The Truth

Author(s): O P Jain
Publisher: Veer Nirvan Granth Prakashan Samiti

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THE TRUTH
question of creation of the Universe does not arise. It is eternal and indestructible.
3.3 Why should it be necessary to assign the role of a ruler and a judge to God, when all events in the World can rationally be explained based on the logic of cause and effect. If I put my hand on fire, I can tell you precisely what the result of my folly could be, long before it is to be judicially determined by a divine judge in heaven? It is well-known that all chemical and physical changes in the Universe occur automatically as per well defined and precise laws of Nature without waiting for any command. These changes can even be predicted once the relevant parameters are known. Hence there remains no necessity for a ruler or a judge to command the fun of the Universe. The concept of command implies that the laws of Nature can even be changed occasionally as desired to meet certain special situations. But in practice, it is not found so. The fact is that every basic element in the Universe possesses its own nature and reacts to external situations in conformity with its own properties according to the laws of cause and effect. If it were not so, there will be utter chaos in the Universe and no scientific study of laws of Ntaure would have been possible. Hence not only the Universe is eternal, but also its basic components possess properties which are unchangeable. In fact, the existence of a substance is established only by its unique properties and unless these are eternally present in it, it ceases to exist. It may change forms due to external influences, but does not leave its inherent qualities even though they may not be apparent in a changed form. It might be said that God created the laws of Nature according to which it continues to function. But the question is whether it functions on command of God and can He change these functions ? If not, this attribute does no credit to God and is unnecessary. Nothing in this world is known to be created from nothingness and the basic elements of creation will surely possess their own nature without which their existence cannot be proved. Thus the question that God created the laws of Nature does not arise, because these laws are nothing but the Nature and attributes of things in this Universe. It has already been shown in para 3.2 that the elements of the Universe are eternal, existed since ever and were not created at any instant.
The notion that the Universe is merely a dream (maya) and has no reality, can also not be accepted as it goes against the principle of indestructibility of matter, for how can this principle apply to a thing