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Do Jainist believe in God?

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  • 10 years ago
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    The Jain understanding of an uncreated and eternal universe leaves little room for an Almighty Creator God. Jains do, however, believe in a "perfect universal presence," as well as multiple deities who dwell in the heavens. As mentioned above, the realm of the gods consists of higher and lower gods. The lower act very human, and often rule as despots. Humans may call on these deities for assistance. One of the most important deities is Ambika, the Mother Goddess of Jainism. She is the patron deity of material prosperity, childbirth and protection of women.

    Being eternal themselves, humans can also attain "perfect beingness," or divinity.

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    You mean the Jain.

    Well, God is not the kind of Sky Daddy there, but, more like the Collective Universal Consciousness of all the Atman - the Parama Atman, in that proto Hindu Philosophy.

    In fact, the original Concept of the Sanathana Dharma, from which all these things like Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism sprang from, did not have any Concept of the kind of God of the Desert Messianic Faiths - Judaism, Christianity and Islam; nor any Concept of Heaven and Hell.

    They are what one can call Qualified Atheism.

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  • 10 years ago

    Yes, Go to- religionfacts.com/jainism/beliefs.htm

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    which religion do not believe in God/s?

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    they have gods.

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