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14 Defective Concepts of God in Other Religions A study of all religions would reveal that there is no re- ligion, other than Isl a m, which teaches that God Almighty is absolutely free from all defects and pos- sesses to the full all praiseworthy qualities. Concepts of Hind u s and A ry a Sam a jists The average Hind u considers his deities as partners in Providence and as sharers in God's actions. He even re- gards them as capable of altering God's designs and of upsetting His decrees. The Hind u s also believe that their Parmeshwar, at one time or the other, by way of transmi- gration, was born in the shape of a human being or some animal even as filthy as swine, and that he became in- volved in all their ills and vices. In that condition, he was subject, like others of the species, to hunger and thirst, pain and hurt, fear and sorrow, disease and death, hu- miliation and disgrace, and helplessness and weakness. Thus, it is obvious that such beliefs negate the high quali- ties of God Almighty and reduce His eternal and everlasting glory and majesty. Their brothers, the A ry a Sam a jists, who claim that they follow the Ved a s strictly, deprive God Almighty of the power of creation. They hold that souls are uncreated and self-existing like God Himself, whereas reason would consider it a defect in God Almighty that He should be the Master of the world and yet should not be the Lord and Creator of something, and that the life of the world should not depend upon His support but should be self- existing. Assume that the following two questions were to be submitted to sane reason: (i) Is it more appropriate and in accord with the perfect praiseworthiness of the