# Atheists
*20 references in Bhagavad-gītā As It Is*
* as sāṅkhya philosophers, **[[bg/7/5#translation|Bg. 7.5]]**
* beyond spiritual understanding, **[[bg/13/26#translation|Bg. 13.26]]**
* cannot have the divine vision, **[[bg/11/48#translation|Bg. 11.48]]**
* cannot understand forms of Kṛṣṇa, **[[bg/11/53#translation|Bg. 11.53]]**
* consider Kṛṣṇa as demigod, **[[bg/4/12#translation|Bg. 4.12]]**, **[[bg/10/42#translation|Bg. 10.42]]**
* demons as, **[[bg/16/19#translation|Bg. 16.19]]**
* discussed as āsuraṁ bhāvam āśrita, **[[bg/7/15#translation|Bg. 7.15]]**
* fear universal form, resent praise of Kṛṣṇa, **[[bg/11/37#translation|Bg. 11.37]]**
* Kapila and his atheistic sāṅkhya philosophy, **[[bg/2/39#translation|Bg. 2.39]]**, **[[bg/2/40#translation|Bg. 2.40]]**
* may know Kṛṣṇa as superhuman, **[[bg/4/5#translation|Bg. 4.5]]**
* one should disassociate from, **[[bg/11/55#translation|Bg. 11.55]]**
* reject existence of soul, **[[bg/2/28#translation|Bg. 2.28]]**
* their liberation, fruitive activities and knowledge baffled, **[[bg/9/12#translation|Bg. 9.12]]**, **[[bg/9/13#translation|Bg. 9.13]]**
* their plans baffled by nature, *[[bg/7/15#purport|Bg. 7.15]]*
* unnecessary for Kṛṣṇa to destroy them, *[[bg/4/8#purport|Bg. 4.8]]*