32) Man is under the laws of physics gravitation, biochemistry. Our
behaviour changes if we are intoxicated when we introduced certain chemicals through food or drink. Food affects secretion of Glands which modify our personality. Same way faith introduced psychologically in mind changes our behaviour personality mind becomes dull does not allow us to reach to the reality, truth, facts & when selfish motive to get something e.g. getting son, or becoming mother or getting wealth, you become blind & become ready to do anything like killing, deceiving or do any
criminal act for achieving your goal.
An ignorant man & scientist went to 9000 feet high on mountain keeps potato to boil. Scientist had careful observation of data & ignorant worship to God, made offerings to allow potato to become soft but failed. Morality explained by Mahavira is dharma work is worship. Which leads your life.
Moral of the story is ignorance leads to blind belief and argues non-sensely. They are stringent and not ready to believe in the truth or facts. Behind the false belief they are not ready to see the reality. They are happy being foolish & stupid by closing the eye towards truth is mithya knowledge in Jainism.
Theist has mentality that if child dies in an operation or surgery or in a car accident by surgeon's mistake or car-drivers mistake, they will say its "God's will” accident was pre-text, only nimitta for his death. Due to his karma he died his life was written by God was only this much & not more.
Tree of living being can't be manifested like pot it grows from seeds which has potentiality to grow into tree, whole from part of it Every living has potentiality to become whole cause of me-my existence is outside of me is my parents & my parents are effects of their parents is unending causal chain demand posit & that is God. But as cause of events in the universe which itself is uncaused. Concept of God negates the whole meaning of the concept of cause. Everything has cause. If you assert God is without cause why we should hesitate to accept the world without cause world is sum total of things & events. If one says he sees God as disembodied spirit we don't question his sincerity but question his assertion that what he sees outside his experience for there is no disembodied being in the universe we have no evidence for existence of disembodied entity.
Scientific knowledge is based on evidence & revealed beliefs are not supported by evidence & therefore cant claim truth. The scientist provide truth that earth goes round through verification of eclipses
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