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As far as the contemptible, obsolete, rotten values of our society are concerned, I am an extreme sceptic.
I never got an opportunity to be proud. I was very careful in my behaviour and somewhat pessimistic about my future career.
In that leaflet, one full paragraph was devoted to the praises of God and His doings which we, human beings, cannot understand. This is sheer mysticism.
“Religion is the outcome of human weakness or the limitation of human knowledge.”
‘Study more and more’, said I to myself so that I might be able to face the arguments of my opponents. ‘Study’ to support your point of view with convincing arguments.
The ideas contained in Bakunin’s ‘God and State’ seem inconclusive,
Beliefs make it easier to go through hardships, even make them pleasant.
Man can find a strong support in God and an encouraging consolation in His Name. If you have no belief in Him, then there is no alternative but to depend upon yourself.
Merciless criticism and independent thinking are the two necessary traits of revolutionary thinking.
My disbelief in God has turned all the circumstances too harsh and this situation can deteriorate further.
Success depends on chance and circumstances.
Where concrete proofs are lacking, [mystical] philosophy creeps in.
“philosophy is the outcome of human weakness.”
It is necessary for every person who stands for progress to criticise every tenet of old beliefs. Item by item he has to challenge the efficacy of old faith.
1. If, as you believe there is an Almighty, Omnipresent, Omniscient God, who created the earth or universe, please let me know, first of all, as to why he created this world. This world which is full of woe and grief, and countless miseries, where not even one person lives in peace.
As regard the origin of God, my thought is that man created God in his imagination when he realized his weaknesses, limitations and shortcomings. In this way he got the courage to face all the trying circumstances and to meet all dangers that might occur in his life and also to restrain his outbursts in prosperity and affluence.
