Is it OK for Catholics to believe in "karma?"

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The Church also once taught that the earth was flat and that evolution was dead wrong.
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Hi, Robert!
…I let the first comment go… but yours… can you please demonstrate through Church Documents where the Church Taught a flat earth?

Maran atha1

Angel
 
Robert_Sock said:
OK, what I said was wrong, but the Church used to teach that the earth was at the center of the solar system.
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Hi, Robert!
…I doubt that the Church new much about astronomy back when… back when it was a general belief that the earth was the center of the universe:
In astronomy, the Geocentric model (also known as Geocentrism, or the Ptolemaic system) is a superseded description of the universe, where the Earth is at the center of all the celestial bodies. This model served as the predominant cosmological system in many ancient civilizations such as ancient Greece including the noteworthy systems of Aristotle (see Aristotelian physics) and Ptolemy. As such, they believed that the Sun, Moon, stars, and naked eye planets circled Earth.[1] (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocentric_model)
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…as you can see by the cited material, ancient Greece (whose intellectuals were sought after by many other nations) & those two well-known, Aristotle and Ptolemy, not only believed but taught Geocentrism.

Conversely, from a theological view, the earth is indeed the center of the universe!

Maran atha!

Angel
 
jcrichton said:
Hi, Robert!
…I doubt that the Church new much about astronomy back when… back when it was a general belief that the earth was the center of the universe:

…as you can see by the cited material, ancient Greece (whose intellectuals were sought after by many other nations) & those two well-known, Aristotle and Ptolemy, not only believed but taught Geocentrism.

Conversely, from a theological view, the earth is indeed the center of the universe!

Maran atha!

Angel
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My main point is that we cannot be 100% certain about virtually anything. When it comes to Catholicism, we can place all our FAITH in the Church’s teachings, but we can never be 100% certain that they are all true. To say that we are 100% certain is self-deception. If we were 100% certain, faith would not be necessary. Even St. Therese, The Little Flower, went through a period of reasonable doubt but kept her faith.

Reincarnation aside, is there any truth in karma (what goes around comes around)? I tend to believe that there is.
 
Robert_Sock said:
My main point is that we cannot be 100% certain about virtually anything.
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You are correct. The only things we can be 100% certain about are logical contradictions–like: we know with absolute certainty that there are no married bachelors, no 4 sided triangles, no marriages between 2 men.
When it comes to Catholicism, we can place all our FAITH in the Church’s teachings, but we can never be 100% certain that they are all true. To say that we are 100% certain is self-deception. If we were 100% certain, faith would not be necessary. Even St. Therese, The Little Flower, went through a period of reasonable doubt but kept her faith.
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Has there been anyone here who has claimed to have 100% certainty about theological matters?
 
Robert_Sock said:
I believe in karma, but I believe it comes from God, not Budda. Is it really inconsistent with the teachings of the Church?
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“What comes around, goes around” (which I recommend you not believe in the secular sense, anyway) is NOT karma. Karma involves reincarnation. In Hinduism, it may involve the colour of your skin and the caste system, in Buddhism, it has to do with reaching ones state of Nirvana. THESE ARE NOT CHRISTIAN BELIEFS. Thank you.
 
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