
Moreover, with the prevailing popularity of atheistic science, God and religion have become almost synonymous with superstition and tomfoolery. Rarely indeed do we come across a person who accepts the scriptural injunctions with unshakable faith and yet doesn’t come off as an unreasonable, frothy-mouthed dogmatist or a syrupy sentimentalist. Most people do require some philosophical groundwork to support their religious convictions. Nevertheless, it is a fact of our times that very few such persons exist. One may argue that for the person who faithfully accepts the authority of scripture, no rigorous theological explanation of the Lord’s holy name is required. The Vedic scriptures, on the other hand, not only glorify the holy name but also offer a systematic philosophical explanation of it and instruct us in its practical realization as well. If we ask, however, why the name of the Lord is so glorious and praiseworthy, the Bible offers no explanation. The Bible’s authors obviously considered the holy name of the Lord very important. The Bible has nearly a hundred verses that praise the power, glory, and excellence of God’s hallowed name.

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