| Bhagavad Gita, the holy book of Hinduism, is absurd | | | | world of appearance or duality is caused by Brahman, |
| as it is full of great many flaws. Some of them are | | | | which is supposed to be a singular entity, there is an |
| stated and described below. | | | | absurdity. If at point x duality arose from Brahman |
| 1. The baseless / unreasonable conception of self- | | | | then before x there has to be duality as a singular |
| Ref to Ch 13 Text 33: There is considered to be Soul | | | | entity cannot create multiplicity. There have to be at |
| which feels something. However, there does not | | | | least two conceptually and physically distinct entities |
| need to be a separate entity that feels. Feeling of | | | | to produce something else. |
| pain, for example, is itself sufficient for its existence. | | | | 4. Why God created duality if it is inferior, pointless, |
| When I think I am feeling pain, this thinking itself is | | | | and moreover sinful ? |
| actually realised in the form of some feeling. | | | | 5. Satanic God ? There is evil in the world. (Ref to Ch |
| 2. The absurd conception of rebirth- Ref to Ch 15 | | | | 4 Text 7) If God did not cause it He is not almighty |
| Text 8 & Text 9: A man, for example, may turn into | | | | and if He caused it why ? Is it a game played by Him |
| a pig in the next birth/life because of his pig-like | | | | for His own entertainment? Then God is Satanic. |
| activities. However, a man and a pig are two very | | | | 6. Ref to Ch 15 Text 8 & 9; Also Ref to the pictures |
| separate entities. Whatever that a pig enjoys or | | | | in the book Bhagavad Gita as it is by A. C. |
| suffers can in no sense be connected to a man. In | | | | Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada: A woman acting |
| other words, it is absurd to think that a man suffers | | | | like a tree and a man acting like a tiger in this life get |
| in the next birth because he has become a pig. There | | | | the lives of a tree and a tiger respectively in their |
| is absolutely no man in a pig to think that how bad | | | | next lives. Now, the world is getting more and more |
| that I became a pig in this life. The criticism of the | | | | hedonistic and materialistic which implies that there |
| conception of self discussed in point 1 strengthens | | | | should be more and more trees and tigers in the |
| this argument. | | | | world which rather contradicts the facts. |
| 3. The conception of Brahman and Duality- If the | | | | |