Book Title: Jainism in Nutshell
Author(s): Kirtivijay, Prasannamukh Surchandra Badami
Publisher: Atma Kamal Labdhisuri Gyanmandir

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________________ VI Is God a Creator of the Universe? Many belive that this world is created by God, because it is not possible for an ordinary man to create such a wonderful world. But this belief is erroneous. There are many fallacies in believing that God created this world. The first querry which arises in Why did God create this universe? Where was he staying when the universe was not in existence ? Is it that God did not like to remain alone and therefore, he created this world;for play (leela)? By propounding this view, God will have to be likened to a child. If you still state that God created the world, the next question will arise who created God and again one will ask who created the creator of God? and in this way where will this series of questions end ? Again follow. If we believe that God created the world, the next question which arises is why did God create such a strange world in which we find the happy and the miserable, a prince and a

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