Why I am an Atheist

by Bhagat Singh

"Philosophy is the outcome of human weakness or limitation of knowledge".

Study to enable yourself to face the arguments advanced by opposition.

'Belief' softens the hardships, even can make them pleasant. In God man can find very strong consolation and support. Without Him, the man has to depend upon himself.

The day we find a great number of men and women with this psychology who cannot devote themselves to anything else than the service of mankind and emancipation of the suffering humanity; that day shall inaugurate the era of liberty.

Self-reliance is always liable to be interpreted as vanity. It is sad and miserable but there is no help.

Criticism and independent thinking are the two indispensable qualities of a revolutionary.

But man's duty is to try and endeavor, success depends upon chance and environments.

Where direct proofs are lacking philosophy occupies the important place. As I have already stated, a certain revolutionary friend used to say that Philosophy is the outcome of human weakness.

Any man who stands for progress has to criticize, disbelieve and challenge every item of the old faith. Item by item he has to reason out every nook and corner of the prevailing faith. If after considerable reasoning one is led to believe in any theory or philosophy, his faith is welcomed. His reasoning can be mistaken, wrong, misled and sometimes fallacious. But he is liable to correction because reason is the guiding star of his life. But mere faith and blind faith is dangerous: it dulls the brain, and makes a man reactionary.

Moreover do you know that the greatest sin in this world is to be poor? Poverty is a sin, it is a punishment.