[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]

I am a Tibetan Buddhist...Killing a man would only benefit his karmic path in very unusual circumstances...Beating him does little or no karmic harm to him at all.

Well, this has turned into a discussion that could probably be of great benefit to me. Thank you for your patience.