Dogma is for the Dogs

Nowadays we are being told that to be in tune with the modern day scientific world we must reject the existence of God. They say that only old-fashioned sentimentalists accept the existence of a Supreme Being. Such dogmatic statements are not for sane class of men. They are suited instead for the brainless doggish class of men who do not see that everywhere around them are things that come from things. Show me one thing that comes of nothing. There is no such thing. Everything comes from something. Therefore the universe must necessarily also comes from something. This is the meaning of the word "God." God means the source of all existence. Since existence cannot be sourceless, therefore God must exist.

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Question: My Friend Invites Me to Worship Demigods

Right from the beginning of my life I never liked to worship any demigod. I never felt like worshipping anyone other than Lord Krishna. But I know a devotee who is initiated and close to me and who still worships the demigods considering them as devotees of Krishna. The difficulty is that he always asks me or even sometimes forces me to come for that puja. How to handle this situation?

Your servant,
Dinesh

Answer: Politely Decline His Invitation

Tell him that although you do not want to offend him because you consider him to be a dear friend, you must politely decline his invitation because Krishna says in Bhagavad-gita 7.20 that those who worship the demigods have lost their intelligence.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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