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HNA444
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Is it wrong to believe in this? Because, I do think whatever goes around comes around.
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Shredderbeam
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How do you define karma, specifically, and what do you think its mechanism of action is?
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HNA444
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I don’t know how I would define the word, but I usually think of it as “whatever goes around, comes around”. I may be wrong
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Kalos
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No, its not that its a wrong principle, but that its from the wrong source. Any thing thats not from God is dangerous to believe in. Hinduism is a false religion that worships idols. Demonic activity is behind the idols. The illustration of this is from Acts 16:17 where a girl possesed by a demon spoke the truth but Paul had to silence her and cast out the demon not because what she said was wrong but because it was from the wrong source.
Far better to believe Gal. 6:7, “whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap.”
Far better to believe Gal. 6:7, “whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap.”
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Holly3278
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Exactly! My boyfriend has believed in karma in the past. I told him that the Bible teaches the same thing but in different words and I think he accepts the Biblical view of it now.
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Mrs_Sally
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Remember also that karma is part of a belief in reincarnation. So part of the going around and coming around may be in a different life in their belief system.
“As a man sows, so shall he reap” speaks just to this life and our life in eternity. I would be careful of the terms you use and the way you express this belief. It is not the same as karma and if you start to say that believing in karma is OK, you may create a stumbling block for others.
It is for this same reason that I trained myself to say ‘blessed’ instead of ‘lucky’. Speaking about luck and coincidence was creating too much confusion for others around me who were struggling with their faith.
“As a man sows, so shall he reap” speaks just to this life and our life in eternity. I would be careful of the terms you use and the way you express this belief. It is not the same as karma and if you start to say that believing in karma is OK, you may create a stumbling block for others.
It is for this same reason that I trained myself to say ‘blessed’ instead of ‘lucky’. Speaking about luck and coincidence was creating too much confusion for others around me who were struggling with their faith.
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SecretBeliever
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Hi,
Actually the word “karma” simply means “action”. Don’t get it confused with the concept of consequences, although it is one half of that equation (that is a different term which I can’t remember at the moment). Good actions will produce good results, but bad actions will produce bad results. (according to Buddhists anyway; I used to be one.) Mrs. Sally, I believe you have stated the issue more or less correctly. Happy Tuesday!
Actually the word “karma” simply means “action”. Don’t get it confused with the concept of consequences, although it is one half of that equation (that is a different term which I can’t remember at the moment). Good actions will produce good results, but bad actions will produce bad results. (according to Buddhists anyway; I used to be one.) Mrs. Sally, I believe you have stated the issue more or less correctly. Happy Tuesday!
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Ginkgo100
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As a matter of fact, the Bible does not teach that “what goes around comes around,” at least not in this world. In fact, the Bible notes that often those with the greatest virtue are those with the least earthly rewards. We see this in modern life, too. Whose earthly rewards were greater, Mother Theresa or Michael Jackson? Innocent people somestimes receive the death penalty while murderers sometimes go free. Dishonest business dealings often result in financial rewards.Exactly! My boyfriend has believed in karma in the past. I told him that the Bible teaches the same thing but in different words and I think he accepts the Biblical view of it now.
On the other hand, the Bible does teach that in the next world, we will indeed “reap what we sow.” Christ said that the last will be first and the first will be last.
The common Western view of non-Hindu Westerners seems to be a vague belief in “poetic justice.” This is not the Christian view of justice; the Church teaches that justice will come on the last day.
The authentic Hindu view of karma is something else entirely, related to the cycle of death and rebirth (a bad thing) and escape from it (a good thing). These beliefs are completely incompatible with Christianity: there is no reincarnation, and the only rebirth we experience is at Baptism (and, perhaps in a way, at the Resurrection).
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Dtmccameron
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Then again, one might call upon that Newtonian law, “For every action an equal and opposite reaction?”
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theAuthor
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Ginko100 nailed it, IMO.
To the OP, there are such concepts in terms of dealing with other people that you could loosely call Karma. eg People tend to mirror others’ behaviour. If you put mean-ness, coldness or selfishness out there, people usually respond by reflecting that attitude back to you. That’s uaually what people mean…“they’ll get theirs.” It’s just something people say to make themselves feel better when someone mistreats them.
What is disturbing though is a common belief some people have that if something bad happens to someone they did something to deserve it, even if no-one else knows what that something is.
Are you joking? You know that that law has nothing to do with Karma, right? It’s an outdated but still useful physics law.
To the OP, there are such concepts in terms of dealing with other people that you could loosely call Karma. eg People tend to mirror others’ behaviour. If you put mean-ness, coldness or selfishness out there, people usually respond by reflecting that attitude back to you. That’s uaually what people mean…“they’ll get theirs.” It’s just something people say to make themselves feel better when someone mistreats them.
What is disturbing though is a common belief some people have that if something bad happens to someone they did something to deserve it, even if no-one else knows what that something is.
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