The short one
B: Do you know that P = Q ?
NB: Can you prove it?
B: Why don't you disprove it?
NB: But you said it was true, so prove it!
B: Ha ha - prove it wrong friend or else accept that it is true
The classic one
B: I think X = Y
NB: But we have absolutely no explanation or evidence to support this
B: It has been divinely ordained
NB: But even in a court of law, they require evidence
B: Friends, we are talking about something much much above these trivial institutions.
How dare you compare HIS wisdom with that of a mere judge in a court of lawThe most popular one
B: Don't you feel the presence of the Almighty, all around you??
NB: I tried my best but I really do not experience anything out of normal.
B: There must be something wrong with you. Only those who have true faith & surrender to the lord are able to feel HIS presence.
About omnipotence
B: Don't you know that GOD is omnipotent and infinitely powerful?
NB: Oh! Does that mean GOD has decided what is going to happen in your future?
B: Of course! We live only according to HIS will.
NB: But if he has decided your future, this means that he cannot change it - so how can you call
HIM infinitely powerful? B: No HE can change it if he wants to
NB: But that means HE is not sure whether HE is going to change it or not.
B: Oh these things are beyond your puny intelligence. Let's talk of something else.
About omnipresence
NB: Where is HE?
B: Oh HE exists everywhere
NB: Then why do you want to go to Tirupati to worship Balaji - you can do so right here in the Balaji temple in our town.
B: No but Tirupati is a more auspicious location
NB: But I thought you just said that HE is everywhere. Then why is his temple at Tirupati more auspicious than at Nagpur?
B: Oh you don't understand what spirituality is all about.
NB: What has this got to do with spirituality?
B: There is no point in talking to an illiterate like you.
About our purpose on earth
NB: Do you think all of us have a pre determined purpose of getting born on earth?
B: Of course! HE has sent us on earth with a specific purpose
NB: What could have been HIS purpose in case of the people who got killed in the tsunami
B: Oh HE works in HIS own mysterious ways.
About prayers
NB: Why do you pray so often?
B: To pay my respects, ask HIM for success and happiness & to reduce my hardships
NB: But HE has already decided to give you those hardships so why will he change HIS mind
now just because you are pleading through your prayers?
B: But I must regularly pay HIM my respects by worshiping HIM?
NB: Does HE demand worship and prayers? And will HE listen to only those who pray?
B: Everyone is equal in HIS eyes.
NB: So why pray? If your intentions are good and you are leading a good moral life, HE is
watching you and will automatically reward you
B: I am not going to continue this pointless discussion.
NB: Ok, how are you sure that HE is listening to your prayers?
B: Oh, he has HIS own ways of letting me know about that.
NB: But then if I pray how will I be sure that my prayers have reached HIM? I need some
advice from you because you have been regularly praying to HIM.
B: You start praying first and you will start receiving HIS signals.
The bizarre one
NB: How does HE decide when two competing devotees want their wishes fulfilled?
NB: If that is true, how are politicians and their cronies able to corner most government
contracts?
The clincher
NB: Do you really think that HE will look after you?
B : Of course HE will. He is powerful enough to take care of all his creations
NB : If he is really all that powerful, why do we lock temples. Can't HE look after HIMSELF?
