Guest guest Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 > Some atheists argue that religion (theism) is the cause of evil, > including wars. Only for misunderstood and misused religion. Question is if such religion can be called a religion. Srila Prabhupada used to say that 'false guru' is a contradiction. One is either a guru or not. In SB 7 several such 'religions' are classified as adharmas. > Their argument presupposes that God doesn't exist, > because IF an all-good God existed then every evil act would be > against the wish of such an all-good God. In other words such an act > would per definition be atheistic, it could never be theistic. One first needs definitions of 'good' and 'evil'. Solid definitions need a solid, absolute reference point, i.e. God whose Will defines the standards (i.e. dharma, SB 6.1.40). > 1. - 5. Makes sense to me. > 1. Evil actions are all atheistic [see above argument] > 2. War is only caused by evil actions Well, there are also dharmic wars. In Kali-yuga almost nonexistent but still... > 3. Therefore, war is only caused by atheistic actions only > in 99% of cases. 8) ys Jan sa eva bhagavan yuge turiye 'pi brahma-kule jayamanah sarva upanisadah uddidirsuh sarvani dharma-astrani vistarayisnuh sarvan api janan santarayisnuh sarvan api vaisnavan dharman vijrimbhayan sarvan api pasandan nicakhana In the Kali-yuga, Supreme Lord will appear in a brahmana's family. He will teach the message of the Upanisads and the dharma-sastras. He will defeat the atheists and offenders and He will establish the truth of Vaisnava-dharma. (Krsna Upanisad 2.6) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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