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Therefore, to believe that anyone, even God, is the creator of the happiness and sorrow, life and death of others is merely an imagination, pure ignorance. Acharya Amitagati has clearly stated this:
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*Self-created karma, whatever is done by the soul in the past, its good and bad fruits are received by itself.*
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*If it is clearly received from another, then self-created karma is meaningless.*
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*Leaving aside the karma done by oneself, no one gives anything to anyone.*
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*Thinking and contemplating, one should abandon the idea that another gives, and be free from the rest.*
Even when tested by the yardstick of logic, the creator of the world, God, etc., is not proven. So many questions arise about him that neither the existence of the world is proven nor is it possible for an infinite variety of the world to be created by one. In fact, every being is the creator of its own individual world. That is why Jainism does not consider God as the creator of the universe, because the universe is eternal and infinite, it has never been created in a new form, and since it is itself subject to change, it does not require the support of God.
**Objections and Refutations to the Karma Theory**
There are some objections to the Karma theory from those who believe in God as the creator or motivator. These can be divided into the following categories:
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(1) Just as small and big things in the world, like palaces and houses, are created by someone, so there must be a creator of the entire universe, which appears in the form of work.
(2) All beings perform good and bad karma, but no one desires the fruit of bad karma, and karma itself is inert and unable to bear fruit without the motivation of any conscious being. Therefore, God should be considered as the cause of the experience of the fruits of karma.