Summing up the various theories part 3

Summing up (Let us wait a little bit before Punarvasu Atreya's resolution of the discussion)

Theory	Proponent	Main argument	Refutation	Similar Modern Theory
Soul	Moudgalya Parikshi	Dead bodies do not have diseases	Soul desiring sorrow is a contradiction	Free will
Mind	Sharaloma	Mind under influence of Rajas or Tamas or both is responsible for behaviours which lead to diseases.	Mind without body has no meaning or existence	Strong anthropic Principle
Water	Vayorvida	Bodies do not exist in a vacuum and they need water based medium for their continued existence.	Soul, Mind,and many diseases can be shown as exceptions to Water Theory	Primordial soup in which first organism originated  is presumed to be watery (Supported by vast body of evidence) See also Madan’s comment
Six Dhatus	Hiranyaksha	Panchamahabootas represent material world or molecular world and Chetanadhatu. This includes Soul(Atman) accompanied by Logical mind (Manas), Ego or consciousness (Ahankara) and  Emotional mind (Chitta)	Presence of genetically inherited diseases cannot be explained by Six dhatu theory	Molecular biology covers Pancha dhatus but does not cover Chetanadhau
Inheritance	Kaushika	Every organism is unique. This uniqueness is imparted through inheritance.	All diseases are not inherited. Origin of first organism cannot be explained by theory of inheritance.	Genetics
Karma	Bhadrakapya	Behaviour, may it be instinctive or by free will, is an essential factor in generation of diseases.	Doer always precedes the deed	Madan’s comment is apt Epigenetics, The Human Microbiome and other such new areas of study are filled with surprises - enough to negate many contemporary gene- / genome-centric views and conclusions about health and disease
Nature	Bharadwaja	Everything occurs as per natures laws. No separate doer is needed for events to occur	If we opt for Swabhava vada (Nature Theory) then we deny free will for organisms.	Darwinian theory of evolution
Creator	Kankayana	The creator, Prajapati, Son of Brahma, on his own infinite free will created sentient and non sentient universe and all the pleasures and sorrows.	Prajapati who always looks after the best interest of his creations will not produce sorrowful conditions like a villain.	Weak Anthropic principle
Time	Bhikshu Atreya	Everything happens in the way it happens because it happens at that particular time		In the space time continuum it can be visualized as sand clock or two cones joined at apex. Past is a cone narrowing down to present and future is a cone expanding to infinite possibilities