The erudite Javed Akhtar gave a useless answer to a question about Ramanujam being taught mathematics by God/ Gods utterances and his position on that as an Atheist.
While won't belabor on the answer he gave, but there can be a better way to answer. An atheist is a belief system and if his belief in that helps him in his career, write good lyrics, win accolades then it's good for him. Similarly, if Ramanujam was devout Hindu, chanting Mantras of Vishnu, Shiva or Devi and it helps him formulate unparalleled Mathematical concepts, then his belief system is good for him.
Again, even if you don't believe others belief, even that is a belief, till the time you are not pinching the other person. Even pinching is under tolerable limits for some religions particularly the eastern religions.
Problem happens when the physical response goes towards picking knives and swords and inflicting grave harm and even death, which some belief systems have ingrained in them.
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