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Originally Posted by Binzhoubum
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Although I do believe in God, my belief in karma is just as strong, if not stronger. :)
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Originally Posted by Binzhoubum
WORD.
Although I do believe in God, my belief in karma is just as strong, if not stronger. :)
It's understandable to concider Quid Pro quo. I'll do for you what and only the value of what you did for me. Karma is primarily, the same. It only rewards back, what is given, or earned. No more no less.Quote:
Originally Posted by pumpkin
The understanding of this as it is defined in India for example, keeps people from helping one another. The view conciders that if aid is supplied to someone, it deminishes their quality of life in their next life. Calcutta, for example, has some of the highest populations of poor that their own people generationally will not aid. Reading Google searches "calcutta Poor", reviels alot of information concerning this, In fact the cast system develloped from this. As groups drifted further apart. I find it hard to be comfortable with.
If you want to talk about "quid pro quo", why don't we look at it another way? :smokin: Isn't Christianity based on "quid pro quo" too? I mean at least in the strictest of logical senses...Quote:
Originally Posted by braddog10
Jesus died for your sins and you must believe this or you will go to hell. So in exchange for believing that Jesus was the son of God one is able to ascend to heaven, but for not believing that Jesus was the son of God one is damned to an eternity of fire and hell...Sounds like "what for what" to me...:smokin:
Also, all of that stuff you are mentioning about KARMA being the reason for economic and social disparity in India is pure drivel. I am sure if I searched google I would find something along those lines, but then again just because its on google doesn't make it right or even correct in the smallest sense.
KARMA transcends social and economic boundaries and anybody who tells you that a rich person helping a poor person is in somehow a violation of Karmic law is patently wrong.
Also, it would be interesting to note that Sunday schools across America, at least in my experience, often teach something known as the "Golden Rule". It says: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Hmmmm.....sounds like a basic principle of KARMA to me.
So as much as you want to believe that every other religion pales in comparison to Christianity...I think that you will be forced to come to the realization, sooner or later if you think about things logically, that pretty much all religions are preaching the same exact prinicples... The only differences are in delivery of the parable, moral, rule, etc.
And the only other differences are caused and initiated by human action or behavior...:smokin:
EITHER WAY....it still doesn't matter what you believe as long as you are a good person.
And, please, let's not get into a semantic discussion as to what "good" means. No relativism today, I beseech you all. We all have a GOOD IDEA of what it means to be good (be friendly, love others, be compassionate, be generous, don't steal, don't kill, etc...)
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Originally Posted by Binzhoubum
Good may mean:
* Goodness and value theory, the moral concepts
* Good (accounting) or inventory, a physical object, used in accounting and commerce
* Good (economics), an object or service that increases utility, in economics
* Product (business), an object or service that can be offered for sale, in business and marketing
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Originally Posted by beachguy in thongs
LOL
:smokin:
I'll smoke one just for you...you facetious trouble-maker you...;) :stoned:
Thanks. I'm burnt.
And it's 83.1 degrees. 75 inside.
72 would be most comfortable, but, hey, I'm barely wearing anything. :dance:
I don't believe in anything either. "Strange" is a subjective term, but to my subjective interpretation, it doesn't seem strange.
Why did God give me an appendix? or wisdom teethe? or nipples?
Why did he make so much of the world inhabitable? (IE artic regions, mountain tops etc)
Why does God create children with mental and physical birth defects?
Those are a few questions i'de like to hear an answer for besides "God works in mysteriouse way."
The same reason why he gave you that "junk" in the corner of your eye. Further back in evolution, it used to be a second-eyelid to keep out water, as our crocodilian ancestors have.Quote:
Originally Posted by chris40
http://www.ozmagic.homestead.com/Aus...dileFacts.htmlQuote:
Crocodiles have three eyelids: two leathery protective eyelids and one clear or translucent one.
Kitty-kats have a translucent eyelid. I guess, they share ancestry with the crocodile, also.
And we all have a common ancestor 2,000-5,000 years ago.
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Originally Posted by chris40
Well there was probably a use for an appendix ages ago but it became obselete through evolution. Same with wisdom teeth, notice how wisdom teeth come in later than the rest. Probably to replace old rotten teeth because cave men didn't know about oral hygeine. Nipples? Well for women that's obvious. Men? I don't know. Ever see a nature special about the arctic or mountain tops or the desert? Notice all the creatures living in those regions. Not so much humans.. but hey, we're only one of many animals on this planet and we can't live everywhere. As for childeren with mental and physical birth defects.. God (if for the sake of argument he exists) didn't create childeren with defects. First look at all the childeren that were born with problems because of neglectful parents. Then look at the fact that this universe is chaotic. Ever tripped and fell? Ever bumped your head? Was it Gods fault? Nope. Luck of the draw. Like I said before, anything that can happen, will happen under the right circumstances. The things to blame for the problems in this world are mankind and luck of the draw in my opinion.