Saints were Actually Atheists! || Acharya Prashant

Full video: This is real atheism || Acharya Prashant, in conversation (2022)

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00:00In the name of atheism, even true religiosity is being rejected.

00:06Atheism is wonderful if atheism is used as a counter-narrative to all the stupidities of popular organized religion.

00:17In that sense, a lot of great saints were actually atheists.

00:22A lot of religious reformers were actually atheists because they did not subscribe to the prevailing notion of godhood.

00:29And the prevailing notions of godhood, you would agree, have been very rotten at many points in history.

00:37And that's why there has been a need for religious reform.

00:42That kind of atheism is alright.

00:44But I become a bit nervous when I see people discounting even core spirituality by asserting that they are atheists.