Acharya Prashant emphasizes that matters concerning physical phenomena, such as gases and the environment, should be addressed by scientists and scientific literature rather than religious figures or rituals. He critiques the claim that performing ritual sacrifices protected individuals during the Bhopal gas tragedy, labeling such ideas as scientific superstition often spread through social media. He explains that burning materials like ghee, dung, and wood produces gases like carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and sulfur oxides, which contribute to climate change and air pollution rather than purifying the environment. He clarifies that air is a mixture of gases and adding more combustion products does not lead to purification. Acharya Prashant argues that religion has been reduced to crass materialism, whereas its true domain is the investigation of the self, addressing the nature of the 'I', its desires, and the causes of suffering.