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IS GOD A CREATOR OF
THE UNIVERSE ?
Many believe that this world is created by God, because it is not possible for an ordinary man to create such a wonderful world.
The first querry which arises is 'Why did God create this universe? Where was he staying when the universe was not in existence? Is it that God did not like to remain alone and therefore, he created this world for play (leela)? By propounding this view, God will have to be likened to a child.
If you still state that God created the world, the next question will arise who created God? And again one will ask who created the Creator of God? And in this way where will this series of questions end? Again follow. If we believe that God created the world, the next question which arises is why did God create such a strange world in which we find the happy and the miserable, a prince and a pauper, the maimed and the lame, the blind and the deaf, the well fed and the famished. All are equal in the eyes Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
