The wrong notions about and objections against these sacrificial rites can be summarized briefly as follows: 

1.The oblations offered into the sacrificial fire will not have any effect on the forces of nature even as the striking of an electric pole will not result in the falling of coconuts from their trees in the garden. 

2.Since animals are sacrificed in these Yajnas, violence to life is involved. Could it not be that these Yajnas have been invented to satisfy the gross desire to eat meat? 

3.Is it not the height of foolishness to offer milk, curds, ghee or cloth to the sacrificial fire and thus destroy them? Would it not be better to offer them to the poor and the needy? 

An attempt may now be made to meet these objections thus: 

1.Though the oblations are offered in the sacrificial fire, it is God, the Supreme Ruler of the universe, that receives them. Since He is omniscient and omnipotent, fulfilling the desires and aspirations of those performing the Yajnas is in no way difficult for Him. After all, is not nature subservient to Him? 

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