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THE HOW AND WHY OF CREATION

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jayasartn • Tue Apr 30 2002 - 02:52:29 PDT 


Dear friends,
 Ref  14449 "SCIENCE AND ASTRONOMY  and 
the ariticle in www.space.com/space library/books

The work of God as Creator is discussed -- the said book dwelves upon 
the premise that if creation starting from Bigbang can go on and 
sustain on its own without any need for any one (read  God) to creat 
the worlds and cater to them, where is the need for a God to creat?

I recommend to readers to read the concluding part of "A brief 
history of Time' by Stephen Hawking wherein this question is 
discussed.

Even Einstein asked once " How much choice did god have in 
constructing the Universe?" Now we have a whole lot of information 
based on unasssialable evidence of science that all that was required 
for creation was to just switch on the button of the Bigbang and the 
rest will be taken care of by itself. The very latest information as 
on 30-04-2002 is that there was not just one Bigbang culmianting in a 
Big crunch. These are cyclical and keep repeating without the need 
for anyone to make them happen or go on. ( Is this not what Krishna 
meant when he told Arjuna that he too was born many times before just 
as how Arjuna was born again and again?)

But what we must remember is that all these theories on creation and 
delusion can be satisfactorily explained  in terms of 'how's 
and 'what's.(The theory of creation as found in Srimad Bhagavatha 
also sustains similar notions on Bigbang  and even the Ripple Effect 
that was said to have  occurred 5 billion yeras after the Bigbang - 
when Brahma once again stirred out of his dhyana and looked on all 
sides to see if creation wsa going on satisfactorily) But no 
scientist can explain 'why' it is happening.
Perhaps it is here the very complicity of God's 'work'comes to the 
fore. To quote stephen hawking 'If we find the answer to that, it 
would be the ultimate triumph of human reason - for then we would 
know the mind of God."
One notion on the question of 'why' as adiyen has understood is that 
out of 'apaara karuna' for the souls in distress bound by papa and 
punya karma and stuck in the vicious cycle of birth and rebirth, 
that  God makes creation happen.
may i request our learned friends to part with their knowledge  on 
the "why" question substantiated by our upanisahds  / shastras

JAYASREE  SARNATHAN








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