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have denied creation by God. For example see the passage quoated from the Bhagavat Gita, on page:53. Here the will of God being the source of any activity is denied. The falling of the rain, the milk in the breast of the mother, the heat given out by fire or the light of the sun are not creations of God but they exist by their own nature. If God is to take credit for these, it is as well that he should be censured for creating famines, plagues, inundations and earthquakes. The Hindu Vedant says that the origin of evils is in the JHT TUT of God and of good things, in the area cu of God. The Christians and the Moslems consider Satan to be the doer of evils. God is said to be full of all the best qualities but not of all the vices. The Jains go further and limit the duty of God to explaining the right path. Christianity concurs with it in saying that God has handed over the duty of giving judgments to his Son. In substance this doctrine means that God is
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