I am not preaching the religion. I just read about this and found it
is cool that there is a concept of Atheism in Hinduism. That makes it
the only religion to accept Atheism.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism_in_Hinduism
Atheism (Sanskrit: निरीश्वरवाद, nir-īśvara-vāda, lit. "statement of no
Lord", "doctrine of godlessness") or disbelief in God or gods has been
a historically propounded viewpoint in many of the orthodox and
heterodox streams of Hindu philosophies.Generally, atheism is valid in
Hinduism, but some schools view the path of an atheist to be difficult
to follow in matters of spirituality.
Hindu atheists accept Hinduism more as a "way of life" than a
religion. They are unlike other Hindus in their religious outlook, but
they share the same cultural and moral values.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism#Concept_of_God
Hinduism is a diverse system of thought with beliefs spanning
monotheism, polytheism, panentheism, pantheism, monism, and atheism
among others and its concept of God is complex and depends upon each
individual and the tradition and philosophy followed. It is sometimes
referred to as henotheistic (i.e., involving devotion to a single god
while accepting the existence of others), but any such term is an
overgeneralization.
Atheistic doctrines dominate Hindu schools like Samkhya and Mimamsa.
The Sāṁkhyapravacana Sūtra of Samkhya argues that the existence of God
(Ishvara) cannot be proved and hence cannot be admitted to
exist.Samkhya argue that an unchanging God cannot be the source of an
ever changing world. It says God was a necessary metaphysical
assumption demanded by circumstances. Proponents of the school of
Mimamsa, which is based on rituals and orthopraxy states that the
evidence allegedly proving the existence of God was insufficient. They
argue that there is no need to postulate a maker for the world, just
as there is no need for an author to compose the Vedas or a God to
validate the rituals. Mimamsa considers the Gods named in the Vedas
have no existence apart from the mantras that speak their names. To
that regard, the power of the mantras is what is seen as the power of
Gods.
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So I can be an atheist and still declare myself as an Atheistic
Hindu... cool