CAN GOD BE IMMORAL?

An Inherent Contradiction
God the all-good supreme being
Morality good behavior
How then can God be immoral?

Morality is Mutable
Non-violence
Suppose a person pledged to nonviolence sees a woman being
abused.
What is morality?

Morality is Mutable
Suppose a gang of thieves breaks into
your wealthy friends house while
you are there. He hides in a closet.
And you are avowedly truthful. If the
thieves ask you, Where is your
friend?
What is morality for you?

Morality is Mutable
Suppose you are a doctor and a patient
has got a infected limb. If it is not cut, he
will die. Your duty is to protect the
patient and yet you have to cut his limb.
Is it immoral?

Morality is mutable
Suppose you are a parent and your
child is not ready to take the
medicine. You give it to him in a
sweetball and assure him, Theres
no medicine in it.
Is it immoral?

A Question
If we ourselves cannot clearly decide
or strictly adhere to the same moral
principles all the time, but need to
use discrimination, how can we judge
Gods actions through our moral
spectacles without discrimination?

Morality is like a torchlight,

Krishna is like the sun
We have selfish desires and so we need
moral codes so as to not fall prey to
them.
Krishna is selfless love personified;
Whatever He does is motivated only
by the desire to benefit everyone. As
He can never come under the sway of
selfish desires, He does not need to
follow moral codes.

Is morality the goal of life?

Moral codes are like traffic rules
The purpose of traveling is not to
follow the traffic rules, but to reach
the destination. The traffic rules help
us to smoothly and safely reach our
destination

Is morality the goal of life?

Similarly morality helps us to proceed
smoothly and safely in the journey of
life. But the goal of life is not to be
moral, but to become a pure devotee
of Krishna.

Is morality the goal of life?

Morality is in goodness and will keep us in
the material world.
Devotion is in pure goodness and will take
us back to Godhead.
A pure devotee should sacrifice everything
for Krishna even morality
Eg. Maharaj Yudhishthira
ashvatthama hato hate naro va kunjaro
va

What is Truth?
Truth is not
speaking a relative truth while living
on the platform of untruth,
Truth is
speaking that which will harmonize us
with the Absolute Truth.

Did Krishna act immorally?

Ranchora

Krishna ran away from

Jarasandha
But Krishna had already defeated him
single-handedly 17 times

Did Krishna act immorally?

Krishna danced with the gopis
Krishna is the owner of everything and
so is not enjoying anything outside of
Himself.
Eg. Horse saved from fire fearful of red
shed

How can an immoral God make

His devotees moral?
SB 3c, Devotees who remember Lord
Krishna in the core of their hearts
become free from all lusty desires.
How can that Lord whose memory
purifies others of lust Himself ever
act lustfully?

Did Krishna act immorally?

Krishna told Arjuna to kill Karna when
he was unprepared
Satho sathyam

Should God not act

exemplarily?
The Lord as Ramachandra exhibited ideal
behavior, to teach us how to behave.
But as Lord Krishna He wants to teach us
principles higher than mundane
morality full surrender.
BG 4.8 dharma samsthapanarthaya
Vs sarva-dharman parityajya

Anukarana vs Anusarana
SB, If ordinary souls imitate great
souls, they will be ruined. Eg. Lord
Shiva drinks bhanga, but he also
drinks halahala poison.
Eg. Krishna lifted Govardhan hill before
He performed rasa-lila.
For great souls, we should follow their
instructions, not imitate their actions.

The Last Word

Normally the Lord and His devotees
act morally. And that is the example
we should follow.
And when They act seemingly
immorally, we should learn and apply
the principles taught thereof and not
imitate or question their actions.