How impersonlism aggravates religious materialism
The grhamedhis, who want to
continue a prosperous materialistic way of life, generally worship the
demigods or the forefathers by offering pinda, or respectful oblations.
Such persons are bereft of Krsna consciousness and are not interested in
devotional service to the Lord. This kind of so-called pious and
religious man is the result of impersonalism. The impersonalists maintain
that the Supreme Absolute Truth has no form and that one can imagine any
form he likes for his benefit and worship in that way. Therefore the
grhamedhis or materialistic men say that they can worship any form of a
demigod as worship of the Supreme Lord. Especially amongst the Hindus,
those who are meat-eaters prefer to worship goddess Kali because it is
prescribed that one can sacrifice a goat before that goddess. They
maintain that whether one worships the goddess Kali or the Supreme
Personality of Godhead Visnu or any demigod, the destination is the same.
This is first-class rascaldom, and such people are misled. But they
prefer this philosophy. Bhagavad-gita does not accept such rascaldom, and
it is clearly stated that such methods are meant for persons who have
lost their intelligence.