Chicago Prashnottar

Author(s): Vijayanandsuri
Publisher: Atmanand Jain Pustak Pracharak Mandal

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squalor and misery. The very sight of these persons evokes our compassion and excites our horripilation. Does not the sight of these miserable creatures move God with pity? If God is not moved with pity, He cannot be God. The performer of a trick is like a foolish child full of passion and animosity. If He is affected by passion and hatred He is full of all defects. When He is full of all defects He cannot be God. He can only be a worldly man. He who has passion and hatred cannot be omniscient and He who is not omniscient can never be called God.
22. Q.-God rewards or punishes men according to their actions therefore He is not to blame. As one soweth so does one reap. A.-Your statement proves that the world is beginningless and God is not its creator. Bravo! you have undermined your own position yourself. You are coming to the position that whatever condition the living beings have in this life, are the results of their deeds in the previous life