Q167. What is Theistic and Atheistic?
Theistic means one accepts there is a God and believes He must be described, seen, and proven. Atheistic means one does not believe in the existence of God or believes God is not described, thus God is unknown/invisible/unseen. Those who follow ideologies where God is not described are following atheistic ideologies, because God is eternal and thus by now, trillions of years after creation. He must have described Himself to the humans who want to know Him. Why should the eternal God keep Himself unknown/invisible, and unseen? The Vedic scriptures completely describe God and thus those who do not accept Lord Krishna as the Supreme (God), must present another contender with similar details as provided for Lord Krishna. If they cannot then they are basically atheistic because they are rejecting the only contender for the Supreme, Lord Krishna.
Source: Kamlesh C. Patel, The Book of Life (EternalReligion.org, 2020) · Back to all 200 Q&A