No God, No Knowledge; Know God, Know Knowledge
By Ajit Krishna Dasa
The question is familiar, almost worn out by repetition: If God is all-good and all-powerful, why does He allow evil and suffering? Why should a child be born into war, a mother bury her son, or a man be driven to despair by loneliness, disease, or betrayal? And if such things are real—and they are—then how can we claim that this world is governed by a benevolent and omnipotent God?
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By Ajit Krishna Dasa
Why do we turn away from truths we already know deep inside? Vaiṣṇava theology describes self-deception not as innocent ignorance but as the soul’s conscious attempt to forget its eternal role as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. Out of envy and the desire for independence, we suppress reality, and māyā gently provides the illusions that make the lie livable. At our core, we still know Kṛṣṇa, yet on the surface we resist Him, creating contradictions—like atheists who rely on morality and reason that only make sense if God exists. This self-deception fuels saṁsāra, false philosophies, and even subtle ambition within spiritual life. But bhakti offers the cure: not gaining new knowledge, but removing the coverings that hide the truth we already carry. Through honesty, humility, and hearing from Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books, the soul’s real identity begins to shine again.
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By Ajit Krishna Dasa
The claim that God is hidden from sincere seekers has become a central objection to theism in contemporary philosophy of religion. The argument suggests that if a perfectly loving God exists, He would ensure that all non-resistant individuals are aware of Him. The absence of such awareness is thus presented as evidence against God’s existence. Yet this objection presupposes a form of spiritual neutrality that the Vaiṣṇava tradition does not accept. According to Vaiṣṇava Vedānta, God is not absent—He is actively resisted. His apparent “hiddenness” is not a flaw in His nature, but a function of His personalism, His respect for the soul’s autonomy, and the moral and ontological conditions necessary for real relationship.
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By Ajit Krishna Dasa
In preaching, I often see devotees of Krishna unknowingly abandon our Vaisnava worldview in favor of an atheistic epistemology. This tends to happen when we engage with atheists or those who rely solely on sense perception and logic—what the Vedic teachings call the aroha-pantha (the ascending path). In such discussions, devotees sometimes concede to the atheistic claim that their aroha-pantha approach is neutral and, therefore, scripture cannot be accepted as proof.
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By Ajit Krishna Dasa
One of the greatest failures of atheistic thought is that while atheists observe life all around them, they are unable to account for its origin in a coherent and consistent way. They assume life must have emerged from matter, yet they cannot demonstrate how or why this would happen. Their worldview fails to provide a foundation for explaining life itself. Materialistic scientists propose that life arises from non-life through random chemical reactions, but this claim remains speculative and unsupported by observable evidence. Srila Prabhupada repeatedly challenged this notion, emphasizing that life comes from life, not from dead matter.
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By Ajit Krishna Dasa
Atheism has always been present in human society, but it is simply a sign of ignorance. The foolish conditioned soul thinks he is independent, but he does not realize that his very ability to think is controlled by the Supreme Lord. This book, 108 Problems with Atheism – According to Srila Prabhupada, will systematically expose the defects of atheistic philosophy using the divine knowledge of the Vedic scriptures.
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By Ajit Krishna Dasa
Theists often put a lot of energy into crafting arguments for God’s existence—cosmological, teleological, moral—like they’re building a logical fortress brick by brick. But here’s the twist: the strongest argument for God isn’t built *with* logic—it’s logic itself.
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By Ajit Krishna Dasa
Recently, I ran into someone who came up with this excuse to ditch his faith in Vaisnava philosophy:
“God is acintya, meaning inconceivable. He transcends logic—as evidenced by His being both impersonal and personal. Therefore it is impossible for us to truly know God. Therefore I’m now an acintya-vedantist!“
My response:
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By Ajit Krishna Dasa
You’ve got to hand it to vegans—most of them really care. They see the pain animals go through, they feel something deep inside, and they’re moved to action. That kind of empathy is rare in a world where people are often too distracted to care about anything but their own Netflix queue. From a Vaisnava perspective, this impulse to protect animals is beautiful. It’s a spark of the divine, a sign that there’s something deeper going on. But then, things start to unravel—big time—when atheism crashes the party. When you try to mix that compassion with atheism, things go sideways fast. It’s not going to work.
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By Ajit Krishna Dasa
Below is an educational conversation between myself and AI. I’ve asked the AI to play the role of an intellectual and honest atheist who’s willing to admit his or her mistakes.
Agnostic Atheist:
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