Prakish sipped his tea. That is where I want your co-operation, Satish. The only way to sort out this problem is by placing our thoughts about God side by side. The very universe is a manifestation of Paramatma. All living creatures are a manifestation of Paramatma.
Human beings are perhaps nearer to Paramatma than other living creatures.
We are all part of the Divine. But the Upanishads and the pandits who interpret them say that the universe has come forth or emanated from Brahman like the web comes from the spider that weaves it. Satish looked puzzled. According to the teaching of the Bible God created the universe by His authoritative, creative command. The universe as taught in the Bible is not an emanation from God.