Therefore man today, intoxicated in a revolt against religion, which means against corruption, revolts also, ignorantly, against God, or form, or prayer, or anything which appears to him religious. But if you ask his soul, if you asked the deepest part of his being, you will find that there is some place for religion. What has this revolt brought about in the western world just now? It has brought about a condition in which it has become the fashion to be an atheist. There are people who wish to mention the name of God, and yet they are afraid it will be against the fashion and the custom of the day. It is just as in the past: an atheist in the past would not dare to say that he did not believe; he had to respect the custom. The outcome of this condition is that man is absorbed in material gain, and spiritual gain and heavenly inspiration are way out of his sight.