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( 67 ) cause it is unintelligent and cannot do good or evil of its own accord.
To first drive people to do evil and then to throw them into the hell, thus punishing them and then taking them back to right paths, appears to be the only power of God.
44. Q.-God never drives people to do evil ; it
is they themselves, who lean towards them. God dispenses fruits to men according as theyper form actions. Take, for instance, the example of a king who penalises theft and never directs a thief to commit theft. If a thief commits theft, he must be punished by the king, Similarly God does not prompt people to do evil but certainly punishes those who do evil.
A.-This argument too, is fallacious, because
worldly kings however powerful, are never able to stop commission of theft altogether. Let such kings strive with all their heart, word and action to prohibit
