Atheist Javed Akhtar scores 8 goals against Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

A little-known facet of scriptwriter and lyricist Javed Akhtar is that he is a rationalist, an atheist and a fierce debater who opposes BLIND FAITH in all its forms, whether religious or political. In this televised debate, Javed Aktar points out the flaws in the reasoning of godman "Sadhguru" Jaggi Vasudev. Here are eight times that Javed Akhtar punched holes in Jaggi Vasudev's claims of spiritualism during this debate, in conversation with journalist Shoma Chaudhury at Tehelka's THiNK 2012 session titled "Five Star Fixes? Ancient Technologies for the Modern Mind". Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev's claims of a "technology" called Inner Engineering is based on a flawed line of reasoning based on blind faith in the supernatural. Javed Akhtar debunks this blind faith. #sadhguru #javedakhtar #religion #atheist #spirituality #debate ------------------ Content of Video ----------------- 0:00 - Intro 0:35 - Body and mind are accumulations, says Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev. It's like an onion, counters atheist Javed Akhtar 1:43 - The video senses are not reliable, says Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev. Spiritualists try to shake your confidence in your five senses, counters atheist Javed Akhtar. 4:00 - Why are we in this universe, asks Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev. We are here to procreate, says atheist Javed Akhtar 5:36 - Inner Engineering helps you to achieve your maximum potential in life, says Jaggi Vasudev. Rationalist Javed Akhtar points out that spiritualists are hypocritical in their attitude to science 7:40 - Javed Akhtar on the difference between blind faith and rational belief. 9:00 - Javed Akhtar on intuition, conscious mind, logical reasoning and Ramanujan's belief that a deity was the reason for his mathematical giftedness 11:10 - Javed Akhtar on faith and suicide bombers ISSUED IN PUBLIC INTEREST BY Krishnaraj Rao 9821588114 and 8169471229 [email protected] Mumbai