Hare Krishna dear devotees,dandawat pranams.
I watched a YouTube video by the channel,"science is dope"
The title of the video is"how to spot a bad claim|beerbiceps as an example"
In this video,pranav,the youtuber explains bad claims, unfalsifiable claims and the reasons they can't be taken seriously in a rational approach to life. He also goes on to apply the same logic to support atheism. When I saw the video,i found him totally logical. But,i may just be an ignorant or naive person who is convinced easily. Hence my request at your lotus feet is this: can you please watch the video and refute his claims? I'm pretty sure that your divine knowledge will help me understand what his argument lacks and how theism is correct.
Dandawat pranams
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Thanks for your reply Prabhu ji,
I'm grateful that you chose to guide me, but here are the problems many in the scientific community speak about;when one invests thousands of hours on religious activities without facing the negative opinions which question them,a coping mechanism, attachment to the religion and fear of ideas being debunked set in which induce the person to never face the questions with integrity. Here's an example,if a person becomes a brahmachari and subsequently a sanyasi,it would be impossible for him to admit to himself (after being neck deep in the water)that he wasted his time.
That is the only problem many people see with the approach you mentioned. At that point,one might convince himself of all kinds of things which never happened to him. That is why I listen to their arguments too,who knows if I will be open to listening to them after I'm too deep into my practice. What is your opinion regarding this? Again, I'm just telling you the concerns raised by people and trying to learn from you, please don't think I want to argue,i just want to learn.
Seek your blessings,
Hare Krishna
That makes sense prabhuji,i understood. Thank you so much for guiding me,dandawats at your lotus feet.