Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s9.7

c8.s9.7

Vasubandhu was first to attack the idea of God as propounded by Gautama and his *bhāṣyakāra* Vātsyāyana. He gave the following arguments:
1. If there is a single cause for all the things, then all the things should originate at one time.
2. If God be accepted as the creator, he must have a purpose for creating this world. If the purpose is His satisfaction, then his very status as God becomes doubtful, as He is not satisfied with Himself. If the purpose is to keep others satisfied, then this world should not have been full of mysery.
3. Acceptance of God as the cause of all results in negation of other causes producing different effects.