Comments on: Can Atheists Pray? http://harmonist.us/2009/09/can-atheists-pray/ Mon, 21 May 2012 20:22:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: ancientmariner http://harmonist.us/2009/09/can-atheists-pray/comment-page-1/#comment-2083 ancientmariner Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:40:04 +0000 http://harmonist.us/?p=2643#comment-2083 They have a relationship with God wether they like it or not. They may not be conscious of the supersoul but the supersoul is there so maybe when an atheist prays on accident or something they are unconsciously tapping into the supersoul connection that exists in the heart. They will not admit that is what is going on because they are not ready to give up on the idea that they are God or little Gods unto themselves. The thought of not having control scares them I imagine at least in some cases. They have a relationship with God wether they like it or not. They may not be conscious of the supersoul but the supersoul is there so maybe when an atheist prays on accident or something they are unconsciously tapping into the supersoul connection that exists in the heart. They will not admit that is what is going on because they are not ready to give up on the idea that they are God or little Gods unto themselves. The thought of not having control scares them I imagine at least in some cases.

]]> By: Gopa Kumara Das http://harmonist.us/2009/09/can-atheists-pray/comment-page-1/#comment-1827 Gopa Kumara Das Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:44:42 +0000 http://harmonist.us/?p=2643#comment-1827 I find this article quite endearing. I can relate to this dilemma very strongly. It is not so uncommon for agnostics and atheists to pray in moments of crisis. I can readily admit that during hurricane Andrew I prayed passionately for protection. That however, seems quite desperate. My current condition is different. I was playing the wonderful board game Settlers of Catan the other day with a friend and she asked, "what do you think god's qualities are?" the answers around the table were: freedom, power, and love. I thought about it and I said Beauty. It was the most honest thing I could say. 4 years ago when I withdrew from Gaudiya Vaisnava sadhana, Gurumaharaja said something to me about Krishna as the absolute truth due to His absolute beauty. Now four years later the same phenomena draws me to the path. I look at Mahaprabhu and I think, "is there anyone more beautifully compelling than Gaurahari?" His beauty converted the Advaitan sannyasis in Varanasi and caused chaste men and women to run after him in the streets of Bengal. My point is: as a devout agnostic dedicated to skepticism I find that the trump card of theism is not God as a solution to desperation and hopelessness, it is the beauty of Gaura Nitai dancing In prema. I find this article quite endearing. I can relate to this dilemma very strongly.

It is not so uncommon for agnostics and atheists to pray in moments of crisis. I can readily admit that during hurricane Andrew I prayed passionately for protection. That however, seems quite desperate. My current condition is different. I was playing the wonderful board game Settlers of Catan the other day with a friend and she asked, “what do you think god’s qualities are?” the answers around the table were: freedom, power, and love. I thought about it and I said Beauty. It was the most honest thing I could say. 4 years ago when I withdrew from Gaudiya Vaisnava sadhana, Gurumaharaja said something to me about Krishna as the absolute truth due to His absolute beauty.

Now four years later the same phenomena draws me to the path. I look at Mahaprabhu and I think, “is there anyone more beautifully compelling than Gaurahari?” His beauty converted the Advaitan sannyasis in Varanasi and caused chaste men and women to run after him in the streets of Bengal.

My point is: as a devout agnostic dedicated to skepticism I find that the trump card of theism is not God as a solution to desperation and hopelessness, it is the beauty of Gaura Nitai dancing In prema.

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