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OUR FATHER, HELL AND HEAVEN : M. M. NINAN<br />

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Sin of sentient beings form the cancer within God's body.<br />

If some cells try to take over the function of other cells and some organs become cancerous the<br />

whole body suffers and God is in pain. Hence the redemption (healing) alone can bring back God and<br />

creation in consonance.<br />

Since there are no space outside of God, no surgical removal can be done.<br />

Total annihilation of these sinners could remove the material pain.<br />

the past.<br />

But what about the memories of<br />

Total redemption of everything is the only solution if God has to get out of his agony. In Him, we move<br />

and have our being. If just one tiny cell remain sick and evil, God will be in agony. Hence follows the<br />

extreme self giving, sacrificing Love of God and the total redemption of the whole creation so that God<br />

may be what He wants to be "in all and all in Him".<br />

We can think of this analogy also as an analogy of a family or a tribe or our planet of even beyond. In<br />

love we are one. We can never be complete and happy by surgical removal of a live part and<br />

throwing it out. They will always be part of us and will be an agony to eternity.<br />

Monotheism and Dualism<br />

In the above argument, we have started with the Person of God alone as the sole starting point who<br />

can create matter and all other entities potentially. There are systems of religion where they start with<br />

both Person and the Matter (Purusha and Prakriti) and the Person creates using the Matter and the<br />

Space outside of Him. Here since the Person of God is outside of the rest of the Universe, what<br />

happens in the Universe does not cause pain to the person. In this case the pain remains with the<br />

beings in the Universe alone. God can turn His back on Prakriti and go on with His future. However<br />

this dualism is not acceptable to Christian monotheism. As a result anything happens to the creation is<br />

happening within God Himself.<br />

Purusha (God) and Prakriti (Cosmos) existed as separate realities.<br />

God alone existed in the beginning.<br />

God created cosmos and shared his energies with beings he<br />

created.<br />

YHVH reveals Himself to Moses<br />

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