Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s9.13

c8.s9.13

1. Materialist view that there is no supernatural cause of this world.
2. The Mīmāṁsā view that the other means of attaining *svarga* (heaven) rule out the necessity of a belief in God.
3. The Sāṁkhya view that there are valid means of proving that God does not exist.
4. Even if God exists, He cannot be relied upon as an object of right knowledge.
5. There are no positive arguments to prove His existence.⁵⁸