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BTW, I am a Kashmiri and from a Shaiva family. However, my community's Shaivism is of normal kind* and not one of the various strains of Kashmir Shaiva Siddhanta. * worship of Shiva and his family - I am a strong atheist Hindu and strong believer of non-duality. Apart from those who follow...

Human brain/mind starts working sometime in the sixth weak of pregnancy and keeps working for all its healthy life. It is a empty glass to start with. No need for God in the process.

Rabbi (Gurpreet Singh) Shergill, the person in the video is one who composed and sang it.

@talib-al-kalim , did you listen to the Shergill song? The video is beautiful and it was immensely popular at one time.

Why would a prophet say that there is no God. It will cut his base, because his prophethood is supposed to be from a God. Indian religions teach self-enhancement without need of a God (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and to some extent Sikhism)...

Matter is energy. Then there are theories that all this arose from 'nothing'. It is a matter of further research. Yeah, 4 Vedas, 10 books of RigVeda, then 14 Principal Upanishads, and then 18 Principal Puranas. Lots of material, lots of views in Hinduism.

I think RigVeda was talking about something like 'plasma' which is supposed to have existed at the time of big bang. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_(physics) "Plasma is one of four fundamental states of matter (the other three being solid, liquid, and gas) characterized by the presence...

That is what a hymn in RigVeda said, but it is not compulsory that we toe the Veda lines. Most hymns accept the existence of multiple Gods and Goddesses. This is Hinduism and not an Abrahamic religion. The 'He' in RigVeda is not a God, which the earlier verse clearly denies.

It is totally different from the normal concept of God. 1. It does not create the universe and its denizens. 2. It does not demand submission or prayer. 3. It does not judge humans after death. Has no heaven or hell. 4. It does not give rules for humans to follow. 5. It does not promise...

That is an assertion, not a reason.

Welcome to your beliefs, but is there any reason to believe that way? ;)

My chariot (it is not an affordable cart or buggy) is not for protection, it is only for travel. I take care of my protection myself. :D

Yeah, sounds somewhat like God, but is not a God. Again, yes, beyond human comprehension in his time, but who knows if for future too?

Since the poet has already denied Gods, 'He' should be understood as 'What exists' (something like Brahman which is not God, but the sole constituent of all things in the universe, the substrate/substance of the universe), that is how I take it.

Welcome to the forum.

When I was a kid or teenager, beliefs were not of much concern. The earliest I remember is being slapped by a Muslim when I threw color on him during Holi. I was about 11 year-old at that time. It did not feel right. Later in college, I had Muslim friends.

The "Creation" hymn of RigVeda denied prior-existence of Gods in clear-cut terms 3,000 years ago: "The Gods are later than this world's production. Who knows then whence it first came into being?" https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv10129.htm

I do not make any apology. What is there is there. If it is complicated, it is complicated. RigVeda is a herder's book of prayers, no apology required. As for myself, I am a strong atheist. I neither believe in Gods nor in souls. >> That too, is Hinduism.

Shakta and Vaishnava (Pancaratra) LHPs. Merging with the deity is more of a Shaiva tradition. Hindu tantra is very complicated with all kinds of views. For more info, kindly visit Tantra - Wikipedia Not so in Hinduism. You are allowed to have your own views. That is how the diversity came...

The problem with Eastern LHP is that there are many and not just one, so any generalization is incorrect. You can have one of your own.