No God, No Knowledge; Know God, Know Knowledge
Did the universe create itself?
Quite a few atheists put forward the claim that the universe could have created itself and therefore doesn’t need a God as an explanation for its existence. However, a closer look this claim reveals that it’s self-contradictory.
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
Christian presuppositionalists claim that the Christian worldview must be presupposed for knowledge to possible. Unless you accept Christianity, they say, your worldview cannot provide the necessary preconditions of human knowledge and intelligibility.
Here is why they are wrong, and why Christianity cannot provide the necessary preconditions of human knowledge and intelligibility:
Continue reading “Christianity Makes Knowledge Impossible”
This is a debate I conducted with a Christian on G1 Radio (starts around the 39th minute). You have to access it from here, since G1 Radio has made restrictions so that it cannot be viewed from other websites.
Unfortunately the connection was bad, and so the sound quality suffered quite a bit.
By Ajit Krishna Dasa
Abstract
Rational debate can only take place between worldviews that are internally coherent. And atheism, in whatever shape it takes, is not. It is self-contradictory. Continue reading “Evolution or Creation – Who is Qualified to Speak?”
By Ajit Krishna Dasa
Question:
“If there’s one God, why are there more than 4,000 religions?”
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”
A person who says “God does not exist” contradicts himself in at least three ways: Continue reading “The “God Does Not Exist” Self-Contradiction”
“The Personality of Godhead Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is in every living being along with the individual soul. And this fact is perceived and hypothesized in our acts of seeing and taking help from the intelligence.” (SB 2.2.35)
This is a profound verse!
By our intelligence we can know that Sri Krishna is in our own body. From the purport: Continue reading “Intelligence is Proof of God”
An Aspiring Krishna Dasa 