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Fourth Doubt regarding Consequences of Karma
How could it then decide about extending the consequences? Since it has no intelligence, it cannot make any judgment or any other decision.
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Faldātä shwar Canye, Bhoktāpanun Sadhay, Em Kahye Ishwartanun, shwarpanum Ja Jay
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If God is conceived of as provider of consequences, there could be a case for bearing the consequences; but that contention would result in loss of God's godliness. (80)
Explanation & Discussion: Most people believe in an almighty God, who would judge the activities of every being and would dispense the justice. If one subscribes to that belief, then God constitutes the agency, which can extend the appropriate consequences of Karma. God being impartial, He can properly judge every case and hand down the right consequences to every being. But there is no valid case for believing in the existence of God as the dispenser of justice. There are innumerable living beings that happen to acquire Karma every moment. If we admit the existence of God as the judge, He would not be in a position to judge all the cases, even if He is equipped with a supercomputer or with superhuman capability.
Moreover, sitting in judgment presupposes the propensity to act and that itself would lead to acquisition of Karma. It means that God himself would be subject to acquiring Karma. Since godliness denotes unadulterated purity, conceiving of Him as being the judge amounts to compromising that
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