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lief, Agni is the divinity of fire, Surya the sun divinity, Varuna of the
oceans, Vayo of the winds, Vishkarma of buildings, and Yama is the di-
vinity of death. Just these by themselves are sufficient to demonstrate

the irrational and mythical nature of Hinduism, as no one of an adequate
intellectual capacity could or would believe in the supernatural and in-
vincible power of a river. These are things only people whose mental
faculties are hindered by false convictions can believe and yet, there are

Ancient idolatrous
nations like the
Hindus have also
worshiped the
sun and built tem-
ples dedicated the
worship of it. On
the right: Picture
of the Konarak
temple in the
Orissa district.