unscientific, because one cannot prove the non-existence of something. In terms of Computer Science, its like an undecidable problem. Either you can prove something exists by experiencing it, or you can just say that so far I have not experienced. But in no way can one say that because I have not yet experienced it, I will never be able to experience it in the future.

In simple words, just because I have not perceived God, it doesnt mean that there is no God.

On the other hand, the Vedic literature is full of ways and means to realise God. Those who follow them, soon realise its verity. So, it is scientific. A process is there, a goal is there, and thsoe who follow the process, attain the goal. Nothing is random. So, it is scientific.

I think no one will object to what I have written so far.

Now, some people say, Ok agreed. But why should I accept the Vedas in the first place? They are written by some human beings and why should I care for what other humans have written?

Well, in reply, we know that the Vedas are the word of God. But if someone is just not willing to accept, then we can again go back to the scientific method and prove that what the Vedas say is always true. Despite, showing this logically, if the person is still not willing to accept, then again we know that we are speaking to an unscientific mind and must therefore utilise our time in some better way like chanting and dancing :)

Now the next question comes. OK agreed. But why should we follow Prabhupada's books? There are so many who have written their commentaries on the Vedas (especially on the Bhagavad Gita), then why should I follow only Prabhupada's?

Again, we see here that there is always rebellion against the preaching. This is mostly because of a sub-conscious lack of faith in spiritual matters and also because unfortunately so many people have cheated innocent people in the past :(

Apart from telling about the disciplic succession, we can tell them that Prabhupada's "Bhagavad Gita - As It Is" is the best sellers in the domain! Also, we can show proof that so many westerners, who are supposed to be very much independent thinking, and so many scientists and intelligent people have studied and accepted Prabhupada's books and have benefitted immensely. This certainly means that these books are sensible books!

Also, we must mention the position of Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu! We can ask them "If Lord Krishna Himself tells you that Prabhupada's books should be followed, will you follow?" If they say "No", then again we can go back to more fruitful things than talking to such a person :). If he says "Yes", then we can establish the position of Lord Chaitanya as Krishna Himself! Then, a scientific minded person cannot but start seriously thinking about everything we tell him...

Ofcourse, having said all this, its totally upto Krishna's mercy who will become a devotee, and who wont :) We are not the doers. We are just instruments in the Hands of Gauranga!

Srila Prabhupada Ki Jai!!

Your servant in Krishna Consciousness,
Abhijit.