According to Osho, Krishna passed through no atheism at all; his theism is so deep it transcends the theist–atheist divide. For Krishna, 'what is, is'—call it God, nature, or godlessness; names don't matter. Deep theism and deep atheism meet in the same understanding, whereas only shallow minds quarrel. Krishna rests in direct acceptance of reality, beyond affirmation or negation.
Krishna didn’t need to deny God to find truth; he simply trusted reality as it is, beyond labels and arguments.