No God, No Knowledge; Know God, Know Knowledge
Written by Ajit Krishna Dasa
How do we, as devotees of Krishna, figure out what an atheist – and what atheism – really is?
-Do we search the internet?
-Do we arm wrestle about it?
-Do we just think really hard about it?
-Do we consult a dictionary?
-Do we ask an atheist?
-Do we make an online survey?
No, of course not. As devotees we look to sastra for an answer. Interestingly enough sastra says that there are no atheists!
By Ajit Krishna Dasa
According to most atheists there is no evidence to support the idea that something spiritual or divine exists. They claim that matter is all we can observe, and that theists are irrational and naive victims of their own wishful thinking. Since there is no proof of spirit, they claim, we should all be materialists.
But the atheists are wrong, and here is why: Continue reading “Materialists Cannot Prove the Existence of Matter”
By Ajit Krishna Dasa
ARGUMENT
Premise 1: If a worldview is true it must be able to account for the preconditions of cognition and intelligibility.
Premise 2: Either the atheistic or the theistic worldview is the true worldview. Continue reading “Theism is the True Worldview”
By Ajit Krishna Dasa
Krishna consciousness is self-authenticating (svatah-pramana). It cannot be independently proven by any outside evidence. It is itself the only ultimate foundation of all evidences and proofs. So without presupposing the truth of God as He is presented in the Vedic scriptures we cannot understand anything. Continue reading “Vedic Epistemology Properly Understood”
By Ajit Krishna Dasa
Anyone declaring “God does not exist” winds up contradicting him- or herself in at least four significant ways:
1) By inadvertently supporting the existence of objective values
Imagine this: an atheist boldly claims, “God does not exist.” In doing so, he’s not just speaking—he’s choosing. He’s decided to make this particular statement over countless other things he might have said or done. In effect, he’s valuing this assertion above all other actions. But here’s the twist: Continue reading “The Self-Contradictory Claim of God’s Nonexistence”
Ajit Krishna Dasa 