24 Dec 2020

Does God love those who doubt Him?

[A question by a devotee brought to Swami by Śrī Anil. What is the essence of these verses from Bhagavad Gītā: 4.40, “But persons who possess neither faith nor knowledge, and who are of a doubting nature, suffer a downfall. For the sceptical souls, there is no happiness, either in this world or the next”? Does God love us when we doubt Him? Sometimes, I doubt God.]

Swāmi replied: I do not understand any logical connection between the verse quoted and the question and comment of this gentleman. Did God say in the verse that He loves a person, who doubts Him? One may get a doubt in spiritual knowledge and that can always be clarified from the divine preacher.

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