Chicago Prashnottar

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

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has committed, for no misdeed should remain unpunished.
A.-Your statement shows that God inflicts
suffering upon men unnecesarily. Accord ing to you, man cannot enjoy the fruits of their actions without the intervention of God. If He were not to punish men, they would never suffer in consequences of their deeds and thus will never be reborn or commit any further sins. What is it that leads God to roll these men again into the hell, when they are not performing any sinful actions ? An imparcial and compassionate Being, never inflicts unnecessary suffering upon any man.
47. Q.-It is for his own entertainment or a
musement that God sends one to heaven, and another to hell, makes one a crawling snail and another a man. When these beings skip and jump for merriment or weep or beat their breasts for sorrow, God derives enjoyment from the spectacle of his own creation. It is for this purpose that the world is created.