Why did You say about the 50-50 probability for the existence of hell when Garuda puraana describes about hell?

[Shri Durgaprasad asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swamiji, Why did You say about the 50-50 probability for the existence of hell when Garuda puraana describes about hell in detail? The 50-50 probability only undermines the greatness of the Lord and at any time, You can show hell to anyone. At Your lotus feet, Durgaprasad]

Swami replied: When a devotee is preaching spiritual knowledge to the world, he has no power to show hell to the atheist. In such a case, the 50-50 probability will bring the same solution of believing in hell on seeing it. One may not see hell directly in the 50-50 probability argument, but, the logic in the 50-50 probability argument will certainly provoke the intelligence to take a decision on the safer side and control the sin even as benefit of doubt avoiding the risk of doubt. When you can achieve a result by logic itself, why should you bother about direct perception? In inference, the same knowledge of perception is attained even though there is no direct perception. Sometimes logic gives better, finer results than perception. If you show hell to a person, the person may be so much frightened that, from that day onwards, he stops eating, drinking and sleeping, and dies in few days, is it worthwhile?

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