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ultima on 02 September 2013
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Machiavellian said:
snyps said:

I know which idea has done the most harm.  But Which do you think has done the most good?  For clarification... the god of Abraham is the God in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Holy Books.   Yes, It all started with Abraham and his One God.  Ppl branched into many directions but it's the same idea.  I can't say a lot for christianity..  I read the red print: Christ's own words.  I beleive the red words have done a lot of good.  But the black print not so much.  Especially when you consider all the jewish, muslim, chistian wars and other acts christ would not have been kool with.

 

Karma is, I think, better.  You do good because you want good things to happen to you.  You don't cause harm for the same reason.  When some one screws you, and not in a good way, you let the world sort it out. 

 

What are your thoughts?  God of Abraham or Karma?

There is no accountability for Karma.  When something goes wrong, when the world does not work out the way you thought it should or when your good deeds go unnoticed, people get bitter.  The problem with wanting people to do to you as you do to others is that its dependent on just that.

The bible teaches that you do good because you want to obtain Christ like personification.  Meaning you do not do good because you want to be notice, accepted or people to do the same for you.   You do good because that’s what Christ would do.  he seeks no justification for his action.  He seeks no glory and he does not seek anyone to accept his good deeds, he just does it.

 

Seeking good only to see it happen to you is actually a selfish want.  Most times people get bitter or dishearten when their good deeds go unnoticed because they are looking for the acceptance of Man. So for the people who seek the reward of their GOD, they feel its more dependable than seeking the reward of man.

So do what Jesus did? Like destroy fig trees in inexplicable rage because they don't have figs? Like bring up that you're the son of someone important in every sentence? I guess those actions need no explanation. You just do them.

@bold: the philosophy of karma, and the Christian teachings are quite similar: if you do good, then you get rewarded, and if you do bad, then you get punished. The only difference is that in Christianity, the reward/punishment is infinite. Which is extremely unfair. No finite set of deeds is worthy of an infinite reward or punishment. In other words, Christians are much more selfish, since the reward they seek is infinite.