Karma

There's a bumper sticker you can get for your car...I've seen this one a couple of times:

"My karma ran over your dogma." :D

I don't believe how Nicole is explaining it as Karma... the kids getting abused and all that. To me that is NOT karma. That's horrible things happening to innocent people. I believe that in the end who ever committed those atrocious acts will get what is coming to them, one way or another, however.

To me karma is exactly what Mary said, you reap what you sow. I try to be a good person, because I don't want Karma coming up and biting me in my butt, lol.

I think I do. I see karma as the phrase "you reap what you sew" mean pretty much the same thing. What I do know, is a person who should have some not so pleasant karma coming their way... I hope.

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Originally Posted by Medusa

For me, karma isn't that much different from the biblical teaching of sowing and reaping, ie., you reap what you sow either in this life or the next.

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Exactly. It's just about the same, really. My brother and I agree on it.

I don't believe in karma as much as I do that you will pay for what you do to others good or bad either in this life or the next. Remember it doesn't say you ONLY get what you reap or sow. Sometimes we get hit with other peoples crap. :(

I believe in what the Bible teaches on the subject:

"Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a

man sows, this he will also reap. For the one
who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh
reap corruption, but the one who sows to the

Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.” Galatians 6:7-8

To me this means being good and honest even when people aren't watching. I have done some mean things and I know I personally felt more guilty when I did things that no one found out about as opposed to when I got caught. Getting caught meant part of the punishment was over! When no one but you knows of a wrong deed, the pressure of waiting for the axe to fall is overwhelming. I really think that people fall ill due to this kind of guilt.
I don't know why bad things happen to good people. I like to believe that even suffering has a purpose, even if we as human beings can't understand what that is.

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Originally Posted by DJFyrewolf36

I believe in what the Bible teaches on the subject:

"Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a

man sows, this he will also reap. For the one
who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh
reap corruption, but the one who sows to the

Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.” Galatians 6:7-8

To me this means being good and honest even when people aren't watching. I have done some mean things and I know I personally felt more guilty when I did things that no one found out about as opposed to when I got caught. Getting caught meant part of the punishment was over! When no one but you knows of a wrong deed, the pressure of waiting for the axe to fall is overwhelming. I really think that people fall ill due to this kind of guilt.

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Amen!

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Originally Posted by DJFyrewolf36

I don't know why bad things happen to good people. I like to believe that even suffering has a purpose, even if we as human beings can't understand what that is.

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The book of Job comes to mind on that.

In honor of John Lennon..."Instant Karma's Gonna Get You!"
Although I don't think it's always instant. Anyway, works for me.