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The ONLY rational religious tenet is Karma.
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 81228834:MV8zNTIwMzcyXzkwNzc5NjE1X0JCQjdFNDcz] [quote:Anonymous Coward 72890787:MV8zNTIwMzcyXzYyODg0MTE0XzYyQzNDM0M=] People seem to be rewarded for bad behavior though, so it obviously doesn't apply to life on Earth. [/quote] Try to think of it like this lifetime is a single day in a larger/longer lifetime- If, say, I rob a bank- I get rewarded by having a fat sack of cash, now, today... when the police find me a couple weeks later, how will I be rewarded? (and they probably found me because my accomplice, who I thought was my friend, sold me out after they got busted). And it's not simply 'what comes around goes around'- all karmic activity (which includes non intentional shit, all of it, If you can talk about it and it has a name and/or image, it is stored in the larger collective consciousness stream which includes the actions, thought and words of not only man, but the animals, aliens, demons and the gods themselves) 'The Akashic Record' or as some Buddhists call it: the '8th storehouse consciousness'. The things you have done prior cannot be undone or 'forgiven' -forgiveness helps the karma of the forgiver, not you- what you can do is pave the way for your next incarnation by behaving properly in the here and now, and the best way to do this is through coming to an understanding of the interconnectedness of all life and phenomenon- through this, compassion is developed and this intention toward others is the single greatest way to create new, 'good' Karma... and your next rebirth will (hopefully) be a good one (not a worm or a ghost or demon). [/quote]
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Even if you do not buy into the reincarnation and animal gods, Karma seems to be based on thousands of years of rational and factual observations of humans.
People may get away with terrible deeds, thefts, cheats, etc, for decades but each one of those deeds is stored in that persons subconscious mind and that same person will eventually punish
themselves
even if no one else does. They will purposely get themselves caught or subconsciously cause themselves health issues, etc.
The Karma tenet is the closest thing to factual reality in religion.
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