Hindus criticize Pope for being harsh on atheists

13.07.09, MERINEWS (IN). HINDUS HAVE criticised Pope for rough handling of atheists and humanists in his long awaited encyclical “Caritas in Veritate” (Charity in Truth) issued in Rome. His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI wrote in this letter: “…ideological rejection of God and an atheism of indifference, oblivious to the creator and at risk of becoming equally oblivious to human values, constitute some of the chief obstacles to development today. A humanism, which excludes God is an inhuman humanism.” Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada, said that as Catholics and Hindus and others had freedom of their belief systems and were respected for their respective choices, and so should be the atheists. A religious leader of Pope’s stature should have been more inclusive.