[GingisK]

Nonsense. Christian philosophy doesn't believe in that and neither do I.

I'm not certain that Christians know what they are talking about. I tend to subscribe to the reincarnation concepts along with Karmic entanglements.

This place just has to be a "prison planet". We're all too mean to be regular citizens, arn't we?

[TigersEye]

I am a Tibetan Buddhist and I based what I said in post #135 on Buddhist teachings. Killing a man would only benefit his karmic path in very unusual circumstances. In most cases killing someone does them great karmic harm by sending them into the bardo with evil intent in their minds leading to a birth in a lower realm where no chance of enlightenment is possible. Beating him does little or no karmic harm to him at all.

I have no idea where you get your notions of "karmic entanglements" but it is clear that lots of people, Buddhists and Christians, do think the "afterlife" is something far different than a mere change of "lifestyles."

[GingisK]

HEY!

Aren’t you guys going to call me to task for the “Kill them all, let God sort it out” approach? After all, I'm all for declaring a real war just to do the only job that could bring a lasting peace with "those guys". Now you see why I think torture is unnecessary?

No more fun? Dang.