“God has created perfect, but you have become imperfect by misusing your independence.”
Professor, February 19, 1975, Caracas : […] If God created man?
Prabhupada: Yes. God created everything. God created man, God created dog, God created demigods, God created everything.
Professor: He made us imperfect.
Prabhupada: No, He is not imperfect.
Professor: No, God made us imperfect.
Prabhupada: No, you have got that… Just like you have stolen, and you have gone to the prison house. That means judge is not imperfect; you are imperfect.
Professor: If God has not created us imperfect?
Prabhupada: No, God has created perfect, but you have become imperfect by misusing your independence. God is fully independent. You are part and parcel of God. Therefore you have got that quality, independence. When you misuse that, you become bad; when you use it properly, you remain good.
Professor: Yes. How do we make ourselves bad?
Prabhupada: Therefore the Bible is there: “You become good like this.” If you don’t do, then you become bad. The Bible says that “Thou shall not kill.” If you don’t kill, then you are good. If you kill, you are bad.
Professor: He said there is no guarantee of perfect knowledge because at one time we had perfect knowledge, but as you said, we threw it away. So therefore…
Prabhupada: No, no, you misused the perfect knowledge. Just like here is perfect knowledge: Bible says, “Thou shall not kill.” You are misusing, you are killing. That is your fault.
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