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A History of Ideas: Hindu Creation Stories
Gillian Anderson on Thomas Aquinas Hindu Creation Stories
For Hindus, the universe we live in is one of innumerable universes. Also there is no single creation but periodic cycles of creation. Given all this, it’s hardly surprising that Hinduism has many creation stories. In this animation we get a glimpse of where the world we live in came from and how it was populated with life.
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Here’s the whole episode from A History of Ideas – Theologian Giles Fraser on Thomas Aquinas
Theologian William Paley propounded the theory that if you found a watch on a heath, you would assume that an intelligent being designed and made it.
If every effect has a cause, how did everything begin? Thomas Aquinas argued that there couldn’t be an infinite regression of cause and effect without any fixed starting point.
For Hindus, the universe we live in is one of innumerable universes.
Did the universe have a distinct starting moment, or has it always existed?