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It is said that the creation of his body is due to unseen causes, just like the bodies of ordinary beings are created by their own unseen causes (destiny, past karma), so too the body of God is created due to unseen causes. And being bodiless, he cannot create material things from nothing. Because it is seen that the effect arises according to the cause. If it is said that God has the nature to create the world, then he will never be able to rest from the work of world creation. And if he takes rest, then his nature will be harmed. If it is said that God does not have the nature to maintain the world, then God can never create the world. Creation and destruction are two different actions, and God performs both actions of creation and destruction of the world, then two natures will have to be assumed in him. Because creation and destruction are two different actions, and if both actions happen from one nature, then creation and destruction will become one, and two contradictory things cannot arise from one nature-like cause.
In addition, it is also worth considering that if the world arose from non-existence, and God also created all beings from non-existence, then all of them are mutually cooperative and exist due to the material obtained, then why is the omnipotent God considered to be the creator? When the world is self-conscious and independent of form, it is not created by anyone and evolves according to its own nature. Is there any need for God in this?
Also, to imagine a God for the salvation of the world is to make the free form of matter dependent. Every being is responsible for its own progress through its own intellect and love, not responsible to any other creator, nor does it receive the knowledge of duty and obligation from him. Therefore, the concept of God is meaningless in the world.
From the above statement, it becomes clear that God is not the cause of the conscious diversity, but the living being itself progresses on the path of development and destruction, rise and fall of its own karma. That is why Jain vision has considered karma as the cause of the diversity of the living world. This vision