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believer in God! I ask you how it is that God being himself omniscient and passionless, inclines men towards evil pursuits. Those who are wise, are impartial. Men ought, therefore, to be led towards good actions, not evil actions, but it is seen that God leads men even towardse vil actions. This does not prove that He is omniscient and passionless.
43. Q.-Ishwara leads all men to do good actions; therefore He is omniscient and beyond. all passions. Those who do evil actions are punished by Him in this way that He inclines them to do undesireable things which lead them to hell. This is because such men may be in fear of similar troubles and be deterred from committing sin again, as He dispenses suitable fruits to men. He is wise, passionless and without any blemish.
A. This statement is also thoughtlessly made because it is God and none else who originally inclines people to do evil. The soul itself cannot do anything be
