Lecture Sialkot — Page 43
L ECTURE S IALKOT 43 to the Aryas] this is how Parmeshwar has done away with this objection: Every soul that is made to enter the salvation chamber continues to be burdened by one sin, on the basis of which each soul is eventually thrown out of the salvation chamber. Such, indeed, are the beliefs of the Aryas. In all fair- ness, how can one who suffers from such constraints possibly be Parmeshwar? It is highly regrettable that by denying a very clear concept of God’s attribute of crea- tion, the Aryas have put themselves in a very absurd position and, by presuming Parmeshwar’s works to be like their own, they have also blasphemed Him. They failed to understand that God is different from His crea- tion in each of His attributes. To judge God by human standards is a fallacy which dialecticians have named as 'false analogy'. The claim that creation ex nihilo is im- possible is based on the experience of reason regarding human ability. Reducing Divine attributes to the level of man is sheer naivety. Just as God speaks without a physical tongue, hears without physical ears and sees without physical eyes, so does He create without physi- cal wherewithal. To believe that He is dependant upon matter would amount to the suspension of Divine at- tributes. There is yet another grave error in this doctrine, for it makes every particle a co-partner with God in the sense that every particle is uncreated and eternal. The idol-worshippers associated only a few