Is God a self-deception?

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> > True, but you can't defeat my position. As long as you can't prove

> > God's existence he will never exist, except by His mercy. You

> > can't defeat this.

 

Someone said that even the strictest atheist prays to God in life

danger. 8)

 

> If I am blind I will never in my life see

> > colors, no matter how many good arguements you present.

 

Vedas compare atheists to owls who refuse to see the sun. They are not

blind but choose, as Jahnu P. mentions, not to see it. So we should

analyze the reasons for that choice and how they can be prevented.

Atheism is only a symptom of a disease, an inner emptiness and

rebellion against natural order and ultimately its Creator.

 

Someone said that today's atheists were fanatical theists in their

previous life. They got nowhere in their spiritual life and carried

their experience that 'spirituality is a fraud' into this life.

 

> unless that person is extremely intelligent

 

Any examples? Antony Flew?

 

> and atheists are characterized by

> being less intelligent. Otherwise how can you be an atheist? So

> they'll never be convinced.

 

They can be tricked into doing some ajnata sukriti though. 8)

 

> But by arguing with atheists we can learn how they think and

 

Do you have a link to a compilation of atheistic arguments aside Wiki,

best if categorized?

 

> To take a practical example, I consider the atma yoga seminar a

> symptom of atheism in ISKCON, and it is because I have been arguing

> with atheists for years that I can detect that.

 

Not again, Prabhu, please...

 

> unintelligent people. They are already defeated. But we have to know

> how to defeat them, anyway. If we don't we'll be victimized

> ourselves.

 

An example how an atheist dies (this one fortunately had a devotee

daughter!):

 

veda.harekrsna.cz/encyclopedia/dying.htm#11

 

ys Jan