Intelligence and arguments in modes of nature

[Guest guest]

Hare Hare dear devotees

 

>I read some of your discussions on atheistic blah blah to not accept God. I

>thought, but how they could accept Him if their intelligence is impure

>influenced by the lower modes - gunas? That means they are unable to

>understand

>the perfect transcendental logic of the satra. They will always come up

>with

>some arguments from the lower modes that sounds reasonable only for the

>similar

>ass like people in the lower modes.

 

>So, what to do? Lord Caitanya gives the medicine - Harinam sankirtana. Only

>that can purify them and when a bit elevated they might begin to

>understand.

 

>Only arguing with them back and forth will be tarko pratishta even if you

>present the perfect conclusions of the satra.

 

>Am I right?

 

Yes you are! The Holy Name and prasadam. But remember that we can argue with

atheists to practice defeating atheism and to convince the innocent

listeners. But as soon as we argue to convince the atheists we are wasting

our time. There's no way we can convince them - at least not in writing.

 

But to convince the innocent listeners we have to actually put forward

strong, logical arguments that actually defeats the atheistic arguments.

It's not enough just to call the atheists ill names and to say that because

they are atheists, then they must always be wrong. Also if we put forward

arguments for the existence of God they have to be good, valid arguments,

not just any argument.

 

This is my humble opinion!

 

Ys, AKD