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in human progress ? God is just. According to every religion, God is the Lord of the whole universe. Then how is it that notwithstanding the differences in human progress in different people in different countries, there is no contradic. tion among them with regard to God's nature of being just. How do the differ ent religions account for God on this
point. A.-All the different religions believe that God
is just and this is true because God naturally possess the quality of nyaya-shilatâ (being just). But the belief of the people that God like Government officials administers justice to all the living beings is against the shâstrâs of the Jain religion and is also against logical conclusions. For instance a Baniya (trader) possess 1000 gold mohurs and for that reason he feels himself very happy. Then a thief comes and takes away all those mohurs. On the Baniya's making a protest the thief wounds his body by a sword. Thereupon the Baniya keeps quiet and the thief goes, a way with the money and feels him
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